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Before Waller went down, he and sophomore Willie Alford had seen 100 percent of the action at corner this season. So when Miree and Verdini came in to face a rejuvenated Fordham offense, there were some early struggles...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Secondary Suffers Without Waller | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...kind of sad that they had to come into that situation when [Fordham] was already throwing the ball a lot," Alford said. "[Fordham was] already into the groove, and they kind of just got thrown into the fire...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Secondary Suffers Without Waller | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...defending the pass] is getting pressure up front on the quarterback and disrupting their [pass] routes," said sophomore cornerback Willie Alford, who made nine tackles and batted down two passes against Colgate...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football to take on undefeated Cornell | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...Alford has to hope that the Crimson get to Rahne because he and senior corner Kane Waller, who are 5'10" and 5'9" respectively, have the unenviable task of matching up with the 6'6" Splendorio...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football to take on undefeated Cornell | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...going to play lots of man to man coverage on him," said Alford, "He is 6'6" but he also weighs 200 pounds and so he's not as fast as some of the receivers we see. Because he's not as fast [as we are] we can play bump and run on him to try and disrupt his timing. The key to that match-up is being physical...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football to take on undefeated Cornell | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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