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Re: Cornell Football Recruits '30 - 5 days ago
CAS Does seem football has some positive momentum (energetic new coaching staff, improved recruiting, more funding, new fieldhouse being built) It does. Please let this be real, generational change. And I bet we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop. As Yogi Berra might have said, "Can a leopard change his stripes?"by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Men’s Basketball Recruits 2025 - 5 days ago
mountainredPrinceton's Caden Pierce, the 23-24 POY, is sitting out this upcoming season so he can take grad year somewhere else and get some sweet NIL money. That's good news for Cornell's chances of making the ILT in its host year. Yale is lock to make the ILT, as they always are, Columbia is mess until proven otherwise, and everyone else is in the hopper with a chance to make the ILT (Pennby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: CJ adds another new assistant coach: Cam Clarke - 10 days ago
sah67 ran the powerplay during his 2 years as an assistant at Norwich, and he was apparently also the head golf coach there as well (which explains the odd photo athletics opted to run with the story). Photo: Looking for a lost puck that flew off the fairway. That or pointing in the direction of Moakley House.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell Football Recruits '30 - 10 days ago
Nice to see some players on the B1G radar. Nicer to see us remove them from HYP.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Football Recruits '30 - 10 days ago
Every play is fabulous. Be cool to see the middle clip show him tutoring a little kid in math, then return to strip-sacking QBs. Just for the hell of it.by billhoward - Other Sports
Lax Touchstone Award coach of the year - 13 days ago
I was thinking, did Connor Buczek get shafted and not win the Morris Touchstone Award as the D1 men's coach of the year? Because I heard nothing about the 2025 award. But ... This is a USILA award and like Paul Masson ("We will sell no wine before its time" ), they don't rush things. ND's Kevin Corrigan won back to back COTY awards the last two years but it was announced around Thanby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: We're gonna be in the news again - 18 days ago
When headcount is relative to the Covid years then maybe there was some extra positions to fill. But a little part of us all suspects academia doesn't run as lean as, say, Google.by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: We're gonna be in the news again - 20 days ago
This from the Ithaca Voice. Says Cornell headcount grew wildly the last 3-4 years. Maybe Cornell did not replace some departed staff during the Covid years and then overdid the hiring: Matt Butler, EIC, The Ithaca Voice Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and other university leaders delivered the news via a campus-wide email Wednesday [6/18/25] afternoon. The letter announced the initiaby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: 2025-2026 Women’s hockey schedule - 27 days ago
LetsGoTech16 Iv'e heard Cornell vs BC at Lynah on October 18th. Not sure if there is a home/home with that. Most schools with reputations (and worries about losing to Cornell at Lynah) would not sign on for a one-timer in Ithaca. They'd want a home-and-home. Unless this is the back to back of a series that started several years ago in Chestnut Hill. ... Nope, last BC-Cornell game was 2004 at theby billhoward - Hockey
Re: AI analytics - 27 days ago
Anytime analytics are being used for "fan engagement" ... one cringes. Wonder how long for "data-driven storytelling" before degrading to its half-life. It's possible Cornell students of today find some of this engaging. Or not.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Pep Band Should Not Travel - 27 days ago
I was thinking, what happened to a 2004 thread by Facetimer that got it resurrected by ... BearLover and ... OMG that's who brought it back to life. Long time ago and one of the top songs them was "Toxic" by Britney Spears. Circle of Life.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: 2025-26 Men's Schedule - 27 days ago
At least Cornell has published part of the schedule, and ELF has added more dates. I still wish it was 100% official at this point. Better, by the end of May. We've been trying to plan fall and winter travel and didn't want to have conflicts. I thought other schools have been quicker to post. If President Trump wanted to pick on as an Ivy League failing, pick on sloth-speed-publishing rather thanby billhoward - Hockey
Re: CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! - 27 days ago
CU77 So was the jersey number of 51 a random choice, or a botched attempt at 15? Albert Einstein was dyslexic, too, and still got a job at Princeton.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: New field hockey assistant - 27 days ago
scoop85 Nice to see such a “full circle” moment. She must have some fond memories of her early years in Ithaca. Is Cornell becoming another Cradle of Coaches like Miami of Ohio? For lax, we had in the NCAA playoffs Buczek of course, Tambroni at Penn State, Tillman at Maryland and previously Harvard. And she wasn't deterred joining the staff of a team whose home field this fall will be 50 mileby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! - 27 days ago
Great video! Shows Cornell is upping its publicity/outreach game via videos. Video has long ago blown by still photos as THE visual medium. My Cornell admittance was helped majorly by winning the NYS HS photographer of the year award. A half-century ago. But, okay, you change with the times and while our younger son learned photography in HS and from me, and now is more wisely in the video / moviby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Last-minute discounts to attend Syracuse Class of '29 - 30 days ago
George64Columbia ranked 13 by US News. I’d also guess Columbia’s yield will be way down this year because of the campus turmoil. So who owns New York? The Mob It ain't the Jets or Giants.by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Last-minute discounts to attend Syracuse Class of '29 - 30 days ago
