This year, the present is prologue, and the parallels served as subtext at The Game.
The presidential election, contested between a Yalie and a Cantab, has extended well beyond November 7, with an end not currently in sight.
Fortunately, The Game is limited to an hour the weekend before Thanksgiving.
In 12 out of the 15 last presidential election years, when Harvard has won The Game, a Democrat has won the presidential election, and a Yale victory has meant a Republican in the White House. (There was no Harvard-Yale game in one election year, 1944.)
George W. Bush, of course, graduated from Yale in 1968, while Al Gore took his Harvard degree in 1969.
At Harvard Stadium Saturday, fans clad in blue and white and in red didn't need reminding that they were part of two unusual historical dramas.
"Bush went to Yale!" chanted Harvard fans amid the usual shouts of "Safety school!" and "Yale sucks!"
On the other side of the field, Yale fans asked, "Why not let the 117th playing of The Game, determine the next leader of the free world?" in press releases distributed before The Game, ABC News reported.
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