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Overall, the loss was as close as Harvard's previous two and might have ended Harvard's title chances. With Brown's two remaining games against last-place teams, the Crimson will need serious help to catch the Bears again...
This year, he took analysis that appeared in The Crimson's game preview on Friday: "The hole in the defense is in the secondary, which has allowed quarterbacks to pick their way through it all season, giving up more than 250 yards through the air each game. Overall, Brown's defense is by far the weak link on an otherwise championship team...
Maybe he was just having a good time, but based on his track record of thanking The Crimson after Brown's win in '98 ("Are you with The Crimson? We enjoy reading your stuff online. Thanks."), it appears he probably wasn...
This year, however, they settled the game the old-fashioned way, and the lasting impression is that Harvard could just as easily have won this game--and maybe the Ivy title--as lost it. Chances are that the Crimson's chances of a title are over, and it's not because it wasn't good enough to win the Ivies...
Last year's Crimson team wasn't good enough to repeat the '97 team's success (9-1, 7-0). This year's team was good enough to come close, but unlike in '97, it wasn't a team of destiny. In Harvard's 14-12 '97 win against Princeton, Giampaolo hit a then-career long 43-yarder, and another kick went through despite being tipped as Harvard rallied from a 12-8 deficit. There was no similar sign of otherworldly blessing on this team, however...