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...League trots out its own rendition of Friday Night Lights this evening as the Tigers and Bears square off under the stars. The game will be nationally televised at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, for those of you with 400 channels, a fondness for mid-level 1-AA football, and no other plans.Few may recall that these were the top two teams in the league last season, with only a monumental choke against Yale in the penultimate week separating Princeton from a share of the title. The Tigers, to the surprise of many, picked up where they left off, entering...
...weeks ago was a career-high.In addition to 282 yards and two scores through the air, the senior ran for 62 yards and a touchdown. That versatility in the backfield will try to mix up the Crimson’s defensive line, a unit that ranks first in I-AA in rushing defense, sacks, and tackles for a loss. Still, Harvard doesn’t have plans to change its defense just because of one player.“We’ve been working all year on containing the quarterback, not giving him escape routes, and getting as many guys...
...Ultimately, he’ll have to be bigger, stronger, faster, to be a guy who can carry the ball 20 times a game,”Murphy said of Ho. “But I think he has a legitimate future as a I-AA running back...
...pocket or step up in the pocket, it makes it a lot easier to get to them.”Though Harvard struggled at times, the team still proved why it’s at the top of the Ivy League pecking order. The latest AP-FBC Division I-AA Poll had the Crimson ranked No. 15 in the nation. No. 24 Princeton remained the only other Ivy League team in the Top 25.“I thought it was a very solid, workmanlike effort,” Murphy said. “To be 4-0, we?...
...have some momentum because we’re going against a great team.”The Crimson enters the game with some mojo of its own, after last weekend’s inspiring come-from-behind victory against Lehigh.Harvard’s defense leads Division 1-AA with 5.3 sacks per game, and leads the Ivy League against the rush, allowing only 33.7 yards per game. The Big Red’s offense will counter with its nation-best 0.3 sacks allowed per game and its powerful rush attack, which has picked up an average of 227.7 yards...