Harvard may have lost this game, but it lost to what is probably the best team on its schedule and, more importantly, a non-conference opponent. Dartmouth faced this squad the previous weekend and suffered an overwhelming defeat, 35-3.
If the Crimson defense can continue to cover most of the mistakes of the offense, that certainly does not bode well for the rest of the Ivy League. If Harvard could corral Vena, the best quarterback in the division, can't it do the same to Brown's James Perry, the best quarterback in the conference?
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The Crimson may not have had that little extra in this game, but Harvard's future opponents may not make it dig so deep.