Word: crimsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sophomore year, Rich Linden had the Harvard football world in the palm of his hand. He had just led the Crimson to an undefeated season and an Ivy League title, and the young quarterback seemed well on his way to rewriting most of Harvard's record books...
...Patterson's love for football continued to grow in high school. Before he started catching passes for the Crimson in 1996, Patterson had been throwing them for years. Patterson was a two-time All-State option quarterback at Germantown High School in Tennessee, leading his team to an impressive 26-2 record...
...Putting on that Crimson jersey for the last time will be really tough," Patterson said. "When I get in the locker room and put on my pads and play in front of all those people that represent Harvard University, that means the world to me. I'm going to miss acting silly in the locker room, guys wrestling in the locker room, practicing in sub-zero temperature and little things like that. Professional football is great, but I'll totally miss the atmosphere of the college game...
Others on the team might be rolling their eyes, but they'll probably let the heart of Harvard's interior run defense get away with it, since the Crimson's last three opponents have rushed 77 times for 64 yards...
Yale senior quarterback Joe Walland remembers the 114th playing of The Game with almost perfect clarity. One of his first games as starting quarterback, it ended with hordes of screaming Crimson fans storming his Yale Bowl in celebration of its undefeated Ivy season. He also remembers The Game for a different reason. If things had gone his way, he would have been part of the celebratory side. Harvard was his first college choice, but he found a rejection letter in his Crimson admissions packet...