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Jarren Simmons ’09 wraps his hands around a pass over the defender’s lurch at the annual Yale-Princeton scrimmage yesterday. The traditional practice at the Yale Bowl is a preview for the regular season road matchup on November 10.
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Jarren Simmons ’09 wraps his hands around a pass over the defender’s lurch at the annual Yale-Princeton scrimmage yesterday. The traditional practice at the Yale Bowl is a preview for the regular season road matchup on November 10.

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