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With the top defense in Division I-AA in town on Saturday, it was no shock that the game turned on a late turnover.The surprise came when it was Harvard’s defense, not Lafayette’s, that made the big play in the end.A 91-yard interception return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Steven Williams late in the fourth quarter preserved the Crimson’s narrow lead and helped Harvard (3-2, 2-0 Ivy) hold on for a 27-17 win over the Leopards (4-2) in front of 10,001 fans at Harvard...
...offensive balance is the accepted norm. In the Ivy League this season, only two teams are straying outside of a 60-40 percent breakdown of run and pass. Cornell is at 61 percent pass; the other team is Yale, which has vaulted up to No. 16 in the I-AA poll with a blistering 4-0 start. The Bulldogs are at 76 percent...
Believe it or not, Brown has the top-ranked offense and passing attack in the Ivies. Michael Dougherty ranks No. 1 in I-AA in passing yards per game, and has gone over 400 in back-to-back games...
...stadiums of big-time college football. Hell, driving back from the Harvard-Lehigh football game on Saturday night, the radio announcement of my hometown Colorado Buffaloes upsetting Oklahoma made me realize just how much I was missing while tucked away in the New England obscurity that is Division I-AA, non-postseason eligible football...
...simple thank you was what followed from Coen, but it all got me thinking: look at the unfiltered access afforded to us in the I-AA ranks, the kinds of things that never would happen at other schools. Weekly one-on-one meetings with the head coaches, rubbing shoulders with the opposing coaches from the rival league, even seeing assistants breaking bread in your very own dining hall...