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Starting QB's are like starting goalies. If you have two, you usually don't actually have one.

Quote from: TrotskyI mean it works both bad and good.

Nice one

My dad told me he did it in 1981

Quote from: TrotskyGrady is outstanding.

"No doubt about it"

Quote from: CASWebsite 247Sports lists 6 Cornell commits entering this fall as 3-star, & ranks the class as best in the Ivies.

That is amazing. New coach got me dreaming...

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Quote from: George64NY Times: Columbia capitulates.  In PR-speak, they reached a negotiated settlement.  Go Harvard!

More in today's NY Times: Columbia and Penn Made Trump Deals. More Universities Could Be Next. David Bateman, Associate Professor of Government, liberally quoted.
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I'm a complete idiot when it comes to these things, but I am a taxpayer. Where is all this shakedown money (including Paramount et al. bribes) going? "The government" or "The White House" is more vague than charges of "on campus antisemitism."  Is there a bribery account of the presidential library fund that includes more than airplanes?

And I guess it's up to each institution as to where the extortion cash comes from. Endowment? Campus beautification allowance? Columbia hockey & lacrosse program budgets?

Alumni donations will be rethought.

Sun suggests CU close to a Columbia style deal.
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/07/cornell-reportedly-in-talks-with-trump-administration-to-reach-payment-deal-to-restore-federal-funding?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLyJOJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp6pbuqjCgrY2arjnrbau891ZxiCG2JICJiq1XscQsYMLMON_IP-b1gZR6V62_aem_Sr7NC7v9r1j6yoqozN2Wxg

What a shame. Bending the knee and handing over money to a bully. Can't believe the courts are allowing these shake downs.

Quote from: Ken711Hope someone can post a recent photo or two of the current construction progress.

Can't help you there, but also interested. What is the projected open date? In time for this winter? I don't know anything about construction, but I imagine a field house is a fairly simple build compared to other things.

Another possible problem would be if some set of the kids notice that so many of the home games are over break, and thus don't bother buying season tickets. Could affect the atmosphere all season.

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Quote from: George64Here is the administration's response to my April 17 email to Kotlikoff:

Thank you for your message to President Kotlikoff, which I am sharing with leadership. President Kotlikoff deeply appreciates the engagement of our community. I wanted to share information about how Cornell is responding to recent changes in the federal and higher education landscapes.
 
Cornell is actively seeking details from federal officials regarding research funding freezes reported in the news media. While the university has not received any official notice confirming these cuts or the rationale behind them, we have experienced substantial federal research funding loss across every campus and within every college and school. The research at risk is vital to public health and medicine, military readiness and national security, and a range of U.S. industries.
 
We are responding thoughtfully and strategically – including legal, communications and policy-level engagement to reverse these cuts and protect our core mission. When federal agencies imposed funding cuts to research activities sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy, Cornell swiftly stepped forward, along with higher education groups and other leading research universities, to challenge these actions in court.
 
In April, President Kotlikoff joined more than 550 leaders and officials from other institutions to sign on to a letter from the American Association of Colleges & Universities calling for constructive engagement between higher education and government. Cornell leadership continues to be guided by our foundational commitment to "... any person ... any study" and our institutional principles.
 
Alongside peer institutions, we're collectively showcasing the tangible, everyday impact of Cornell's research to our state, nation, and world, and the value of colleges and universities to educating our nation's citizens and workers. We hope you can join us by sharing this website with your fellow alumni and networks.
 
Sincerely,
Sarah Evans
 
Sarah Evans
Staff Writer & Correspondence Manager
Offices of the President and Provost
Cornell University
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Cornell has really amped up commentary on research activities on its website and asked for help in reaching elected officials.  So far, the response has been very disappointing, 3260 out of an alumni base of about a quarter million!  Ultimately, a reduction in research income will filter down to things that really matter, like financial aid for student-athletes. Take a few minutes this weekend and contact your elected representatives.  Even, if you didn't go to Cornell, your school may be next.

[https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellmatters/]
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Today's NY Times: Mostly about Columbia, but Cornell is mentioned and may still be in the administration's crosshairs.  In saner times, wasn't this called extortion?
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Shakedowns, extortions, profiting directly off of the office. Nobody seems to care.

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Quote from: stereaxContinuing the tradition of players I will care about too much for a very weak link to the Devils who will inevitably sign in Europe

LOL.  Well said. :-)

I am in pain, Trots :`-(

In other news, besides some of the usual suspects (Walsh and Bancroft at BOS, Kempf at COL, Fegaras at DAL, Casty at UTA):
Robertson (RIP) at BOS
Ashton at CBJ (drafted)
Long at LAK
Cournoyer at MTL (drafted)
Veilleux at NYI (drafted)

DeSantis is at Sabres camp

Someone needs to do a Ted Talk on what is happening in college sports. For me at least, it is close to impossible to fully understand or follow without dedicating a non-reasonable amount of time and energy.

Announcement today on the Athletics website lists Cournoyer as coming in the fall. Great news from my perspective as I welcome the competition in the crease.

Quote from: arugulaConsidering all of those deadlines are long long past, how can he matriculate in August?

He could have been proactive and taken the SAT knowing he might end up at an American college. As for an emergency back door into Cornell, no idea how that might work.

My Mount Rushmore: Nieuwendyk, Dryden, Marinaro, Kirst

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Quote from: Jim HylaI'd love to see (hear) someone do a Post report. It seemed like half of Richmond's goals were hitting the post and in.

The goalie is not supposed to save those.

A silly mm off and those bounce out.

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This isn't really true. A guy can shoot from 30 yards out and even if it goes in off the post, it should have been be stopped. Or, like we saw, a guy can shoot from a horrible angle off the post and in and that too should have been saved.

So basically you're saying that every shot should be stopped.

Then the logical extension of that is every goal against is the goalies fault.

I just don't buy that.

In lacrosse and hockey a very well placed shot goes in. If it's stopped, we bow to the goalie.

The goalie can't physically cover 100% of the goal 100% of the time. You just can't do that.

You play your angles and your percentages. If the shooter is able to pick that small spot that you can't cover, then it's a great shot.

You forget about it. Go on to the next play, realizing that if you play things correctly, you'll save X% of the shots.

But you can't save all of them.

And not everything is your fault.

No, I didn't say that at all. I said that just because a shot hits the post and goes in doesn't mean in and of itself that the goalie isn't supposed to save it. For example, it could have been shot from the other end of the field and if nobody bothers to stop it, bounced off the post and gone in.