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Subject: Some Point Spread History Author: An Observer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:38:15 10/10/24 Thu In reply to: Fear the Quaker 's message, "Re: State of The League" on 06:37:13 10/10/24 Thu Jake had one of his best lines ever in this week's picks: "I can't remember the last time Princeton was a 23.5-point underdog. Neither can you." If the Tigers beat Mercer, I suggest that we all have Fear The Quaker manage our FanDuel accounts, to say nothing of our investment portfolios. As a reminder, Vanderbilt was a 22.5-point dog at home against the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide. Princeton is making the longest Ivy road trip in years. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Some Point Spread History Author: Ivy Inquisitor [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:31:35 10/10/24 Thu I forgot to add Columbia 28 Wagner 17. Speaking of Vanderbilt and Alabama reminded me of a quote “ You can’t be Harvard Monday through Friday and try to be Alabama on Saturday”- Art Guepe, Vanderbilt coach 1962. AO brought up an interesting thought on Princeton’s road game to Mercer being the longest travel in years. Hate to state the obvious but the Ivy’s almost never venture out of New England. I’ll have to look it up but the last Ivy road game this far might’ve came in 1991 Cornell @ Stanford. Ironically, today is a typical road game for the four super conferences. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: 2 games for Yale , both Cal Poly and Richmond were ranked Author: Ivy wanna be [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:59:39 10/10/24 Thu 2013 Yale 24 Cal Poly 10 San Luis Obispo Ca.. 2019 Yale 28 Richmond 27 Richmond, Va. Yale scored on an onside recovery and with 9 seconds to Kurt Rawlings threw a pass over the middle to Reed Klubnik to tie the . Then kicked the extra point for the win. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Some Point Spread History Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:35:53 10/10/24 Thu Among other examples, Princeton played at San Diego just last year. When the Yale-Mercer 4 game series was announced in 2018, it supposedly included a game at Mercer in 2023. What happened? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Counterpoint Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:18:28 10/10/24 Thu I said that it would be the longest Ivy road trip in years. 2023 and 2024 are both years. So I think, technically, I'm correct. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Counterpoint Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:04:10 10/10/24 Thu Not following that explanation, as a more distant road game was played in 2023. But no matter, and to return to the remanining question - what hapened to the additional 2 games originally announced between Yale and Mercer (my mistake - it was announced in 2016, not 2018)? https://mercerbears.com/news/2016/8/11/mercer-and-yale-ink-four-game-football-series-beginning-in-2018.aspx [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Counterpoint Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:12:09 10/10/24 Thu I'm not one who puts a smiley face emoji or a cute set of punctuation marks after a punchline. That doesn't mean I wouldn't benefit from doing so from time to time. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Counterpoint Author: Go Gtreen [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:54:22 10/10/24 Thu :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Mercer - Yale Author: voy vey [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:16:18 10/11/24 Fri Mercer got an opportunity for a guarantee game at Alabama in 2021 (the year of the second Y-Mercer game), and had to shuffle their schedule, moving a conference game to the date of the Yale game. I am guessing at that point the schools mutually decided to scrap the remaining games -- either that, or scheduling fallout from the Covid-canceled season necessitated a dissolution of the agreement. (Also worth noting that I don't think Mercer was too happy with the condition of the Yale Bowl "grass" field -- a.k.a., the Sandbox -- in the 2018 game; not sure if that factored into the decision-making.) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Noted thanks Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:51:55 10/11/24 Fri [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Cornell vs Harvard Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:00:17 10/10/24 Thu Have to disagree with Fear the Quaker. Harvard is going to win big against Cornell. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Not sure about the "win big" part Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:34:56 10/10/24 Thu I think Harvard will win, but I would not be shocked if Cornell does. I would be shocked if Princeton wins. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Cornell vs Harvard Author: Fear the Quaker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:39:41 10/10/24 Thu My Dad, a 51 grad of Cornell, will have his ghost sitting on the 45 where he had his season tickets. Watch out. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Harvard 10-7 Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:46:54 10/11/24 Fri Harvard QB is off to a good start. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: 24-14 Harvard Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:28:40 10/11/24 Fri Cornell can’t stop Harvard’s offense [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: 31-14 Harvard Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:37:05 10/11/24 Fri As I expected Harvard winning big. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 31-14 Harvard Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:54:41 10/11/24 Fri Oh boy, this Harvard offense is good. Congratulations to Brown for pulling off the upset. That Bear win looks better and better. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: 31-14 Harvard Author: Ed S. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:06:46 10/11/24 Fri The Yale game may be Cornell’s only win this season. They need time to bring their own recruits Archer left them with nothing. Having the smallest DL in the Ivy League is too difficult a hurdle to overcome this season. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: But Archer won AT Yale in 2023, AND Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:27:34 10/12/24 Sat defeated Harvard as recently as 2018. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Harvard 38-14 sorry Fear the Quaker Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:16:29 10/11/24 Fri Harvard is going to roll the rest of the season [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Harvard 38-14 sorry Fear the Quaker Author: Fear the Quaker [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 05:01:45 10/12/24 Sat They played well. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Yes it's all downhill from here Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:11:10 10/12/24 Sat Go 1-1 against Brown and Cornell, and it's clear sailing from here on. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Yes it's all downhill from here Author: Harvard Crimson Rule! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:20:46 10/12/24 Sat And I guess we don't have to worry about Dartmouth now :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: You were saying? Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:04:14 10/12/24 Sat See you in Hanover in a few weeks! Did you know it will be Dartmouth's homecoming weekend? :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: If nothing else… Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:17:02 10/10/24 Thu Princeton was probably a 20-or more underdog when they played northwestern. But I’ll check Jake’s archives to see if they were that big a dog against penn or Harvard in 2010-11. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: That was easy Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:53:45 10/10/24 Thu Princeton was a 30.5 underdog to Harvard in 2011. https://roarlions.blogspot.com/2011/10/ They covered the spread. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]