Word: overthrew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wilford tried to throw a bomb down the left sideline but overthrew his receiver by a mile. It was a fairly low-percentage play, as the Brown secondary had the Harvard receivers outnumbered...
...picked off on Harvard's second possession of the game. He then underthrew freshman Carl Morris when he was three yards past his defender on a route right down the middle of the field. He also overthrew Patterson on second-and-5 and the ball at the Brown 29 for his second interception...
Maybe it was too easy in the first half, as Harvard exploded to an "insurmountable" 34-3 halftime lead. On its first possession, the offense threw on the first four plays, with senior quarterback Brad Wilford completing three attempts for 24 yards. He just overthrew a sure touchdown to sophomore Andy Fried, who caught a 21-yard pass three plays later for Harvard's first quarterback-wide receiver touchdown throw-and-catch since...
Quarterback Vin Ferrara took the field--injured elbow and all--completed a 19-yard pass to tight end Andy Laurence and threw a five-yarder to tight end Adam Golla. But on the next play he overthrew tailback Eion Hu, and a Yale defender tipped the ball...
...laws passed by parliament and candidates running for election ? is appointed for life by a closed group of clergy, he still depends to some extent on the illusion of popular consent. "Electoral defeats are deeply troubling to the conservatives," says Dowell. "And as veterans of a revolution that overthrew the autocratic shah, they are well aware of the danger of pushing too far against the will of the people...