Word: quarterback
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Finally, with the score knotted at 6-6 and the Crimson deep in Dartmouth territory, Murphy gave in. He pulled backup junior quarterback Garrett Schires mid-drive with Harvard in the red zone and inserted Fitzpatrick for the first play of the second quarter...
Fitzpatrick threw only one pass that series—a wobbly duck that was probably the worst of his career—and the Crimson had to settle for a field goal. On the next drive, Schires was back at quarterback and Fitzpatrick was back on the sidelines...
...cast encasing Fitzpatrick’s broken right hand hadn’t even been off a week, he had only practiced one day and in his first series he had looked rusty at best. But with perfection in peril and the best quarterback in the Ivy League fidgeting a foot away from him, Murphy finally relented to the overwhelming truth that, for better or worse, his team needs its quarterback...
When Rose—the most prolific quarterback in Harvard history—was hurt last season, Murphy didn’t rush his return. Even when it was a minor injury, a close game and Rose was begging to play, Murphy didn’t budge...
...those things combined have created a quarterback that those closest to him insist does not belong in the Ivy League...