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...three separate airings on ESPN and ESPN2, the members of the Harvard football team were featured in an NFL Films-produced segment on the history of The Game. The piece ran as part of a 30-minute package entitled “Ivy Leaguers” (the second half was a profile of former Crimson linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00). It used footage from Harvard practices as well as from this year’s Game, a 30-24 triple-overtime Crimson victory. Though the players were aware of the NFL Films camera crew at the time...
...Though the film crew interviewed both O’Hagan and Harvard captain Erik Grimm during the week of The Game, the final nine-minute segment ultimately did not include that footage. A 44-minute version is in the works to air on the NFL Network this fall, however, and Schmidt said the player interviews as well as more clips of Murphy would appear in the longer version...
...focus of the piece, said producer Todd Schmidt, was on The Game’s storied history—which is actually the history of football in the United States. When NFL Films originally discussed the idea two years ago, the plan was to focus on the legendary 29-29 Game...
...unbelievable game,” Schmidt said. “We at NFL Films have seen hundreds and hundreds of games. But it was something we’ve never witnessed before, something unique throughout sports...
...works much like the NFL quarterbacks she so admires: boning up, calling the plays, relying on teammates, pushing forward. She trains like an athlete too: a junk-free diet and daily workouts. A master multitasker and cell-phone freak, Rice does not use e-mail or a Palm but carries her agenda in her head. Big tasks, like Middle East talks, are split into small plays. "We got the first down," says an admiring colleague, because she's "relentless...