With a weary body and a full stomach, Wilford gets his first chance to crack the books at around 8:30 p.m.

" I have a little list of things I need to do [each night]," he says. "If I have an assignment due tomorrow, I'll get that done. I hang out with my friends, do some e-mail, call my parents."

He relaxes with his Nintendo 64 and by watching WWF's "Monday Night Raw" with his roommates, who include tailback Chris Menick '00 and linebacker Jeff Svicarovich '00. Wilford is quick to point out that his schedule is not extraordinarily stressful by any means.

"It's definitely not any tougher of a schedule than anyone else in this school," he says. "I think it's pretty easy, actually."

Working for the Weekend

But on Saturday mornings, only one Harvard student has thousands of screaming fans expecting him to lead their football team to victory. Wilford sits in the locker room before each game and relaxes -trying to sleep and listening to calm music on his Walkman.

Even the evening after the game is not entirely carefree for Wilford, because he knows he'll have to get out of bed in time for a Sunday full of team meetings and more practice.

Monday is the team's only day off, and Wilford spends it as any true Harvard quarterback would--catching up on homework and getting a head start on those game films. On Monday nights he puts in more than three hours of work at the desk of the Gordon Track and Tennis Center.