Word: crimsons
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...with Columbia a "must" game seems somewhat ridiculous but no one on Harvard's football team is laughing this week. A Loss to Columbia this afternoon a squad generally predicted for the Ivy cellar, would be deeply humiliating and it would signify the beginning of the end for the Crimson's title defense this fall...
...Crimson was angry after that game. The Columbia game was going to mark the beginning of Harvard's second season, the one that really counted. But now with the entire left side of the offensive line either missing or substandard, with grad Drew Czulewicz still unable to play and with two major injuries in the defensive backfield Columbia doesn't look so easy...
Harvard made the mistake of looking past Columbia last year and it almost lost because of that. Only the stiff Crimson defense stopped a lrage drive that would have put Lions within a conversion pass of victory...
...Crimson is aware of the Columbia threat this weekend . It is aware that the Harvard running attack will be hampered on plays toward the left side. It is aware that quarterback Dave Smith will have scant time to release his passes. And it is aware that Lion quarterback John Daurio has connected on half of his passes this fall and will explore the inexperienced Harvard secondary at every opportunity...
Boston University guarded the outside cornets well last week, depriving Harvard of its stock power sweep. The Crimson depends on the sweep for its bootleg and halfback option plays and if its effectiveness is limited it often has trouble switching its attack to focus on the resulting defensive weakness that arises from the special coverage...