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...routes to block it. Thirty-nine have passed laws making clear they would not recognize gay marriages or civil unions from other states. At least 12 are debating laws to ban same-sex marriages, strengthen existing bans or bar same-sex couples from receiving marriage benefits. Hawaii, Alaska, Nebraska and Nevada have gone even further, amending their constitutions to ban same-sex marriages, and 21 other other states are thinking of doing the same...
...ties to the university actually care about what happens on that patch of land across the river from the main campus. In general, if you’re a high school football stud with NFL dreams, your first stop on that road is going to be a school like Nebraska, Virginia, Oregon, or Colorado State—all schools that heavily recruited Copple...
...there are a select few professional players who spend their college years in the Ivy League. And Harvard coach Tim Murphy, knowing where Copple was coming from, artfully suggested to the kid from Lincoln Southeast High to get in touch with another Nebraska transplant—former Crimson captain, starting tight end and one-time NFL player Chris Eitzmann...
...don’t get a lot of kids from Nebraska,” Murphy said. “They don’t really know what it’s about, how will they fit in. Sometimes their perceptions are great in some respects—like academically—but not so great in other respects. They perceive a lot of arrogance, a lot of pretensions, or that you need to come from money. We try to give them real information...
Fortunately for Crimson football, Copple’s choice to develop his skills on the turf at Harvard Stadium means that an already impressive recruiting class gets an unprecedented boost. Copple was, according to rivals.com, the sixth-ranked player coming out of Nebraska and the 52nd ranked player at his position in the country. He was named to the All-State team his junior and senior years, playing both offensive lineman and defensive tackle. He’s listed at 6’4, 275 lbs, but claims that off-season training has boosted...