With the hockey season still two weeks away, RPI's football team this Saturday will play host to a team they've never played before. Yes, they're going to play MIT.
I recall many years ago - it may have been way back in my own student days - reading an article about the athletic program at MIT. They actually had more varsity teams than any other college, even though they did not have a football team at the time.
The article recounted a discussion between some MIT students regarding the possibility of starting a football team. The concern was whether they could find anybody with whom the hypothetical Beavers football team could be competitive. Clearly, they couldn't hope to compete with BC, BU, or even Harvard. Then somebody suggested, "Maybe we could play RPI." And the rest of them said, "Hey, yeah..."
Well, they're finally going to get their shot at RPI. Hope the result of the game will make them wish they'd waited a whole lot longer.