Word: hartigan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With a shrewdly concocted mélange of backfield misdirections and Nick Hartigan rushes, Bears coach Phil Estes capitalized on Harvard’s commitment to halting Brown’s ground game and transformed the Crimson defense from impenetrable to porous in just over 10 minutes...
Because he was facing an inexperienced quarterback—sophomore Joe DiGiacomo’s start on Saturday was just the second of his career—Harvard coach Tim Murphy singled out stopping Hartigan, the Ivy League’s leading rusher last season, as the primary objective on defense...
From the opening drive, Brown exploited Harvard’s sensitivity to Hartigan’s threat. DiGiacomo’s play-action pass on first down netted 19 yards before the Bears returned to their bread and butter. Hartigan rushed between the tackles for four yards, then took a pitch left...
...prevent even those shorter gains, Harvard will first need to apply sufficient pressure to the Bears’ offensive linemen and push the point of initial contact backwards until Hartigan can no longer advance the ball up the middle...
...Hartigan won’t be flashy when he finds open space, and neither will the Crimson. He’ll try to bowl the nearest defender over, and Harvard will take care to gang-tackle him before he picks up any more steam...