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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 10:24:40 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 10, 2017 10:24:40 GMT -5
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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 10:47:15 GMT -5
Post by 6sader7 on Oct 10, 2017 10:47:15 GMT -5
Proud to have been on the field when we beat them in 2005. I'm debating making the trip up for this one and hoping we can turn things around with a big win in New Haven.
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 10, 2017 15:19:02 GMT -5
I saw HC beat Yale at the Yale bowl many years ago. It was a beautiful day (and Yale's only loss that year). The sportswriters claimed that the HC loss should not count since Yale did not have Spring football. Of course, HC did not have Spring football either (to appease the Ivies) but that was never mentioned. Like you, I would say a win turns things around and could be a first step to a PL title. Given our injuries and the level of Yale's play right now I have to say it is unlikely...but IMHO it is "possible." GO CROSS GO!
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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 15:44:40 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Oct 10, 2017 15:44:40 GMT -5
Who is out for the Yale game?
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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 15:44:50 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Oct 10, 2017 15:44:50 GMT -5
Who is out for the Yale game?
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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 16:06:55 GMT -5
Post by rgs318 on Oct 10, 2017 16:06:55 GMT -5
Massey makes Yale a 6 point favorite and gives them a 69% chance for the win. That is realistic and not entirely out of reach.
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Yale
Oct 10, 2017 20:05:54 GMT -5
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Post by jflare on Oct 10, 2017 20:05:54 GMT -5
I see Yale beating us easily on Saturday. Unfortunately we run up very good stats but very few wins.
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Yale
Oct 11, 2017 0:21:06 GMT -5
Post by ts1970 on Oct 11, 2017 0:21:06 GMT -5
I saw HC beat Yale at the Yale bowl many years ago. It was a beautiful day (and Yale's only loss that year). The sportswriters claimed that the HC loss should not count since Yale did not have Spring football. Of course, HC did not have Spring football either (to appease the Ivies) but that was never mentioned. Like you, I would say a win turns things around and could be a first step to a PL title. Given our injuries and the level of Yale's play right now I have to say it is unlikely...but IMHO it is "possible." GO CROSS GO! I remember some of that weekend well. If you recall a guy named Calvin Hill, know that he was a running back on that Yale team Holy Cross beat something like 26-12 that day. After the game I met up with a high school classmate who was a sophomore at Yale at the time, and he took me and my HC roommate into his “college” (what Yalies called their dorm or living quarters building). We had a great time between the keg of beer and the visiting college girls who were invited to a mixer there that Saturday night. Don’t remember how we got back to Worcester or at what time since we had hitch hiked down to New Haven for the game. I also had a very noticeable sunburn since the visitors side of the Yale Bowl was drenched in sun all that afternoon, Sept. 30, 1967.
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Yale
Oct 11, 2017 6:59:35 GMT -5
Post by hc6774 on Oct 11, 2017 6:59:35 GMT -5
I saw HC beat Yale at the Yale bowl many years ago. It was a beautiful day (and Yale's only loss that year). The sportswriters claimed that the HC loss should not count since Yale did not have Spring football. Of course, HC did not have Spring football either (to appease the Ivies) but that was never mentioned. Like you, I would say a win turns things around and could be a first step to a PL title. Given our injuries and the level of Yale's play right now I have to say it is unlikely...but IMHO it is "possible." GO CROSS GO! Maybe not spring football on campus but summer football off campus? see Fr K's p 433
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Yale
Oct 11, 2017 8:36:08 GMT -5
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Post by bikeman on Oct 11, 2017 8:36:08 GMT -5
This is the time of year when CTG teams start to lose interest. Yale 45, HC 17. As always, I hope I'm wrong.
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 11, 2017 8:36:19 GMT -5
At the beginning of the year and on paper, this game would be a toss-up. With our secondary injuries, o-line questions, and poor coaching, I think Yale takes the game. Nonetheless, I do not think it will be a blowout. Perhaps 10 points or less
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Yale
Oct 11, 2017 9:12:43 GMT -5
Post by joe on Oct 11, 2017 9:12:43 GMT -5
Given our injuries, Yale should be favored by more. Yale has had our number since about 100 BC and should win convincingly in the bowl, but as we saw at UNH, anything is possible. For those watching the game on TV or in person, take extra blood pressure pills and enjoy. I'll be cleaning out my basement and raking leaves. Hoping for your sakes it's a blowout and not another last second collapse.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 8:29:47 GMT -5
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Post by crusader12 on Oct 12, 2017 8:29:47 GMT -5
Will be there at Yale. I don't know why, but I'll be there and hoping for a competitive game.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 8:39:22 GMT -5
Post by sader1970 on Oct 12, 2017 8:39:22 GMT -5
I also plan to be there but my aching bunions tell me that in this up-and-down season, currently on a "down," Crusaders will rebound and beat the bulldogs.
I saw HC with Mad Dog Giardi and Glen Greco beat the Elis in '67 in the Yale Bowl and subsequently have seen a lot of losses, sometimes close, there over the years but have a feeling this is the year we take them. Of course, if we do win, we run the risk of them canceling the recently re-newed series especially in light of their agreement to play in Fitton.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 8:41:13 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Oct 12, 2017 8:41:13 GMT -5
I wonder if their reluctance to play at Fitton has anything to do with facilities?
