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Harvard 14 YALE 10 - William World News
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Harvard 14 YALE 10
As I say annually, "Harvard's cheating was much more blantant this year." - Yale started off well and dominated the first half running up the middle, but Harvard used the bend but don't break defense well enough to keep it at 10-0.
- Yale missed a couple of field goals, including a 63 yard attempt at the end of the first half that was wide.
- Yale coach Tom Williams is a passionate man, who gets really fired up. Perhaps he is too passionate -- faking a punt on 4 and 22?! What?!
- Harvard had Yale beat on deep balls all day long, once they started completing them, they won.
- The Yale Precision Marching Band sounded better than usual.
- The stands filled out pretty well by the second quarter.
- Always great to watch The Game with my dad though. The Saturday before Thanksgiving is one of the highlights on the year. I'll talk about the second game of the doubleheader shortly.
 Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson, THE GAMELabels: Yale
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A HUGE Yurasko College Football Saturday - William World News
Saturday, November 22, 2008
A HUGE Yurasko College Football Saturday
 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.   The fun starts off at noon (Vs.) with the 125th playing of THE GAME. Yale vs. Harvard from Harvard Stadium in Boston. Yale has a shot at sharing the Ivy League title (with the Cantabs, grrrr) in a couple of different scenarios: 1. If Yale wins and Brown falls, the Elis, Crimson and Bears would be tied for first. Penn could share the crown with a win.
2. If Harvard and Brown win, both schools share the title at 6-1. Yale could share second if Penn loses.
3. If Yale and Brown win, the Bears have the outright title.
4. If Harvard wins and Brown goes down, the Cantabs have the outright championship. I like that the official Yale release calls Harvard, the Cantabs.   In the second part of the doubleheader, the Nittany Lions win at least a share of the Big11Ten title and a likely Rose Bowl invitation with a victory over Michigan State. If Michigan upsets Ohio State (which some misguided souls in flyover country call "The Game") earlier in the day, Penn State can win the title outright. I have predicted a Penn State victory, but I expect it to be close. The telecast is at 3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN/ESPN2. Both games will be played in the cold and possibly snow flurries. While it won't be as cold as 1987, it won't be too comfortable. I'll be sitting by the fire. Penn State, Nittany Lions, MichiganStateSpartans Yale Bulldogs, Harvard Crimson, THE GAMELabels: PSU Football 2008, Yale
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Happy Birthday Dad - William World News
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Penn State not the first to have an endowed coaching position - William World News
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Penn State not the first to have an endowed coaching position
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 Coach of Football. I let University Relations know about this a few days ago. I also think this endowment clinches that Joe Paterno will coach as long as he wants to do so. Labels: PSU Football 2007, Yale
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Harvard's cheating was much more blatant this year - William World News
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Harvard's cheating was much more blatant this year
BLOWOUT AT THE BOWL - Yale Daily NewsNot a good day of football. Labels: Yale
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The Game 2007 - William World News
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Game 2007
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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 college football historian knows both teams technically came out of that game without a loss. Hearing my father tell the story of that epic game is why I have yet to leave a football game early and probably never will do so. He didn't leave that day. We saw Yale when they played Georgetown this September. They are a good football team with excellent fundementals. RB Mike McLeod is the biggest offensive threat, breaking all sorts of Yale rushing records. He sees a hole as well as any running back I have ever watched. This would have been an excellent year ( Yale Daily News) for ESPN to take the Gameday crew to the Bowl, but having visited a D-III game last weak, they probably thought they were overdoing it with visiting non BCS schools. Instead Gameday is going to Ohio State vs. Michigan out of habit. It should be noted that Yale has so far beaten all the I-AA teams it has played, while the Wolverines have not. I plan on watching The Game with the old man ('63) downtown. If it is a good one, I'll watch the whole thing. Given Penn State's recent transgressions, I'm tempted to watch the Yale game all the way through even if I miss some of the Penn State game. FURTHER READINGMedia Related to "Harvard-Yale 2007" - Yale Daily NewsUnlike ’68, There Can Be No Tie in the Game - The TimesNo-option QB - Boston GlobeHoping flaw doesn't show - Boston GlobeWinner Take All - The Harvard CrimsonHarvard Sucks - The Harvard CrimsonDuh. Harvard-Yale has undefeated Ivy League twist - USA TodayPREDICTIONYale wins in OT Labels: Yale
