Word: matchup
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Power against finesse. It's a classic matchup, but muscle usually wins. Unless, of course, the team is Harvard, in which case anything goes...
...been called The Game for all generations, and indeed, the yearly gridiron matchup between Harvard and Yale has gotten its fair share of attention since the two squads first took to the field in 1875. But different generations haven't always quite seen eye-to-eye in their conceptions of The Game. Herewith, a few of the more interesting things that turned up in The Crimson's archives as we surveyed...
...sour note, Princeton defeated Yale, 22-16, to eliminate Harvard from the Ivy race, and make this week's Princeton-Dartmouth matchup in Hanover, N.H. the Ivy title game...
Other than the Curse of Alumni Field working its magic against Harvard, it was the impressive speed of the Dukes that won them the semifinal matchup...
There are some who would point at the team's 0-7 Ivy record and first-round matchup with top-seeded Cornell, and would say that the Crimson is lucky that the tournament is double elimination...