The Crimson has used both the split end reverse and the halfback option seven times each this season.

That's an average of almost once a game for each. That's not tricky. That's silly.

What's more, the Crimson reportedly is practicing the next logical alternative: a combination of those two plays, a split end reverse option pass.

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If there's a trademark of this year's Harvard football team, it's that the offense doesn't show up for the first three quarters.

Four times this season, Harvard has pulled out a victory in the fourth quarter.

Of its 169 points, the Crimson--which has scored less than one-fourth of its points in the first half--has scored 80 of them in the final period.

That's almost half of its total, and that's causing plenty of ulcers on the Crimson sideline. And in the stands.

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Pleasant Surprise Player of the Year honor goes to right cornerback Lee Oldenburg.

The senior is tied for the team lead with five interceptions, and his fourth quarter tackle of Holy Cross running back Gill Fenerty that saved at touchdown and made the Cross settle for its final field goal might just have been the biggest play of the game.

If it wasn't his return for a touchdown of Dave Wiley's pass after Connolly's go-ahead score might very well have been.

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Checking the Saint's File, senior fullback Robert Santiago is about to rewrite the Harvard record book.

His 185-yd. performance Saturday at Holy Cross marked the fifth best rushing day in Harvard history.