That's a nice way of saying, "What the hell?"

Murphy really put himself on the line with the decision, and following his gut ended up being the right call. It would have been far safer for him to go for the field goal. Anyone else would have done it, and if Giampaolo had missed it, the blame would have rested fully on the kicker's shoulders. Murphy took the bull's eye off number 10 and put it on himself.

Wilford followed junior center John Kadzielski in as fullbacks Grady Smalling and Chris Stakich came from behind and gave an extra push. There were a few nervous moments as the officials took their time taking apart the pile, but they finally signaled the touchdown, and Harvard had just what it needed to get over the late-game hump.

"I think I got in by two or three feet," Wilford said. "It was a great call, it was gutsy. It was what we needed to do to win the game."

Perhaps Murphy was sending a message to his team as well, that he had

faith in them despite their recent struggles at the end of games. The offensive line played well with the exception of a couple penalties, and maybe Murphy was rewarding them as well.

As usual, Harvard's defense stood strong, stiffening whenever Princeton got close and holding the Tigers to only 73 rushing yards on 33 attempts, a 2.2 average. It made a couple of costly drive-prolonging penalties in each of Princeton's scoring drives, but Murphy gave the defense the credit for the win.

Giampaolo had his best game of the year, hitting both of his field goal attempts. The first was a career-long 44-yarder with the wind at his back, and the other was a 33-yarder in the same direction. After Harvard's touchdown, it drew an excessive celebration penalty that resulted in an extra point that was essentially a 35-yard field goal, and Giampaolo nailed it into the wind. Giampaolo also punted well, burying Princeton inside the 20-yard line five times.