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. For more Harvard-Yale coverage, visit yaledailynews.com/thegame.
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