Word: postseason
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Though the official attendance was only 125, the game had a postseason feel, with two of the nation’s top ten teams pitted against each other...
...Crimson (8-6-2) will face the Huskies (16-6-1) this afternoon at Marrone Field in the first round of the postseason in a game that both teams will be calling a revenge match...
Harvard had been scheduled to face the Huskies at the end of both teams’ seasons last year, but a flooded field forced a cancellation of the face-off. Had the Crimson been able to play and defeat the highly-ranked UConn team, its chances for a postseason bid would have been much more likely. As it was though, the game was not rescheduled, and making the upset impossible...
...also taken to discussing this topic with basically anyone who will listen. One of the reasons that Ivy presidents can get away with singling out football in terms of a postseason ban is that most students just aren’t aware of it. I feel that if most students knew how good of a shot Penn or Harvard had at winning a national title this season or even that such a distinction was even an option, the passivity of the fan bases would rapidly vanish...
...Huskies who eliminated the Crimson in the second round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament, which was the last time that Harvard participated in postseason play...