The Crimson (1-0) bested a resilient Columbia squad 39-32 last Saturday. Although Harvard always seemed to be in control, starting quarterback Vin Ferrara had to engineer a late game comeback after two fourth quarter Columbia touchdowns made it 32-31, Lions.

Ferrara scored the final touchdown, rushing four yards and putting an exclamation point on his first career start. The senior completed 22 of 32 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns.

"Vin Ferrara is an outstanding athlete," Maranzana said. "We are extremely impressed."

Freshman Eion Hu (18 attempts, 73 yards rushing), junior Kweli Thompson (7 catches, 89 yards) and senior Matt Gargulinski (5 catches, 87 yards) also scored for Harvard.

"We're going to do everything we can do to play steadily and fundamentally on the line of scrimmage," Maranzana said when asked how he planned to shut down the Crimson's mult-faceted attack. "We have some experienced guys on the front seven. We are just going to hang in there and battle. We're going to try to get ours as much as they get theirs."

While Bucknell will definitely need to "get theirs" if they want to ruin coach Murphy's Harvard Stadium debut, the hype surrounding this game does not faze Maranzana.

"Our team's excited about coming to Boston to play," Maranzana said. "We know we are going to find a team that is very well prepared. We're looking forward to it."