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Old Ivy League Stadia - William World News
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Old Ivy League Stadia
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 the dark and rain and viewed Harvard Stadium from the top of the Prudential building in Boston. By the way, Harvard doesn't have bleachers -- just concrete. Yale's blue bleachers are made of wood and has backs -- much more comfortable than aluminum without a back. The accompanying article on The Game is also worth a read. This year's edition, number 124 in the series, is for the undisputed Ivy title. Both teams are undefeated in league play for the first time since 1968 I believe. Labels: Sports, Yale
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Yale vs. Cornell - William World News
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Yale vs. Cornell
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 JournalLabels: Yale
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Beano Watch 09.19.2007 - William World News
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Beano Watch 09.19.2007
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 St. would play for the national title, which means they have to go undefeated, especially since the Big Ten is not that strong and the non-conference schedule is a disgrace. With that said, they will win, and meet LSU for the titel. I am surprised they are favored, by three, I thought the game would be a toss up. As if I wasn't nervous enough about Saturday's game, Beano again reminds us that he is picking Penn State for the BCS Championship Game. He's like a curse! Jason (WI): How do you see the Wisconsin Badgers finishing the year?
SportsNation Beano Cook: (3:30 PM ET ) They will lose to Penn State. They could win as many as 9-10 games, but they will lose to Penn State. But if they beat Joe Pa's team, I am sure I will hear from you after the game. The prevailing trends suggest that Beano just ensured a Wisconsin victory by picking Penn State, four weeks ahead of that game. Congrats dl004d and Tortcaesar. Bonus -- sending love to Yale: Tony (New Haven, CT): Beano, with Yale and Harvard both picked highly in the Ivy league, can I count on seeing you in New Haven for The Game?
SportsNation Beano Cook: (3:05 PM ET ) I hope before I die, I would like to see one more Harvard-Yale game, but I won't make it this year. If ESPN sent me I would go, but they are not going to send me. Send him, ESPN! Labels: Beano Cook, Beano Watch, PSU Football 2007, Yale
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<i>YDN</i> on Yale vs. Georgetown - William World News
Monday, September 17, 2007
YDN on Yale vs. Georgetown
Hoyas first to fall in ’07 attack - Yale Daily NewsLabels: Yale
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Yale 28 Georgetown 14 - William World News
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Yale 28 Georgetown 14
 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 setYale started off well with two touchdown drives in the first quarter with the wind at their back. The offense was led by Mike McLeod, a running back who compensates for a lack of speed with excellent vision. He found holes and made the right cut with incredible accuracy. He would score all four Bulldogs touchdowns and finish with 157 yards. Georgetown scored in the second quarter with the wind behind them and were driving for a score at the end of the half. Georgetown had the ball inside the five with under ten seconds to go. Offsetting penalties brough the clock down to six. On the next play, Georgetown threw an incompletion and the officials sounded the final gun. The Hoyas head coach was furious that the clock had not stopped sooner and the half was over. Judging by the scoreboard clock, I think the Hoyas had good reason to be upset. The second half opened with Yale threatening, but not scoring. Georgetown again drove deep into Yale territory, but turned the ball over on downs after being stopped inside the 1 yard line. Yale went up 21-7 before yielding another Georgetown touchdown. Mcleod would score for the fourth and final time to put Yale up for good at 28-14, but Georgetown stormed back with less than 2 minutes to play. An interception deep into Yale territory put the game away. We had a good time seeing the Elis play the