Cornell-Brown football

Well, I finally got All-Access up to the point where I can view Past Games. Today's game, as of 12:58, is unavailable, although it was listed as a 12:30 pregame start.

At 1:04, we have All-Access audio. Not video. You have to watch one of their two truck ads each time you connect.

Eeeee, bad start. Cornell converts a 4th down in Brown territory, but then goes backwards, misses a long FG, and almost immediately gives up a 51-yard TD pass. 7-0, Bears.

Ford-Baker TD pass ties the game up.

7-7 at the half in Providence. I'm not sensing a lot of interest in this game...

Wow, Brown kicks the go-ahead FG but then on a Cornell penalty, they take the first down and take the points off the board. Gutsy.

And it pays off, as Brown escapes a sack and completes the TD pass. Bad...

And so it goes. 21-7; Cornell getting zero traction on offense, midway through the 4th qtr. Another lost weekend for the football team.

Trotsky
And so it goes. 21-7; Cornell getting zero traction on offense, midway through the 4th qtr. Another lost weekend for the football team.

28-7 Final

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And it pays off, as Brown escapes a sack and completes the TD pass. Bad...

Very bad. I went to the game for no other reason than I've never been to a football game at Brown, and witnessed one of the worst defensive displays in any half I've seen.

That first 2nd half TD was gift-wrapped, tied with a bow, and delivered with a friendly ring of the doorbell. Consider in that one sequence:

1) CU forced a Brown punt deep in their own territory. It was short into the wind, and our receiving team ran into one of the bounces, allowing Brown to recover at mid-field
2) Facing a 4th and 7 outside of FG range, Brown lined up to try to draw our defense offsides. They did draw the flags, bringing them into FG range.
3) Brown nailed that 40-yard FG with a difficult crosswind (prompting the comment from a friend "at least they didn't score a TD off that". Cornell is called for "roughing the snapper," giving Brown the option of taking the 3 off the board and continuing the drive. Since Cornell seemed to be escorting them down the field with bonehead moves...why wouldn't they?
4) Cornell had a sack lined up perfectly, and both closing defenders fell down, allowing the Brown QB to roll out of trouble and float the ball right down the middle to the goal line, where a Bruin receiver was waiting.

One of the more frustrating defensive/special teams meltdowns I can remember. After that, there really wasn't any point Brown didn't control on either side of the ball. Definitely not the same team that showed up vs. Colgate.