Luckily for his parents, he always has. A starter at strong safety until this year, Natale has been a defensive stalwart on a great defensive squad. The classic tough-as-nails player who isn't afraid to hit, he's also classified as a quiet leader. Head Coach Tim Murphy once said he hadn't heard "ten words out of Aron until senior year."

Svicarovich jokingly disagrees. "Man, Aron thinks he's the Big Man on Campus."

Svicarovich's road to the starting lineup was slightly more difficult. A native Californian, he didn't start regularly until this year and has had to do a lot of sitting and waiting for the chance to play.

"What I'm most proud of," Svicarovich said, "is that I've stuck with football all four years, through all the hard times."

The final player in this trio was Ben Green, a starting safety and native of Cherry Hill, N.J. He started his Harvard career as a junior varsity player, but with the help of strength conditioning and coaching, worked his way up to a starting varsity spot this year. A concentrator in biological anthropology, the other players sometimes refer to him as "Doc."

"I've had a fortunate career here and it's been a lot of fun," Green said. "Actually, my parents come to every game, too."

"That's because they wanna get the hell out of Jersey," said Svicarovich, ever the jokester.