Frank Tavani always made sure the Patsies were celebrated in downtown Easton.
Perhaps it was the Bourger Field House needing an event to host in February when the men's wrestling team was out of town, or that field hockey practice was finishing up - the shindigs that Bourger fielded back in those days were great.
All that steak, not overcooked, was barbecued outside, filling the Eastonian air with charred meats usually only present during Lafayette/Lehigh week. Many students would come up - giving up their vegan diets, maybe just this one time - to eat beautiful steak sandwiches, and to sip delicious Coke under huge cardboard cutouts of their beloved head coach.
Today, Lafayette has a new head football coach, and so far there's no Coke billboards with head coach John Garrett on them. And there was no smell of steak as the Committee got the folder filled with the printouts of Lafayette's Patsy Ratings class.
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