PRINCETON, N.J.--Some days are good days. Some days are bad days. And then there are days that are unbelievably, metaphysically, sublimely perfect.

On Saturday, Tom Ludwig had a day that was better than any of those.

For those of you that don't know, Tom Ludwig is a freshman at Princeton. He's also a safety that happened to intercept three Harvard passes to ensure his team's 18-7 victory.

It's only about a month after orientation, and even the word "star" won't do him justice.

Let me put it this way: at the post-game interview session, the Princeton sports info director announced that four Tigers would be coming in at the same time.

They were quarterback Harry Nakielny, Ludwig, and two other people. I'm not really sure who they were, because I and every other reporter started making a beeline to the Ludwigster.

He's taking the newfound fame well.

"If [the rest of the defense] wasn't in position," Ludwig said, "then [Harvard's quarterbacks] would have never thrown towards me."

He got Harvard's Vin Ferrara to do that twice.

First, when it looked like Harvard was thisclose to scoring with an Eion Hu rumble, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy decided to added some spice and called a pass.

It wasn't intended for Ludwig.

Then, with the game waning down, the Crimson was on its last drive, hoping to somehow score.

Ferarra threw it up the middle, hoping to catch the defensive backs guarding the sidelines. But instead of catching Ludwig, Ludwig caught him.

And even Steve Kezirian, the man whose comeback crested Colgate, was no match for the Mad Ludwig.

When Ferrara got shaken up on a play, Kaz came in for one play and threw one pass.