Word: gridirons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with only five days remaining until the gridiron meeting that would surely rattle the foundation of the New York Times Sports Cube, the man who only six months before had described his heel chord as "a soft jelly mass" was ready to go. His heel was ready. His arm was ready. His mind was ready...
Nevertheless, although the Crimson could not find a victim for the gridiron today, the UMass Collegian has hesitantly agreed to run a cross-country race against the Crime's harriers. The Crimson will triumph...
Those were some scores of last weekend's college football action. But it could have just as easily been any other weekend, because lopsided victories are becoming the order of the day in the college ranks. And the biggest prepetrators of gridiron routs are the nation's top football powers, who seemingly relish amassing phenomenal totals on the scoreboard when they play weaker foes...
...Well, people who know are wondering if Joe Restic's wide-open offense is going to open up the action on the gridiron this year. Last season, after a big training-camp build-up, it really bogged down when the money was on the line. There were a lot of complaints that the only thing that his new system opened up were the mouths of yawning fans who were bored to death up in the stadium Saturday after Saturday...
...continues to be a lot of hard work out on the practice field, sweltering through muggy Cambridge afternoons in the early season and performing exercises in self-affliction as the season drags into frigid November. Football is football, and there are no revolutionary changes in store for the gridiron enthusiast who intends to follow up at Harvard his no-doubt fantastic high school career...