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Quote from: BearLover on August 21, 2026, 05:30:19 PMSo we have one more season before we're at a big disadvantage. Hurrah!

I think this will end up being a permanent ban on 5th year eligibility.

Courts side with NCAA denying the 5th year of eligibility.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49682102/court-halts-order-denies-extra-year-eligibility

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the NCAA a stay Friday morning in an order that reverses the federal judge's decision that previously opened the door for all athletes who started college in the 2022-23 academic year and played for four consecutive seasons to return for a fifth season. NCAA chief legal officer sent a letter to schools Friday afternoon saying that the association's eligibility rules were back in effect.

"The Tenth Circuit's decision to stay the preliminary injunction issued by a Colorado federal district court judge in Wisne permits Division I to return to the status quo before the district court intervened," wrote Scott Bearby, chief legal officer for the NCAA. "Effective immediately, the age-based eligibility rules will be implemented as the Division I membership intended."

Cornell unveiled their new updated football locker room today to the team.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/943246662122919

Football schedule change: Starting in 2027, the Ivy League will begin the season a week earlier and implement a bye week for teams. Hopefully that bye week turns into an 11th game in the future.

Quote from: nycred on July 28, 2026, 08:23:13 PMYale's 6'10 freshman commit at center chose them over Florida auburn asu and I get to watch "Kaspar Sepp" for another year

He'll likely play there one or two years max, then transfer like Danny Wolfe did.

Cornell's TE Ryder Kurst named to 1st Team on the FCS Preseason All-American Team.

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2026/7/22/kurtz-named-fcs-football-central-preseason-all-american.aspx

https://www.si.com/college/fcs/2026-fcs-football-central-preseason-all-american-team

Quote from: ugarte on July 03, 2026, 12:24:52 AMoliaro

Quote from: ugarte on July 03, 2026, 12:24:52 AM

Quote from: Ken711 on July 02, 2026, 10:33:58 PMThe football team has had 5th year players as result of covid, and missing a season due to injury (can't play more than 3 games in a season I believe), then they apply for the 5th year.

I know I'm going back a long way and my memory can be faulty but I'm pretty sure mcniff and oliaro both got an extra year by taking spring semester off. 

You could be right about those players.  Today with the transfer portal, players are more likely to leave after their junior year, than stick around for a 5th year.

The football team has had 5th year players as result of covid, and missing a season due to injury (can't play more than 3 games in a season I believe), then they apply for the 5th year.

Added a few of more nice recruit commits from the last recruiting visit.

Cornell adds new men's lacrosse assistant coach.

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2026/6/29/danny-murphy-named-assistant-coach-for-cornell-mens-lacrosse.aspx

Cornell add three big OL commitments to their recruiting class from this past weekend's official visits.

Cornell just hosted an official visit weekend, so hopefully there may be a few more commitments added in the next week or two.

Quote from: Old Red on June 19, 2026, 11:15:49 PM

Quote from: dbilmes on June 19, 2026, 06:24:11 PMI didn't think this warranted a new thread, but it's worth noting that a donor has given Richmond $10 million to build a dedicated lacrosse facility. That program has already become an established national power. This promises to keep it up there.

Not that surprising. Richmond is a wealthy private university with a top 30 [29th] endowment and pays a 4% endowment excise tax.  (For comparison Princeton has a beautiful dedicated lacrosse field, is 4th and pays an 8% endowment excise tax.  Cornell is 14th, also pays 8% and sadly we do not have a dedicated lacrosse facility.) 

Cornell at least has a 92,000 sq ft field house, something neither of those schools currently have.

Cornell will not have a televised game this season, the same with Princeton.

QuoteThe Ivy League has announced its 2026 football television schedule on ESPN's linear networks, highlighted by six conference games.

The slate opens on Friday, September 25, when Harvard travels to Brown in a matchup that was previously moved up one day from its original Saturday date. ESPN2 will televise the game live at 7:00pm ET from Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I.

Two weeks later, on Saturday, October 10, Dartmouth visits Yale in a noon ET kickoff on ESPNU.

Three additional Ivy League contests have been shifted to Friday nights for television: Columbia at Penn on October 16, Yale at Penn on October 23, and Harvard at Dartmouth on October 30. All three games will air on ESPNU.

ESPN's Ivy League coverage concludes on Saturday, November 21, with the 142nd playing of The Game, as Harvard hosts Yale at historic Fenway Park in Boston. Kickoff is set for 3:30pm ET on ESPNU.

Cornell and Princeton are the only Ivy League programs that will not appear on an ESPN linear network this season, ending a streak of seven consecutive years in which all eight teams made at least one such appearance.