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1.  James O'Farrell OT 6'6" 285 -  Kansas City, MO - Offers: Columbia and Penn
2.  Dax Labrum QB 6'3" 185 - Solana Beach, CA -  (Completed 207 of 310 passes (66.8%) for 3,106 yards, 36 touchdowns, and was named a First-Team All-League selection.)
3.  Osi Yearwood RB 5'10" 200 - Cromwell, CT - Offers: Army, Brown, Columbia, Lehigh, New Haven, Stonehill and Syracuse

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/04/4lir9ni9agdt

Time goes by fast.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Following the successful completion of a $4 million fundraising campaign, Cornell Athletics will move forward with Phase 2 of the Cornell Field Hockey Complex, which includes construction of a team clubhouse and indoor training facility slated for completion in summer 2027.

The Phase 2 fundraising effort was fueled by a broad, collaborative coalition of Cornell alumni and supporters, reflecting a shared belief in the power of athletics to shape leadership, community and opportunity. While women's athletics alumnae and advocates played a leading role in the campaign, the effort also benefited from meaningful support from donors who have historically invested in men's athletics, supported other areas of the university, or were making their first gift to athletics.

Lead gifts from Marsha Dodson '75, Karin Bain Kukral '82, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 made possible the construction of the indoor practice facility, completing the vision for a championship-caliber home for Cornell Field Hockey. Their leadership, along with the relentless work of a project advisory group and a project development committee (noted below), helped inspire a groundswell of participation that ultimately brought the project across the finish line.

I hope the athletic department is working on an athletics fund raising campaign to next replace the Teagle pool and Schoellkopf Stadium improvements as well.

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2026/2/10/athletics-completes-4-million-fundraising-effort-to-complete-cornell-field-hockey-complex.aspx

Well my guess for who might be the new DC to replace Jared Backus was wrong.  I thought it might be UPenn DC Bob Benson.  Breaking news:

Cornell (FCS - NY): Ithaca (D-III - NY) head coach Mike Toerper is stepping down and will become defensive coordinator at Cornell.

Cornell has lost 4 straight games to Columbia. My keys to the game:  Cornell run defense was exposed last game against Dartmouth, allowing DJ Crowther to rush for 197 yards.  Columbia is led by an excellent freshman rb in Michael Walters who broke Columbia's freshman rushing record last week with 123 yards.  Can they shut Walters down will be a defensive key.  Offensively, Cornell only netted 41 rushing yards against Dartmouth.  Cornell freshman rb John McAuliffe, didn't play very much in the Penn game, and not all in the Dartmouth game, so I assume was injured.  Can Jordan Triplet carry the Cornell rushing load himself is a big key. 

Regardless of the outcome of this game I've been surprised by the season turnaround this team has displayed.  Early 1st quarter field goal Dartmouth leading 3-0.  Cornell drove to the Dartmouth 10 only to be penalized for holding on a nice run by Triplett.

Brown has had an up and down season so far.  They beat an at the time top 10 FCS ranked U of Rhode Island team early in the season, but are looking for their 1st Ivy win today after going 3-0 in out of conference games.  As they showed they can do last week, Cornell must limit giving the ball away on offense, and hopefully continue to rely on the rushing attack.

Unless Cornell can avoid costly turnovers, this isn't going to end well again. Bucknell has a big offensive line and a pretty good defense. What I'd like to see:
 
1. More running plays out of the I formation, and less pitch out plays to the RBs.
2. Start to integrate more of the underclassman, especially this years freshman class into the game. Might as well start building for next season when Sam Musungu returns from his injury.

Not a surprise but well deserved.

CJ Kirst

While watching in the Red-tailed Hawk cam I see that the steel for the fieldhouse is finally going up.

