Pick: Harvard 24, Dartmouth 20

BROWN AT PENN

Apparently zany news stories proliferate in the Ivy League, but one in particular stands out: the case of the “bad monk” at Penn.

Earlier in October, a rogue student sent 60 emails to the inboxes of nearly 2,400 people. That’s a huge dump of information, equivalent to Isa DeLaura’s limerick at Grand Elections. No joke, the perpetrator was taking a course called “Wasting Time on the Internet.” Here at Harvard at least we call it General Education.

The twist in this story brings to mind the plot of The Hangover Part II. It turns out that the serial emailer was taking a Religious Studies class nicknamed the “monk class,” an offering that required a month of asceticism. So the one person capable of unwinding this email fiasco is undergoing a vow of silence.

On Saturday Penn football will hit Brown with the force of 144,000 emails. After dropping two non-conference contests to start the season, the Quakers have won four straight. No one can run with junior wide receiver Justin Watson, senior quarterback Alek Torgersen has thrown 12 touchdowns versus two interceptions, and the defense is fearsome.

Expect a demolition that will shock even the most loyal Brown fan into a vow of silence.

Pick: Penn 42, Brown 10

—Staff writer Sam Danello can be reached at sam.danello@thecrimson.com.