Saturday, November 02, 2024

Today's The Day

Coaches say it each week: "This is the biggest game of the year."

It really IS the biggest game of the year for Harvard – bigger right now than The Game – and BGA Overtime explains why HERE.

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One of the best quotes I ever got was from former Harvard coach Joe Restic, who once famously said of playing at Dartmouth:

"They secrete something up there."

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The AccuWeather forecast as of 8:30 this morning calls for 51 degrees and mostly sunny at kickoff with the wind out of the north-northwest at 9 mph.

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From last night:

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SI's FCS Football Central chimes in with a prediction (LINK):

The Crimson have found their rhythm since an early upset loss to Brown, while Dartmouth keeps escaping with wins. I expect Harvard's defense to win the battle at the line of scrimmage and Craig to make enough plays to pull off the upset victory.

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The Ivy League weekend got off to a heckuva start in New York City last night: 

Columbia  13, Yale  10
Lions'  quarterback Cole Freeman hit wide receiver Bryson Canty with a 44-yard touchdown pass with 4:39 remaining last night to end Yale's hopes of an Ivy League three-peat. Canty caught five passes for 107 yards as Columbia improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Ivy League in front of a crowd of 3,560 in New York City. Yale, which had won two in a row since falling to Dartmouth in overtime by one point, slipped to 4-3 and 1-3. No three-loss team has ever won a share of the Ivy League title.

By the way, check out how Columbia tried to distract the Yale kicker:


Yes, that's a photo of the strange new statue of former Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade.

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EXTRA POINT
It's the first weekend of November so there's no better time to share this. And if are too young to recognize the voice, Google the name kids:

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