Because the Harvard football team has scored 98 points in its last two games, the Crimson cheerleaders, pictured in the Bucknell game, have been put to work.
In its past two games, Harvard has scored 98 points. Its quarterbacks have thrown for 10 touchdowns, and in Saturday’s game alone the team had 560 yards of total offense.
But not everyone is a winner when the Crimson’s offense explodes. There’s probably only one group sorer than the football team right now: the Harvard cheerleaders.
As some of you may know, it’s fairly common practice for collegiate cheerleaders to a pushup for every point that the team has put up after every score.
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For those looking to take their Crimson fandom to the next level, it’s time to stop procrastinating your way through that paper by checking Facebook every three minutes—and time to make the move to Twitter. Here’s a chance to get to know Harvard’s biggest athletes in their everyday lives (without them even realizing it).
The Crimson’s Twitter prowess starts with the men’s basketball team. These guys have honed their tweeting skills, making them the preeminent contributors of 140-character sentences on campus.
Here are a few accounts that stand out.
Take notice! Princeton is coming to town. Harvard football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and field hockey are all facing Tigers at home this weekend. It looks like it’s going to be a nice weekend in Cambridge with some competitive matchups.
And it’s a good thing the games are at home. Here’s what you won’t be missing out on at Princeton:
A win over Columbia kept the women's volleyball team in the top five.
No new teams broke into the top five this week, but the top four squads traded places in a weekend filled with crushing victories and tough defeats.
5. Women’s Volleyball (10-7, 3-4 Ivy)
Harvard lost to Cornell and defeated Columbia last weekend. Taylor Docter smacked the Lions out of the gym, recording five aces in the league victory.
Previous Rank: 5
4. Women’s Tennis
The Crimson did not see any action last week. The team will compete at the ITA Regional Tournament in New Haven, Connecticut this weekend.
Previous Rank: 3
Fitzpatrick's late interception in the red zone likely cost Buffalo the game, dropping the team to 4-2.
In a new weekly feature, The Crimson will be tracking the successes (and potential failures) of some of Harvard’s most successful graduates not to use their Harvard degrees. While a tour through professional sports is not exactly a who’s who of Harvard alumni, a few athletes have taken their game to the next level. From Jeremy Lin to Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Crimson maintains a presence outside of the labs and law offices of the world.
This past Sunday, Buffalo Bill’s quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05, was hoping to build off of his momentum from a good start to the season with a win against division rival, the New York Giants—but in the end, a couple of costly mistakes from the Harvard alum proved too much for Buffalo to overcome.
