Crimson Clicks - September 1st, 2011

News, notes, and mentions of Harvard sports in the last couple of weeks.

The New York Times features an excellent article on Ivy League football, "Year of the Quarterback in the Ivy League. " Here is an excerpt mentioning Harvard signalcaller Collier Winters:

"The Harvard senior Collier Winters beat top college quarterbacks, including Andrew Luck of Stanford and Kellen Moore of Boise State, in a passing accuracy contest in July at the Manning Passing Academy, hosted by Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning."

The article also has some quotes from Harvard head coach Tim Murphy. From the paper:

“The 2011 season has a chance to be the most competitive in a long time,” Harvard Coach Tim Murphy said in a recent conference call with reporters. “I don’t think you can look at a single team in our league that doesn’t have an all-Ivy-caliber quarterback back. That’s something I’ve never seen in my 18 years in the league.”

The Gospel Herald, a global Chinese Christian news service, has a nice write-up of former Harvard basketball star and current Golden State Warrior Jeremy Lin's trip to Taiwan.

Canada's The Sports Network writes a story on former Harvard wide receiver and kick returner Marco Iannuzzi's attempts to play football professionally in the CFL for the British Columbia Lions. B.C.'s coach, Wally Buono, had this to say in the article about Iannuzzi:

"He's worked hard in practice...We're not afraid to put him in there. I think he has certain skill sets at this point that can help us. He's done a good job on teams, he has done a good job handling part of the return game. If he gets an opportunity to be a receiver I think he will do fine."

Here are Marco's comments about his experience at Harvard:

"Once that opportunity was thrown in my direction I thought I would be a fool not to pursue it to the fullest...I knew I was so close, I couldn't live the rest of my life thinking I just about got in."

New England Hockey Journal has a post about the newest assistant coach for the Harvard men's hockey team, Jerry Forton.


Until next time, Go Crimson!

Crimson Clicks, July 20th

News, notes, and mentions of Harvard sports in the past week...

Harvard featured prominently in the New York Times article about changes in Ivy League practice rules to curb the rate of concussions. From the Times:

"“I’m not sure there will be any dramatic changes, because the changes over the last few years for dealing with head hits have changed dramatically,” said Tim Murphy, the football coach at Harvard. “If we want young people to continue to fall in love with this great sport, we have to protect the athletes.”
Murphy said that reducing the amount of contact during the week will not only reduce the chance of head trauma, but also keep his players fresher on game days. Too much contact in practice can lead to diminishing returns, he said. Murphy added that he did not think that the stricter rules will have any impact on recruiting. "

Men's Hockey hires new assistant (USCHO) Albie O'Connell hired to coach defensemen and special teams after three years at Northeastern.

An incoming linebacker recruit gets glowing praise from a local paper (The Statesman). He's got high expectations. From the Statesman:

"Sheehan has already set a series of goals for his stay on the Cambridge, Mass., campus. He hopes to win 40 games with the Crimson, and he wants to find a way to change an ivy League rule that does not allow the league's football teams to participate in postseason games".

The ACC Sports Journal mentions Tommy Amaker in a conversation about replacements for Mike Krzyzweski at Duke. Here is the exerpt:

Tommy Amaker may have put himself back in the running with the masterful job he’s done at Harvard, which helps erase the memory of his failure at Michigan.
Amaker understands the daunting task that faces Krzyzewski’s successor.
“I don’t think anyone wants to replace Coach K,” he said recently, in an interview with GoDuke magazine. “Speaking for myself … every step of the way, I enjoy the process of building. Every place I’ve been, I think I’ve played a small role in leaving a mark. But every mark has been touched at Duke. He’s a legend, an icon.”

Drew Cannon of Basketball Prospectus has Keith Wright as an "honorable mention" when discussing the top 100 players in Division I.

Bonus Clicks:

Abby Wambach's sister talks about her sister playing for Harvard (Yahoo! Sports)

Manchester United comes by campus, visiting one of the least sports-savvy campuses in the least soccer-crazy nation in the world.

Until next time, Go Crimson!