Hoyas. It was the second time I had been on the campus to see a sporting event; the first being the Lady Lions triumph in December 2006...Multi-Sport Field is a half finished venue with bigger bleachers on the visiting side than the home side...Yale had more fans in to the crowd than Georgetown...We sat near the family of WR Chris Denny-Brian and the Abare twins, Larry and Bobby...Sophomore TE John Sheffield was dominant with 8 catches for 115 yards...Hoya QB Matt Bassuener is probably as blue as his Georgetown jersey after all the hits he took yesterday...yesterday's game occurred exactly six years after a Yale at Towson game we had tickets to was cancelled due to the 9/11 attacks...Yale won for the first time in front of me since 1993. The last time I saw them play, in 2001, they lost The Game...Yale's overall record in games I have been at rises to 2-4. They Elis lost to William & Mary (in Norfolk's Oyster Bowl) in 1983, lost to Navy in Annapolis in the mid 80s, lost to Harvard for the Ivy League title at The Bowl in 1987 (so cold), beat Harvard in 1993 at the Bowl, lost to Harvard 2001 at The Bowl...Yale begins its Ivy League title defense next weekend against Cornell at The Bowl.   Yale Bulldogs, Georgetown Hoyas, football, Ivy League, dcLabels: Datelines, Family and Friends, I Was There, Photography, Sports, Yale
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7 out of 101 and 2 out of 10 - William World News
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
7 out of 101 and 2 out of 10
ESPN Page 2 has a list of 101 things all sports fans must experience before they die. I have 94 to go. 20. The Stanley Cup playoffs (late spring, various NHL cities). Sure it was the first round, but I did this in 2002 twice, both at MCI Center, both Capitals losses to Tampa Bay. 34. MLB Opening Day (April, various cities).2005: Nats at Phillies* 2006: Nats vs. Mets 2007: Nats vs. Marlins* *Actual Opening Day 41. An NBA game from courtside (winter-spring, any NBA city). You'll never again say they don't hustle.1992 - Bullets vs. TrailBlazers - my mom got us company tickets. 61. Midnight Madness (October, all over the country). An annual late-night party at campuses across the country. (Say hi to Larry Eustachy if you see him.)1999 (maybe 1998 too, I don't remember) at Penn State - It was technically "Late-Night Madness." You can debate whether this really counts though since it was Penn State and that was during the good old days when the were mediocre. 90. Little League game (spring, early summer, everywhere). I played two years of little league. 96. NCAA women's volleyball championships (December, rotating sites).Early round -- Penn State vs. UCLA at Rec Hall. Penn State went on to win the championship that year. 99. A Harlem Globetrotters game (many dates, many cities). 13th birthday the Capital Centre. They beat the hometown Washington Generals. Things to avoid: 2. NFL exhibition games. Three times, all Redskins vs. Dolphins vs. Browns vs. Steelers 4. Baseball old-timers game.1988 at Yankee Stadium
Glaring omissionsArmy vs. Navy Yale vs. Harvard (I've been to three) h/t The Dude AbidesLabels: Capitals/NHL, Nats/MLB 2007, PSU Sports, Redskins/NFL, Sports, Wizards/NBA, Yale
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Hollow tribute - William World News
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Hollow tribute
 In front of my apartment building is Grace Murray Hopper Park, a pleasant county park that is great for a little recreation and a buffer between the rest of Pentagon City. Back in late February, after six years of living behind the park, I noticed above rock was not actually a rock. We were building a snowman and threw a snowball at the rock. I was surprised to hear a hollow thud. I investigated and sure enough, the "rock" was actually some sort of composite material designed to look like a rock. It was hollow too. Hopper, who was an important figure in the development COBOL, the first English programming language, lived in my building for many years. After getting a B.A. at Vassar and M.A. and PhD at Yale, she eventually found her way into the Navy. At the time of her retirement her rank was Rear Admiral. I found this great write-up about her on the yale.edu server. I think someone as accomplished as Admiral Hopper deserves a real rock. Grace Murray Hopper, Pentagon City, Arlington, VirginiaLabels: Arlington, BeltwayLand, Virginia, Yale
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Big Uglies - William World News
Monday, November 20, 2006
Big Uglies
 I had been forgetting to do a post about these two brothers (seen in this 2004 file photo) for several weeks now. Since the 1980s, running around Beaver Stadium in the west and north stands in full uniforms and masks. I had not seen them this season and thought it odd since I think #83 had a streak of attending every Penn State game for about twenty years. Thankfully, they were back for Senior Day. Now if they could do something about those "Yale pants." Labels: Yale
