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...happened before—right here at Harvard.I’m sure you know the story. Five games into a season full of promise, potential, and wonderful possibilities, a quarterback change took place. Granted, when 2005 starter Liam O’Hagan took over for fellow junior Chris Pizzotti for the Crimson, it wasn’t because of terribly poor play by Pizzotti. Nor was it because Harvard used an eleventh-round draft pick and spent millions of dollars on O’Hagan’s services, like the Broncos did on Cutler.At the college level...
...that’s what we expect. They were definitely hungry for a victory.”SWAP IN THE SADDLEBefore Saturday, junior Chris Pizzotti’s last significant playing time had taken place during Week 6 against Princeton. Junior Liam O’Hagan took over for Pizzotti in that game, a 31-28 loss to the Tigers, but experienced a reversal of fortunes this weekend.With the Crimson offense struggling and in desperate need of a spark, Pizzotti replaced O’Hagan behind center for Harvard’s second drive of the second half...
...strongest, most reliable option silenced, Harvard managed to gain a paltry 218 yards on offense, a precipitous drop from its Ivy League-leading average of 387.4 yards per game.“Yale’s defense came ready to play today,” said junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti, who replaced O’Hagan halfway through the third quarter. “It was tough for our offense to get things going today.”“Everything came grudgingly,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. Even on the one drive when the Crimson...
Harvard added a fourth-quarter touchdown on a 26-yard pass from Pizzotti to Mazza, closing the final gap at 34-13, but that was far too little and far too late to start a Crimson comeback...
Already leading 20-7, Yale ended what little suspense was left early in the fourth quarter by taking advantage of one of its many short-field opportunities. After a sack of Pizzotti pinned Harvard at its own 3-yard line junior punter Matt Schindel muffed his attempted punt out of bounds, where the ball was whistled out at the 8. On the next play McLeod, who finished the season as the leading Ivy rusher, took a handoff and ran around right tackle into the end zone, giving Yale a 27-7 lead...