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...Bears squad that is just a hull of its recent self (Ivy champs in 2005), take the back seat in the run-up to the above-the-field wattage. The lights that now ring the roof of Harvard Stadium will illuminate a football game for the first time, with kickoff set for a fashionably late 7:30 p.m. A 6:44 sunset with allow the Harvard fans observing Yom Kippur to arrive in time for the coin flip with clean slates and empty stomachs...
...weak side for former captain Ryan Tully ’07. Special Teams Though he entered the season on pace to become the second most prolific scorer in Harvard history, senior Matt Schindel (left) now only has duties as the punter after sophomore Patrick Long took over sole kickoff and placekicking duties. Long has the stronger leg, but from close distances, it’s Schindel’s experience that could prove valuable if he’s given back the job this season. Defensive Line It was arguably the best in the nation a year ago, but with...
...None, however, compare to Everett's tragic injury. The third-year Bill suffered a fracture and disclocation of his spine, in which the C3 and C4 vertebrae in his spinal cord were telescoped when he went in to tackle the Broncos' Domenik Hixon on a kickoff return. Everett's helmeted head made contact with the hard plastic of Hixon's shoulder pad, and he immediately dropped to the ground, his spinal cord shocked by the impact. "He had a compressive load to his spine, and the spine doesn't handle those kinds of loads very well," says Dr. Joseph Kowalski...
...college football players published last summer, the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine found that between 1989 and 2002, on average of six players per year became quadriplegic after an injury on the field. Even more alarming was the cause of these catastrophic injuries - spear tackling. "Especially on a kickoff or punt return, the whole purpose is to just collide with your opponent, to take somebody out," notes Sama. "And when you have athletes at the top of their game going full force, unfortunately these things happen...
...Crimson opened an early 9-3 lead in the third frame that it refused to relinquish en route to a 30-16 win and then finished off Wofford with a decisive 30-18 victory in game four.HARVARD 3, DELAWARE STATE 0Harvard put its right foot forward in the kickoff to the 2007 season, sweeping Delaware State, 3-0 (30-14, 30-22, 30-19), in its first match of the Invitational.“We were confident the entire time we played,” Trimble said. “Fresh out of preseason, we pounced—we were...