Counting down to game time

Some news stories to keep you busy before the game tonight.

Columbia's paper gives another perspective on the financial aid issue.
The Yale Daily chronicles 'Attrition and the Yale Athlete.'
The NCAA is considering tweaking with some penalties in college football.

Check out these betting lines: Brown is a four-point favorite at Penn, Cornell is a five-point favorite at Harvard, Columbia a two-point favorite at Dartmouth and Yale a 1.5-point favorite at Princeton.

What's so remarkable about that? I believe today is the first time any road team has been favored all year. And the first time it happens, all four road teams are favored!

I think the best bet is for the Big Red to cover the spread at Harvard.

For those who want to keep an eye on 6-0 Cornell's run for the Ivy League title, check out the Times's ongoing coverage of their roadtrip through New England.

And if you can't make it to the Palestra for the Brown game tonight, check back here for live updates. Until then, here's the Providence Journal's preview of the game and here is the DP's.