However, with the Golden State Warriors playing the Lakers the next day, Lin will not be in attendance for this year’s biennial Boston crackdown on collegiate drinking. With no Luck of the Lin to stop an otherwise successful fourth-and-22 conversion from their own 28-yard line, the Bulldogs will clearly rumble to victory.
2) We have celebrity on our side.
Have you heard of “Spider-Man”? Or “Spider-Man 2”? How about “Spider-Man 3”? If you try real hard, you’ll find the one commonality between those three movie titles: that’s right, James Franco. Now, I don’t know about you Cantabs, but my homepage happens to be Perez Hilton—and a while back, he and the screaming horde of girls outside my window told me that James “OMGZ he’s SOOOO HOT” Franco was going to be a Yalie in the English department.
Armed with one of GQ’s 2010 Men of the Year and resident Yale graduate-school hottie, the Bulldogs offer more than enough star power to take it to the house over and over again. Plus, if you squint real hard, legendary Bulldog receiver Chris Smith ’13 could easily pass off as Channing Tatum of “Step Up,” “Step Up 2: The Streets,” and “Dear John” fame (yeah, I watch chick flicks—so what?). Smith recently set an all-time Ivy League record by returning two kickoffs back for touchdowns (in a row). Clearly, he was channeling his inner Channing.
3) 2010 has been a change-inducing year.
Think about it. The Republicans defenestrated the Democrats in the House. LeBron James went from the most beloved basketball player to the most hated one faster than you can yell “Don’t tase me, bro” at Club Elevate. Brett Favre is still playing football (okay, bad example).
The point is, something is in the water, and it’s changing the status quo. With Harvard winning eight of the last nine Games, it’s time for a change we can believe in. This is year two of the Tom Williams regime, and already, we’re starting to see changes. The Bulldogs rebounded from 2-5 in the Ivy League last year to 5-1 so far. Senior safety Adam Money ’11, besides having an awesome name, is on track to set all kinds of Yale records with eight career interceptions (and counting). There is a changing atmosphere of success around the team, and they’re ready to turn this thing around.
In conclusion, Harvard sucks, and Mr. Walsh, if you manage to stay until the end of this Game, I’ll buy you a pizza from the mean streets of CT.
Besides, it’s not like we’re gonna go for it on fourth-and-22 again, right? RIGHT?!?!
—John Song is a senior in Berkeley College. Contact him at john.song@yale.edu.