PENN AT PRINCETON

Simply put, a huge game. Remarkably, Penn still controls its own destiny, despite being below .500, struggling all season, and (worst of all) losing to Yale.

Now, it travels to Princeton, whose fans will be pumped not only because of the importance of the contest but because of the nature of the rivalry.

The Quakers had a big win over Brown last week, but the Tigers are too good and have come too far to fall apart now. So if Penn can pull a second straight upset here, I’ll be more impressed than Ron Burgundy was when Baxter pooped in the refrigerator and ate a whole wheel of cheese.

Pick: Princeton 27, Penn 14

COLUMBIA AT HARVARD

Let’s just say Gary Johnson has a better chance of winning the election Tuesday than the Lions do of winning this game.

It’s a statistical mismatch on so many levels. As one example, the Lions have given up the seventh-most sacks per game in the country, while Harvard leads the nation in sacks per contest.

So yeah, good luck with that, Sean Brackett. I’ll tell Mt. Auburn Hospital to keep a bed on reserve.

Pick: Harvard 42, Columbia 0

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.