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Today is big day for two college football fans named William Yurasko. I’ll be over at my dad Bill’s house for a doubleheader feature our blue and white alma maters. The third William Yurasko is a little too young to understand all of the fuss, but we’ll teach him about it in due time.
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Whiffenpoofs, Yale, Bright College Years
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When it first came to light that Patrick and Candace Malloy decideded to endow the head coach position for Penn State football (Penn State Live) it was widely reported that this was a new precedent. However, a Yale alumnus already had the idea. That is why Jack Siedleki is the Joel E. Smilow (‘54) Head [...]

BLOWOUT AT THE BOWL – Yale Daily NewsNot a good day of football.
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The 124th playing of The Game is tomorrow at the Yale Bowl. Both teams come in undefeated in Ivy League play, but Yale (9-0) has a perfect overall record; Harvard lost two non league games (7-2). It will be noted throughout the HDnet broadcast that the last time this happened was 1968. Every [...]

Football’s Oldest Stadiums: Witnesses to Game’s Evolution – ESPNWith The Game just days away, take a look at this ESPN article about the site of this year’s game, the Yale Bowl as well as two other ancient Ivy stadiums: Harvard Stadium and Franklin Field.
I’ve been to the Bowl several times, seen Franklin Field’s exterior in [...]

Yale has its first game at The Bowl today. The play-by-play guy is excited to be back in a real football stadium after visiting Georgetown last week. Who can blame him?
Football kicks off Ivy season – Yale Daily NewsCornell Football Rundown – The Ithaca Journal
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Carroll H. Cook (‘54 Pitt) addressed the Nittany Lions twice in yesterday’s chat.
M.A. (Altoona, PA): Ok Beano, is this finally the year that Joe Pa and his Nittany Lions get the monkey off their back with a win at Michigan?
SportsNation Beano Cook: (3:08 PM ET ) If you were to seacrh .com, I said Penn [...]

Hoyas first to fall in ’07 attack – Yale Daily News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This afternoon, my father Bill treated Erica and me to see his alma mater play in the nation’s capital for the first time ever. Yale defeated Georgetown to go 1-0 on the season. The Hoyas fell to 0-3. Recap from yalebulldogs.com | Flickr set
Yale started off well with two touchdown drives in [...]