When the U.S. conceded a goal to Portugal in stoppage time this Sunday, leaving the game at a disappointing draw, one thing came to our minds: This is what it feels like to go to Yale—disappointing.
Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief and Yale grad Ben Smith wrote Buzzfeed’s headline for the story about the match, “Portugal Beats U.S. 2-2,” a Buzzfeed spokesperson told blogger Jim Romenesko. That headline mimicked the famous Crimson headline from 1968, “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29,” after an underdog Harvard football team improbably came back from a 29-13 deficit with less than a minute left in the game to tie Yale.
On Twitter, many were confused. Maybe they went to Yale, too.
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Others chose to make fun of the Yale grad’s math skills. In all honesty, maybe he forgot to carry the one.
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By the transitive property of insults, many Twitter users began bashing on Yale. Kudos, Twitter.
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Yale, where “the wrong get wronger.” Well said, @ColeyMick. Slap that one on a marketing packet, Yale Admissions.
Buzzfeed eventually removed the headline, replacing it with the more straightforward headline,“United States And Portugal Draw 2-2.”
The takeaway? Despite the disappointing tie at the World Cup, most Americans still have one thing to be grateful for: They don’t go to Yale.