Saturday's Ivy League gridiron action was typified by inexplicable games where momentum could turn around a game in a heartbeat.
And when the dust settled, there was a five-horse race with no unbeaten teams remaining.
The Harvard football team's (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) contest with Fordham may have been the clearest example of these drastic turnarounds as a 34-3 lead was whittled down to 37-30 before time expired.
This outcome seemed to be the rule, not the exception on Saturday, as almost every game was a case of two very different halves of football.
In its contest against Rhode Island Brown jumped out to a 27-3 halftime lead. Despite the commanding lead, however, the Bears ended up needing a dropped two-point conversion pass by the Rams to ensure a 27-25 victory.
On the very afternoon that reports claiming that URI is considering dropping its football program surfaced, the Bears showed little mercy, striking for four first-half touchdown passes.
Brown's senior quarterback James Perry broke two Ivy League career records in the win. His four touchdown tosses gave him 60 for his career, passing the previous mark of 58, and he also finished the day with the career record for completions with 634.
It was Perry's four interceptions, however, that enabled the 0-6 Rams to make a valiant comeback behind sophomore backup quarterback Vince Nedimyer. His 16-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute to play gave URI a chance to tie with the 2-point conversion. Sophomore tailback Moses Tajong dropped the ball in the end zone, however, extending the Rams' nine-game losing streak.
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