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...Crimson made its stand at the Harvard 18, where it sacked Rahne and forced two incompletions to set up fourth-and-11. Senior end Mike Sands crushed Rahne, forcing a pop-up pass that senior linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski grabbed for what would have been his second pick of the day. However, a defensive holding penalty gave Cornell 10 yards and an automatic first down...
Murphy and Kacyvenski were unable to explain the problem in the postgame press conference. In fact, both seemed shell-shocked...
That leaves a couple of different excuses to address. Both Murphy and Kacyvenski claimed that Rahne simply made great passes, that people weren't that open. Nevertheless, Harvard's scheme has to come into question because on some occasions there were huge gaps in the zone, and Rahne was able to pick the defense apart. Harvard also didn't put much pressure on Rahne in the final drives, which is puzzling because the Crimson's defensive line played well leading up to the last two series...
With Harvard holding a commanding 23-10 lead over Cornell with 3:56 left in the game, a stunned Big Red crowd of 9,218 watched as Crimson linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski grabbed a wayward pass by quarterback Ricky Rahne at the Harvard 12, seemingly sealing a victory for Harvard...
...officials called defensive holding, erasing Kacyvenski's critical...