Word: ryan
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Saturday's 41-14 Harvard loss was a microcosm of both the Harvard and the overall Ivy seasons. Cornell has dealt with its question by platooning a scrambling Mike Ryan with the pass-oriented Mike Tanner, a measure that has brought it a devastating offense...
Quarterback Mike Ryan, the Big Red's usual second-quarter signal caller, opened up quickly with a 15-yd. keeper to the 28. On third and six from the 25, from Ryan-to-Brad-Decker fell through the receiver's frozen hands with Terry Trusty covering in the endzone...
...drive then died--again with a Harvard miscue--as Paul Connors fumbled the handoff from Lahti on a slant right. Cornell's Mike Cobb jumped on it at the Harvard 45. The Big Red proceeded to roll once again, racking up big rushing yardage. An incomplete Ryan-to-Decker first-down toss at the Harvard 25 again brought out kicker Rejda for the field goal try. But this time he missed from 32 yards...
...attack clicked again as Ryan launched a big gainer to Decker at the 10. From there, Ryan faked everyone out, tucking the ball behind his hip on a keeper to the 3. He then pitched to the fleet Tom Weidenkopf on the option to make the score 27-0. A pointless Harvard series of Lahti incompletes turned the ball back over and again put the defense to the test. On the first play, Ryan burned the lagging resistance, hitting a wide-open Mike Turley for 41 yards to the Harvard 19 before Scott MacLeod collared...
Rolling left on second and eight, Ryan hit Turley with just enough for the first down at the Harvard 10. On a third and goal, Ryan's incomplete pass to Turley in the endzone became a bonanza when Harvard was called for interference and gave the Big Red a first down at the 1. On the nextplay, Weidenkopf went over the top for an airborn score. The Rejda kick capped a 60-yd. six-play drive that buried Harvard 34-0 with 13:11 left in the torture chamber...