Nice motivational story on Cornell QB Jeff Mathews

No wonder he had the motivation to keep getting up after taking all those sacks last fall.

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Ken711
No wonder he had the motivation to keep getting up after taking all those sacks last fall.

[www.vcstar.com]

Except that her accident was because of bad driving, not distracted driving. But if she convinces others not to do it, very good.

The QB should be a very competitive position this fall. Even though Jeff was the starter, he will be pushed by the transfer from Cal., and Vick the transfer from U. of NH, as well as the freshman Sam Wood.

Wait - we got a QB transfer from Cal, as in UC Berkely? Who knew...UNH isn't too bad either, but a transfer from Cal could be a difference maker in the Ivy League for sure.

CUontheslopes
Wait - we got a QB transfer from Cal, as in UC Berkely? Who knew...UNH isn't too bad either, but a transfer from Cal could be a difference maker in the Ivy League for sure.

His name is Beau Sweeney. He wasn't a starter at Cal Berkeley, was probably their 3 QB on the depth chart, but was highly rated coming out of HS. Decided he wanted a chance for more playing time and still get a great degree.

Jim Hyla

Ken711
No wonder he had the motivation to keep getting up after taking all those sacks last fall.

[www.vcstar.com]

Except that her accident was because of bad driving, not distracted driving. But if she convinces others not to do it, very good.

I also think that many people would benefit from hearing about the importance of wearing seat belts. I don't know if she was wearing one (the article below is strangely silent on the matter) but the driver was wearing one and escaped without serious injury.

[www.heraldtribune.com]

I lost a freind who was 23 when she fell asleep at the wheel. She didn't believe in using seat belts.

CUontheslopes
Wait - we got a QB transfer from Cal, as in UC Berkely? Who knew...UNH isn't too bad either, but a transfer from Cal could be a difference maker in the Ivy League for sure.

He could have transferred to Harvard and made a positive difference in the team GPA, too.

Ken711

CUontheslopes
Wait - we got a QB transfer from Cal, as in UC Berkely? Who knew...UNH isn't too bad either, but a transfer from Cal could be a difference maker in the Ivy League for sure.

His name is Beau Sweeney. He wasn't a starter at Cal Berkeley, was probably their 3 QB on the depth chart, but was highly rated coming out of HS. Decided he wanted a chance for more playing time and still get a great degree.

Pretty impressive profile. 3-star kid out of HS with offers from Oregon, Arizona, Arizona St, & Colorado. Comes from a good football family: dad played for the Cowboys; grandfather was head coach with Montana St, Washington St, and Fresno St.

ithacat

Ken711

CUontheslopes
Wait - we got a QB transfer from Cal, as in UC Berkely? Who knew...UNH isn't too bad either, but a transfer from Cal could be a difference maker in the Ivy League for sure.

His name is Beau Sweeney. He wasn't a starter at Cal Berkeley, was probably their 3 QB on the depth chart, but was highly rated coming out of HS. Decided he wanted a chance for more playing time and still get a great degree.

Pretty impressive profile. 3-star kid out of HS with offers from Oregon, Arizona, Arizona St, & Colorado. Comes from a good football family: dad played for the Cowboys; grandfather was head coach with Montana St, Washington St, and Fresno St.

Thw Ivys have had mixed success with transfers from D1 programs. Andrew Hatch (LSU) Harvard and Patrick Witt (Nebraska) Yale haven't exactly set the Ivy League on fire. However, Penn had great success winning two Ivy Championships with QB transfer Gavin Hoffmann (Northwestern).

Would be really sweet if Coach Austin can bring Cornell football back. We've had so much success in many of our other programs. Why not football!

CAS
Would be really sweet if Coach Austin can bring Cornell football back. We've had so much success in many of our other programs. Why not football!

I couldn't agree more. May take another good recruiting class or two perhaps. Go Big Red!

Ken711

CAS
Would be really sweet if Coach Austin can bring Cornell football back. We've had so much success in many of our other programs. Why not football!

I couldn't agree more. May take another good recruiting class or two perhaps. Go Big Red!

"Clear eyes, full hearts... We'll work on that."

CAS
Would be really sweet if Coach Austin can bring Cornell football back. We've had so much success in many of our other programs. Why not football!

If by bringing Cornell football back you mean into league contention then sure, it should be possible. But football is hamstrung by the fact that you can't even hope for any kind of national prominence or exposure like you can in other sports.

Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies. Beat the teams on our schedule. Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops. The one hole is football. Let's bring it back!

CAS
Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies. Beat the teams on our schedule. Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops. The one hole is football. Let's bring it back!

Right. I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State. And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Al DeFlorio

CAS
Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies. Beat the teams on our schedule. Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops. The one hole is football. Let's bring it back!

Right. I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State. And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

Swampy

Al DeFlorio

CAS
Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies. Beat the teams on our schedule. Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops. The one hole is football. Let's bring it back!

Right. I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State. And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

I'll be happy to see the Big Red win an Ivy League football championship outright, something that's never happened before.

Swampy

Al DeFlorio

CAS
Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies. Beat the teams on our schedule. Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops. The one hole is football. Let's bring it back!

Right. I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State. And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

Yes it would. Too bad it's impossible. Cornell could go undefeated in football, winning every game by 20 points and we still wouldn't get any real exposure because 1) we play A Div 1-AA scheudle (or FCBFCBFS or whatever) and 2) we can't play in the postseason.

Yes, she was wearing a seat belt, and it was due to distracted driving! It amazes me how quickly people can comment on a topic they know nothing about. The car rolled 4 times and the driver wasn't free and clear of injury.

Red bird
Yes, she was wearing a seat belt, and it was due to distracted driving! It amazes me how quickly people can comment on a topic they know nothing about. The car rolled 4 times and the driver wasn't free and clear of injury.

Maybe I was wrong, but this quote from the article made me think that it was poor driving skills.

As the two realized they were about to pass the necessary exit, West swung the steering wheel to the right to try and make the off-ramp.

The car began to topple, so West flipped the steering wheel in the opposite direction which made the car even more unstable and caused it to roll to the left four times.

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She saw that she missed the exit and tried to compensate, but blew it. At least, that's how it seemed from reading the article.

Jim Hyla

She saw that she missed the exit and tried to compensate, but blew it. At least, that's how it seemed from reading the article.

That's what distracted driving is. She wasn't paying attention to where she was and overreacted to almost missing (missing, really) her exit.

I mean, obviously it wasn't "good" driving but the difference between "distracted" and "bad" is what caused the situation: she wasn't trying to cut someone off or weaving or speeding. She was paying attention to a phone call instead of the mile marker and was surprised by the exit.

KeithK
Yes it would. Too bad it's impossible. Cornell could go undefeated in football, winning every game by 20 points and we still wouldn't get any real exposure because 1) we play A Div 1-AA scheudle (or FCBFCBFS or whatever) and 2) we can't play in the postseason.

In fact, Penn had teams that did just that in the 80's, and just as you say they were completely ignored.

Which to be honest is a good thing, because the "ESPN college sports" (football, basketball) are a cesspool.

All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade. Basically, Colgate hockey.

Trotsky
All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade. Basically, Colgate hockey.

So: Free pizza for students who attend.

billhoward

Trotsky
All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade. Basically, Colgate hockey.

So: Free pizza for students who attend.

Works for me. It's depressing to see the Crescent with only 600 people in it.