Saturday, November 08, 2025

Week Eight

Things that happen for your team when things are going great, and against your team when things are going poorly:



Harvard 31, Columbia 14

Leading just 7-0 after the first quarter, the Crimson scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, and a field goal in the third to move in front 31-0 before the Lions closed out the scoring with a pair of fourth-quarter TDs.


Jaden Craig threw for 213 yards and two touchdowns, and Xaviah Bascon ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns for Harvard, now 8-0 and 5-0 in the Ivy League. Chase Godwin had two TD throws for Columbia, now 1-7, 0-5. The nationally televised (unless you have YouTube TV) game drew 3,644 to to the northern tip of Manhattan.

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Elsewhere today:

Yale at Brown, Noon

Cornell at Penn, 1 p.m.


New Hampshire at Monmouth, Noon

Stonehill at Central Connecticut, Noon

Bucknell at Fordham, 1 p.m

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Incoming Dartmouth quarterback Jack Cannon threw six touchdown passes and had three more on the ground in a New Jersey state playoff game last night. He was 12-of-14 for 256 yards through the air and ran 12 times for 175 yards as he led Holmdel to a 65-42 win. Find a story HERE.

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EXTRA POINT

When I'm scrolling through the Vermont state online library for a book to read on my Kindle I'm often frustrated when I see a new title I'd like to borrow and click through only to find I'm 12th in line for a copy, and the estimated wait time is several months. I rarely get in the queue and when I do, I often forget about it.


Yesterday I got notification that my turn has come up for one of the few books I reserved and, of course, I'd completely forgotten I was in line. It felt like found money and I downloaded it immediately.


Maybe I should do a little more queueing in the future. ;-)