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...Yale student section jeered “overrated?? in unison during Harvard’s 34-13 loss on Saturday, some Bulldog fans were out to prove just how underrated their school was—at least defensively.The Bulldogs defense, which came into The Game ranked last in the Ivy League against the pass and No. 4 in stopping the run, held the high-powered Harvard offense to a season-low 13 points in the season finale. Yale confounded the Crimson offense, rendering it ineffective in virtually every category.Deflation was the name of the game for Yale, which...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Unheralded Yale Defense Punishes League's Top Attack | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

...terms like lazy, arrogant, spoiled, overrated and elitist whenever our university comes up in conversation. Often, they will have little or no actual experience of Harvard, beyond a tour and perhaps a disastrous interview. Indeed, the sufferer may even have no idea what polysyllabic words like “overrated?? and “elitist” actually mean. Nevertheless, they will persist in considering themselves an authority on our university—and like a drunken BC student at the Grille of blessed memory they may become violent when this delusion is challenged...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: The Harvard Syndrome | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

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