Word: fielding
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...year in 1999, as it enabled No. 3 Nebraska to get within striking distance. Although the Hokies schedule was significantly weaker than the Cornhuskers, most polls and computer rankings still placed Virginia Tech far ahead of the Nebraska due to the dominance that the Hokies demonstrated on the field every week. But the overemphasis on strength of schedule in the BCS allowed the Cornhuskers to get closer to the No. 2 spot than they ever should have been...
Chasing a Dream It was, said Chinese coach Huang Yubin, something the men's gymnastics team had been anticipating for 40 years. "We knew we were the strongest team," he said. "We just had to prove it in the Olympic field." As the current world champs, the Chinese knew they had the talent to prevail over the Ukrainians and Russians, who captured silver and bronze respectively. But a similarly strong position at Barcelona and Atlanta had only resulted in silver...
Among these innovations will be the elimination of the fair catch rule, a more lenient stance toward hard hits and one-foot-in catches and cameras that allow fans a better glimpse into the workings of the field, locker room and huddle...
...they crossed the line. U.S. troops took an Albanian man suspected of wrongdoing to a field outside of town, where they measured his height. The G.I.'s "proceeded to dig a grave in front of the Albanian," and then declared "that if he did not tell him what he wanted to know that they were going to shoot him, and bury him, and that no one would ever know," an unidentified soldier said...
...fuming. Just who do these guys think they are, anyway? I don't care where either of them "find their spirit" at the end of the day. Once his official business is finished, the President can take a flying leap for all I care. He can frolic in a field of daisies or soak in bubble bath if that's what does it for him. It's the daylight hours that matter to me. And, I imagine, to a whole lot of other women. So here's my message: Sock it to us, George and Al. We can take...