Sideline Dispatches

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Oh yeah, and if you see any football players back on campus tonight...

  • Please remind them that they still have to beat Dartmouth (next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Princeton stadium. Can we get a sellout up in that piece?). Dartmouth has mostly been regarded as a pushover, but the Big Green picked up its second league win today, defeating Brown 19-13 in overtime.
  • More significantly, the Penn Quakers beat Harvard today, 22-13. What does that mean? It means Harvard now has 2 losses in second place behind Yale and Princeton (who have one loss apiece). Should the Crimson defeat the Bulldogs when the two teams meet next Saturday at Harvard Stadium, Yale and Harvard would both have two losses. That game will start at noon, which means that Princeton will know before its game against Dartmouth is over whether or not a win would earn them AN OUTRIGHT IVY LEAGUE TITLE. On the other hand, if Princeton beats Dartmouth, but Yale wins as well, Yale and Princeton would share the Ivy League title (the Tigers could claim the "real" title since they beat Yale straightup). If Princeton loses AND Yale lose, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale would split the title three ways (Princeton could claim the "real" title for the same reason it will be having a bonfire this coming Thursday). If Princeton loses to Dartmouth and Yale wins, Yale would win the title outright.
  • As nice as any of the preceding things would be for Princeton (except the last one, especially the first one), it should be noted that Columbia got its first win of the league season against Cornell today, 21-14. That means, at the end of the day, the only thing potentially separating Princeton from an undefeated season might be a loss to a team (Cornell) that lost to Columbia.
  • Finally, congrats to the field hockey team.

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