Word: championship
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...coach at the University of Notre Dame, Holtz has returned the school to the pinnacle of college football from which it had fallen in mortification under the earnest but inept Gerry Faust. Last year Holtz drove a young, tentative team to a 12-0 record and a national championship with a variation of the message that ugly ducklings can become beautiful swans if they work hard, love one another and believe they can be great. Holtz fervently believes that. He also devoutly embraces traditional values, specifically the importance of having on his side God, ferocious linebackers and halfbacks who, once...
Holtz is a master salesman. Junior defensive back Todd Lyght was recruited by Michigan, Michigan State and UCLA when he was a high school senior in Flint, Mich. But Holtz told Lyght that if he came to Notre Dame he would be part of a national-championship team. "I looked deep into his eyes, and I knew he was telling the truth," says Lyght. Holtz also persuaded quarterback Tony Rice, tailback Ricky Watters and flanker Raghib ("Rocket") Ismail, players who have been crucial to the Irish success, to enroll at Notre Dame. Not that Notre Dame, with its mystique...
...with his own play this season, he was upset the Harvard team did not play up to its potential. Adding insult to injury was the fact that he was recruited by the University of California-Santa Clara, UCLA and the University of Virginia--all current contenders for the national championship...
Last season, Donato was one of Harvard's five 50-point scorers, notching 14 goals and 37 assists on the season. The Kirkland House resident capped off his season by scoring two goals in the NCAA championship game against Minnesota, nabbing MVP honors for the tournament...
Harvard had little trouble in setting up or finishing last season when it captured the NCAA title. Last night's crowd saluted that accomplishment in a ceremony in which the official NCAA championship banner was raised...