{"id":110903,"date":"2017-11-02T22:30:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T02:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=110903"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:28:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T15:28:46","slug":"video-football-looks-to-win-fourth-straight-cbb-series-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/02\/video-football-looks-to-win-fourth-straight-cbb-series-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Football seeks historic fourth straight CBB title Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bates football team takes on Bowdoin on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsnsports.net\/colleges\/bates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garcelon Field at 12:30 p.m. Saturday<\/a>. At stake? A fourth consecutive CBB title, which has never been achieved in program history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Players are very aware of that,&#8221; says offensive lineman Sean Lovett &#8217;18 of\u00a0Groveland, Mass. &#8220;It&#8217;s something we not only want to do for ourselves but for alumni and the coaches as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CBB Series: Bates football goes for fourth straight title\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FIn1oIDOcps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the senior class seeks to make history, it&#8217;s a fleet-footed first-year, Brendan Costa of Westport, Mass., who will lead the Bobcats at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Slot receiver Mickoy Nichol &#8217;18 of Dennis Port, Mass., recalls last week&#8217;s game vs. Colby when the Mule tied Bates in the fourth quarter. Costa &#8220;just brought us together and said, &#8216;I know I&#8217;m a freshman, but I&#8217;m here with you guys and we&#8217;re going to win this game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m on the job search right now,&#8221; says Max Breschi &#8217;18 of Carlisle, Pa., &#8220;and every time I get in contact with alums about jobs, they&#8217;re bringing up the CBB.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This marks the 120th football game between Bowdoin and Bates in a series that dates back to the 19th century. And with a victory, the Bobcats&#8217; 15 seniors can etch their name in the record books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players talk about the chance to make Bates football history vs. Bowdoin on Saturday. Game time is 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":110955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[7,24,11011,11012],"tags":[1791,2060,10875,3748],"class_list":["post-110903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-athletics","category-awards","category-student-life","tag-bowdoin","tag-cbb","tag-football","tag-garcelon-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110957,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110903\/revisions\/110957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}