Word: pennã
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...choices and throws interceptions and incompletions. Penn had already picked off seven passes coming into the match with Harvard. The Harvard offensive line gave Rose the time he needed to complete an impressively high 67 percent of his passes while throwing no interceptions. Compare that completion percentage to Penn??€™s Gavin Hoffman, last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year. Hoffman completed 60 percent of his passes—but only if you include the one caught by Harvard senior cornerback Willie Alford...
Harvard fell behind early as Hoffman hit Colin Smith with a 30-yard touchdown pass to put the Quakers up, 7-0. On Penn??€™s next possession, tailback Kris Ryan, who leads the Ivy League in rushing, broke several tackles and rumbled 66 yards to give the Quakers a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter...
...Harvard ground attack, led by Staph and Palazzo, piled up 145 yards against Penn??€™s nationally top-ranked run defense, which was allowing only 44 yards per game...
Though Harvard finished behind Penn in the Ivy standings, the scenario won’t necessarily repeat itself in the NCAA tournament. The key indicator is that Harvard played the toughest nonconference schedule in the Ivies, while Penn??€™s was among the weakest...
...Penn??€™s key wide receivers, leans slumped against a car, talking with his grandparents, who postponed their trip to Florida for a week so they could come to the game today...