LIVE BLOG: Harvard Football Spring Game

FINAL—CRIMSON 42, WHITE 14

0:00—Saxon throws a pick to J.B. Monu and time expires. Thanks for tuning into this Crimson rout of the White.

0:30—With time wearing out, the questions looming at the beginning of the game still remain. Who's going to be the quarterback??

3:01—Devin Saxon in at quarterback now for the Crimson.

4:23—Pick by Nico Amaro, returned 60+ yards for a touchdown. Part-time announcer/usual Harvard tackle James Williams calls it, "Touchdown, 160!" CRIMSON 42, WHITE 14

5:19—Simpson threads the needle to hit Pilconis.

5:52—With Sarkisian now anchoring the second line, Simpson is now at the helm of the first.

9:24—Alex Sarkisian in now at quarterback for the White squad. Sarkisian is a rookie out of Valparaiso, Ind.

9:54—Gadson, newly promoted to the Crimson squad, runs two yards to complete the touchdown. CRIMSON 42, WHITE 7

FOURTH QUARTER

0:00—Third quarter ends, and we're still sitting on a 35-7 Crimson lead. You have to wonder about the depth of the Harvard defense that this game is not a closer game. The Crimson squad is Harvard's first line and the White is second line, and this is shaping up to be a blowout.

0:32—Winters airs it out to Chrissis, who should have brought it down. Winters follows with a pass to Gadson, but Winters was definitely a good yard over the line of scrimmage. Gotta love the laxness of the spring game.

1:51—Well-placed pass from Winters into the hands of Chrissis.

3:00—Demetrius Gadson runs up the line and just bowls over his defender.

3:40—Just as I finish the previous post, Winters hits Adam Chrissis for a nice pass.

5:00—The quarterbacks have resorted to scrambling, unable to hit their targets at wideout.

9:13—We've moved to ten minute quarters in the second half, and Harvard's definitely not playing with most of its star players. Gino Gordon's just chilling on the sidelines, Luft, as I already mentioned, is up here in the press box, and a lot of the usual targets at receiver—Levi Richards, Chris Lorditch, Mike Cook—have yet to be heard from.

THIRD QUARTER

0:00—As halftime comes, not much doing here. In the distance, we can see the lights of Fenway. 16-11 Sox over Yankees in the 8th.

0:58—Winters airs it way over his intended receiver.

1:39—Simpson is having a hard time anticipating his receivers. Brad Hinshelwood has decided that the best option would be a super-hybrid of Winters and Simpson.

2:34—Winters scrambles for 12 yards and a touchdown. CRIMSON 35, WHITE 7

4:27—Unanimous pick for the Chik-Fil-A Name of the Week goes to Blaise Deal, a freshman from Glendale, Ariz.

4:54—Hull's punt goes straight up, maybe gets 30 yards before going out of bounds.

6:24—Collin Zych drops the kick reception and gets crunched when he finally gathers it up.

6:34—Another bad snap bounces off Winters hand into the hands of Ho, who decides to run up the middle for a 27-yard touchdown. Former Sports chair and football beat writer Brad Hinshelwood shares witty banter with Matt Luft about you diagram that play. CRIMSON 28, WHITE 7

7:13—Short punt by Thomas Hull nearly botched, but Crimson comes up with it.

8:40—High snap from Scott Fritz causes big loss, sets up 3rd and 28 situation for White squad.

9:31—Ho runs up the middle, met with little resistance, gets the touchdown. Long's kick is good. CRIMSON 21, WHITE 7

10:05—Crimson goes for it on 4th and 1, hand off to Cheng Ho, who busts up the left side to get down to the 25-yard line.

SECOND QUARTER

0:00—Despite relentless blitzing from the Crimson defense, Simpson scrambles and hits Alex Mathlete in the right corner for the touchdown as time expires. Long's kick is good. CRIMSON 14, WHITE 7

0:57—"Secret World of" Alex Math has made a couple nice receptions to get the White squad down to the 5.

3:18—Alabama native Alan Reeves carries the ball up the middle for 8-yards. A quarterback in high school, Reeves seems to be on the Mike Cook route, listed on the Harvard roster as a wide receiver.

3:24—Not a lot happening here in Soldiers Field. But it sure is a nice night for football. Oh, and Thomas Hull just kicked a pretty sloppy punt.

4:05—Winters drops back and airs it out to Iannuzzi, who can't come up with the pass.

4:12—Muffed punt reception by Iannuzzi.

8:21—Pressure coming from the White defense, Winters makes a nice screen pass to Iannuzzi up the middle for about 28 yards.

9:50—Pick by Anthony Spadafino returned for a touchdown. Matt Luft apprehensive to punch a button on the scoreboard machine, "Wait, was that score Crimson or White?" He ultimately went with Crimson. So CRIMSON 14, WHITE 0

10:03—Matt Simpson is quarterbacking for the White squad and not much happening here. Though Demetrius Gadson is carrying the ball, and that's a new name.

10:31—So it looks like the offense is always in Crimson, defense always in white, which, for the purposes of this blog, is going to be confusing. We'll just stick with the Crimson and White as I already had it.

10:42—While the teams meet before the next kickoff, I'll take this time to note that hoss wide receiver Matt Luft is sitting just down the bench from us up here in the press box, manning the scoreboard.

10:42—Winters drops an easy touchdown pass into the hands of Iannuzzi, Patrick Long's extra point is good. CRIMSON 7, WHITE 0

11:39—Collier Winters starting at QB for the Crimson squad, and Cheng Ho makes an impressive 43-yard run down to the 8-yard line.

11:49—A nice kick return by a healthy Marco Iannuzzi. Looks like his collarbone is holding up fine.

T-3:00—Roughly 200 people in the crowd made it out here for the annual intrasquad spring game between the Crimson and White. This game should be interesting and will hopefully answer some pressing questions, namely who the heck is going to be Harvard's starting QB next year?! Stay tuned for continuing coverage.