Gridiron glory is so last century. Today, the real battlefield is Google, and the weapon is autocomplete, which attempts to predict your search by proposing commonly used terms to complete your query. The cooler the school, the more flattering the autocomplete.
Below, real Harvard and Yale-themed searches face off in one for the ages. The school with the better autocomplete gets the points. The typed-in portions are in bold; Google took over from there.
First Quarter
harvard is easy
harvard is overrated
harvard is my safety
yale is awesome
yale is better than harvard
yale is not a trade school
Yale 7, Harvard 0
Second Quarter
why are yawns so contagious
why are yankee candles so expensive
why are yale students called eli
what is a cantata
what is a cantaloupe
what is a cantab
Yale 7, Harvard 3
Halftime
Even Google takes a break for the YPMB.
Third Quarter
harvard sexism
harvard sexist
yale sexuality studies
Yale 14, Harvard 3
Fourth Quarter
bright colored leggings
bright colored skinny jeans
bright college years
ten thousand maniacs
ten thousand men of harvard
Yale 14, Harvard 14
(Sorry, big Natalie Merchant fan)
Overtime
harvard numbering system
harvard number theory seminar
yale number one
YALE BEATS HARVARD, 20 TO 14
Michael Sloan is a 2002 graduate of Trumbull college. All entries selected with a President William Taft 1878-sized Yale bias.
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