Word: catching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...disbelief as the sons of Eli stole victory at The Game last weekend. Our Crimson contingent battled nobly, but in the end it was not valor nor skill, but ill fortune that decided the outcome. For once, Fate must have smiled on Yale, for a last-minute endzone "catch" gave the Bulldogs a 24-21 victory and a share of the Ivy League title...
...those faithful Harvard fans in New Haven last weekend need not be bitter. For the world knows that the catch was never complete, the victory illegitimate, the title--Yale's first since 1989--marred by an eternal asterisk in the pages of collegiate history. The 116th Game will not be remembered as Yale's crowning triumph, but--thanks to photographic evidence and video replays on ESPN SportsCenter--as a show of ill-deserved serendipity...
Only when the celebration ends in New Haven will a few of the brighter students realize that such transitory jubilation comes at a price. On the field, there is nothing crueler than a catch unanimously condemned, an uncertain victory leading to a title universally questioned. Fate, in her characteristic irony, has presented Yale with a double-edged sword, a transparent triumph ending in terrible tragedy...
...greatest hands of any receiver I've ever coached," Siedlecki said. "That was an amazing catch...
...greatest hands of any receiver I've ever coached," Siedlecki said. "That was an amazing catch...