Random Ivy notes for 3/31

1) As a follow up to my post yesterday about Cornell joining the Big Ten, Ivy Gate has their own take on the matter. I strongly advise you to take a look at some of the links in that article.

I should add that on the basketball-u boards, a similar discussion of Penn joining the ACC is happening, though most commentators realize that's not going to happen. Instead, there's interesting talk about a (hypothetical) conference of solid academic institutions that also have strong athletics (Penn, Duke, Northwestern, Georgetown etc...).

FGM, meanwhile, believes Penn should join the SEC.

2) In Penn news, former Penn coxswain Colin Groshong was on Oxford's winning boat in England's famous competition between Oxford and Cambridge simply known "The Boat Race." Oxford won the 4.25 mile race on the Thames River by 3.5 lengths. The San Francisco native graduated from the College in 2007 and is in his final year as a graduate student at Oxford.

Below is a picture of Colin getting tossed into the river after the win (courtesy of former Penn assistant lightweight rowing coach John Fife).