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          Cameron Brate: Thanksgiving at Harvard includes stuffing, not just studies

          • Andrew Astleford
          Nov 26, 2015, 02:24 PM ET

          TAMPA, Fla. -- Even at Harvard, they have time to trade textbooks for a little turkey.

          On Wednesday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate, a Harvard alum, was part of a light-hearted exchange with defensive tackle Gerald McCoy in the locker room. McCoy approached teammates and asked about their favorite Thanksgiving foods for a video posted by the team. When he reached Brate, the exchange went this way:

          “Do you guys celebrate Thanksgiving at Harvard?” said McCoy, who went to Oklahoma.

          “Yeah,” Brate said with a smile, “we celebrate Thanksgiving at Harvard.”

          “You sure? Or do you study on Thanksgiving?”

          “No, we didn’t study. I was actually home.”

          “OK, so your favorite food was not a book?”

          “It was not a book. I would eat while reading, though.”

          On Thursday, McCoy reflected on his discovery that Harvard students have time for holiday fun.

          “I do a show, Dini’s Den, every week, and for the holidays we always do a special show,” he said. “So I was just walking around the locker room asking the players their favorite food. And I saw Cam in the middle of an interview, so I said, ‘Why not?’

          “I didn’t know that they celebrated Thanksgiving at Harvard. Take a break from studying.”