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...they certainly aren’t as effective in that regard, so the burden will be on the Harvard secondary to smother the Husky receivers if the front seven succeeds in blocking off the backfield...
Harvard fans are used to watching captain Dante Balestracci dish out punishing blows to opposing quarterbacks in the backfield and those who are foolish enough to challenge him across the middle...
Though he was sacked four times on the afternoon, the Crusaders were poised to take him down in the backfield on several more occasions...
Senior Chris Raftery was equally punishing in the defensive backfield, leading the squad with 10 solo tackles...
...with Crusaders head coach Dan Allen using as many one running back sets as he does, only O’Neill and Silva will be in the backfield, which means fewer blockers and less time on passing plays. And that means more chances for guys like captain Dante Balestracci to take a shot at O’Neill, whose chances of throwing an accurate pass with No. 48 bearing down on him probably aren’t too good...