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...still a work in progress, both schematically and personnel,” Murphy said. “The biggest thing is, we knew they wouldn’t give us many looks to run the football. We saw a lot of man coverage, a lot of nine-man fronts—typical Brown. To some extent, you have to throw to beat these guys.”Late in the game, Murphy turned to Van Niel, a player with zero career carries coming into the game, to try to ground out first-down yardage in both third-and-short situations...
...game slipped away from the Crimson as Pomona found the net three straight times after minutes of close play. Prior to the offensive flurry, neither team held a lead larger than two goals.Harvard had its share of opportunities to pull away with the victory. The Crimson drew nine-man advantages throughout the game, two of which came in the final four minutes, but failed to convert on either of them.Freshman Spencer Livingston, senior John Voith, and Garcia all recorded deuces in the effort. Livingston also caused four of the nine ejections in the game. Sophomore keeper Jay Connolly made...
...ladder to the ship and scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," says Mahalingam. Those who boarded were barefoot but carrying pistols, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge, where in halting English they quizzed Mahalingam and his nine-man crew--eight Kenyans and a Tanzanian--about their religion and told them they were being taken hostage. They told the captain his was the 20th ship they had hijacked this year...
...scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," remembers Mahalingam. The boarders were barefoot but carrying pistols, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge where, in halting English, they demanded to see the captain; they quizzed Mahalingam and his nine-man crew-eight Kenyans and a Tanzanian-about their religion and told them they were being taken hostage. "The pirates were very calm," says Mahalingam. "They told me this was the 20th ship they had hijacked this year...
...Clifton’s certainly not a guy who ever makes excuses,” Murphy said. “I think it’s a combination of less balance and the fact that he’s facing eight- and nine-man fronts, which hasn’t been the case the past few years...