Gordian Knot II or Fumin' Neumann?: It was Gordian who got the individual honors for Harvard's defensive effort, earning Ivy League, ECAC I-AA and I-AA National Defensive Player of the Week accolades. The linebacker and Harvard's acting captain registered eight tackles and one sack in addition to the blocked punt.

But it was defensive end Spencer Neumann who dominated the line Saturday, consistenly forcing his way into the Princeton backfield to tackle running back Erick Hamilton or sack QB Joel Sharp. Neumann finished with 11 tackles and four quarterback sacks.

Who Created This Mess?: It was a strange convergence of results that produced the five-way tie for first place in the Ivy League, and the Harvard-Princeton game had nothing to do with it.

First came the score from Ithaca, N.Y., where the Big Green had utilized three Dean Durkin field goals to take an 11-6 decision from the undefeated Cornell Big Red. Then the shocker, a late touchdown gave Brown a 24-17 decision over also-undefeated Penn in Providence. And finally, the expected Yale blowout over Columbia, 31-7, produced the logjam at the top of the league standings. Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale all lie at 2-1 with four games remaining to be played.

The easiest paths to the title? Cornell and Dartmouth, which both have games against Brown and Columbia remaining on their schedules.

Turning Over a New Leaf: Harvard has outfumbled its opponents by a 23-14 margin this season. But on the interception side, Harvard sports a 10-4 advantage. If you include the blocked punts, the Crimson holds a 28-27 turnover advantage.