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Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 6 days ago
They went pretty cold from 3 in 2nd half and free throws were an adventure but take the win.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: New Cornell football coach search - 7 days ago
Re-Ag School comment-Apparently Bob Blackman had the same idea. I attended a meeting where then Ag School Dean, Keith Kennedy, gave a talk. He said that Blackman approached him about using the Ag School to bring in football players. Kennedy said he literally threw him out of his office.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: New Cornell football coach search - 14 days ago
Not in favor of Swanstrom for various reasons. Anyhow he is rumored to be the coach in waiting at Penn when Priore steps down.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 16 days ago
I agree-not a Colgate grad but that was a pretty ignorant remark. Excellent school academically-Just want to beat them in football.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 17 days ago
I have been big backer of Dave Archer over the years. He bleeds red and white and has been in his "dream job" for 10 years. 30 seniors still being on the team speaks positive that the guys like being in the program. Unfortunately I think it's time to move on. I raise the question of whether football success is possible at Cornell given current conditions.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 20 days ago
Kudos to Isaiah Gray. He is a one man clinic on defense. As in past years Cornell struggles to guard near the rim.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football coach - 23 days ago
Agreed need support from Day Hall for program to move forward. BTW watching replay last the Red looked as flat as pancakes.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football coach - 25 days ago
As an undegrad in the late 70s I think you have it wrong about Corson. He would attend Cornell road football games and other Cornell sporting events. Going back to the Ben Bluitt days coaching basketball-Bluitt would hold post game gatherings open to the public and I rembember Corson being at some of those sessions. Getting back to the conditions Seifert dealt would suggest that one read the lby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 27 days ago
Understand that Barry may be out this seasonby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 4 weeks ago
I think what has nagged Cornell over the years outside of the Musick and Baughn regimes is that CU can get talent to be competitive but not quite enough get to the top.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 4 weeks ago
Lack of a big play offense. Offensive pass plays only seem to get 5-7 yards at a time all season long. Kizer had some long touchdowns catches in the Lehigh game. Besides him no blazing speed in the receiver corps plus Kizer has been playing injured. Run blocking g not so hot either.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 4 weeks ago
I go back a ways as I watched my first game in 1963 when CU had Wood and Gogolak and there were 19,000 at game (Band Day). My dad and I watched from the End Zone bleachers. Would like to see West Stands restored to some extent and maybe the University could look at extensive renovation of Crescent to also include some chair backs and gussie up the box seats if they could get a big bucks backer.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 5 weeks ago
Hey I know Archer's record isn't stellar but let's not forget that the players that have to execute. Two blown coverages lead to touchdowns yesterday. Why do we ablways blame the coaches.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 6 weeks ago
To beat Brown Cornell players have to cease with the penalties-especially the personal fouls. Run game has to do better-lately Cornell has had too many 3rd and Longs and to keep Brown's potent pass offense off the field.by rss77 - Other Sports
Cornell-Bucknell - 7 weeks ago
Wish there positives to take away. Lack of overall team discipline, Poor o-line play, poor execution, defensive letdowns against a bad Bucknell team. Team looks like a hot mess. Team discipline starts at the top IMO.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 7 weeks ago
Yes down 17-0 at halftime. Per Local Motion's idea I would agree that Cornell-Columbia is an excellent opportunity for an alumni/student engagement and ideally if they got Ivy League approval to play the game on same day as Red Hot hockey every 4 years or so.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 8 weeks ago
Superior speed and athleticism on Harvard's part proves the difference. Not sure what is going with secondary-several blown coverages during the Harvard game.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 2 months ago
The Colgate fans in front of me booed Nikki Moore as soon as her name was announced. The death of President Garrett hurt the athletic cause as she was pro athletic. Optics matter and a College President should at least show up at sports events time to time. IMO Cornell has been lacking for years in good recreational and intramural indoor spaces.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 2 months ago
