A Priore Reasoning: Before the season began, Harvard Coach Joe Restic said his primary problem was "stabilizing the quarterback position." He wasn't kidding.

Tom Priore beat out eight other signal-callers to claim the starting job for the Crimson's season opener with Columbia, only to lose the position with an abysmal 2-for-9 passing performance in Harvard's defense-dominated 9-6 victory.

Enter Adam Lazarre-White, who promptly won Ivy Player of the Week honors in the Crimson's 26-0 hammering of lowly Northeastern. But the new starter's fortunes quickly took a 180-degree turn for the worse, and so did the Harvard offense. Every week, Restic complained about Harvard's inability to move the ball through the air. Every week, Restic complained about Lazarre-White's tendency to take costly sacks.

After the Crimson offense scored three points in its last two games, Restic had seen enough. Lazarre-White had been knocked around enough. The O had stalled enough. Re-enter Priore after a six-week sideline stay.

The senior's statistics were unremarkable: 5-for-11 passing for 85 yards, one TD pass and one interception returned for a TD, 16 carries for 74 yards. But you can't argue with a full deck of points.

"Their quarterback was awesome," said Kwiatkowski, a somewhat excitable sort. "Great move to start that kid. He's a good one."

Who Is Sackman?: Harvard linebacker and All-America candidate Joe Gordian had one of his quietest afternoons of the season Saturday, recording only five tackles. However, number 56 did blast through the Brown line to wrap up Lenkaitis for an LT-esque nine-yard loss. Gordian now has 10 sacks this season, one shy of the Harvard record set by Don Peterson in 1988.

Metaphor of the Week: Harvard cornerback Marty Bowen's description of his 65-yard punt return to the Brown 10-yard line.

"If anybody else had any sort of juice, they would have taken it in for six," Bowen recalled. "I couldn't shift down. I was trying to, but I was just grinding my gears there."