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Harvard will fight until the end, but Yale will win - William World News
Harvard will fight until the end, but Yale will win
Yale crushes Harvard to win share of Ivy football title - Yale Daily NewsAfter an uncharacteristic drought, Yale won The Game, 34-13 over the Crimson at Harvard Stadium. Congratulations go to Dad ('63 Silliman) who enjoyed watching the Bulldogs reclaim not only their proper place as Harvard's superior, but also a share of the Ivy League crown. Hopefully, he was waving a white hankerchef at the TV. Almost as good as the victory was the paranoia in Cambridge leading up to the game. The Cantabs were quite supspicious after some clever Blues duped a section in the stadium to hold up a card block that said " WE SUCK" in 2004. You may have noticed I held off on posting about Yale this year. Being a supersticious sports fan, I couldn't help but notice Yale kept losing The Game when I talked about it. Labels: Yale
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- William World News
Saturday, November 19, 2005
THE GAME VOL. 122Yale (4-5, 4-2) vs. Harvard (6-3, 4-2)There is a serious dearth of coverage for this year's edition of The Game (aka Yale vs. Harvard). The normally reliable Times does not have any mention of it in today's sports section and not even Beano Cook mentioned it this week. About the only thing that has gotten any attention about the contest is the new tailgating policy at the Yale Bowl ( The Times). This is a shame. While Yale-Harvard is not what it used to be, due to the move to I-AA and changing demographic trends that started in the post-WWII era, it is still an incredible rivalry without peer, save for Army-Navy. Beano wrote a great ESPN Insider article weeks ago that summed it up very well. We're feeling a little academic this week, so what better place to shift the focus than to the Ivy League?
If you'll pass the pointer, we'll provide a little history -- important but little-known history in today's grand picture of college football.
In the first Associated Press poll, the writers voted three Ivy League teams in the Top 20: Penn (No. 10), Yale (No. 12) and Dartmouth (No. 13). In fact, in the first three polls, Dartmouth also finished No. 7 in 1937 and No. 20 in 1938.
Yale, to this day, is the NCAA's all-time leader in consensus All-America selections with 100. Harvard and Princeton remain in the top five, along with Notre Dame and Michigan. Bet you can stump a lot of people with that trivia question.
In a story just published by Street & Smith's, four Ivy League teams -- Yale, Princeton, Harvard and Penn -- were recognized among the 50 greatest college football programs of all time. Yale topped the Ivies at No. 7.
The Ivy League has had more than 250 NFL players (including 14 on active rosters) and more than 350 first-team All-Americans. The league also has had 58 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars and an impressive 37 Rhodes Scholars...
Ivy League teams remained an integral part of the national scene in college football for decades. This began to change in the 1950s when the Ivy League first eliminated spring practice and decided to get out of big-time football. Except for an occasional mention, the Ivy League slowly disappeared from the national scene...
The growth of state universities, because of the GI bill, started to create a large fan base for some schools. Each year, the graduates remain fans, and now some state universities -- such as Penn State and Michigan -- have more alumni than a small country in Europe has citizens.
Once the big universities became committed to football, the Ivy League teams and the small Catholic institutions were doomed to an uphill climb.
But even after the Ivy League de-emphasized football, attendance at its games remained solid and still brought frequent sellouts. However, in recent years, it seems the alumni continue to lose interest and even the students fail to attend on a regular basis, except for something special like Harvard-Yale.
Attendance at Ivy League games this year hovers around an average of 10,000, down 500 from last year.
Nonetheless, in hopes of attracting more fans, Yale -- which leads the league in attendance at an average of 11,134 -- is planning to spend money to improve the 64,000-seat Yale Bowl, which was built in 1914. So much history has transpired between these two ancient programs. The 1968 game gave the world the brilliant Harvard Crimson headline, "Harvard beats Yale 29-29." At the same time, a young Yale cartoonist named Gary Trudeau had turned Bulldog QB Brian Dowling into "B.D.," a character that lives on to this day in Doonesbury. Last year, some Yale undergrads infiltrated stands in Cambridge and got Cantabs to hold a cardblock that said, " WE SUCK." 
