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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

kirkaracha — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:51:22 -0800

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29. At Harvard Stadium on November 23, 1968, the Yale and Harvard football teams met in their annual The Game, with both teams going into the game undefeated for the first time since 1909. Heavily-favored Yale was ranked #16 and was on a 16-game winning streak. Yale was leading 29-13 with 3:34 to play and had the ball. What could possibly go wrong? Harvard recovered a fumble on their 14, then scored a touchdown with a 2-point conversion, recovered an onside kick, scored another touchdown as the clock ran out, and scored another 2-point conversion. Footage of the game. Recap. What I learned at the Harvard-Yale Game [clearly not paragraphs]. Even though it ended in a tie, the Yale players took it as a devastating loss, and Harvard took it as a win. The Harvard Crimson's banner headline was "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29." Who came up with the headline? Backup quarterback Frank Champi led the Harvard comeback. Tommy Lee Jones was a Harvard offensive guard (Al Gore was his roommate). Yale quarterback Brian Dowling inspired "B.D." in Doonesbury. Yale tailback Calvin Hill was the 1969 NFL Rookie of the Year, beating O.J. Simpson. Yale teammate Bob Levin dated Vassar undergraduate named Meryl Streep. James Fallows worked on the Harvard Crimson. Kevin Rafferty, who directed Atomic Cafe, has a new documentary about the game. New York Times Q&A and NPR Fresh Air with Rafferty.

Tie Brian Up, Tie Brian Down.

dersins — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:02:56 -0800

The Brian Williams Tie Report Archives. "Logging the neckwear fashion decisions of America's most trusted voice in evening news." No, seriously.

Animated Knots

netbros — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:22:02 -0800

Knot, knot
Who's there?
Bowline.
Bowline who?
I'm going bowline ... wanna go too? Because you never know when you'll need a good knot.

Obi-Wan Can Drive My Car

fandango_matt — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:46:58 -0800

Star Wars cars: Obi-Wan's Honda, Luke's X-Wing Truck, and the TIE Cycle.

May I have some Moire, please?

moonbird — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:11:44 -0800

Remember the weirdness with Bush's hypnotic rainbow tie last week? Now you too can experiment with creating mesmerizing patterns on Project LITE's Moire page.
[via j-walk blog]

tie malfunction

thedailygrowl — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:53:32 -0800

George and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamtie. I watched the Presidential news conference but did'nt notice the tie effect, however a friend mentioned they had to put a piece of cardboard accross the TV to filter it out. More on the tie malfunction here the news conference video is available here .

Better than ties from J. Garcia!

WolfDaddy — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:11:40 -0800

What do HIV, breast cancer, dental plaque, and stem cells all have in common? Why, you can wear them! as a tie, a lovely scarf, or even underwear! The Infectious Awearables collection will definitely be catching...spreading like an epidemic...infectious and charming! (via Blue's News)

Necktie history (for pirates)

magikeye — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:47:16 -0800

For all you pirates out there: The history of the necktie.
Get it? as though it were "talk like a businessman day" for pirates.

Tighter, please

magullo — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:45:53 -0800

I always thought that starting the day by tying a rope around your neck made no sense. No it turns out that wearing a tight tie may damage your eyesight

herc — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:22:32 -0800

Even as the fans chanted "Let Them Play" MLB's powers-that-be decided to call the All-Star game after 11 innings. It's only the second time the game has ended in a tie (the other time it was called for rain). Given the game's current environment, could there have been a more symbolic ending to this game? Between the steroid questions, contraction,and the threat of a work stoppage, can baseball fix itself, or is (North) America's national pastime rounding third and heading towards self-inflicted obscurity?

josholalia — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:17:25 -0800

Statistical Dead Heat May Result in Ping Pong Match Tie-Breaker So says Ken Layne in his tale of obscure lore and presidential politics.