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...completed 25-of-36 passes for 292 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions on the day, dropped to pass and saw senior tight end Chris Stakich open in the flat. As he threw, Tigers senior outside linebacker Steven Koopman and freshman cornerback Blake Perry slammed into Rose on a blitz. Rose's pass fell short and the Tigers took over on downs...
...instead of fourth-and-inches, Harvard faced fourth and five at Princeton's 35-yard line. Rose dropped back to pass in the face of an intense Tigers blitz. That blitz, which buried Rose under three Princeton defenders, also left Stakich uncovered at the 25-yard line. Rose got the pass to his tight-end off just before the Tiger pass-rushers got to him. Stakich, with the help of some good downfield blocking from the wideouts, took the pass all the way for a touchdown...
...They've got some great receivers with Morris and Cremarosa and the rest," Princeton Coach Roger Hughes said. "We didn't feel like we could match-up with them downfield with our defensive backs. So we had to blitz Rose and, to his credit, he found a way to get the ball to his receivers...
...Lehigh is the fastest team we play, and they like to blitz," Murphy said. "We have to make our blitz pickups in the backfield...
Murphy said the key to Bucknell's success was that it created pressure using only its defensive line. If Harvard has to blitz to get to the quarterback, the secondary will have to play single-coverage against the Red's talented receiving corps...