Modern football was invented at Yale by Walter Camp. The Yale Bowl was the first grand football stadium, and the model for the Rose Bowl. There is no experience comparable to attending The Game at the Bowl in person; it is something every football fan should do at least once. On three occasions I have had the pleasure and honor of being there; 1987 (-30 F windchill), 1993, and 2001. Yale has only won one of those contests ('93) but they all were exciting. This year, both teams have a slight chance to tie for the Ivy title (if woeful Columbia can beat Brown) and Yale can win the H-Y-P Championship (which should really be Y-H-P) for the first time since '99. I am betting they will, they are due in The Game. I predict Yale wins, 24 - 19. You can watch The Game on WGN (or other Tribune Co. stations) at noon today. That is what I will be doing, rather than watching what a bunch of Midwesterners with a bad case of myopia and little understanding of history call "the game." And if you need to know who to root for, just remember that JFK said, "Harvard is the Michigan of the East!"
Okay, I have rambled on enough. I was going to say that my rambling is proof of why I was not Ivy material, but I read some of the coverage in the Yale Daily News and Harvard Crimson of the game and maybe I was wrong. Don't get me wrong, I love Penn State and would not trade it for anything, but I would love to have a rivalry this good, but then again, who wouldn't? HARVARD WILL FIGHT TIL THE END, BUT YALE WILL WIN!Labels: Beano Cook, Beano Watch, History, Yale
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- William World News
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
BULLDOG, BULLDOG, BOW WOW WOW, ELI YALE!Mugsy is now Yalie - New Haven RegisterThe interregnum is over! A new Handsome Dan, the XVI, has been anointed. I did not even get a chance to post the USA Today article about the search. Labels: Yale
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- William World News
Monday, November 22, 2004
IT IS OFFICIAL: WASHINGTON NATIONALSD.C.'s Team Officially Renamed the Nationals - The Post
It is official, they are the Nationals (new and improved Web site) and have a logo and the two hat designs I posted earlier today. Everyone was wearing the red cap (see video from The Post) on the stage, so I have to wonder if the MLB Shop is incorrect in calling the blue model (I like it!) the home cap. Now, the internal debate, do I go and buy a cap with the deal not sealed? Also, there was a knucklehead from the D.C. Statehood Green Party who went up on stage uninvited and began speaking in opposition to baseball. Charlie Brotman and Harold Brazil (D, At-large) grabbed him and whisked him off stage.
Phil Rogers - These Nats should fly - ESPN.com
A Chicago sportswriter thinks that we could see success sooner than later. We shall see.
PENN STATE WRAP-UPPSU REPORT CARD - Patriot-News
They got an "A" this week -- 'bout time.
David Jones - Paterno kept everyone guessing - Patriot-News
I did not think Joe was going to hang it up this week, despite the media speculation. His post-game comments ( goPSUsports.com) were a bit odd too.
FIELD GOAL CHAMPIONSHIPCongratulations to Sam Basile, who in addition to being the WWN Maryland Bureau Chief is the champion field goal kicker. Sam iced the title, overcoming the terrible conditions (mud, wet grass, and um, victory celebration) that we all faced.
SIR, HARVARD'S CHEATING WAS MUCH MORE BLATANT THIS YEARHarvard trounces Yale in The Game, 35-3 - Yale Daily News
Sounds like things got ugly.
CLY IN USATMy brother Christopher had an item published last Wednesday on USAToday.com. Pop Candy columnist Whitney Matheson asked, "what is your guilty pleasure?" Go here and see what he had to say. Also, his questions page is now in blog form, be sure to check it out and ask him a question.
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- William World News
Thursday, November 18, 2004
GETTING CLOSERDeposits on Tickets Taken a Day Early - The Post
D.C. baseball jumped the gun and started accepting deposits early. Hey, good for them.
