Word: haven
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...Game in its premiere showing also reflected what it has evolved into today, that is, an event more than a football game. It was played in New Haven, and about 150 Harvard men accompanied the Harvard team to Connecticut in carriages. Everyone was put up at a lodging called the New Haven House, and on Saturday morning, rather than tailgate, the Yale men drove their Cambridge counterparts around New Haven, showing off objects of interest in town. The game started at 2:30 p.m. (this year's game starts at 12:30) and was played at a place known...
...last year, the team faltered with the same offensive core, failing to win crucial games and finishing meekly to a 4-6 finish. This year, same story, though thanks to a 5-2 start, the team can still finish with a winning record with a victory in New Haven, not to mention play spoiler to Yale's championship aspirations...
...third year, when Cullen and Gerney got the Dunster House dining hall to give them bagels and coffee in exchange for a few ID numbers of students who wouldn't be dining in the dorm that day. Two years ago, the last time The Game was in New Haven, they hosted 42 people on a single coach...
...Game arrives for a 116th time on Saturday. With the progression that it has taken in the years since 1885, putting in context what will happen in New Haven the day after tomorrow says much about college football, about Harvard, about Yale and about the people involved. Once upon a time, the Crimson and the Bulldogs did represent the top of the ladder of college football, but with time, as the University presidents and faculty have determined that athletics should take a back seat to academics, the football teams have been surpassed by schools with more lax academic policies...
...team tied for first after week seven, the Crimson was in position to do just that. But then devastating losses to Brown and Princeton killed the team's Ivy title hopes, leaving Harvard at 5-4. Now the Crimson can only play the role of spoiler at New Haven...