1982 MIT Pranking of Harvard-Yale (American) Football Game

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The 1982 MIT prank during the Harvard-Yale football game involved an MIT fraternity burying a device beneath the turf that inflated a weather balloon emblazoned with "MIT" during the game. This elaborate prank took four years to plan and execute. An ESPN article provides a detailed history leading up to the prank, along with a video interview featuring some fraternity members. The discussion raises questions about the methods used, specifically why an air pump was chosen over a gas cylinder for inflation.

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I just saw this on ESPN (I never heard of this before) and found it hilarious:

An MIT frat buried a device under that turf of the football field and during the game triggered it to poke up out of the ground and inflate a weather balloon with MIT written all over it.

The prank was 4 years in the making.
This ESPN article reviews the history leading upto this prank because there is another Harvard-Yale game today.
There is also a video interview of some frat members.
Now I know a good reason to have frats around.
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There has to be an easier way to do that. Wonder why they didn't use a cylinder of gas rather than an air pump.
 

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