The Ivy League, the nation’s best and brightest, or so they claim. We all know about the extensive academic rivalry that Ivy League holds amongst one another, but in athletics, the rivalry rages hot like a wildfire. One of college football’s greatest rivalries is “The Game” played between Harvard and Yale, but that rivalry has just heated up even further.
Yesterday on Twitter, the Harvard football account tweeted out two screenshots. One shows that the Princeton football account had blocked the Harvard football account, and the other shows that the Yale football account had also blocked the Harvard football account.
The plot begins to thicken, or maybe open up when a few hours later, the Yale football account unblocked Harvard. It seems as if the nerd running their account received social media backlash and waved the white flag. The unblocking won’t help Yale in the long run because the Harvard social media team now can use this as meme content in the weeks leading up to “The Game”. It’s an overall tough look if you ask me.
While I don’t condone the blocking of rivals on Twitter, is this just Harvard being salty? I mean, Harvard lost to both Princeton and Yale last season. Princeton beat Harvard 37-10 and Yale beat Harvard 19-14. In the entirety of the rivalry, Yale has the upper hand with a record of 69-61-8. The same goes for Princeton. In their history with playing Harvard, they lead the Crimson 59-48-7.
It’s definitely funny that Harvard called out their opponents, but this feels like a jealous ploy. They’re upset that they aren’t on par with their rival football teams. Look, that’s okay. Harvard can boast that they’re “the best academically”, but that’s actually false also. According to the U.S. World Report on the Best National University Rankings of 2022-2023, Princeton is number one. Harvard isn’t even the top school in its city. MIT is in number two and Harvard is at three.
As I write this, I’m changing my attitude. I thought it was funny that Harvard was dunking on their adjacent geeks in the Ivy League, but they’re just jealous. I have to say this is awfully pathetic.
