Mid-Monday Mix: It's basketball season or something

Saturday night in Boston we had a few hours to kill waiting for a bus back to Philly. I had a Sam Adams while watching some football at a bar — it wasn't quite as exotic as the bourbon tasting in Kentucky last January, but as they say, when in Rome...

Rundown

The football team was eliminated from Ivy League championship contention with a 37-20 loss to Harvard in Boston. It wasn't pretty for the Quakers, who gave up 37 unanswered points and had trouble getting their bread-n-butter run game going.
Megan Soisson says the Crimson played like a championship team and deserve the hardware, which they will receive next week after The Game. Since Brown lost to Dartmouth, Harvard will win the outright title regardless of the outcome next week.
Our editorial staff was all over the I-95 corridor this weekend with Penn basketball opening the season at UMBC. Kevin Esteves recaps Penn's season opening win over the Retrievers, which was carried by a 26-point performance from Zack Rosen.
Brian Kotloff previews tonight's home-opener against Big 5 opponent Temple. The Owls have won 7 of the last 8 meetings.
Women's hoops won a thriller against St. Francis Sunday afternoon in overtime. Who else but Alyssa Baron to help erase a second-half deficit and start the season off on the right foot.
A disappointing men's soccer season finally came to a close, but the Quakers didn't go out quietly. Two-year captain Thomas Brandt willed his team to a win in his final game, scoring all three goals in an amazing double-overtime performance at Harvard.
Wrestling kicked off its season at Binghamton as Zack Kemmerer picked off right where he left off his All-American season last year.
Men's swimming also hit the water for the first time this weekend, losing to Columbia but beating UConn. The women also lost to the Huskies.

Weekend win: Multimedia:

Extra Extra: Liveblog! Tonight! If you can't make it down for the Big 5 opener at the Palestra, follow the game right here. Brian Kotloff will be on the keys with assistant sports editor Mike Wisniewski.