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...story: Backup UNH QB Hank Hendricks was suspended from the team two weeks ago, just days before pleading not guilty to murder in the killing of a pro surfer. Also true, less horrifying story: Starting UNH QB Ricky Santos won the Payton Award as the top player in Division I-AA last season and is poised to repeat this year, with 642 passing yards through two games...
Harvard’s defense entered the season pegged to be one of the best in Division I-AA, after a 2006 season that saw the Crimson post the most sacks and tackles for loss in the nation and limit opponents to an average of 66.5 rushing yards per game. During Week 8 against Columbia, the squad held the Lions to negative yards on the ground...
That “better mousetrap” is often aided by visits to or from coaching staffs at other schools at both the I-A and I-AA levels. In the past, Harvard has consulted with a wide range of teams on both sides of the ball. The former head coach at Brigham Young, Gary Crowton, paid a visit to Harvard before becoming the offensive coordinator for Louisiana State. Clemson offensive coordinator Rob Spence was consulted while he was the head coach at Toledo. And last year, there was a meeting of the minds with coaches from Massachusetts?...
...staffs, and information gained from one team cannot be passed on to an opponent. For example, information would never be passed from Harvard to a Toledo opponent following a Toledo visit. And while the possibility of a meeting between Harvard and a Toledo opponent is remote, the gap between I-AA teams like Harvard and I-A schools is rapidly shrinking...
With all the attention has come a perceptible, if modest, surge in respect for the I-AA brand in general, a softening of the skeptics from which the Ivy League will also benefit. There are, after all, at least a dozen former Ivy Leaguers playing on Sundays, including four Crimson stars of yesteryear...