THE SIDELINE 
A semi-regular collection of comments gleaned here and there from the musings of our brothers.

Alfred is on our mind these days. Here's a note from Bloomer.

We never beat the Saxons in my four years. We always played them tough and they played us tough. It was a night game at Alfred. Ed Woods quick-kicked it 82 yards and Phil Hussion blocked a punt with his head and went to sleep for three days.  Both benches were on the same side of the field and their coach (Yunevich) and coach D were yelling at one another. The best thing about the trip to Alfred was eating at the Big Elms Restaurant (Hornell).

John Bloomquist, #34

Class of 1969

Brockport, NY

As it turns out, we never beat Alfred during Coach D's ten-year tenure as head coach. When looking at wins and losses, we were to Alfred what Bridgewater was to us. But while Bridgewater gave us a game infrequently, our performances against Alfred were usually competitive. In fact, the '70, '71, and '72 games were the only ones with score differentials that suggests we weren't in those games. The '72 score, 51-19, was the only blow-out. Over the 10-year period, the score differential was 240-87. What's interesting is the fact that we beat their seasonal competitors Ithaca (27-7), Hobart, and U of R (Don't remember - I'm told.) in preseason scrimmages in '69, '70, and '71.