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Post by hc87 on Sept 13, 2021 13:45:13 GMT -5
OK...have had almost 48 hours to decompress....deep breathing and yoga help, as do Coastal Getaway IPAs As BB would say "on to Yale." The Eli have been a thorn in our side mostly for ovah a century. They are our worst opponent in terms of win/loss (5-29 I believe) of all our opponents that we've played ovah 30 times or so. Some of that is a function of playing many of this series games early in the 20th C when Yale was a national player and not playing them as much in the 30s, 40s and 50s when we were much stronger. Been some great games between these two fine institutions ovah the last 50 years or so. The '67 HC win ovah a very strong Yale team may be our best win in New Haven. The '81 game at Fitton was a classic albeit an Eli 29-28 W. Our comeback win in 2018 was a great win that has spurred on our progress of the last few years. Lot of PL/Ivy action this week....we may see how not playing in nearly 2 years has affected the Ancient VIII. The smahht $$$ boys have been going against the PL so far with great success, will see if that continues this week. No perfect slates last week as no one picked our friends from Andover. Week 2: Princeton @ Lehigh Harvard @ GTown UNH @ Lafayette William&Mary @ Colgate UPenn @ Bucknell Fordham @ Florida Atlantic Holy Cross @ Yale Standings: 1 efg 12-1 sader1970 rgs deleted inhoc wayback newsaderdad chuchu hcnation hc87 midwest crucis hcfc hc8485 purplehaze 16 nycru 11-2 hcpride bigfan jouts77 dharry saderfan deeppurp ky75 ndgrad alum pp hc16 28 cru12 10-2 (no MU-FU pick) longsuff10-3 bleedpurp cross99 hc6774 33 cardman 9-4 crossisback 35 cruskater 6-0 36 jflare 5-2 Any mistakes etc, pm me
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Post by crusader12 on Sept 13, 2021 13:48:35 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William&Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Yale
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Post by dharry13 on Sept 13, 2021 13:51:31 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary Penn Florida Atlantic Yale
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Post by cardman529 on Sept 13, 2021 13:55:32 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH W@M UPenn Florida Atlantic Crusaders
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 13, 2021 13:57:31 GMT -5
Princeton @ Lehigh
Harvard @ GTown
UNH @ Lafayette
William&Mary @ Colgate
UPenn @ Bucknell
Fordham @ Florida Atlantic
Holy Cross @ Yale
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Post by hcpride on Sept 13, 2021 14:28:22 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Yale (despite Yale’s 20-month layoff I’m not sold on HC at a couple of key positions)
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Post by midwestsader05 on Sept 13, 2021 14:43:22 GMT -5
I’m genuinely interested if ANYONE picks a PL team besides HC this week…and not because someone is “taking a chance or long shot” to improve their ranking but they actually believe the PL team will win.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 13, 2021 14:55:45 GMT -5
A 15 way tie for first...impressive. OK, let me see if I can drop out at this point... Week #3 Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary Pennsylvania Florida Atlantic Holy Cross (picking with my heart and I could not 100% against the PL)
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Post by alum on Sept 13, 2021 15:03:58 GMT -5
I’m genuinely interested if ANYONE picks a PL team besides HC this week…and not because someone is “taking a chance or long shot” to improve their ranking but they actually believe the PL team will win. I wish I could be the one but, no. (I would be ecstatic to be wrong about this and see an upset or two.) Lehigh GTown Lafayette Colgate Bucknell Fordham Holy Cross
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 13, 2021 15:28:26 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary UPenn - probably close. i almost picked Fordham Florida Atlantic - they look pretty strong Holy Cross - we come out pumped
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 13, 2021 15:58:07 GMT -5
The top three are all old guys. Let's see how much stamina they have by the end of the season.😊
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Post by bigfan on Sept 13, 2021 16:59:58 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary Penn Florida Atlantic Yale
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Post by efg72 on Sept 13, 2021 17:42:06 GMT -5
The top three are all old guys. Let's see how much stamina they have by the end of the season.😊 Thanks-perhaps with our old age comes experience, wisdom since we have seen it all, and loyalty because we love our school and all the people on the board Just kidding of course, well gosh maybe not Moving on to week 3 Prayers and novenas to. keep me in the top half by the end of the season
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Sept 13, 2021 17:51:58 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH W&M Penn FA HC (bragging rights not enough for me to go against the Crusaders).
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Post by hcnation on Sept 13, 2021 18:01:32 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William & Mary Penn Florida Atlantic Holy Cross
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Post by HCFC45 on Sept 14, 2021 7:00:03 GMT -5
The top three are all old guys. Let's see how much stamina they have by the end of the season.😊 They may be old but ahead of "deleted"!
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Post by thecrossisback on Sept 14, 2021 8:28:55 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard Lafayette William&Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Holy Cross
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Post by jflare on Sept 14, 2021 10:23:23 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William and Mary Univ Penn Fordham Yale
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Post by crusader12 on Sept 14, 2021 15:53:33 GMT -5
I’m genuinely interested if ANYONE picks a PL team besides HC this week…and not because someone is “taking a chance or long shot” to improve their ranking but they actually believe the PL team will win. This week? How about never!!!
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Post by inhocsigno on Sept 14, 2021 16:25:13 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William&Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Holy Cross
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Post by wayback on Sept 15, 2021 10:41:16 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William and Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Holy Cross
Got to stay with our team,also Yale's first game
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 15, 2021 10:55:52 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William and Mary Penn Fordham Holy Cross
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 15, 2021 10:56:12 GMT -5
Princeton Harvard UNH William&Mary UPenn Florida Atlantic Yale
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 15, 2021 11:00:05 GMT -5
I’m genuinely interested if ANYONE picks a PL team besides HC this week…and not because someone is “taking a chance or long shot” to improve their ranking but they actually believe the PL team will win. 80% taking a long shot to get back in the game, 20% believe Fordham has a shot for the upset. See Merrimack v Holy Cross.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 15, 2021 11:03:19 GMT -5
Hope all these Holy Cross picks over Yale don't turn into those picks over Merrimack!
I don't believe completely that the Merrimack loss was a fluke but have to say their QB was the best I've seen on any team in many, many years and believe they were under-rated. There were some key plays that went against us (pick 6 for one) that quickly changed the complexion of the game and their confidence built and built and maintained the momentum the whole game.
I believe Yale will be an extremely tough challenge but I also have to believe that the Chesney quote prior to Merrimack holds, to essentially grieve the loss no matter how bad for a day and then look forward.
Had Merrimack not happened, we'd be pretty confident in this game and think we should still be.
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