NY Times article says Syracuse, riding a record wave of Class of 2029 applicants, may have been too stingy doling out financial aid. Too many admits chose elsewhere. And then Syracuse had to offer generous discounts post-May 1 to get desired candidates to decommit elsewhere. Not surprisingly, nobody at Syracuse is available for comment. The school currently stands at #73 on the US News ratings. Nby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: Cornell Lacrosse legacy started before Richie Moran - 4 weeks ago
We need to talk to the players what they think about newer versus older facilities. Lynah at least has upgraded the locker rooms and training rooms and made them equal for both men's and women's teams. St. Lawrence has a beautiful old 2000 seat arena but with a big video scoreboard and an addition providing big and modern facilities, again for men and women, of importance because St. Lawrenceby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Meinig Fieldhouse Construction - 4 weeks ago
Trying to learn more about the size of Brown indoor turf field vs. Meinig Field House. Cornell's is listed as 91,150 SF, Brown at 76,000. For reference: Football field with end zones is 120 x 53.3 yards = 39,600 sf (1 acre = 43,560 sf) Field plus 20 feet on each side = 56,000 sf Cornell says the practice turf measures 360 x 180 ft = 64,800. The 91,150 sf Cornell cites may include locker rby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Ben DeLuca fired - 4 weeks ago
Millman was .737 at Cornell in 2-1/2 seasons (including Covid 2020). At Hopkins, Millman .519 in 5 years. His mixed success at Hopkins suggests he might not be able to win at the highest levels consistently. I believe there is something special about Connor Buczek that got Cornell to the 2022 final and then to the pinnacle last month. I'd also like to have a Cornellian coaching. Even if moreby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Lacrosse legacy started before Richie Moran - 4 weeks ago
The new arenas are nice. The niceness, sight lines, TV sight lines, big concourses (that also add +500-750 fans to an othewise full house), the clubhouse-section-with-rink-view, more spacious bathrooms, alcohol sales to all over 21, those make Quinnipiac, RIT, Sacred Heart, Arizona State great places to watch hockey and sometimes I think that trumps the Lynah atmosphere. To the extent watchers onby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Question? - 4 weeks ago
Lightweight rowing. Moore's elliptical reference an unnamed sport caused some headshaking among alums who wondered, why not name the team since it gets known sooner or later and it increases curiosity. The larger issue this year was athletics leadership was not moving fast enough to have the new (must be Astroturf) off-campus field ready for fall 2026 field hockey and, oops, not a mentiby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Wells College 1868-2024 - enrollment trends - 5 weeks ago
Nice to hear about potential interest in the Wells College campus. But demographics say the number of students is not rising in the near future. The first table suggests Bâby Boomers were prolific and their kids went off to college through about 2010 (peak of 18.1M undergrads in 2010), since then it's been in the range of 15-16M undergrads. There's an enrollment cliff now through 20by billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Re: CJ KIRST WINS 2025 TEWAARATON AWARD - 6 weeks ago
More greats: Without lacrosse attackman Alan Rimmer '71 (a Canadian), there would probably be no first Cornell lacrosse championship. In the 12-6 title game win over Maryland, Rimmer had six of the goals. He was first-team All-America but Army attackman Tom Cafaro won the Enners Award, a forerunner of the Tewaaraton. Cornell beat Army 17-16 at Army in the semifinal. Jeff Teat, lacrosse, who sby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: CJ KIRST WINS 2025 TEWAARATON AWARD - 6 weeks ago
If the new recruit is unnamed, the Cornell chooses not to trumpet all incoming players. Good,by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: 2025-26 schedule - 7 weeks ago
Since he has the very first post of this thread, it would be nice of Wammer to post the known game dates-opponents in that very first post.by billhoward - Hockey
Re: Cornell - Penn State lax 5/24/25 NCAA semis - weather - 7 weeks ago
Saturday at Gillette Stadium (48 hours before gametime): 57 degrees, cloudy, 6% chance of rain (was 17% at 9am) Monday: 64 degrees, cloudy, ~0 chance rain It looked worse earlier in the week.by billhoward - Other Sports
Re: Who to root for beyond Cornell - 7 weeks ago
Oh, geez, yeah, wrestling. <headslap> That's the third team (men's) that proves the point: Cornell's better teams stay very good over the years. I did a quick scan: Hockey (men's) hasn't had many losing seasons going back to our departure from Beebe Lake. Losing teams in 2015, 2013, 1999, 1995, 1987, 1984, 1982, and most of the first half dozen years in Lynah. For lacrosse, Matt Keby billhoward - John Spencer Is Dead
Cornell - Penn State lax 5/24/25 NCAA semis - 7 weeks ago
#1 Cornell (home team) vs. #5 seed (seeding numbers not nec. ranking) 12 noon, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, ESPN2 2:30 pm, lessee Princeton, no, Syracuse vs. Maryland Seating chart: . How cool, one of the gates is the "CVSHealth Gate," maybe I can pick up my atorvastatin refill on the way out. Three of the four coaches are Cornell people: * Cornell, Connor Buczek '15 MBA '17, oby billhoward - Other Sports
Re: New Field Hockey facility - 7 weeks ago
I am about to go on a rant here. If it goes too far, feel feel to change my username to BillLover. From too many sides of this discussion, there are people with advanced degrees experiencing short-term rectal-cranial inversion. They liken +1 turf fields to a Chernobyl-level disaster (And funny how a generation ago "turf" meant grass and now it's shorthand for "artificial turf.&by billhoward - Other Sports