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...Leading the defensive charge for Princeton will be a strong secondary and quick defensive backs ready to make a statement. With experience on the defensive line and just enough youthful athleticism—thanks to guys like sophomore Steven Cody who leads the team with 48 tackles??the Tigers certainly have the ability to keep things interesting tomorrow, but whether they will is altogether another question.“For whatever reason, the teams that they’ve played, the schedule they’ve played, they obviously haven’t played to their potential...
...John Hopkins—the reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week—pick off Mike DiPaolo’s pass at Harvard’s three-yard line. Hopkins was all over the field: The senior finished second on the team with seven and a half tackles??including one for a loss—and a pass breakup. He added a second interception on the Leopards’ last-ditch fourth-quarter drive. Only a fellow member of the secondary posted more. Senior safety Doug Hewlett led the defense with eight tackles...
...linemen were not alone in their woes, as what projected to be a well-stocked secondary showed signs of youth. The two veteran cornerbacks, preseason All-American junior Andrew Berry and 2006 second team All-Ivy senior Steven Williams, strutted their stuff on the field, combining for eight tackles??one for a loss—and four pass breakups. Berry nearly had an interception in the endzone and Williams leapt to deflect a potential 40-yard completion to a seemingly open receiver. But Randolph picked on inexperienced sophomore defensive backs Derrick Barker and Ben Jenkins once Berry...
...working as a naval historian after-hours. (His 2003 biography of the seafaring American revolutionary John Paul Jones was a New York Times bestseller.) In his newly-released “Sea of Thunder,” Thomas’ moonlighting and his day-job converge. The subjects Thomas tackles??from military infighting to the suicide bomber’s mentality—could just as easily be found in a current-events magazine as in a history book...
...pound tackle from Stamford, Conn. Preseason All-American honors as well as double-teams on virtually every play. And though those double teams have resulted in numbers slightly less spectacular than you’d see otherwise—he’s sixth on the team in total tackles??Berg still anchors a Harvard defensive line that ranks first in I-AA in both sacks levied as well as rushing yards surrendered.Berg alone is responsible for eight and a half of those sacks, and has also forced three fumbles for the Crimson—both best...