Meant to make point that Harvard coming up that by comparing scores chances against Harvard don't look great but each game is different. Putting out the Morgan State info that Yale put a beatdown on a tough opponent so it shows Cornell is capable of beating an athletic team on a good day. Must say that losing game changers like Kizer and Stebbins definitely and hope to see them back on the fielby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 - 2 months ago
Yale absolutely destroyed a 1-3 Morgan State but they lost by 3 to FBS Akron, beat Richmond, lost close games to Albany and Towson. Colgate's punter was one of the difference makers as well as the Colgate offensive line. Cornell also seemed to have missed tackles in the open field. Realize Stebbins is out which hurts but are Henderson and Fletcher out too? Not sure if I understand the runningby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell football 2023 Homecoming 9/29 - 2 months ago
Running game was so much crisper than it was against Lehigh. Good effort considering they were going against Yale's left tackle Kiran Amegadjie, who is considered the top NFL prospect in the Ivies. To be honest was expecting Yale to win by 2 touchdowns. Also am impressed with the pass defense this season. Per the late Yale touchdown on the 4th and 20-that was a perfect pass against pretty deceby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Athletes sue Ivy League over its no-scholarship policy - 2 months ago
Am sympathetic to the Dartmouth players especially if they help push the Ivies towards athletic scholarships. We can make all sorts of moral arguments for and against them within the ivies but all 8 schools keep pumping up the yearly fees by 4% or so. Moral argument aside I am in favor of Ivy athletes getting additional financial aid in light of the increased costs. I find it hard to justify aby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men’s Basketball 23-24 - 2 months ago
Counted 11 home games and 2 against D 3 teams in Wells and Morrisville. I see that Coach Earl brought in some height and maybe the interior defense will be a little stronger than in past years, Greg Dolan was a "glue guy" on the past couple of editions and we will see who steps up this coming season. Princeton, Yale, and Brown will all be very formidable this coming season.by rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - 6 months ago
In my opinion for what its worth-my all time Cornell defensemen are: Adler, Chris Kane, and Aaron Jones in no particular order. Was disappointed in final outcome but it was a fun season. The Cornell defense overall was not sharp towards end of season starting with the Princeton game. Not enough of an expert to give a solid opinion why but noted in 4th quarter of Michigan game just could not geby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse: Yale, Friday 5/5/23, 6 PM. - 7 months ago
I looked at the game stats and outside of the faceoff and shot percentage dominance the stats did not reflect the score. I was surprised to see the ground balls dead even and for Cornell to have more shots on goal and Yale turnovers at a 3:1 ration over Cornell's. One wonders if Petrakis was hurt? Possession is everything in the game of lacrosse and the time and room that Yale had for shots waby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men's Basketball 22-23 - 8 months ago
IMO we are very fortunate to have Brian Earl as the head basketball coach and he got the most mileage out of the talent. Hoping that Imegwu the 6 foot 9 from Blair Academy commit will help the interior defense. Through the latter half of the season the Red struggled to get stops on defense and the opposing teams' shooting percentage was usually above 50%. Have not looked at the stats but Corneby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2023 - 9 months ago
Attended Lacrosse scrimmage against Colgate. Did not see Mike Long playing today and Aiden Blake only saw limited playing time. They played 4 15 minute periods with the backups playing the final period. Score was kept by quarters. Final tally according to poster on Laxpower Forum was 11-6 Cornell. The Colgate Goalie was really dialed in as he made some nice saves. First half was fairly evenby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men's Basketball 22-23 - 10 months ago
Frustrating weekend. In both games the defense struggled to get stops and got pounded on the boards. Earl's strategy is understandable as Cornell is a bit undersized up and all the cards are put on a gambling trap defense to create steals but if teams are able to pass out of the traps as both Princeton and Penn did it creates open 3s and opportunities around the hoop. Also Penn seemed to be geby rss77 - Other Sports
Re: Men's Basketball 22-23 - 11 months ago
Agreed and a bit of irony in that Earl's offense is the type of offense Courtney tried to bring to Cornell. Courtney was a really nice guy but could not coach his way out of a paper bag.by rss77 - Other Sports