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Subject: Did I see it correctly? Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:56:07 10/19/24 Sat My vision isn’t that great. Concerning Harvard’s 2xp Craig tossed a shovel pass to De Prima. After rewinding a few times It looked to me that De Prima snapped the ball. If I saw that correctly, then shouldn’t that make him an ineligible receiver? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Did I see it correctly? Author: John Harvard [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:20:28 10/19/24 Sat Crazy ending with Harvard beating Holy Cross 35-34. Too many official replays and possible clock management issues to recite. On to conference play [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Did I see it correctly? Author: Ivy Patriot [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:14:58 10/19/24 Sat "After rewinding a few times It looked to me that De Prima snapped the ball. If I saw that correctly, then shouldn’t that make him an ineligible receiver?" You must have missed the national highlights last week when Penn State put the tight end at center with the line to his right. He snapped the ball and then caught a touchdown pass. Smart football. Because he was the last man on the line he was eligible. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: Did I see it correctly? Author: Oscar Alcantara [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:33:18 10/20/24 Sun DePrima was the End-man-on-the-Line-Of-Scrimmage, which makes him eligible. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Oscar ought to know about end of the line. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:44:17 10/20/24 Sun May have been an offensive end for Marshall, a generation or so ago [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Did I see it correctly? Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:15:57 10/23/24 Wed Thank you for the explanation. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Harvard's Offense and QB's Author: John Harvard [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:21:23 10/22/24 Tue At 4-1, the Crimson are looking decent, though not overwhelming. I'm certain they'll rue that last second loss to Brown, which - if you are not aware - resulted when a 9 yard FG to cement a victory in the final minute went awry. The snap was well over everybody's head, was picked up by Brown and returned deep into Harvard territory, setting up a final second Brown TD pass for the upset. Last season, Harvard was strong behind the rushing of league rushing champion Junior Shawn McLaughlin and the league's 7th leading rusher in QB Sophomore Charles DePrima. DePrima's numbers were truncated when freshman Jaden Craig supplanted him late in the season. Last year's transition occured because Deprima only connected on 50.3% of his passes whereas Craig completed 59.8%. This season, Craig is the starter with DePrima used intermittantly and creatively. McLaughlin has been injured for more than half the season thus far, missing two games completely, and rushing only 44 times for 130 yards. Harvard has leaned on accomplished runners in Craig, DePrima, Bascon, Federick and Isiah Abbey (20th in rushing yards in IL last season). However, Harvard's running attack hasn't excelled, and is 7th in the league in rushing yards per game at 128 ypg. Key offensive linemen graduated/left to play at Big 5 schools. On the other hand, Harvard suprisingly has the highest Passing Efficiency in the league by far - and is getting better. Harvard carries a bevy of talented receivers, and it seems that another previously unknown receiver/TE makes his first reception or TD catch every week. Perhaps most noteworth, is that Craig seems to have newfound accuracy. In his last two games Craig has completed 40 of 52 passes (77%) for 7 TD's and no INT's (vs Cornell and Holy Cross). On the season, he has completed 62.7% of his throws for 13 TD's and only 1 INT. His QB rating has exceeded 200 in 3 of his five starts. For what it's worth, DePrima is 5-7 for 1 TD. If Harvard's running game can get going with a healthy McLaughlin and Craig can continue to be efficient, Harvard can hopefully put the Brown debacle in the rear view mirror. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Harvard's Offense and QB's Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:21:41 10/23/24 Wed John Harvard and Oscar Alcantara: I appreciate you clarifying this. