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Harvard Coach Joe Restic is notorious for summing up losses in one play. Restic's pick for the Princeton loss? Michael Lerch's 82-yard punt return for a touchdown that put the Tigers up 14-0 25 seconds into the second quarter. "We were concerned about the big plays. To get something like that really changes the momentum quickly. It's a real game breaker," Restic said...
Random Notes: Harvard junior quarterback Mike Giardi, victim of 11 sacks, had a net minus-40 yards rushing against Princeton...With Lerch playing defense, offense and special teams Saturday, Princeton Coach Steve Tosches might entertain the idea of putting the versatile senior at his one big hole: quarterback. "That's not that far-fetched," Tosches said...Harvard senior Read Hubbard ran the one play he's been successful on all season Saturday, a crossing pattern across the middle, and, as usual, made it a big one. Hubbard picked up 25 yards...Junior Mark Hall is now the Crimson's second...
Harvard reasons, quite correctly, that it must focus on shutting down the Princeton rushing game to win. Princeton is blessed with hands-of-glue receiver Michael Lerch, but it is also cursed with arms-of-jello quarterback Joel Foote, so the Tigers' passing game generally takes a back seat to Elias...
Players to Watch: Michael Lerch, Keith Elias Aaron Harris, Keith Ducker, Benjamin Ertischek...
...most importantly--Foote will have MichaelLerch, the Ancient Eight's Jerry Rice. Lerch ledthe league in receiving yards last year with 702,averaging 20.6 yards per catch. Lerch also returnskicks an average of 23.6 yards. Almost a third ofthe Tigers' total offense came from the All-Ivyreciever...