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...score, we knew we couldn’t come back, but it’s about each individual possession and making stops and showing that you’re not going to give up.” The result was even more lopsided than the last Stanford-Harvard matchup, a 100-59 win for the Cardinal on Dec. 28, 2003—the last time it reached the century mark. And it was the Crimson’s worst defeat since it opened the 1989-90 season at Duke and suffered a 130-54 drubbing at the hands...
Given the ongoing cataclysm in Iraq and an economy poised on the brink of a meltdown - not to mention the tantalizingly tabloid possibility of a Giuliani-Clinton matchup - it's hard to see how climate change will really break into the national political conversation next fall. "I have no confidence whatsoever that this is going to be a key deciding issue in who Americans vote for this election," says Ted Nordhaus, a political consultant and co-author of the new environmental book Breakthrough. "You don't see politicians making their name around climate change in Ohio, or Michigan...
Sophomore Jeremy Lin put a positive spin on the lopsided matchup against No. 21: “They are ranked in the top-25 right now, so it’s the perfect opportunity to get a big upset when no one expects it. I think it’s going to be a great environment, I think it’s the absolute perfect time to come up with a big win, a big upset with no one expecting anything from...
...rout. Two years ago, I questioned why the Ivy League had not instituted a slaughter rule to put teams like Columbia out of their misery, to save them the embarrassment of games like the Crimson’s victory in 2005. Coming into Saturday’s matchup, plain numbers favored a repeat of 2005. Harvard entered the game undefeated in the league—two plays away from perfect overall—with a talented receiving corps, a senior quarterback who has come into his own, and a running back who finally broke out for a big game...
...Northern Championships run was cut short by an impressive Bears offense.The loss dropped Harvard into the third-place game against the Gaels. By virtue of its victory, the Crimson earned a date in the first round of Easterns with Johns Hopkins. A loss would have meant a treacherous matchup against No. 1 seed Navy.“We’re really happy about this past weekend,” senior co-captain Chris Ludwick said. “We’re now in a really great spot to get into the top four of Easterns...