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The Harvard-Yale game 2009 looked like another normal edition of "The Game" even as the Harvard-Yale game 2009 looked to be an upset.

Collier Winters threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Harvard came back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat rival Yale 14-10, the Crimson's eighth win against the Bulldogs in the last nine years.

Francis Parker graduate Gino Gordon rushed for 168 yards in Harvard's win over Yale last year.

Jeremy Lin had 12 points, six assists, four rebounds and three blocks to lead Harvard to a 77-51 win over Bryant on Friday night.

A victory over Yale will never be thought of as a consolation prize at Harvard. The Crimson face their historic rivals in the 126th edition of The Game on Saturday, one week after losing to Penn and missing a chance to clinch an Ivy League title outright.

The following is a list of area athletes now playing college or professional football.

No one knew for sure how the Pickerington High School Central football team would fare this season after losing four Division I college athletes to graduation in Zach Boren , Blaine Burgess , Patrick White and Jamie Wood .

Week 2, November 16, 2009 CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Cornell senior forward Ryan Wittman's line of 23 points, three rebounds, three assists and a steal was a big reason why the Big Red earned its first win over an SEC team in 37 years with a season-opening 71-67 victory at Alabama.

Week 10, November 16, 2009 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Penn senior quarterback KYLE OLSON had a stellar day in a driving rainstorm in the Quakers' 17-7 win over Harvard to win a share of their first Ivy title in six seasons.

Collier Winters, the first-year starting quarterback, is completing 57 percent of his passes.

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The University of Pennsylvania clinched at least a share of the Ivy League title, defeating Harvard 17-7 on Saturday.

Jeremy Lin scored 24 points and four other Harvard players scored in double figures to beat Holy Cross 87-77 in the season opener for both teams on Friday night.

Once in a while, he thinks about how different things could have been, but then realizes what he has is pretty darn good.

For the third-straight week, Harvard football came up against an easily-beatable Ivy opponent.

If there has been a theme in the Ivy League this year, it has been that perseverance triumphs over talent.

As The Crimson indicated in Friday's Around the Ivies column, Harvard football couldn't rest on its laurels Saturday against Columbia.

Harvard Coach Tim Murphy says he is still looking forward to the day when he can pour himself a cup of coffee, saunter into the Crimson's locker room and tell his team it played a perfect game.

Gino Gordon rushed for two touchdowns and Collier Winters passed for another for Harvard, which scored the game's first 34 points en route to a 34-14 win over Columbia on Saturday.

The biggest questions regarding the Columbia football team's matchup against Harvard on Saturday revolve around the quarterback position.