Football @ Columbia
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Ken711 (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 14, 2014 01:07PM
semsox
Who'd have thought this game would be attracting so much media attention?
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Infamous attraction is more appropriate. I wish the new incoming Cornell President would expect better of Cornell's football program than the current administration seems to have.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: November 14, 2014 01:15PM
There are metrics beyond won-lost. USC leads Cornell on bowl appearances but also on appearances before the NCAA. Who wants that?
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Chris '03 (38.104.240.---)
Date: November 14, 2014 01:29PM
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semsox
Who'd have thought this game would be attracting so much media attention?
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Infamous attraction is more appropriate. I wish the new incoming Cornell President would expect better of Cornell's football program than the current administration seems to have.
I hope the new president doesn't waste her time worrying about the won/loss record of the global university's I-AA non-playoff eligible perennially non-competitive football program.
Want a better program? Find a way to make playing football in Ithaca attractive to talented athletes who could also play at other Ivy or Patriot league schools. Then raise the pile of money necessary to make that happen. Then give it time to actually work. Location, facilities, and history all seem to cut against Cornell football.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: CAS (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: November 14, 2014 06:36PM
You play to win the game.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: November 15, 2014 08:18AM
Although Columbia could excite its fans losing by less than 8. [www.sportbet.com]CAS
You play to win the game.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: dbilmes (73.182.129.---)
Date: November 15, 2014 09:15AM
Doesn't the losing team today wrap up the No. 1 draft pick?
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: TimV (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 15, 2014 02:41PM
Geez. We just blew a 21 point lead. To Columbia. Columbia! And as I type this, we fumble the ensuing kickoff back to them. Why do I watch this? Because, as I continue this post, Columbia turns the ball back over to us. The article in the first post of this thread is right.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: TimV (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 15, 2014 02:44PM
After we take a penalty on first down, we get intercepted. Three turnovers in 4 plays. Ivy League Football...
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Dafatone (---.midco.net)
Date: November 15, 2014 03:16PM
...did we really block a PAT and return it for two points?
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: November 15, 2014 03:56PM
We still take the dumbest penalties at the worst times. And too often struggle to get off a play within 35 seconds. The last drive of the first half was a prime example. QB stands around trying to figure out what to do for 20 seconds and then someone finally calls time out. Followed shortly by another 20 second delay in getting a play off while the clock is counting down the seconds in the waning seconds of the half.
Punter kicks the bad snap out of the end zone. Kickoff returner watches the kickoff land on the ground and Columbia recovers. Who coaches these guys? At least we didn't send out the punting team without a punter. Or did we?
Punter kicks the bad snap out of the end zone. Kickoff returner watches the kickoff land on the ground and Columbia recovers. Who coaches these guys? At least we didn't send out the punting team without a punter. Or did we?
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: CAS (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: November 15, 2014 04:35PM
Outcome never in doubt!
Re: Football @ Columbia - Cornell 30-27
Posted by: billhoward (---.sub-70-208-69.myvzw.com)
Date: November 15, 2014 04:36PM
Finally, a win for Cornell. Amazing first quarter. we were pushing Columbia all over the field and our defense had not yet started giving up big chunks of yardage. Ultimately, Columbia wound up giving up more big yardage plays.
How many weekends do you see Cornell score a man short goal in overtime, the basketball team start with a victory, and Cornell run back a blocked PAT try for 2 points? [edit add] and win the football game?
How many weekends do you see Cornell score a man short goal in overtime, the basketball team start with a victory, and Cornell run back a blocked PAT try for 2 points? [edit add] and win the football game?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/2014 05:26PM by billhoward.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: ugarte (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: November 15, 2014 09:45PM
This game was hilarious as hell.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Ken711 (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: November 16, 2014 11:04PM
At least with the Columbia win we won't match the 1935 team for being winless.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: TimV (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 17, 2014 12:32AM
Ken711
At least with the Columbia win we won't match the 1935 team for being winless.
Yet, four years later they went undefeated, and won a National Championship....Maybe- Maybe we could... Naaahhh.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (Moderator)
Date: November 17, 2014 05:17AM
Does anyone have video highlights of this game? And the time and inclination to edit them into a video with "Yakkity Sax" as the accompanyng music?
