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Wheaton's job is threefold: instruct his players, encourage his players and work the referee for calls. He accomplishes each task brilliantly, but only the final one provides the fans with as much entertainment as do Harvard's cheers.
Wheaton's ongoing banter with the referee and the linesmen is carried out with well-calculated expertise. The coach knows he needs to keep the ref aware of how the opposition is illegally stonewalling Harvard, but he also knows how to stay out of trouble--barely.
Crosby majored after committing three personal fouls, and Katz argued with a referee about a controversial whistle.
While the players provided the excitement onthe field, Penn Coach Patrick Baker provided thecomic relief from the sidelines. In the game's57th minute, a frustrated Baker angrily yelled atthe referee, "Hey, ref, are you blind and dumb?Why won't you talk to me?"
The referee, apparently not amused by Baker'scomment, signaled for a time stoppage. He calmlywalked over to the sideline and said to Baker,"The answer to your question is no." He thenissued Baker a yellow card.