The last time a Harvard contingent visited Cornell's Schoellkopf Field, the fans (of whom I am one) and the players were treated to something more than a football game.

The time was two years ago and the stars of the afternoon--in order of spectator interest--ranged from Harvard's football team (which emerged with a bloody 21-15 victory) to a group of demonstrators who paraded on the field at half time.

Honorable mention went to a Cornell fraternity and a mass of drunken freshmen, all of whom provided the entertainment in between plays.

To begin with, the game was broadcast on ABC television, which is just asking for trouble. Members of the aforementioned frat house spent the day clustered in a relatively large group chasing the ABC cameras and microphones, shouting obscenities which hopefully would find their way across the airwaves. This was the first in a series of minor disturbances.

As the game wandered its way toward half time, paced by the typically spectacular play of the Crimson's Pat McInally, a new gathering began to catch the fancy, or at least the amazement, of the capacity crowd.

Enter the freshmen, who dominated the half time festivities by alternately making a nuisance or themselves on the field (a Big Red tradition called "Freshmen on the Field") and trying to tear down one of the goal posts--a piece of furniture that occasionally has a bearing on the outcome of football games.

But football seemed to be losing its importance on this autumn afternoon at Schoellkopf, for the next contingent to take the field was not sporting pads and helmets, but rather a large banner that red, "Remember: This game is being played on stolen INDIAN LAND."

These people, it was later determined, called themselves the New Coalition, but their message failed to have the sobering effect intended: another coalition involving freshmen and fraternity members grabbed the spotlight away by smashing bottles of Jim Beam against the stands.

Not surprisingly, and not unreasonably, ABC did not broadcast any of these sideshows, but rather concentrated on a small bunch of signs in the corner of the stadium that read, "Welcome, ABC." The halftime show was broadcast without sound and with selective camera work, another tribute to ABC and its high opinion of Ivy League students. Television and the Ivy League don't seem to mix.

Goalposts intact, although shakily, and drunken students incapacitated in a stupor on the sidelines, the football game made its merry way to a conclusion.

The impression that remained after the contest was that these things happen every week at Big Red football games. In any event, the day did not lack interest, as any ABC director will be glad to attest.

And as you may have noticed, the game is not being broadcast this year. That's the moral of all this: that only confrontations between Ivy unbeatens--and maybe not even those--will ever find their way onto the airwaves again. The Ivies aren't dull, but they're not quite what ABC had in mind for a nice Saturday afternoon.

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Feeling somewhat reckless, here are this week's picks, replete with upsets. The Penn-Lafayette game was played last night, and overcoming our tendency to cheat, we have left it out of the selection box.

PRINCETON-COLGATE--I mentioned a month ago that Princeton will be the prime contender for the Ivy crown, and I'm sticking by it. The Tigers sharpen their claws in this non-league encounter against a tough Colgate squad. Princeton 24, Colgate 13.

YALE-COLUMBIA--If the Lions are ever going to pull a big upset, then this could be the day. Yale is down after last week's loss, but I have maintained enough sanity to realize that the Elis will still win this game. Yale 29, Columbia 16.

BROWN-DARTMOUTH--If the Bruins are ever going to be upset, then this should be day. Dartmouth is getting better every minute, and the Big Green is traditionally rough to beat in any Ivy game. This game means a lot. Dartmouth 19, Brown 17.

HARVARD-CORNELL--If you're really looking for upsets, then Ithaca might be the place to be this weekend. The Crimson has won this three years in a row, and the luck may just have run out. Cornell 27, Harvard 20.

CRIMSON-BOX JOX--Another Administrative blunder. Crimson 23, B.J.'s 2.