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They’re a corps of barely-walking wounded, but the Crimson front five has allowed just nine sacks—fewest in the Ivies through four games—while providing outstanding protection for junior signal caller Ryan Fitzpatrick...
...familiar with Murphy’s affinity for conservative play, one reporter asked Fitzpatrick what the Big Red defense had done differently to shut down the Crimson after the first quarter...
...Still, Fitzpatrick politely answered the question. “Um, well, I think we were a little more conservative in the second and third quarters,” he said...
Even though Fitzpatrick attempted a grand total of just seven passes once the Crimson led by three TDs, Harvard didn’t have a single drive longer than three minutes. If you take out Corey Mazza’s 64-yard TD reception—the only second-half reminder of the Crimson’s big-play character—there was no drive longer than 18 yards. In the final three quarters, there were only five first downs, compared with six three-and-outs...
...matter to Murphy. As long as the defense preserved the win, his offense didn’t need to build on it. In the end, the Crimson was 4-0, and I guess that’s all that really matters—not national rankings or Fitzpatrick maintaining his position as the top statistical QB in Divison...