Word: game
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They were all thinking of what Saturday's game, a 21-17 loss to Penn, and the season could have been. Harvard (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) is much better than its record, which will be either 6-4 or 5-5 after the Game. It doesn't take much imagination to see that Crimson could also be 6-0 in the Ivy League heading into its showdown with Yale...
Harvard started nine seniors Saturday--three of its defensive linemen, its three linebackers and three of its defensive backs. They played their hearts out on Senior Day in their last home game, but just when it looked like they would pull out a come-from-behind win, they had their hearts broken...
That call could have gone either way, and if it had gone in Harvard's favor, the Crimson would still be only a game back in the League. Against Cornell, a 24-23 loss, bad luck victimized Harvard on fourth down again. Kacyvenski made what seemed to be a game-sealing interception with Harvard up 23-10. Instead, a bad defensive holding call on Waller gave the Big Red new life, and Cornell scored two quick touchdowns to win that game...
...certainly can't blame last week's 17-10 loss at Brown on the defense, considering it held the Bears to only 230 yards, less than half its per-game average...
...wonder if this game made Murphy reconsider his decision not to guarantee Hoffman the starting job this summer when Hoffman was looking to transfer from Northwestern. Hoffman completed 29-of-48 passes for 348 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions...