<p>A perfect fit for Princeton, Scott Britton, linebacker and running back will carry on the Princeton legacy. </p>
<p>I wanted to be in a place where I can play football and get a good education, said Britton, who chose Princeton ahead of Ivy rivals Harvard and Penn. After I visited all of the schools, talked to a few players from each school and the coaches, I felt that Princeton would be the best fit for me. [Sorry Byerly, I couldnt resist this part.]</p>
<p>Britton recorded over 300 tackles in his career, 120 during the Indians' 5-6 season in 2005.</p>
<p>A "perfect fit for Princeton" presumably, because they could guarantee him a starting linebacker spot, whereas neither Harvard not Penn could make a similar commitment!</p>
<p>But hey, if you like stories about "real" kids who choose one school over another, check out THIS one:</p>
<p>"The (Ossining, NY) Riverhawks' blood will run crimson at this evening's graduation ceremony. Four seniors are headed for Harvard University in the fall, giving the high school a total of eight students accepted at the prestigious college in the past four years.</p>
<p>Yang Li, Zehra Hirji, Ryan Williams and Sarah Joselow all received the proverbial fat envelope from Harvard and other schools....</p>
<p>"I was so surprised," Williams said. "I'd gotten into Princeton a day earlier, but Harvard was Harvard. No one's a shoe-in."</p>
<p>If there were shoe-ins for the most prominent, best endowed research university in the country, it'd be these rare students....</p>
<p>Here are the 5 LB recruits for Harvard this year - all team captains; we'll see who stands out after 4 years, one of these guys, or the Princeton guy!</p>
<p>Alexander Johnson LB Fr. 6-0 195
Houston, Texas/Aldine MacArthur</p>
<p>Glad to hear youre optimistic and the Crimson will probably need some fan support. Now didnt I read that you had a little problem with your team captain? </p>
<p>Hey, then again, with all of your new high school team captains, perhaps the coach will be able to find a replacement! (Just kidding Byerly and yes, it has been too long since the Tigers beat both the Bulldogs and the Crimson in the same season.)</p>
<p>$15 at Harvard Stadium (plus more for parking) although the Yale game is considerably more.</p>
<p>As I understand the thinking, Princeton thought dropping the ticket price to a nominal level would boost attendence, which doesn't seem to have worked out. Perhaps some effort to work up a "rivalry" with Penn would help.</p>
<p>While I think its very sweet, not everyone is in love with this down-sized replacement for venerable Palmer Stadium.</p>
<p>Stanford has followed suit, however, cutting capacity of their newly-renovated stadium by 25-30,000, since they haven't been selling out - even for "The Big Game" with Cal.</p>
<p>Well, would you really expect us to with a stadium 20,000 people bigger than Harvard, for example? And we're not close to a major urban center the way Harvard is.</p>
<p>Hard to know what Stanford's problem is: they are still paying more in salaries to athletes than any other school in the nation, they <em>used</em> to fill their stadium, and the population of the area hasn't declined. </p>
<p>Even if you assume that Stanford athletics can't draw fans from elsewhere in the Bay Area, San Jose is now the third biggest city in California, and much larger than Boston. </p>
<p>Other West Coast programs just seem to have passed them by.</p>