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"Leader of Kings"
Beckett would like to see the Ivy League partner with a sister conference to play a bowl game sometime before Christmas at a warm weather site (we hear Orlando is nice this time of year.) The idea has generated interest within the Ivy League, but not everyone is on board just yet. Some would rather fight for inclusion in the national playoffs.
“The feasibility of a bowl game being approved is much greater than getting our champion into the playoffs,” Beckett said. “I think it would be a great experience and an appropriate ending for the champions of our league and the sister conference that would join us.”
• The Patriot or Pioneer leagues make the most sense to partner with the Ivies for a bowl game, though diminished a bit since both currently send their champions to the FCS playoffs.
Wishful thinking, perhaps, but we’d love to see the Ivy champ match up with a BCS program each December, even if it’s a 5-7 club from a Group of Five opponent. The potential of Yale playing, say, UTEP or East Carolina is appealing to us, though, we understand, not so much for the BCS representative.
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/20...-taking-plunge-into-basketballs-march-madness