Word: postseasons
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When No. 18 Boston College beat No. 10 Connecticut on Sunday, the Crimson’s chances took a hit, and when No. 12 Richmond fell to No. 20 University of California-Berkeley yesterday, the door was all but shut on Harvard’s postseason dreams...
Though Harvard’s six graduating players will not close out their careers in postseason play, some were nevertheless able to appreciate their time competing for the Crimson...
...League presidents decided to abolish athletic scholarships and spring practices. They also prohibited teams from competing in postseason football games. Harvard would never again have the chance to repeat its 1920 campaign, in which it went 9-0-1 and defeated Oregon 7-6 in the Rose Bowl for the last of its nine national titles...
...years ago, the Ivy Council of Presidents determined that in order for our football teams to remain competitive, the Ivy League would have to re-institute spring practices. Now, it’s time to end the ban on postseason participation...
According to an article that ran in the Daily Pennsylvanian on September 18th, Penn President Judith Rodin claimed that a football postseason would conflict with finals. She’s partially right. If the Ivy champion advances to the semifinals of the I-AA playoffs, that team will be playing football during the exam period for schools with pre-Christmas finals. But, as the article cites, the same situation exists for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament, and the Ivy Council of Presidents has no problem sending the league champion off to compete in that playoff bracket...