But the 2014 rendition of the annual Harvard-Yale battle will have a heightened significance, as the Bulldogs lurk just one game behind the Crimson in the Ivy League standings.

As a future veterinarian, I have to objectively say that there is no worse mascot than a bulldog.

While The Game is the centerpiece of the weekend, it will itself last only a few hours, and it will leave the weekend nights wide open for celebrating (Yale) or drinking away your sorrows (take a guess).

Behind each Harvard football game is a carefully orchestrated performance by the Harvard Athletic Department.