Braxton Gallup of Charlottesville, Virginia: "No, I don't follow it that closely." Click.
Edith Gallup of Burlington, Vermont: "I'm not interested. I know they play every year, but I'm just not interested." Click.
What's going on here? Is there something wrong with my polling technique?
No, I don't think so. I think the answer lies in the skewed perspectives of Gallups everywhere. Most participate in political Gallup polls so often that they probably feel compelled to study politics incessantly.
I guess that most spend so much time poring over the editorial pages of their local newspapers that they never have time for the sports section. Poor souls.
Only a few break free from the binding yoke of political pollstering. Dana Gallup of Cambridge, who has lived just a few blocks from Harvard for the past 50 years, said, "Of course I knew The Game was this week."
Dana, I salute you. You're a true sportsman and an informed citizen. Your prediction, please?
"Harvard will win by two."