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 8:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by ncaam on Oct 12, 2017 8:41:26 GMT -5
I wonder if their reluctance to play at Fitton has anything to do with facilities?
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Post by hchoops on Oct 12, 2017 8:52:20 GMT -5
such as a very large, old, empty stadium ?
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 10:43:00 GMT -5
Post by sader1970 on Oct 12, 2017 10:43:00 GMT -5
Most disappointing feature of my first trip to the Yale Bowl in '67 was to find out that half of it is below ground level! Knowing its capacity, I expected to see some towering edifice and from the outside recalled thinking, "that can't be it." Over the last 14 or so years going there, it strikes me as they have done very little to it since the late 60's and probably well before that. Considering Yale's wealth relative to Holy Cross, Holy Cross does a much better job with Fitton than Yale does with its Bowl. Yeah, Fitton can be improved but Yale should be embarrassed at how they let their place go though the last two times I've been down there, they had signs that they were making improvements. My impression was it was more to keep the place from falling down. I will be interested to see what they've done to improve the place.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 16:45:09 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 12, 2017 16:45:09 GMT -5
Saw a couple HC games there in the 80s....an historic venue no doubt but I remember it not being a particularly good place to watch a game in the sense that the seating goes out and up fairly quickly. Fitton is actually one of the better places to watch a game from the stands imo...almost right on top of the field from most spots.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 16:47:23 GMT -5
Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 12, 2017 16:47:23 GMT -5
I can't think of a better place in FCS football to watch a game other than Fitton. There is zero separation from the sidelines to stands. If you sit close enough to the field, you can practically hear coaches talking into their headsets. When TG was at his worst, it was very easy to hear him go after players/coaches from the seats.
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Post by hcgrad94 on Oct 12, 2017 18:20:37 GMT -5
I wonder if their reluctance to play at Fitton has anything to do with facilities? Truly great, probing and insightful questions like that definitely deserve to be asked twice.
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 21:13:30 GMT -5
Post by jkh67 on Oct 12, 2017 21:13:30 GMT -5
I saw HC beat Yale at the Yale bowl many years ago. It was a beautiful day (and Yale's only loss that year). The sportswriters claimed that the HC loss should not count since Yale did not have Spring football. Of course, HC did not have Spring football either (to appease the Ivies) but that was never mentioned. Like you, I would say a win turns things around and could be a first step to a PL title. Given our injuries and the level of Yale's play right now I have to say it is unlikely...but IMHO it is "possible." GO CROSS GO! I remember some of that weekend well. If you recall a guy named Calvin Hill, know that he was a running back on that Yale team Holy Cross beat something like 26-12 that day. After the game I met up with a high school classmate who was a sophomore at Yale at the time, and he took me and my HC roommate into his “college” (what Yalies called their dorm or living quarters building). We had a great time between the keg of beer and the visiting college girls who were invited to a mixer there that Saturday night. Don’t remember how we got back to Worcester or at what time since we had hitch hiked down to New Haven for the game. I also had a very noticeable sunburn since the visitors side of the Yale Bowl was drenched in sun all that afternoon, Sept. 30, 1967. I happened to have a brief chat with Calvin Hill at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the early '90s while we were both in town for a Duke parents' weekend. I mentioned that HC game to him and he remembered it. None too fondly, I'm happy to report. As for the sun at Yale Bowl, if you're Irish (as I am), you don't want to be sitting on the visitor's side on a bright afternoon. The heat and light are brutal. I saw the Army-Yale game a few years ago from the home side, thanks to two of my son-in-law's friends who played football at Yale. The shade was magnificent...not to mention the chardonnay and gin and tonics!
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Yale
Oct 12, 2017 21:17:47 GMT -5
Post by jkh67 on Oct 12, 2017 21:17:47 GMT -5
Most disappointing feature of my first trip to the Yale Bowl in '67 was to find out that half of it is below ground level! Knowing its capacity, I expected to see some towering edifice and from the outside recalled thinking, "that can't be it." Over the last 14 or so years going there, it strikes me as they have done very little to it since the late 60's and probably well before that. Considering Yale's wealth relative to Holy Cross, Holy Cross does a much better job with Fitton than Yale does with its Bowl. Yeah, Fitton can be improved but Yale should be embarrassed at how they let their place go though the last two times I've been down there, they had signs that they were making improvements. My impression was it was more to keep the place from falling down. I will be interested to see what they've done to improve the place. Agreed. Shoot, there's not even a home team locker room within the confines of the Bowl. One thing they have done, though. Back in the day, you could get major splinters in your arse sitting on benches installed about the time of the Flood. No more...but bring your seat cushions anyway.
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Yale
Oct 13, 2017 10:14:03 GMT -5
Post by 6sader7 on Oct 13, 2017 10:14:03 GMT -5
I'm leaning towards going to the (undefeated) Columbia v Penn game in the city with a few Lehigh football alums -- Easier travel and either way I'm guaranteed to be pleased with the end result.
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Yale
Oct 13, 2017 10:25:42 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Oct 13, 2017 10:25:42 GMT -5
pardon the judgment, but BOO if you follow that leaning how long would your trip to New Haven be ?
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