Junior forward Matt Mallgrave is less upset about The Game, or lack of it, than his teammates Sneddon or Farrell.

"It's kind of a bummer, but you have to do what you have to do," Mallgrave said. "I guess we'll all just have to wait until we graduate."

Less Fans

With half of Harvard down in New Haven, the players expect that fans turnout tonight will be lower than usual for tonight's game.

"Usually, all of the tickets are sold out by the middle of the week, but I checked [Thursday] and they said that tickets would still be available at game-time," said Mallgrave.

Remembering two years ago when The Game was also in New Haven, the players expect to have a surge of fans coming to The Other Game as soon as the football game at Yale is over.

"I've talked to about 50 or 60 people who are planning on driving up right after it finishes," said Sneddon. "Hopefully, people will make the effort to come back."

But, at least, Mallgrave seems to be able to accept second-billing for the occasion.

"The Harvard-Yale football game is one of the highlights of the entire college football season," said Mallgrave. "To compete with that is kind of hard. We'll just play have to our game."