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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doesn't Bob Barker give away free Harvard-Yale game tickets on "The Price is Right...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...guess is Barker never thought about giving away tickets to The Game. And if he did, he certainly wouldn't capitalize the "T" and the "G." In the real world, nobody thinks about The Game, excepting Harvard affiliates interested in honest athletic competition and Yalies still bitter over their Harvard rejections...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...make no mistake about it: Yalies care about The Game a lot. "We're going to beat you," they like to say with that famous Yale creativity. "Harvard sucks...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

Again, the trick is to agree. "Yale played a great game," you should say, "as they always do once a year. You're so lucky you only have to bother with that one game. We must worry about the ECAC playoffs, the Beanpot and ultimately the NCAA championship. So much hassle...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Mind Games Before The Game | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...Penn Quakers football team hasn't won a game against Harvard in the Stadium since 1972, a streak which was extended to eight games with Saturday's 24-15 Harvard...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: The Stadium is Unkind to the Quakers | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

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