Expos set to take pair of big steps - The Wash. Times
More about the ticketing and also news about the team being approved by MLB (conditionally, of course) and the Nationals uniform unveiling. The color scheme is red, white, and blue; and there are said to be two hats that have W's. I would have preferred D.C., but in time that may change too. I will buy one either way.
Stadium Back on Calendar For Vote - The Post
Our hero, Jack Williams (D, Ward-2), basically says that the two weeks until the vote on November 30, is plenty of time for everything to get screwed up. However, I think it will pass, but this is more trouble than it should have been.
ONLY TWO DAYS UNTIL KICKOFFFootball culture, not record, keeps money rolling in - The Collegian
I'll bet a lot more money rolled in 2002 than it did last year or this year. Still, as long as their are people like me who go to every game, there will be money. The question is will it be enough? Football pays for every other sport up there.
PSU tailgate policies not as strict as some - The Collegian
It turns out that a lot of schools are not allowed the freedom we enjoy in tailgating. That is too bad for them, but their bad behavior earned those restrictions. Hopefully, Penn State fans will continue to maintain a generally good atmosphere.
THE GAMEGentlemen, you are about to play Harvard in football. Never again in your whole life will you do anything so important.
Tad Jones My apologies in advance for not posting enough Yale football news this season. While posting this week will not make up for that oversight, please let it be recorded that I was up for The Game, if only to remind everybody what "the game" really is and what it is not.
Folks in a couple Midwestern swing states will tell you that the Ohio State/Michigan contest is "the game." They are of course mistaken; the scarlet and gray contingent suffers from overwhelming myopia and denial (they also sold their collective soul to the devil for that national championship), while the maize and blue are beyond sanctimonious. The historical significance of what transpires in Columbus or Ann Arbor stays on the football field, while what happens in November in New Haven or Cambridge goes far beyond the gridiron (politics, industry, The Simpsons), though football legacy is still very strong. Modern football was invented by a Yalie, the immortal Walter Camp.
I have been privileged to witness three editions of The Game, all in New Haven. Sadly, Yale is only 1 - 2 in those contests, but they were all hard fought by both sides. The '87 tilt, which I attended, took place during an Artic cold spell, with wind chills around -30 F. Thankfully, subsequent contests have been considerably warmer. My last trip was 2001. During the halftime show, the Yale Precision Marching Band actually burned a Harvard flag during their skit. Now that is a rivalry!
Naturally, I missed the classic 1968 game (the climax of Ivy League football), but my father made it and has passed the lore down to me.
This year, in Cambridge, Yale has an opportunity to ruin Harvard's bid for a perfect season, as well finish with a winning record.
The Game will be televised nationally on superstation WGN. Brian Dowling '69 will be one of the color commentators. Also see the-game.org, which is a pretty good site, despite the authorship by a bunch of Cantabs.
Harvard will fight til the end, but Yale will win!
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- William World News
Monday, October 25, 2004
CATCHING UP WITH D.C. BASEBALLThe Ultimate Closer - The Post
Grzenda Threw Last Pitch for Senators in Game That Ended With Forfeit
If you have ever wondered who threw the last pitch in the history of the Washington Senators, wonder no more; Joe Grzenda is that pitcher and there is a lengthy feature about him by Bill Gildea.
Without a New Owner, Expos Sit in Limbo - The Post
Bids are being accepted until November 1 and then MLB gets down to business. There is talk of a GM being hired in the next week or so. I would expect that MLB will let the new GM splurge on one free agent before the new ownership comes in and it would not surprise me if Boston's SS Orlando Cabrera, a former Expo, is the one.
For Mayor's Assistant, Baseball Is Latest Triumph - The Post
A profile of Mayor Williams right hand man in the MLB negotiations, Stephen M. Green. It turns out they know each from their Yale days. Do you think some cantab could have brought baseball back to D.C.? We will have to make him minister of something during in the Jack Evans empire.
RFK due to retain prime soccer seating - The Wash. Times
STARPLEX (is it still called that?) thinks it can host baseball and soccer in the same season. Sounds like a recipe for trouble.
