Monday, November 07, 2022

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

The Dartmouth has a follow story on Saturday's loss at Princeton HERE and the Daily Princetonian has a story HERE. Neither piece breaks any new ground.

Short-staffed with area high schools in the playoffs, the local Valley News did not cover the game.

Old friend TigerBlog has a column on the game (LINK) that touches on the chaos scenario detailed after the standings.

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The Ivy League has never had a four-way tie for the championship and with two weeks left in the schedule it's still possible. It wouldn't take a single massive upset. Here's how it could come about:

THIS WEEK
The Game: 4-1 Yale beats 5-0 Princeton
The Updated Records: Yale 5-1, Princeton 5-1

The Game: 3-2 Harvard beats 4-1 Penn
The Updated Records: Harvard 4-2, Penn 4-2

NEXT WEEK
The Game: 4-2 Harvard beats 5-1 Yale
The Updated Records: Harvard 5-2, Yale 5-2

The Game: 4-2 Penn beats 5-1 Princeton
The Updated Records: Penn 5-2, Princeton 5-2

RESULT
Princeton, Penn, Harvard and Yale all finish 5-2

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EXTRA POINT
As annoying as it is for the sun to be setting today at 4:32 p.m. here in Vermont, the up-side is that the sun rose at 6:32 this morning, so I was able to turn off my headlamp long before I finished my daily hike. Didn't hurt that it was 54 degrees, either ;-)

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the EV drive back from Princeton went by without a hitch. With gas prices rising again we're getting a charge out of going electric. (Pun intended.)