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Blewett and Fernandez took to the field last week and competed in a kicking contest to settle an old score—one that began two years ago when Fernandez wrote a column bashing Harvard’s special teams unit. In “Who Wants To Be a Crimson Placekicker,” Fernandez laced into a kicking team that had at the time made only 1-of-9 field goals on the season. “If you’re reading this, Coach Murphy, you can always put me in if all else fails...
...Beforehand I told Fernandez that he’d better bring the big stick or it was gonna get ugly,” he said (though it’s unclear exactly what “the big stick” means in the context of a kicking contest). “So I think Dan was a little shaken before setting foot on the field. To make matters worse, I know I’m pretty intimidating suited up in pads. Just ask any of the guys on the team...
Blewett’s confidence didn’t waiver even after Fernandez, who missed on his first two practice kicks, nailed both his final warm-up and the first attempt of the contest...
...don’t know if was due to the Rip Fuel I pounded at lunch or if it was due to the soft tissue massage therapy I had on my right quadricep prior to the contest,” Blewett said. “But there’s no question I was bringin’ it. As for Fernandez, I felt like the only thing he brought was a case of the sniffles and a bad haircut...
...Blewett-Fernandez challenge is believed to be the first of its kind since three Crimson Sports editors challenged the women’s basketball team to a three-point shooting contest in 1998. That contest ended in a 16-14 victory for the NCAA-bound Crimson ladies...