Honestly, Smithers, I don't even know why Harvard continues to show up. Why, they barely even won.

A snobbish, sneering put-down. The speaker wonders why Harvard even bothers to show up, then adds that they barely won, which is a twist: the complaint is that a victory was too narrow to count as impressive. It's arrogance turned upside down, treating a win as a disgrace.

Context reviewed 20 September 2026