Word: cornerback
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...With the Crimson facing third-and-30 on its next possession, a Wilford bomb thrown 50 yards downfield was intercepted by Brown cornerback Melvin Justice and returned all the way back to the Crimson 18-yard-line. The Bear offense scored off the turnover, and Harvard was unable to come back despite driving into the red zone on its next two possessions. The final Crimson drive ended in a Wilford interception, the team's sixth turnover of the game...
...cannot hold McSorley legally accountable for actions that his sport, his profession and his employer tacitly encourage. In football, we don't prosecute a cornerback for blindsiding a receiver and driving his head into the ground, nor do we place charges against a pitcher in baseball for beaning a batter in the head. Some might say these comparisons are unreasonable, claiming McSorley did what no one else in their right mind would have done. After all, McSorley went too far and hockey certainly doesn't condone hacking people over the head with sticks...