Word: preseasonitis
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Quarterback was a wide-open position for the Crimson in the preseason. With all but fifth-stringer J.C. Harrington spending time on the injury list, nobody has had the chance to really practice and adapt to running the offense. This was the first significant action both of these players had received...
...spring before Leiszler reported to Harvard, he had reconstructive knee surgery. And on the first day of his freshman preseason, he re-injured himself and needed surgery on the same knee...
Miller started out well in the preseason. "Democrats and Republicans. Now there's a bunch of 4 and 12 teams," he chortled. But since then it seems like Miller has been pulling his punches. In the season opener Sept. 4 he was silent for most of the game except halftime, when he was eating Skittles during his analysis. In the broadcasts since, Miller has become even more timid, as columnists have pronounced the comedian-as-football announcer experiment a failure...
...Part of it was that we were coming off the Brown loss," captain Tom Elke said. "The first quarter wasn't up to the level we had played in the preseason...
...Regardless, coming into the 2000 season, the prospects appeared limitless given that all eight players would be returning with a year of seasoning under their belts. But before the now-veterans were even able to compete in their first game as sophomores, the events of the preseason have seemed to suggest that they are, well, jinxed...