There may be no better illustration of that aphorism than what happened in last night's nationally televised Ivy League game.
Yale quarterback Morgan Roberts was intercepted twice in the end zone and once at the Penn 11, allowing the Quakers to come away with a 34-20 win at Franklin Field before 5,849.
Penn quarterback Alek Torgersen completed 25-of-35 passes for 350 yards and four touchdowns and Tre Solomon ran for 121 yards and one touchdown as Penn improved to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
Yale, which jumped out to a 10-0 lead and seemed on the verge of going up 17-0 before the first interception, is now 4-2 and 1-2 in the Ivies.
•
It might just have been hype for next Friday's nationally televised game between Dartmouth and Harvard but the announcers last night several times referred to comments made by the Penn and Yale coaches about how overpowering the Big Green team is.Interestingly, though, in flashing the Ivy League standings on the screen the graphic had Harvard atop of Dartmouth. I was always taught that the determination of what team breaks a tie is: 1) league record, then overall record and finally alphabetical order. It doesn't amount to anything but with Dartmouth and Harvard holding the same Ivy League and overall records, the default would usually be alphabetical.
Of course, the only standings that matter a week from now – should both Harvard and Dartmouth hold serve today – is which team still has a "0" in the Ivy League loss column, right?
•
Clear skies and 25 degrees up here on the mountain this morning. Temperature is expected to be about 50 degrees with 9 mph breezes and no rain when Dartmouth kicks off against Columbia today at 3 p.m.
•
If the federal government can move holidays to 
