Word: echeloning
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...returning running back, Jon Veach, had a field day against the Crimson, gaining 205 yards, but struggled against everyone else, posting just 437 yards in the other nine contests. Quarterback Matt Verbit had a strong 2003, but is no where near the Alvin Cowan or Ryan Fitzpatrick echelon...
...Holy Cross met, wide receiver Brian Edwards joked that he and his unit had been told by Harvard coach Tim Murphy to pray for man coverage. The football gods obliged and Edwards exploded for 152 yards on seven receptions, including one score, emphatically announcing his ascension to the upper echelon of Ivy receivers. The Crusaders would be foolish to commit such an egregious error twice, but it remains to be seen whether any strategy can prop up Holy Cross’ overmatched secondary against the Crimson’s passing game...
...though he was a good coach, laying the groundwork for the Crimson’s restoration, his teams never quite made the leap back into the upper echelon of collegiate hockey powers. In Harvard’s three NCAA tournament appearances under Mazzoleni, the Crimson was eliminated in the first round on each occasion, right on the cusp of fulfilling its promise...
This might be a problem, if Ivy games were characteristically defensive struggles. That is, if Ivy teams were consistently ranking in the upper echelon in most defensive categories, then the question marks on that side of the ball would be troubling...
...Saudi Arabia is not a democracy, and policy debates among the powerful princes at the top echelon of the Royal Family occur under a veil of silence. But divisions within the House of Saud over how to respond to al Qaeda's campaign are increasingly plain to see. A recent public statement by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington, appeared to chide some of his uncles responsible for the nation's security as he demanded an all-out war on al-Qaeda: "War means war," wrote Bandar. "It does not mean Boy Scout camp...