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...case of strength vs. strength, something’s got to give when the Ivy League’s 2006 rushing leader faces a defensive line that has yet to allow a single player over 100 yards this season. McLeod is fast, strong, and determined to break a half-decade long Bulldog drought against Harvard and bring the league title back to New Haven for the first time since 1999. But if senior tackle Mike Berg has anything to say about it, the celebration won’t take place this year. He and sophomore tackle Matt Curtis patrol...
...position.“I would describe Mike as one of the best modern-era defensive lineman ever to play at Harvard, most definitely,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy says. “His combination of incredible athleticism and durability has made him a feared player, a player that you have to take note of if you’re on the offense.”Though feared by offensive coordinators, Berg and his cohorts induce the antithesis of fear in their relatively inexperienced teammates in the secondary.“I like to think of it like...
...solid sets of hands at his disposal.Senior Corey Mazza leads the team with 34 receptions for 599 yards and seven touchdowns. Last weekend marked the first time since that he didn’t reach the endzone.“I think the Mazza kid is a pretty special player,” Siedlecki said. “Defensively you can’t just say you have to stop Clifton Dawson. [Harvard has] a lot of threats. You have to have a gameplan that accounts for everything they can do.”The Bulldog defense that will...
...have a hard time watching football with people who don’t know what they’re talking about now.”Sherlock’s dedication to the game as well as his energy and intensity on the field has made him a standout player for Harvard.“Pound for pound, he’s maybe the toughest kid on our team,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says. “He may be the best special teams player in the Ivy League. We know he runs back kicks and does...
...definitely win. We feel that we can play with them.”Cusworth is, not surprisingly, the key to whether or not Harvard will be able to stay in the game. His assignment is 6’11 Wolverines center Courtney Sims, one of the top players in the Big 10. Sims, a senior, is off to his best start with Michigan, as he has scored 17.8 ppg in the team’s four easy wins on a mind-boggling 26-of-36 from the floor.“I take it as a personal challenge...