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...will hardly be alone in the backfield. Only two backs carried the ball in the season opener, but more depth at the position should be on display all season...
...played great,” Caples said. “We pressed up a little too much and gave them a few breakaways, but we possessed the ball well. We did a much better job in the second half creating attack instead of just passing the ball around the backfield.”By eight minutes into the half, junior forward Tami Jafar and sophomore midfielder Kristin Bannon had both struck gold for the Crimson off penalty corners, and it was all defense from there on out.—Staff writer Paul T. Hedrick can be reached at phedrick@fas.harvard.edu...
...sideline, the whole team suffers.I suppose that Mike Shanahan’s decision is a little more difficult than the one Murphy had to make. Shanahan no longer has an NFL-version of Clifton Dawson, his league’s greatest running back ever in the backfield to provide constant stability (Terrell Davis retired a while back, of course). And hey, the Denver media can be pretty nasty—they’re not as rational or sensible as we are.I know he won’t read this, but if he does, I have a bit of advice...
...fumbles.“The biggest thing with Dawson is not letting him get started,” Siedlecki said. “Once he gets past the line of scrimmage, he is tough. He just kind of slips and slides. We made a lot of hits in the backfield.”With its strongest, most reliable option silenced, Harvard managed to gain a paltry 218 yards on offense, a precipitous drop from its Ivy League-leading average of 387.4 yards per game.“Yale’s defense came ready to play today...
...undefeated season and shattered records, and disappointments in losing two years in a row to Princeton. But he hopes people will see him as a complete and reliable back who gave 100 percent, whether it was rushing for 100-plus yards, blocking, or catching passes out of the backfield...