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It’s been 22 days since that Saturday afternoon in New Jersey, and tonight the senior carefully bends his elbows, gladly raising both his arms in front of his chest. Half-standing—hands clenched now—Tanner pumps his fists. Once, twice...
There is a pause. Tanner smiles...
With less than five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the then-No. 24 Tigers had been trailing, 28-24, with the Harvard defense strangling a gasping Princeton drive. At last, on third and four from the Tigers’ 39-yard-line, Tanner broke up a Jeff Terrell pass to force a punt...
...Tanner froze. A flag for excessive celebration fell to earth, and the Crimson’s championship odds went in the same direction. Given 15 yards, momentum, and a fresh set of downs, a resuscitated Terrell would find Brendan Circle two plays later for a touchdown...
Tanner’s taunt was so unremarkable—and the resultant penalty so unexpected—that the students behind Harvard’s bench began to mercilessly heckle cornerback Steve Williams. The Tiger faithful thought that it was the junior, not Tanner, who had committed a personal foul...