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: ugarte (207.239.110.---)
Date: November 17, 2014 04:03PM
The entire final drive by Columbia can (and soon will) be the subject of detailed treatment, but there is no better way to describe the game than to quickly recap Columbia's last play on offense:
After completing a 14 yard pass on 3d and 22, and the clock at a bit over a minute remaining in the fourth quarter, McDonough took the snap and rolled left. Pursued by defenders, he threw the ball away, well out of bounds, in what appeared to be an effort to stop the clock. If you have forgotten where this recap started, it was fourth down. It is probably small consolation that the clock, in fact, did stop on the incomplete pass and/or change of possession.
After completing a 14 yard pass on 3d and 22, and the clock at a bit over a minute remaining in the fourth quarter, McDonough took the snap and rolled left. Pursued by defenders, he threw the ball away, well out of bounds, in what appeared to be an effort to stop the clock. If you have forgotten where this recap started, it was fourth down. It is probably small consolation that the clock, in fact, did stop on the incomplete pass and/or change of possession.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: RichH (134.223.230.---)
Date: November 17, 2014 05:37PM
Thanks to this game being inexplicably broadcast on the ubiquitously available *cough* Fox College Sports Atlantic network, the ILDN video stream was blacked out, thus making the Columbia audio the most convenient option.
And to listen to that broadcast was to gaze into the soul of two tortured on-air announcers who for one shining moment got to play the role of homers. Two people who seemed to relish the opportunity to laud the most remarkably resiliant and talented soon-to-be 0-9 team in history and to finally -- FINALLY have an opponent to tear into for its shoddy play. Every Cornell mistake was met with guffaws and mockery (which, you know...welcome to the party), while every Columbia misfortune was followed by 10 seconds of silence. The color commentator repeated about 10 times that he had never *heard* of a PAT being run back before. It was entertaining and listenable because they were actually good at calling the action.
And to listen to that broadcast was to gaze into the soul of two tortured on-air announcers who for one shining moment got to play the role of homers. Two people who seemed to relish the opportunity to laud the most remarkably resiliant and talented soon-to-be 0-9 team in history and to finally -- FINALLY have an opponent to tear into for its shoddy play. Every Cornell mistake was met with guffaws and mockery (which, you know...welcome to the party), while every Columbia misfortune was followed by 10 seconds of silence. The color commentator repeated about 10 times that he had never *heard* of a PAT being run back before. It was entertaining and listenable because they were actually good at calling the action.
Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: Al DeFlorio (---.hsd1.ma.comcast.net)
Date: November 17, 2014 06:34PM
RichH
The color commentator repeated about 10 times that he had never *heard* of a PAT being run back before.
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Re: Football @ Columbia
Posted by: ugarte (207.239.110.---)
Date: November 18, 2014 02:16PM
I listened to some of Columbia - Yale while driving a few weeks ago (or whenever it was) and I really liked this crew. It was quality commentary about the game action interspersed with gallows humor about a team that they knew was objectively bad.RichH
Thanks to this game being inexplicably broadcast on the ubiquitously available *cough* Fox College Sports Atlantic network, the ILDN video stream was blacked out, thus making the Columbia audio the most convenient option.
And to listen to that broadcast was to gaze into the soul of two tortured on-air announcers who for one shining moment got to play the role of homers. Two people who seemed to relish the opportunity to laud the most remarkably resiliant and talented soon-to-be 0-9 team in history and to finally -- FINALLY have an opponent to tear into for its shoddy play. Every Cornell mistake was met with guffaws and mockery (which, you know...welcome to the party), while every Columbia misfortune was followed by 10 seconds of silence. The color commentator repeated about 10 times that he had never *heard* of a PAT being run back before. It was entertaining and listenable because they were actually good at calling the action.
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Re: Football @ Columbia: Norman Chad's take
Posted by: TimV (---.nycap.res.rr.com)
Date: November 18, 2014 09:10PM
Coach Slouch knows Columbia.
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