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Harvard's Offense and QB's Author: John Harvard (Harvard at Dartmouth) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:14:27 10/28/24 Mon Thanks Inquisitive one, although only Oscar addressed the rule you were curious about. Harvard's 45-13 blowout of Princeton mostly confirmed the Crimson's trends on offense. - McLaughlin did not play (still injured) - Harvard gained 492 yards - backup RB's ran for 169 yards on 28 carries. - DePrima ran for 56 yards on 4 carries on designed runs - Jaden Craig completed 79% (26-33) for 345 yards (4 TD's, 1 INT). Craig now has thrown for 17 TD's and 2 INT's. Clearly, Princeton is not up to it's usual stature. However, I do observe that Harvard's offense has gained 492 net yards in each of its last two Ivy contests (Cornell and Princeton). This coming weekend Harvard is at Dartmouth. Dartmouth's pass defense is average in league thus far (262 yds/game) although its run defense is the best in the league (97 yds/game). Dartmouth's run offense is it's strength (212 yds/game), but Harvard's run defense is second only to Dartmouth's at 114 yds/game. Note on 6-0 Dartmouth. They have won their past 5 games by a total of 13 points. They did crush Fordham in their opener, but winless Fordham (0-8) was decimated by injuries at that time. Hoping this is the game where the Crimson finally overcome the debacle at Brown and gain a share of the Ivy League lead at 3-1 and tightening the race with Brown and Columbia currently 2-1. If Dartmouth prevails, it would be in great position at 4-0 and Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Penn all with 2 or 3 losses. Brown and Columbia finish their respective seasons against each other as well. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Harvard's Offense and QB's/ Aurich Author: Bengal [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:53:34 10/28/24 Mon Harvard OC and team excellently exploited our zone defense. Pass after pass to open receivers on the sidelines. When we went to man we got burned at least once. Fitzpatrick interviewed for 5 minutes on the sideline. Sounded like he played some advisory role in the new coach hire.He said nice things about Aurich. But when asked whether they had wanted a Princeton guy he emphatically said we had not, at the time. By appropriately not letting up at 31-13 (and H even scored another TD when they stopped passing and with a backup QB), Aurich certainly demonstrated no residual sentimentality for Old Nassau and decisively snapped H’s 6 game losing streak to P. Winning out, if he can do it which is no small task, might dissipate more of the animosity some H alums felt with his hire. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: The Crimson Hot Air Balloon Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:40:37 10/28/24 Mon I had a feeling that, if given the chance, Aurich would keep his foot on the accelerator. And I don't blame him. He's got to win over a variety of constituencies. If he gets off to a slow start, there will be no sympathies for him coming from the alumni. I think that the single worst name to have on your resume if you're a Harvard coach is Princeton. I have no doubt that, when the final gun went off at Harvard Stadium, the happiest person in the joint after Aurich was Erin McDermott. Last winter, she climbed into the hot air balloon with him and said, "Okay, pal, if you go down, there's no parachute for me." As is true everywhere, winning cures all things. I would predict a Harvard win this Saturday, but I know how carefully Dartmouth alumni scour the internet looking for perceived slights. My forecast: Dartmouth 100, Harvard 0. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Again, love the sarcasm! Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:01:46 10/28/24 Mon For whatever crazy reason, Harvard almost always brings its A game for Dartmouth, and we don't always do likewise. There were a few games when I was hoping that we would really trash the Crimson, only to win holding on by our fingernails. The Hail Mary game (and how about those Commanders?) was one of them. That said, Saturday is not one of the game when I'm thinking that will win by double digits (although it would be great if we did). I think we are really going to have to play mistake-free football to beat Harvard. We can do it. But I would be fine using up the sixth of our nine lives on Saturday for another close victory. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I'm afraid of... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:39:59 10/28/24 Mon ... another 1997. That was a good Dartmouth team (finished 8-2, 6-1), but won a lot of games by low single digits. We had an excellent kicker. We won one game (Penn) by a miracle play (although it occurred in the first half) that made Sports Illustrated. We felt enchanted. And then Harvard came to Hanover on our homecoming and kicked our asses. It was Murphy's first title. I'm just feeling 1997 vibes again this season... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: The Crimson Hot Air Balloon Author: Lurker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:13:08 10/28/24 Mon Well played AO, well played [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Harvard QB Situation Author: Ivy Inquisitor (State Of The League) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:49:47 10/28/24 Mon John Harvard: Perhaps you can clarify the Crimson QB situation. My “State of The League” post mentioned that Craig and DePrima are perfect complements to each other. Craig is a thrower that can run and DePrima is a runner that can throw. Occasionally , lining up DePrima at WR is great addition to the play book, but why has his role in the offense diminished? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]