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...poll. Last year, Harvard squeaked out a win at Franklin Field on the strength of three Ryan Barnes interceptions, but dynamic Penn quarterback Keiffer Garton will have a full season of experience under his belt this time around. Harvard’s new-look defense will have to play better than it did last year—when the Quakers recorded a season-high 445 yards—to win. BROWN RECEIVERS vs. HARVARD SECONDARY Brown’s Killer B’s—senior wide receivers Bobby Sewall and Buddy Farnham—are back, and will...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: FOOTBALL '09: Key Matchups | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...receiving group, it’s going to make the transition a lot easier.”Providing a balance on the offense is the deep running back position. Junior Gino Gordon is looking to build on his superb sophomore season and, according to Murphy, is only getting better in preseason. Joining him is a healthy senior Cheng Ho, giving the Crimson no shortage of run options. To cap things off, Harvard has a true freshman that Ehrlich and Murphy believe will make waves from the get-go, Treavor Scales. “He has been outstanding, quite frankly, this...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '09: 'New' Team Ready for Title Run | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...Central Connecticut and stuff, they’re giving scholarships.”True, Harvard’s increased financial aid package may offer a benefit equivalent to that of athletic scholarships at other schools, but the perks of offering formal athletic scholarships extend beyond being able to recruit better athletes.According to NCAA legislation, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly Division 1-A) schools are permitted the opportunity to schedule one FCS opponent a year and count that contest as a bowl-eligible game—if the FCS team offers 57 athletic scholarships on average over the previous two years...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '09: Patriot Games: Scholarships Pose Threat to the Ivy Way | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...Rather than wither in the spotlight, Harvard’s new starters surpassed the achievements of their predecessors, holding opponents to 190.4 yards per game through the air—nearly seven yards better than the year before—and the league’s lowest opponent completion percentage, at only 53 percent...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '09: Secondary Returns for Encore Performance | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

...Competing for the spot makes everyone work harder and get better, but we’re all just friends having fun,” Winters adds. “We just like playing football and being around each other...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '09: Quarterback Position Battle Takes Center Stage | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

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