Monday, September 2, 2013

Moment #19: Spiraling out of Control



Columbia never had a chance in its week eight game against the Crimson at Harvard Stadium.

But there were a few key moments in the contest that turned what would have been a regular rout into a historically horrific loss.

The first round of those moments came in rapid succession early in the 2nd quarter.

Already trailing 14-0 with 13:23 left in the half, the Lions took over at their own 25. But on 2nd down, QB Sean Brackett fumbled the ball away to the Crimson at the CU 27.

Five plays later it was 21-0 as Harvard score from the Columbia eight.

On the ensuing possession, Brackett was intercepted by Chris Splinter at the CU 33 and he returned it back to the one yard line.

One play later it was 28-0.

On the ensuing possession, QB Trevor McDonagh came in. But he threw a pick six on the very first play to Connot Loftus who took it in from the Lion 15.


In less than four minutes, Columbia had committed three turnovers that Harvard had converted into three TD’s. 

2 comments:

jock/doc said...

Did Harvard beat the stuffing out of CU ; or did we shoot ourselves in both feet. The next week looked like an entirely different type of Lion.
I say: move on (and we get the Harvard game in NY.) Who owns New York?

oldlion said...

We weren't ready to play. A complete breakdown. Disastrous move pulling Brackett instead of seeing if he would settle down. Not fair to the freshman to throw him into that spot. And Murphy could have held down the score by telling his scrubs to run out the clock. Pay back time, I hope.