Word: spoilers
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Harvard failed to make the same statement Saturday night, falling to Yale 72-61 in overtime. Harvard had a 54-40 victory over Yale (7-16, 2-8) earlier this season, but this contest, against an Eli team looking to play the role of the spoiler, would not prove as easy...
...Consumer crusader or election spoiler...
...Crimson traveled to the Yale Bowl to face the Ivy-leading Elis with the hope of playing the role of spoiler and denying Yale its first Ivy title in 10 years...
Early-season polls have predicted that Penn, Dartmouth and Harvard will be the main teams in contention for the championship by the end of the season, but teams such as Brown and Yale, which return this season with deeper, more experienced rosters, will try to play the role of spoiler...
...league opponents, however, should remember that Columbia has always relished the role of the surprise spoiler, shocking both Penn and Harvard last season while both teams were grappling for position atop the league...