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...earned the nickname of ‘Harvard’ during preseason,” Fitzpatrick recalls. “But once people learned my name, it was slowly phased out. I got a lot of comments about Good Will Hunting, a few ‘how ’bout them apples’ comments thrown...
...some, that path is slightly less traveled, slightly more difficult, and much, much more unlikely. Just ask Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00. Because for these two Crimson alumni, it’s not the fact that they work together that surprises many, it’s where they work—for the National Football League...
...When coach [Tim] Murphy recruited me to come to Harvard, he made it very clear that if you were a good enough player, the NFL scouts were going to find you,” says Fitzpatrick, currently the third-string quarterback for the St. Louis Rams. “That being said, I didn’t feel as if it was a realistic possibility for me to play in the NFL. It wasn’t until after my junior year when I started receiving calls from agents that I realized I had a shot at playing...
...Once that shot came, Fitzpatrick, a late seventh-round draft pick, took advantage. He was thrown into the fray early in the second half of his rookie season, coming off the bench in a game against the Houston Texans with the Rams down 17-3. The Crimson’s all-time leader in total offense went 19-for-30 for 310 yards and three scores in leading St. Louis to a highly improbable 33-27 victory...
...first and foremost, to win an Ivy League championship.”The problem seems to be a Franklin Field curse.In the team’s 2004 undefeated season, the Crimson beat Penn badly on its home turf, but other than that it has been all Quakers.Before the Ryan Fitzpatrick era, the squad had not won since 1980 at Franklin.Despite Penn’s lackluster record, there is something about the field and atmosphere that prevents strong play.Whether or not the curse exists Harvard, the bottom line is: the Crimson did not play well Saturday.Wrought with turnovers?...