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One Last Defensive Hurrah

During commercial breaks, the players chimed in on their thoughts about their own careers, the team's goals and their opinions on players and coaches.

"It's nice having all these older guys out on the field," Svicarovich said. "You know that every week not every player is going to show up, not every player will be healthy, so at least you can fall back on some of these guys."

The team's roller coaster season this year, in part due to various defensive lapses at the end of games, has been an emotionally-draining and tough time. With this weekend's Harvard-Yale game, the final football game for all three players, they talked about how this season has shaped up.

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"The quality of play has been there," Green said. "We just can't seem to put guys away. It sucks because so many guys have been injured."

Natale added that even though Harvard couldn't win the Ivy League didn't mean that the Game meant little.

"We're not just playing for pride," he insisted. "Every year this game is the Big Game, I guess it's just more emotional this year because I'm a senior."

All three players also had nothing but praise for Head Coach Tim Murphy and defensive coordinator Bruce Tall.

"Murphy treats us with great respect," Green said. "I also give credit to coach Tall for our defensive plan."

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