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bonarae
April 15th, 2005, 07:11 PM
The QB battles are still there, though.

http://www.thecrimson.com/today/article507115.html


Five practices into spring ball, the contest to succeed departing senior Ryan Fitzpatrick as Harvard’s starting quarterback is underway.

Well, sort of.

Of the five candidates in the running to assume the signal-calling mantle, only one—freshman Liam O’Hagan—is both healthy and currently enrolled at the College. His classmate, Chris Pizzotti, has been sidelined by a back injury and will likely not return to practice until the fall. The other three contenders, for their part, have yet to matriculate.

To combat the arms shortage, Crimson coach Tim Murphy has restored sophomore Mike Jones—who had been converted to wide receiver in the off-season—to his former position in order to provide a second-string quarterback...

bonarae
April 15th, 2005, 07:21 PM
But the most interesting of all is the coming back of Fitzpatrick to help the team and to prepare for the NFL as well:


"Fitzpatrick has also been called upon to throw at times, Murphy said.

“We had to draft him just for that reason,” Murphy said. “We at least needed some help during drills.”"