Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Time traveling with Pat--back to the '50s, to the culture war of the cold war, with that sissy Adlai Stevenson orating in flickering grays on the Philco. Gonzaga did not make Buchanan a demagogue, but something in the school's inherent anger long ago and its bullying, underdog-wants-to-be-overdog righteousness went into Pat's brain, and came out nasty and dangerous...
Both teams have competitors in every event with the potential to score. Peak performances are needed to lead these small and therefore underdog teams to strong meet and season finishes...
...case, the fact that Harvard leads the Ancient Eight means that other Ivy League teams want a piece of the Crimson badly; that can translate into inspired performances from underdog teams. But don't be fooled. The women's basketball team is not on cruise-control...
More pertinent to most of our lives, however, is that many Harvard teams are now playing the role of underdog. Football, cross country track, field hockey, etc., are all fighting to survive with success, whether with much fanfare (football) or with-out (field hockey). But these underdogs should not get discouraged, because an example right in our own backyard gives hope...
...although it seems that more and more Harvard teams are being forced to play the role of underdog lately, that shouldn't discourage Crimson fans, because the longer road is always more satisfying...