Updated: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 1:37pm
Senior year, students spend their year scrambling to fill out medical-school applications or hoping to ace case interviews for that consulting job. Most students, however, don’t have to worry about how fast they run or how much they lift. But for four Elis, their future careers depended on these very details. Prior to the NFL Draft on April 26, prospective athletes...
One November afternoon in 1934, 11 members of Yale’s football team played all 60 minutes of the Bulldogs’ victory over rival Princeton, on both offense and defense — a feat that has not been duplicated in college football since. “Yale defeated Princeton today by a score of 7-0,” began an article in the next day’s edition of The New York Times. “In that...
I remember a time during senior year of high school when a kid on the Damascus High School hockey team called me a name that isn’t fit to print. It was normal trash talk, but it hurt. I thought that would be the worst criticism I would ever endure in my life. I was wrong. In just my fourth column for the News (“The ‘U’ should be partly to blame for Taylor’s...
I wanted Winslow. I remember the 2004 NFL draft. Joe Gibbs took control of my Washington Redskins and needed a tight end like those who fueled Washington’s offenses during his three Super Bowl victories. Kellen Winslow Jr. out of Miami seemed like the perfect fit. Instead we took Sean Taylor — a loose-cannon safety and teammate of Winslow. I saw the future. I could...
From where we were in the stands, it was unclear what had happened. But the scoreboard made it clear. One drive in, the Bulldogs were already down. Fifty-nine minutes remained, but the tide never turned. I don’t need to remind Yalies of The Game — a game we’d all like to forget. But as our most important sporting event of the year, it would be inappropriate to...
This year’s Harvard-Yale experience was full of hopeful waiting — fans waiting for a touchdown, alumni waiting to enter the parking lot and students waiting for buses to get to and from The Game. While most students interviewed thought the busing system was adequate, many also said they were at least a little frustrated with slow-moving lines and inefficiently...
I’m going to be honest with you: When I first started writing this story, it wasn’t going to be pretty. The gist of it was going to be a full criticism of Yale football coach Jack Siedlecki’s failure during the 124th edition of The Game, much like Tuesday’s News’ View (“The Game leaves Elis embarrassed”). Yet as I was writing, listing the games in which...
The Game? More like The Embarrassment. In the most hyped edition of The Game since 1968, Harvard defeated Yale 37-6 the Saturday before Thanksgiving, putting an end to the Elis’ quest for their first perfect season in half a century. Yale came into the game as the heavy favorite, looking to go undefeated for the first time since 1960. But instead, it was Harvard that...
A 9-1 season that ended up a disaster. Despite winning their first nine games for the first time since 1960, the football team failed to achieve either of its preseason goals this year: winning an outright Ivy League championship and beating Harvard. Instead, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the team broke the hearts of the Eli faithful in one of the most...
1. You get to cheer for Yale. At least one day a year—more often if you know how nice it is to enjoy a beautiful fall day at the Bowl—you can be utterly partisan. You have a team (a really good team) to support, songs to sing, colors to dress in, a real live lovable bulldog, and friends to share the experience. Tangibles and intangibles, objects of your affection and...
Updated Sunday. At least the Bulldogs don’t have school on Monday. In the most hyped edition of The Game since 1968, Harvard defeated Yale 37-6 on Saturday, putting an end to the Elis’ quest for their first perfect season in half a century. Yale came in as the heavy favorite, looking to go undefeated for the first time since 1960. But Harvard left with an Ivy...
Two teams undefeated in the Ivy League meet. The Elis are heavily favored. The running back is praised as the best in Yale football history. After 60 minutes of play, Harvard beats Yale 29-29. So went The Game of 1968, widely regarded as the most dramatic Harvard-Yale football match the 124-year-old rivalry has ever seen. But this year’s Game, which will take place...
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