Thanksgiving weekend usually marks the scenes of football rivalries i.e. Penn vs Cornell, Army vs Navy, Harvard vs Yale but the one that comes to my mind is that between Boston College and Holy Cross, two Jesuit institutions in Massachusetts. In 1942 Boston College was a powerhouse led by all-American Mike Holovak and they were heavily favored to win, so much so that their supporters planned a victory celebration at the Cocoanut Grove Night Club in Boston. But Holy Cross upset the favorite and the B.C. celebration was cancelled. That was the night of the tragic fire that consumed the night club resulting in the loss of over 400 lives. Mike Holovak and many of his team mates then went off to WWII to face another fate.
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