Trailing the whole game, Harvard scores 2 TDs in the final 7 minutes (the last with 38 seconds left) and blocks a last-second Dartmouth FG attempt to escape with a 14-13 win. Epic defensive battle, in which Dartmouth outplayed Harvard but left too many points on the field: dropped TD pass, missed short FG.
And all you high-and-mighty BSC and MVFC types can go suck a choad!
It really is a shame that the Ivy has for some reason decided to make itself irrelevant. At least the SWAC has an excuse. The Bayou Classic and all that. There is absolutely no excuse for the stance the Ivy has taken.
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AZGrizFan wrote:Watching that game it was like the two teams were playing in slow motion. Jesus, the lack of athletic ability on that field was embarrassing.
Agree. It was like watching the Griz play another BSC school.
JohnStOnge wrote:It really is a shame that the Ivy has for some reason decided to make itself irrelevant. At least the SWAC has an excuse. The Bayou Classic and all that. There is absolutely no excuse for the stance the Ivy has taken.
The Ivy League Championship is a big deal in that world.
AZGrizFan wrote:Watching that game it was like the two teams were playing in slow motion. Jesus, the lack of athletic ability on that field was embarrassing.
Agree. It was like watching the Griz play another BSC school.
As bad as the Griz are this year (and they're bad) they would shellack either of those two teams 99 times out of 100.
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D1B wrote:
Agree. It was like watching the Griz play another BSC school.
As bad as the Griz are this year (and they're bad) they would shellack either of those two teams 99 times out of 100.
Per Massey, Harvard would have an 88% chance of winning at Montana, or 95% in Cambridge. (Before you can retort ... Yeah, I know that's ridiculous, but that's what they claim)
JohnStOnge wrote:It really is a shame that the Ivy has for some reason decided to make itself irrelevant. At least the SWAC has an excuse. The Bayou Classic and all that. There is absolutely no excuse for the stance the Ivy has taken.
I wouldn't exactly say that. They saw the SWAC go 0-19 in the playoffs and decided it's probably better to keep being hypocrites (allowing other sports to play post season) and pretend like they could actually win a game come Thanksgiving.
AZGrizFan wrote:Watching that game it was like the two teams were playing in slow motion. Jesus, the lack of athletic ability on that field was embarrassing.
AZGrizFan wrote:Watching that game it was like the two teams were playing in slow motion. Jesus, the lack of athletic ability on that field was embarrassing.
I know, watching defense is really odd, isn't it?
Having two teams with zero offense DOES make defenses look good.
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AZGrizFan wrote:Watching that game it was like the two teams were playing in slow motion. Jesus, the lack of athletic ability on that field was embarrassing.
Overstate/generalize much? I know your team is having a relatively bad year, but Dalyn Williams of Dartmouth is one of the most athletic and accurate QBs in all of FCS, and a couple of Harvard's senior linemen and its TE are legitimate pro prospects.
89Hen wrote:
I know, watching defense is really odd, isn't it?
Having two teams with zero offense DOES make defenses look good.
Oh, stop talking about a subject you know zip about. Harvard was averaging over 40 points a game until Dartmouth, and knowledgeable Ivy fans (like me) took the "under" in Friday night's game.
AZGrizFan wrote:
Having two teams with zero offense DOES make defenses look good.
Oh, stop talking about a subject you know zip about. Harvard was averaging over 40 points a game until Dartmouth, and knowledgeable Ivy fans (like me) took the "under" in Friday night's game.
Yeah, against juggernauts like URI, Brown, Georgetown, Lafayette...
AZGrizFan wrote:
Having two teams with zero offense DOES make defenses look good.
Oh, stop talking about a subject you know zip about. Harvard was averaging over 40 points a game until Dartmouth, and knowledgeable Ivy fans (like me) took the "under" in Friday night's game.
There is NO subject I know zip about, counselor.
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Ivytalk wrote:
Oh, stop talking about a subject you know zip about. Harvard was averaging over 40 points a game until Dartmouth, and knowledgeable Ivy fans (like me) took the "under" in Friday night's game.