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...Naso says he expects a strong group from last year's freshman squad to fill several spots on the defensive line and in the defensive backfield...
...expect too much out of a Columbia program that under Coach Bob Naso has won just four games in 42 tries--for a wonderful .095 percentage--even if it is coming home again...
...point in the final quarter, Columbia, trailing 20-7, drove to fourth and goal at the Harvard three-yard line. Coach Bob Naso demonstrated his understandably limited faith in his running backs by promptly bringing in placekicker Miro Lovric...
Lovric lofted the ball through the uprights for an easy 20-yard field goal, and as Naso said later, "At that point, we needed two scores and it seemed more realistic than driving for the endzone...Maybe at four and I. We just weren't going to go for it. Maybe at four and one, but not four and three...Other than a few people, I'm not sure we averaged three yards...
Actually Norton averaged 3.7 yards. However, Columbia gained only nine yards on 13 carries after halftime, at which point Naso wisely had Witkowski passing on 12 of his team's 15 first downs. Witkowski completed six of 12 passes for only 65 yards before the half but made a mockery of the Harvard secondary during the final 30 minutes, putting the ball up 37 times for 18 completions, 259 yards, and a TD. The junior QB's 49 total pass attempts broke a Harvard Stadium record...