Anonymous wrote:Make it a requirement that the college was founded before 1776.

Cornell out.

Rutgers along with William and Mary in.

Anonymous wrote:The term was used as early as 1933, and it became official in 1954 following the formation of the Ivy League athletic conference. It’s always been the same 8 schools and it will always be.

What is this thread anyhow? My kid couldn’t get into one of the 8 so now I want them to the school my kid did get into to the bunch?

Not even Cornell?

The term was used as early as 1933, and it became official in 1954 following the formation of the Ivy League athletic conference. It’s always been the same 8 schools and it will always be.

What is this thread anyhow? My kid couldn’t get into one of the 8 so now I want them to the school my kid did get into to the bunch?

Anonymous wrote:Stanford should be added.

Stanford would let Harvard join its own club. Any other Ivy is beneath it…

Anonymous wrote:Some facts.
The Ivy League was founded in 1954. It's a sports league for the member schools.
For many many years what are now its member schools were what is now D1. In fact, if you looks for the college teams with the most national championships, the list is 1. Yale with 18, 2. Alabama with 16, 3. Princeton with 15, 4. Notre Dame with 13, ---- Harvard further down the list at #8 with 8.
The 1960 yale team was #13 in the country, had a first team AP All American player, Ben Balme (when there were only 11 players on the first team), had a Captain who became Captain of the Chicago Bears, shared the Lambert trophy for being the best team in the east with Navy, and was ranked #14 in the country.
In more recent years, the Ivy League has produced some of the NFLs best players: Calvin Hill, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Dick Jauron, and quite a few more.

You lost me here. Now I can’t believe anything you said.

Some facts.
The Ivy League was founded in 1954. It's a sports league for the member schools.
For many many years what are now its member schools were what is now D1. In fact, if you looks for the college teams with the most national championships, the list is 1. Yale with 18, 2. Alabama with 16, 3. Princeton with 15, 4. Notre Dame with 13, ---- Harvard further down the list at #8 with 8.
The 1960 yale team was #13 in the country, had a first team AP All American player, Ben Balme (when there were only 11 players on the first team), had a Captain who became Captain of the Chicago Bears, shared the Lambert trophy for being the best team in the east with Navy, and was ranked #14 in the country.
In more recent years, the Ivy League has produced some of the NFLs best players: Calvin Hill, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Dick Jauron, and quite a few more.

Get Williams & JHU in.

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this reveal how fundamentally middle brow this entire site is. Start with a stupid premise, often articulated by people who are barely fluent in English, and people will still play along.

For those who care about such things, to articulate is "to express in coherent verbal form."

Princeton made it to the Final Four in 1965. Remember Bill Bradley!

Anonymous wrote:With the exception of Harvard hockey, the Ivy League has never really competed at the higher levels of D1 sports.

The term "Big Three" originally described the national prominence in football of Princeton, Yale and Harvard.

Anonymous wrote:add St Andrews.

Bruh. That’s for kids at DD’s private who couldn’t get into Wisconsin or Michigan.

Anonymous wrote:How about add Rutgers and W&M to make the original 10 colonial colleges an elite group?

+1

Anonymous wrote:Make it a requirement that the college was founded before 1776.

Cornell out.

Rutgers along with William and Mary in.

W&M Alum here. I disagree.

Make it a requirement that the college was founded before 1776.

Cornell out.

Rutgers along with William and Mary in.

Anonymous wrote:Cornell out, Duke in.

You're welcome.

I agree with this. How can we make it official?