Word: upset
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...part because they lost, and, surely, in part because of the way they lost—on a 40-yard touchdown pass to the corner of the endzone with 19 seconds to play in the game. But Murphy and his players were also upset for another reason. A reason that should never happen, not even on the road, and not against a school you’ve play almost every year for nearly three decades...
...main responsibility is to get the Crimson its first Ivy League title, the possibility of him picking up a win against the team that canned him last year makes this the must-watch game of the season.WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. DARTMOUTH (Sat. 01/05, 6:00 p.m.)Upset that all of your friends are still on Winter Break while you’re back at school studying for finals due to Harvard’s archaic, nonsensical, soon-to-be-changed-but-not-soon-enough schedule? Go cheer up at Lavietes Pavilion, where you can complete the Sports...
...Perennial college-football power University of Michigan was ranked No. 5 in the preseason polls. It paid little Appalachian State University of Boone, N.C., about $400,000 to have its football team visit Ann Arbor to serve as a season-opening tune-up for the Wolverines. In a stunning upset, Appalachian State won 34-32-- kicking a field goal with 26 sec. left, then blocking a Michigan field-goal attempt on the game's last play...
Lesson: the improbable sometimes happens. And what's true in sports is true in politics. There hasn't been a major upset in a presidential-nomination race since Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976. We're due. And the 2008 presidential campaign is an especially good candidate to provide a surprise...
...what about a real Appalachian State--style upset? New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is in double digits in current polling in Iowa, within hailing distance of the three Democratic front runners. What if the leading candidates whack away at one another in TV ads and the personable Richardson sneaks into first or second? On the Republican side, John McCain is having something of a rally. If the situation in Iraq continues to improve and the other Republicans slip and slide, couldn't the old warrior pull off an upset? And what happens to a front runner once...