Sport: The Specialist

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No one knew better than Chappuis and his mates that from now on they would have to point for every game, for so long as they were unbeaten, every team was pointing for them. Michigan's team was decidedly superstitious about their winning ways. At training table, no one would think of changing his seating order. In the locker room, players remembered which teammate had helped pull their jerseys down over their shoulder pads before the first game of the season, and made sure that the same man did it every game. The squad's biggest superstition: by unspoken agreement, no one ever mentioned the words that everyone thought about most: the Rose Bowl.