Word: ground
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...real story was Harvard's defense. The once-awful secondary continued to improve, holding the Lions to less than 100 yards in the air. Just as impressively, the defensive line held Columbia's Johnathan Reese--who had been averaging over 150 yards per game on the ground--under triple digits, only the second Ivy League team to do so in 2000. Harvard was now in a position to clinch at least a share of the league championship with wins in its final two games...
...Then, I imagine the death chant. I think about the debut album my indie band, The Humming, had just recorded. I picture the screams. Then, again, the death chant. Screams. Debut album. Death chant. I can conclude only one thing: we need to get this LP off of the ground and into the public...
...After the first few games this season, no one thought that the ground game would be a strength for the Crimson. With its three top running backs sidelined with injuries, Harvard has relied on fourth- and fifth-string sophomore running backs Matt Leiszler and Nick Palazzo...
...Leiszler and Palazzo have been a two-headed monster for Harvard out of the backfield, helping the team gain an Ivy League-leading average of 184.5 yards per game on the ground. The Crimson averages 4.37 yards per rush, partly because both Leiszler and Palazzo combine a tough running style with the ability to break for long runs. Listed at 5'8 but not close to that size in actuality, the sophomores are power runners with speed who complement the Crimson's high-powered passing attack...
...Yale's defensive line, while it also has a good group of players, hasn't had quite the production of Harvard's D-line this year. Yale's rush defense is second in the league, averaging 122 yards per game allowed on the ground compared to 111 yards for Harvard...