Well, National Restaurant Month is over. So now you know why things have fallen off in Leverett House dining hall of late. Naturally, it's been a busy time for Cap'n Crunch, the only Ivy League prediction expert to have a food named after him. Now he can turn his mind more to football.

There was big news, of course, in local football last week when Clive Rush decided that he had better things to do with his Sunday afternoons than coach the Patriots, Boston's football team. Immediately, there were rumors that Harvard's John Yovicsin would step in as head coach. It would be a second job for him this Fall, and starting next year, he could be full-time if he would give up his phys. ed. job at the University. Someone pointed out that Yovicsin's heart might give out some Sunday if the Patriots were to win, a hypothesis subsequently denounced as patently absurd by Billy Sullivan and two-thirds of his players.

But imagine Yovicsin as Patriot head coach, in Harvard Stadium yet. And there on his bench, Brian Dowling.

YALE-PENN: The Elis won't miss big Bri today since all they're being asked to do is defeat Penn, and we all know how demanding that is. The Quakers are shooting for seven interceptions or less today, and if they can hold it down to that, an upset is possible. But that's what Charlie Goodell said. Besides, after getting bombed by Dartmouth, Yale must be feeling a bit more humble, and humility can win ball games. Jimmie the Greek says 13 points, but I must disagree. The Bull-dogs, 33-10.

CORNELL-BROWN: The world yawning record, set in 1888 by a 15-year-old female patient, if five consecutive weeks of yawning. I think the Providence fans could break that if only the football teams could stay out there for five weeks, but that appears unlikely. I'm waiting for a good chance to pick an upset, but I can wait a lot longer if it means picking Brown to beat anyone. The boys haven't been able to put it together since an opening win over U.R.I. and have lost five straight. And why stop at five? The Bruins may take an early lead, but the next things they'll take are showers after another in the continuing series of Brown losses brought to you live and in color by Studebaker Motors. Cornell, 24-13.

DARTMOUTH-COLUMBIA: Another thriller. Columbia plans to go out and lose this one for the Jimmer, Jim Buckley-the Lions' new Senator. The Cap'n has a feeling that Columbia, thanks to Don Jackson, may score more against Dartmouth than any other Ivy team has this year-Harvard holds the record of 14. Of course, Bob Blackman won't be holding back either; he wants that Lambert Trophy and the right to demand from the alumni a three-digit scoreboard for next year. The Indians, 44-19.

HARVARD-PRINCETON: "Be true to your school, like you would to your girl or guy," we've been told by emotional-impact analysts. That's fine. Cap'n Crunch and I will surely be there, and that will help the Crimson, but I just don't think I can honestly predict a victory for Harvard. Granted, we usually do better in Palmer Stadium than we do here, but that's academic. Princeton, of course, is no pussy emotionally. The team's feelings can probably best be summed up by Fabian's immortal words in "Tiger"-"I want to growl Wow!" What more can we say? Princeton, 20-14.