More from The Post: D.C. Seeking Bids to Fix Up RFK in Time For Baseball
IOWA 6 PENN STATE 4This is not a typo, as most of you already know. It was an unbelievable game, very exciting and competitive. Penn State's offense was just so inept that we looked forward to punts because it meant, a.) they did not turn it over and b.) we would have a chance to score with the defense on the field. This was the game that convinced me that "Joe must go." It is sad. For the good of the program, he needs to step down. This is not working and I hate to say that. Unless he fires his son, I do not see how he can be coach.
Joe: We're so close - Patriot-News
Sadly, I am beginning to think that they are so close because the competition keeps on playing down to their level. Also, I disagree with JoePa that they are "so close." Yes, on the scoreboard, but an offense as pathetic as that is not close to anybody.
PSU REPORT CARD - Patriot-News
Bob Flouders is angry filling out these grades.
David Jones - Hey, it isn't easy to finish with 4 - Patriot-News
He's right of course, on just about every front.
It is not much consolation, but at least Notre Dame and Nebraska lost and Purdue is 0-2 since Beano Cook said they had something special in West Lafyette. Labels: Beano Watch, Nats/Expos 2004, Yale
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- William World News
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
WELCOME D.C. BASEBALL FANSA big hello to new visitors to the site who may have found it from Ryan Moore's excellent Distinguished Senators blog. I also have a static page about D.C. baseball with a "controversial" photo.
Hal Bodley - Selig's choice is clear: Expos belong in D.C. - USA Today
Some have said that Hal Bodley has been a cheerleader for the Loudoun bid, so it is great that he has come around. He thinks the announcement could be made following Thursday's executive council session in Milwaukee. I still expect it after the World Series, but would gladly be wrong.
Another hurdle to land Expos? - The Wash. Times
While this RICO suit is annoying, ultimately, it is in the both sides best interest to see the team move to D.C. and get a settlement, that means more money for the plaintiffs. Baseball though, cannot not be too thrilled about this not being the windfall they had tried to make it. They will still get something like $300 million, but they have to divide it a few more ways. Of course, they have to do it first.
ONLY FOUR DAYS UNTIL KICKOFFLowry sets standard for Penn State's punt returns - The Collegian
I guess he sets the standard, but it is not exactly a high one, though any return that he does not fumble is a good one in my eyes.
Jefferson urges Scott to 'get nervous' - The Collegian
Is it just me or are people panicking about RB Austin Scott way too early? He is just a sophomore. I really doubt that he is going to transfer either, it would be very shortsighted on his part.
David Jones - Revenue streaming away? - Patriot-News
PSU trustees cast wary eye at Beaver Stadium's empty seats
A suprisingly sarcasm free column by Dave Jones about concerns over the lagging attendance and intercollegiate athletics funding.
Dan Victor - Fan isn't sure - CDT Blue
"But this was one whopping cubic zirconia of a blowout." I could not have said it better myself.
Jerry Sandusky - 35 years with Nittany Lions - CDT
The former defensive coordinator recalls his Penn State career.
STAR WARS ON DVDThe Force Is Finally With Us - The Post
The "special edition" original series is now available, someone please lend me a copy! Part of the set, the "Empire of Dreams" feature was on A&E a few weeks ago and it reminded me how great the trilogy was and how poorly the prequels, which I enjoyed, match up. Sounds like ol' George forgot to put the original as an Easter egg too. Oh well.
LISTEN UPWitless 'Listen Up' has a tin ear for comedy - USA Today
I know at least one person must have been disappointed by this review of the show based on Tony Kornheiser. So, how was it Sam?
YALE 24, DAYTON 17Despite a scare, football pulls through - Yale Daily News
My father's alma mater beats my godmother's alma mater in Ohio. Look for Yale news throughout the season, as they are my second favorite football team, despite their flashy uniforms. Also see this story on RB Robert Carr, who nearly drowned three months ago. Labels: Movies, Nats/Expos 2004, Star Wars, Yale
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William F. & William R. Yurasko
December 20, 2009
Alexandria, Va.
Photo by Erica Yurasko
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