Clark was rewarded when Harvard won the Ivy title, earned the 10th seed in the NCAA tournament, and made it to the Sweet 16 this past fall.

Enter junior Collier Winters, an inexperienced dual-threat quarterback who, listed generously at 5’11”, appeared to differ from Pizzotti in just about every way imaginable.

The 2009 Harvard football team boasted one of the toughest offensive lines in recent memory. Perhaps the only thing tougher was the expectation resting on the Crimson’s shoulders.

In a still-filling Yale Bowl, the Harvard football team was in trouble. Though it had come into the 126th playing of The Game as the heavy favorite—boasting a 5-1 Ivy record and an outside chance at a share of the conference title—the Crimson had gotten off to a sluggish start in the first quarter and found itself staring at the wrong end of a 10-0 score.

For the Harvard men’s and women’s fencing teams, it was supposed to be a rebuilding year. After ending the season with a fifth-place finish in the NCAA tournament and a national title winner, it was clear that the Crimson far exceeded expectations.

When Caroline Vloka faced rival Rebecca Ward in the fencing NCAA finals, she was not thinking about a title. Having lost to Ward in the championship sabre bout last season, 15-4, Vloka was simply hoping for a better showing. Instead, she left the competition as a national champion.

The Harvard sailing team has experienced mixed results throughout this season. While one of its A-division boats may come away from a regatta pleased with its performance, its B-division counterpart may be somewhat disappointed with its less-than-impressive finish. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the women’s and co-ed squads find themselves in rather different positions and with fairly different mindsets entering the closing weeks of their seasons.

Despite a promising start, Harvard field hockey struggled through its fall season, finishing 5-12 for the year and 2-5 against Ivy League opponents.

When junior Cara Sprague left nearly all of New England in her wake with her sixth-place finish in the classic event of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships in February, she did more than post one of the strongest finishes in the history of Harvard skiing and lead her women’s Nordic team to a second-place finish.

It seems that the days of double-digit finishes may be over for the Harvard ski team—and no one is feeling any nostalgia.