"Yeah, I'm wearing my `Go to Hell, Yale' button," said Brendan Williams, a clerk at Campus Clothing. "I'm a townie, and my old man went to Harvard."

The Class of 1991 "Yale Sucks" T-shirts sold by the Freshman Council in the Freshman Union this week have met with widespread approval.

Allen P. Webb '91 says that the shirts sell well because, "They state the simple truth."

"I think the picture [of a Harvard student riding a muzzled Bulldog] on the front is really well done," said one freshman.

"I think they're totally obnoxious, and totally awesome," said Thomas V. Kennedy '91, one of the Freshman Council members selling the shirts.

At Harvard the battle continues on whether anti-Yale items should be sold.

"It is all in spirit of the day. It helps everyone to get pumped for the game, and it's good for to get rowdy for a day," said Taylor.

Heidi K. Hopper '91 disagreed with Taylor and said that although she didn't like the idea of printing negative mottoes on T-shirts and sweatshirts, she didn't mind mild positive statements like "Harvard's better than Yale" or "Beat Yale."

"I don't think [the mottoes] should be negative," she said.

Many shops in Harvard Square who sell traditional items bearing either the Harvard or Yale insignias, are not carrying Game items this year.

Dmitri S. Tragos, manager of J. August Co., said he stocked the store with 48 sweatshirts with the words "The Feud Goes On" printed on them. The shirts picture a Yale bulldog facing off against a Harvard football player.

"They [the shirts] didn't sell well. I don't think the market's that big," said Tragos.