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...chronic inconsistency of Blewitt and Wright has forced the Harvard offense to essentially take the field goal option out of the playbook...
With Harvard's two missed field goal attempts against Princeton, the woeful Crimson placekickers are now a combined 1-for-9 on the season. Harvard, with a .111 average, easily has the worst kicking game in the Ivy League. To match this futility, Princeton would have to miss its next 68 field goals, Cornell its next 47, and Penn its next...
...that we've established the importance of a good kicking game, we should wonder as to what has accounted for eight straight missed field goals? One theory involves the names of our kickers. Anders "Oh no, he" Blewitt and Robbie "Wide" Wright are perhaps the two worst names to have as field goal specialists...
...kidding aside, perhaps the most rational explanation is the relative youth and inexperience of the two Crimson placekickers. Blewitt is a sophomore and Wright is a freshman. It is understandable that such young kickers may be nervous or anxious when it comes to converting field goals in big-game situations...
Such a mentality worked out well Saturday, when Rose was able to scramble on fourth-and-5 and connect with senior tight end Chris Stakich for the go-ahead score. However, other teams will key into Harvard's abandonment of the field goal unit and will potentially make late-game fourth down efforts nearly impossible...