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...like Chris Pizzotti, Liam O’Hagan, Desmond Bryant, and several offensive linemen—guys who were the last holdovers from the 2004 squad that went 10-0—was most obvious, as the biggest questions on this year’s team lie at quarterback and at defensive...
...ironically, the Crimson’s attempt to find a solution to its most pressing current problem—the quarterback spot—may well involve looking backwards, to a player who was once a blockmate of Pizzotti and a member of the 2004 squad. With a pair of juniors, Matt Simpson and Collier Winters, struggling somewhat in the Spring Game, the best case for Harvard may be the return of Andrew Hatch, the well-traveled former Crimson quarterback who started two games for Louisiana State last season. Hatch is attempting to get back to Cambridge to finish...
...Harvard football, will live on with Hatch’s return. In a way, it will be that the Crimson has traveled full circle with an era of extremely successful players. A series of guys who practiced with Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05, the greatest Harvard quarterback of the modern era, continue to carry his legacy—O’Hagan, Pizzotti, and now, perhaps, Hatch...
Three subsequent stars - the Packers' Dorsey Levens, who followed Sanders; Tennessee Titans RB Eddie George, in 2000; and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper - saw stalwart careers wither in the years immediately following their cover appearances. Other stars, including Philadelphia Eagles QB Donovan McNabb (who graced the cover in 2005) and Seattle Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander (2006), have had their seasons derailed by injury. But the strongest argument for a cover jinx comes in the prison-garbed form of Michael Vick. When Vick appeared on the cover of Madden 2004, he was heralded as the future of the game, a rocket...
...three Ivy Championships. The fifth-year senior watched from the sidelines as Fitzpatrick led the Crimson to a perfect 10-0 season in 2004, then led two back-to-back championship teams of his own in 2007 and 2008. The Jets used their first-round pick to claim quarterback Mark Sanchez from USC, so Pizzotti will start down the depth chart. Of course, Pizzotti began his collegiate career as a backup to classmate Liam O’Hagan, before taking the spotlight and the starting job following O’Hagan’s suspension. Pizzotti drew heat...