And when junior signal-caller Brian White takes to the air--which may be more often today than of late, given the fact Brown has put up well against the run this year and the fact that this year's opponents have averaged 244 pasing yards a game--look for Santiago and Abbott on the receiving end.

Opening up the ground for all the fancy footwork is Harvard's highly touted offensive line, where Thio returns from a knee injury that's had him sidelined for three weeks. With that reintroduction, Harvard is miraculously healthy two-deep.

But that's not putting the Cantabs in a careless frame of mind, at least judging by Abbott's attitude. "We're certainly not looking by them, which is definitely what you'd be afraid of with Penn coming up," he says.

There'll certainly be enough to be afraid of on the other side of the line of scrimmage. Junior quarterback Steve Kettleberger runs (71 carries for 315 yards and three touchdowns) as well as he passes (78 of 145 for 992 yards and seven interceptions), and does so a lot more often than Harvard is used to.

And worst of all, at least for the Crimson, will be the return of free safety Keiron Bigby, injured two weeks ago. "He's a great athlete," Rosenberg warns. "If he gets his hands on the football, if he can intercept a pass, you don't know what's going to happen."

Bigby has averaged 72 yards on interceptions in the five contests he's played in, and against Yale, returned two interceptions for TDs. Elsewhere on defense junior linebacker Pat McCormack has racked up 52 tackles in his six contests.

But what it comes down to, for both squads, is one very important fotball game. "It's a must game for us in terms of the Ivy title race," Rosenberg says. "And then we turn around next week and root for you guys."