The roster lists his height as 6-ft., 1-in. Sure, and Mickey Rooney is a seven-footer.

The roster lists his weight as 185-lbs. Yeah, and Tinkerbell weighs a ton.

Harvard wide receiver Brian Barringer, who needs 10 grabs in Saturday's Harvard-Yale showdown to become the Crimson's all-time single-season receiving leader, would need to stand on a volcano to be a six-footer. He'd need to be riding Bertha the Elephant to weigh 185 pounds.

All right, let's just say Barringer is smaller and lighter than the roster says. And though a small guy, he's not noted for his speed.

But let's also say that it doesn't matter. He gets open. He catches passes.

"He's not big, but he's slow," Harvard Captain Kevin Dulsky says with a chuckle. "But that's why you've got to love him. He may not have the physical talent of some receivers, but he uses what he has so well. And he has great hands."

Barringer--or "Buzzy" as his teammates call him--now has 47 receptions, nine shy of pat McInally's record-setting total in 1973. A big game in The Game and the record is his.

It would be a big achievement for not such a big man.

What he lacks in size and speed, he makes up for in craftiness. If there's an opening, he takes it. This year, in his first year as a starter, he has more than 500 yards in receiving yardage. He has also caught two touchdown passes.

Barringer has found an excellent battery-mate in quarterback Tom Yohe. Yohe--who now holds or shares every single-season record for Harvard quarterbacks--and Barringer often hook up on sideline curl patterns, when Barringer runs 15 yards up the field, fades towards the sideline and then curls into Yohe's pass.

"Buzzy is a great receiver," Yohe says. "He's not blazing fast, he doesn't have the quickness to run by people, but he's well-conditioned. He runs the defense well. He adjusts if he sees [the play is] not going to be there."

Barringer and Yohe have a workman-like relationship. Yohe throws. Barringer catches. There's no special magic, Barringer says. It's just two guys getting the job done.

"When I'm open, Tommy finds me," Barringer says. "He does a good job of that, especially when he's scrambling. I don't think there's any special chemistry [between us], it's just the way patterns are supposed to be run.

Like most of his senior cohorts, Barringer saw little playing time during his sophomore and junior years. He spent his game days on the bench, watching, waiting.

"It's tough when you're not playing a lot," Barringer says. "Sophomore year, you're wondering, 'What the heck am I doing here?' You're a punching bag your sophomore year and you see a lot of people in front of you. I'm glad I got my turn."