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...CCSU (9-8-3), which at one point this season had an overall record of 2-8-2, won five straight conference games just to make it to the Northeast Conference tournament, and upset the top two seeds en route to winning the tournament and qualifying for NCAA’s, was not about to let the game slip away...
...season. I'm excited. Troy, are you stoked? I could not be stoked to a higher temperature at this moment. I've got my Sprite, a cold slice of the best Domino's 'za Worcester has to offer in my belly, and I'm ready for an upset. Let's get her done, as they say. *Footnote: There is 17 minutes to game time. This game blog will suffer...
...from the get-go. We won the medley and almost got second [as well], which really got the ball rolling. It was nice to come in swinging, instead of having a feeling of desperation.” The Crimson also gained revenge for the demoralizing upset it suffered at the hands of the Lions on its last trip to New York in 2005. That loss broke Harvard’s streak of 12 dual-meet victories and represented the first time Columbia defeated the Crimson since 1989. This time, Harvard left no room for error in meticulously dismantling the Lions...
...think it made us tougher as the year wound down. After weeks of laborious cross-country excursions, Harvard’s first extended break of the season afforded the team with much-needed rest in preparation for its final weekend. The rest paid off well, as the Crimson upset Johns Hopkins in the first round to move into the semifinals against No. 11 St. Francis. Although Harvard ended the weekend on a losing note, falling to St. Francis in the semifinals and George Washington in the third-place game, the results of the weekend spell future success for the Crimson?...
...Certainly, the question of whether the Republicans will actually govern better than the Democrats awaits an answer. And a Republican upset in a small Connecticut suburb doesn’t say anything about 2008. But municipal elections, if not indicators of national trends, are microcosms of our political system. Political junkies shake their heads over a sound-bite driven media, fat cats’ hands in politicians’ pockets, and incumbents growing bedsores in their Senate seats. But sometimes, fresh ideas and a good pair of tennis shoes trump conventional wisdom and win elections...