Word: rust
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...comes down to this—if Fitzpatrick is completely healthy, he will be able to run all over Yale’s defense, just as he was able to run over Holy Cross, Brown, Northeastern and Cornell. He played admirably against Penn, but it was clear that the rust was still there. If he’s not 100 percent—even if he’s playing—the edge goes to Yale. Cowan is too good...
...Fitzpatrick looked just good enough against Penn to give the Crimson faithful hope. If he can shake off the rust and find another receiving target besides Edwards, Dawson and the defense should be able to hold off Yale—but it’s gonna be close...
...There was a lot of rust there,” Murphy said...
Fitzpatrick broke his throwing hand four weeks ago against Cornell. He has practiced all of one day in the past three weeks, while junior backup quarterback Garrett Schires has taken three straight weeks of snaps. That’s a whole lot of rust that Fitzpatrick had to knock off when he came in cold in the second quarter...
Regardless of the rust, the status of Fitzpatrick’s health was dubious at best. He had the cast removed less than a week before the game, and the risk of reinjury should have been more carefully considered even though he was medically cleared to play...