But Brooks said Splithoff handles game pressure much better than most freshman quarterbacks.
"He's a young quarterback, and we're going to try to rattle him, but he's proven he is not easily affected," Brooks said.
"He didn't seem to be rattled too much by the Brown Bears," he added.
Splithoff may well have a field day against the Crimson's porous secondary, which has found a home on opposing teams' highlight films. Harvard's pass defense ranks dead last in the country, giving up 310 yards per game.
Brooks attributed Harvard's defensive struggles to poor execution.
'Coach [Bruce] Tall is a great [defensive coordinator], and he always puts us in the right defenses," Brooks said. "It's up to us to run them. We have to work harder in staying with our man and focusing for the total duration of the play."
Murphy blamed Harvard's weakness against the pass on its poor pash rush, which has failed to improve during the season.
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