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...Crimson comes into the game as a clear underdog. However, Harvard has been surprising teams all year, so beating Virginia is simply the next step in a logical progression...

Author: By Bo Williams, | Title: M. Lacrosse Preparing to Face Virginia in NCAA Elite Eight | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

Even though they've beat Princeton twice this year Walsh said he still sees Harvard as an underdog because of the large number of seniors who have never experienced a winning season and the large number of first-year players...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batsmen Ready for Playoffs | 5/10/1996 | See Source »

...this weekend before Sprints put us in a good mind set," Averbuck said of the race against B.U. "It's good to be the underdog. It makes us fight harder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Heavyweight Crew Beats B.U. | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: PAT'S SCHOOL DAYS WITH THE POPE'S MARINES | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Quakers, Tigers Easy Prey | 2/23/1996 | See Source »

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