On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Steven Rockey wrote:
 
> Arthur said:
>
> >my lifelong antipathy for that institution
>
> You seem like such a reasonable guy and I know how that feels.  I used to
> feel that way about BU but slowly reasonable and articulate people like you
> have changed my mind.  I sort of like BU now and I feel bad that they are
> having a tough season.
>
> Any way you will have to refresh me on those forfeits.  Was this the Peter
> Titanic affair?  My recollection is that a Cornell recruit (name long
> forgotten) was ruled ineligible before the season started and Dick Bertrand
>
> >the ethically challenged coach of Cornell
>
> (who I disliked intensely but was at his best a good recruiter) shot off
> his mouth and said our guy should be eligible if Titanic is eligible.  Or
> do I have the names backward was Peter Titanic the Cornell player and I
> have forgotten the BU players name?
>
The BU player was Dick Decloe, and yes that series of events is the cause
of my antipathy for Cornell.
 
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