Roughly a month from now, Harvard and Yale will compete in the 117th playing of The Game before a raucous crowd in Harvard Stadium. Traditionally, bragging rights between Harvard and its safety school counterpart in New Haven have hinged on the outcome of one football game at the end of the season.

Quite frankly, it's time we change tradition and realize that Harvard and Yale athletics shouldn't be labeled by only one sport on one November day. Instead, we should judge Fair Harvard's superiority with multiple examples of success over the woeful Elis.

Fortunately for this proposal, a variety of Harvard teams dominated their Yale opponents this past weekend. These performances, rather than sixty minutes of football, are better indications that our underlying suspicion is true-Harvard is indeed better than Yale.

The ancient rivals faced off in four contests on Saturday, and in each clash the Crimson, following the tenants of Bob Barker's pet control advice, effectively spayed and neutered the Bulldogs.

From the warm waters of Blodgett Pool to the artificial turf of Jordan Field to the wind-dried grass of Ohiri Field, Harvard's athletes excelled and vanquished their Yalie peers in convincing fashion. To paraphrase the fight song, Old Eli's hopes were dashed into blue obscurity.

Harvard's Saturday sweep of Yale began at noon on Ohiri Field. The Crimson men's soccer team entered the game in desperate need of its first Ivy League win, while the Bulldogs looked to move up in the Ivy rankings for a tie with Brown. After the 90 minutes of carnage ended, Harvard had succeeded in its objective and Yale had failed.

I use the word "carnage," because it was a hard-hitting and violent game. The three yellow cards and 24 total fouls don't quite convey just how physical the game was. As an example of the brutality, at one point Yale defensive back Brian Lavin grabbed Crimson captain Ryan Kelly in mid-air and body-slammed him into the ground. It was an overt display of aggression that would have made The Rock proud.

I can only conclude that spending all that time in the crime capital of New England must be the reason why the Bulldogs have cultivated a thuggish approach to such a pure sport.