Yale vs. Harvard Football 2005

I had my very first experience tailgating last weekend during the Yale vs. Harvard football game. There was plenty of food and booze and unforgiving rivals. The game began at 1230pm and ended just about when the sun was setting. The weather was not cooperative, as despite the bright sun shining, it was chilly in the low 30s.

It was my very first Ivy league college football game, and it was fun and entertaining! The Bulldogs wore "Kiss this Harvard!" on their asses. The Crimsons wore "Yale sucks!" shirts. And in between touch downs, you can hear from afar students yelling "Harvard cheerleaders are FAT!!!" Hilarious! Especially is you are just there for the third-party spectator experience ;) Hmm... reminiscent of Ateneo vs. La Salle basketball matches?

I also recently just learned that Ivies don't offer athletic scholarships, so these intelligent football jocks are just passionate and dedicated to the sport.

In the end, after triple overtimes, Harvard won at 30-24. Waaah. :( It's the 5th year in a row that Yale lost to Harvard. Better luck next year!

Here are some photos I took at the Yale Bowl. I was not able to get good photos of the SOM tailgate tent, but this gives you a good idea on how much hotdogs, burgers, beer and cookies were consumed in a matter of hours.


Flag me.


"Handsome Dan", the Yale mascot, towers at the tailgating tents during the game.


The Yale SOM "tailgating" tent. Overflowing booze and unlimited 'dogs and burgers!


The aftermath.


People are still lining up for more!


The game at 2nd Quarter.


Half-time genius. Check out the man-made fighter tank that was supposed to bomb down the red Harvard balloon and those red Harvard planes. ;-)

P.S. During half-time, a cute bulldog was paraded on the field to mock the Harvardites presence in the stadium. I remembered our [late] pet, China, who could've been the cutest English bulldog on the floor during the game. R.I.P.