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...gamble pays off. Quarterback John Rogan, back in the pocket, spots split end Curt Grieve at the end of a 20-yd, out pattern, but practically smothered by Harvard defenders Matt Foley and Rocky Delgadillo...
...strategy was not to let him get into his pattern." Delgadillo said. "In the beginning that's why we were getting a lot of sacks (six on the day), because we were jamming him on the line or a few steps...
...Delgadillo saw things about the same way. "I was responsible for jamming him on the line, and Peter was supposed to cover him deep... Grieve's pattern forced Peter into the middle of the field and then he broke for the corner. It was just a good throw and a good play to call at the time...
...other, of course, is Delgadillo. The Crimson cornerback will be responsible much of the afternoon for covering Grieve, who, if you remember, beat Delgadillo for the first Eli touchdown on a fourth-and-nineteen play, during last year's 14-0 Yale win. Delgadillo, who needs two interceptions to break the Harvard career record, will be the man to snare an Eli pass in a crucial situation...
...know each other really well," Rogan says. "I know how he runs his patterns. He knows how I like to throw." Delgadillo and the rest of the Crimson's well-regarded secondary should have their hands full...