Cornell Athletics 2015/6 Ivy Report Card

Football - worst in Ivies
Basketball - worst in Ivies
Hockey - middle of Ivies
Lacrosse (to date) - bottom 2 of Ivies

I know there are bigger issues impacting Cornell, but does anyone in the administration/board of trustees care about the deterioration of Cornell athletics?

CAS
Football - worst in Ivies
Basketball - worst in Ivies
Hockey - middle of Ivies
Lacrosse (to date) - bottom 2 of Ivies

Pretty sad state of athletics.

At least the wrestling team is staying at the top of the Ivies, and finished 7th in the country in a "down" year.

CAS
Football - worst in Ivies
Basketball - worst in Ivies
Hockey - middle of Ivies
Lacrosse (to date) - bottom 2 of Ivies

The latter two are the ones that are alarming. The only thing that makes the former two unusual is we're not 7th above Columbia.

We have become the "old" Columbia. Columbia recently has invested in athletics, and is on the upswing. They hired a new AD & a very successful football coach. Their basketball team finished 3rd in the Ivies, and is in he finals of a lesser postseason tourney. We are the new doormat.

O.K., we all know that Ivy League kids are there for the education.
Smart kids aren't supposed to be athletic.
Sports are a substitute for war. They promote anger and aggression and are antithetical to the Ivy precepts of intellectuality, peace, harmony and love.
If students require physical activity it should be confined to non-contact endeavors that do not promote winners over losers and reward every participant equally. In that way they can obtain the physical benefits without risking permanent bodily or psychological injury.
Repeat after me. Learning good. Recreation good. Sports very bad.
The only thing worse might be violent video games. Unless you are only writing the code?

Now,...for my next fairy tale.......

Yale #1 in lacrosse, basketball, and hockey.

Ken711
Yale #1 in lacrosse, basketball, and hockey.

Let's not forget Harvard. They're number one where it counts. All their athletes graduate with honors.

Johnny 5
If students require physical activity it should be confined to non-contact endeavors that do not promote winners over losers and reward every participant equally. In that way they can obtain the physical benefits without risking permanent bodily or psychological injury.

So now you're also advocating celibacy?

Swampy

Johnny 5
If students require physical activity it should be confined to non-contact endeavors that do not promote winners over losers and reward every participant equally. In that way they can obtain the physical benefits without risking permanent bodily or psychological injury.

So now you're also advocating celibacy?

Only if by celibacy you mean that Cornell can't score?!
Not exactly advocating. Just pointing out what might be somewhat obvious?

Oh, and are you sure that celibacy can't be injurious?
From personal experience, perhaps??

And lacrosse now looks likely to have its first losing season since 1998.

CAS
And lacrosse now looks likely to have its first losing season since 1998.

And the hits just keep on coming.

CAS
And lacrosse now looks likely to have its first losing season since 1998.

Hold on!
The fat lady ain't sung, yet!!

Johnny 5

CAS
And lacrosse now looks likely to have its first losing season since 1998.

Hold on!
The fat lady ain't sung, yet!!

Maybe we should recruit the fat lady rather than wait for her aria.

marty
Maybe we should recruit the fat lady rather than wait for her aria.

You're flashing back to the beer commercial for the hockey team recruiting the world's stockiest goaltender who truly filled the space between the pipes.

Y'ever seen indoor lacrosse goalies? Some of them are wider than the net!