1.  Alyx Mcwilliams DT 6'3" 260 - Western Albemarle (Crozet, VA) - Offers; Brown, Columbia and Yale
2.  Jackson Renger LB 6'3" 215 - Los Alamitos, CA - Offers: Fresno State and Northern Arizona
3.  Joseph Malone DE 6'2" 235 - Mt. Lebanon, PA - Offers: Albany, Brown, Bucknell, Buffalo, Columbia, Georgetown, Lehigh, Kent State, Maine, New Hampshire, Richmond, Stoney Brook, Toledo
4.  Ben Hockman WR - 6'1" 175 - Savannah, GA - Offers: Dartmouth, Fordham, Harvard, Richmond, University. Rhode Island (Also competes in track 100m:10.6, 200m: 21.5)
5.  Ben Van Hoek DE/LB 6'3" 220 - Chelsea High School, MI - Offers: Dartmouth, Yale
6.  James Harding OL 6'6" 270 - Saint Johns, FL - Offers: Air Force, Fordham, Harvard
7.  Vince Soonian Ath 6'1" 195 - Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Cambridge, MA) - Offers: Brown, Bucknell
8.  Adrian Ortiz TE 6'4" 235 - Temecula, CA - (3 star) - Offers: Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgetown, Princeton, University of San Diego, Yale
9. Will Berlin DE/OLB 6'2" 230 - Cornelius, NC - Offers: Davidson, Wofford
10. Jackson Cox DE/LB 6'3" 230 - Sandy Springs, GA - (3 star) - Offers: Dartmouth, Kent State, Marshall, Maryland, Ole Miss, Purdue, Southern Miss, Wisconsin
11. Wills Campbell WR 6'2" 200 - Roswell, GA - Offers:  Austin Peay, Gardner-Webb, Lehigh, Miami of Ohio, Penn, Wofford
12. DK Garza RB 5'10" 185 - San Antonio, TX - Offers: Brown, Trinity
13. Emmanuel Dorelus Jr WR/DB 6'1" 180 - Port St. Lucie, FL - Offers: Miami of Ohio, Penn
14. Dominique Tshiboyi DB 6'3" 190  - Kernersville, NC - Offers: Originally committed to North Carolina
15. Jaxon Long WR 6'3" 200 - Springboro, OH - Offers: Air Force, Army, Bucknell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Gardner-Webb, Lehigh, Penn, Yale
16. Henry Jackson DT 6'2" 310 - New Orleans, LA - Offers: Air Force, Army, Colgate, Columbia, Georgetown, Lafayette, Nichols State, Penn, Southeast Louisiana
17. Josiah "Big Play" Smith S 5'11" 205 Fairburn, GA - Offers: Appalachian State, Austin Peay, Brown, Bryant, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Navy, Penn, Princeton, Samford, University of West Georgia, Wofford
18. Albert Reinberg OL 6'3" 275 - St. Louis, MO - Offers: Brown, Fordham
19. Chase Calarco RB/DB 5'11" 195 - Northen Highlands, NJ - Offers: Colgate, Marist
20. Eli Macneal QB 6'0" 180 - Carlsbad, CA - (3 Star) Offers: Brown, Indiana, New Mexico, UNLV, Utah, Yale
21. Mekhi Oluwa DB/WR 6'2" 190 - Chula Vista, CA - Offers:  Dartmouth, UNLV
22. Colton Astorino OL 6'7" 275 - Pittsburgh, PA - Offers: Bucknell, Robert Morris, Youngstown State University
23. Colton Anderson DL 6'3" 255 - Philadelphia, PA - Offers: Duquesne, Penn
24. Brayden Billman S 6'0" 170 - New Oxford, PA - Offers: JMU
25. Michael McColgan QB 6'0" 190 - Deerfield Academy - Offers: Originally committed to Harvard for lacrosse, and Vanderbilt for football.  He may try and play both sports. 
26. Marvin Hicke OL/DL 6'5" 250 - Webb School. TN - Offers: Columbia
27. Caden Green DL 6'3" 255 - Phillips Exeter Academy NH - Offers: Dartmouth, Georgetown, Penn, Princeton and William & Mary (Will also play on Track team in Spring as a discus athlete)
28. Jack Schimberg LB 6'0" 205 - Xavier Cedar Rapids, IA - Offers: Coastal Carolina
29. David Esquivel OL 6'3" 280 - Houston, TX - Offers: Brown
30. Preston Otter QB 6'4" 215 - Saginaw, MI - Transfer from South Dakota State University
31. Emery Speight DB 5'11" 175 - Concord, CA - (3 star) - Offers: Columbia, Georgetown and Hawaii
32. Anthony Atkins II ATH/DB 6'1" - Greenville, SC. - Decommitted from Navy, also had offers from Army, East Tennessee State, Gardner-Webb and Stetson
33. Ty Doughty ATH/RB 5'9" 180 - Transfer from Mercer University. (Before committing to Mercer he had offers from Air Force, Army, Navy, UTEP and Samford)
34. Daniel Ogiozee DT - 6'4" 260 - Summit, NJ
35. Dylan Liner WR/DB - 6'2" 200 - Wheaton, IL - Originally committed to Yale (Also All-State in track 4.40 40yd dash)

Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is finalizing a three-year deal to become the new defensive coordinator at Penn State. It averages $3.1 million over three years. The former Cornell Football Head Coach now becomes the highest paid defensive coordinator in the country.

Jameson Wang will play in Saturday's Hulu Bowl at 12:00 PM at CBS Sports.  The last Cornell player invited to the Hulu Bowl was Ed Marinaro.


https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/1/9/football-jameson-wang-earns-invite-to-hula-bowl.aspx

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/11/26/banbury-wang-headline-seven-all-ivy-football-selections.aspx

Going forward it's nice that three of the All-Ivy selections were sophomores.

Cornell recruit list updated Feb. 5, 2025 National Signing Day. Lost a few earlier commits on the DL to other schools but picked up some great talent late.


1.  Alex Ahaghotu - CB/FS 6'3" 195 Maret School, Washington DC. - Offers: Brown, Columbia and Penn
2.  Will Bagby - OL 6'3" 285 Boys Latin MD - Offers: Air Force Academy and Coastal Carolina
3.  Brandon Gilbert - TE 6'4" 225  Murrieta Valley High School, CA - Offers: Montana State, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn, Yale, Portland State and Tennessee State U.
4.  John McAuliffe - RB 6'0" 195 Marist HS Chicago, IL Offers: Brown, Butler, University of San Diego and North Dakota State
5.  Marcus Roach - DB 6'5" 185 North Paulding High School, GA Offers: Yale and University of Tennessee at Martin
6.  Michael Taylor - LB 6'2" 225 Salisbury School, MD - Offers: Air Force Academy, Dartmouth, Howard U.
7.  Gedontae Rich - DB 6'0 175 Clearwater Central Catholic High School, FL Offers: Bucknell, Princeton and Wabash
8.  John Maccarella - Long Snapper 6'0" 200 Clearview High School, NJ - Offers: Temple (Kohl's Kicking 20th ranked long snapper).
9. Avery Huggins - OL 6'4" 280 Westfield HS, IN - Offers: Akron, Ball State, Central Michigan, Colorado State, Illinois State, Kent State, Kentucky, and Liberty
10. Caleb Bowman - OL 6'4" 265 St John's Jesuit, OH - Offers: Brown, Bucknell, and Dartmouth.
11. Miles Buck - PK/P 6'4" 210 Emmaus HS PA - Offers: Lafayette and William & Mary
12. Xavier Bowman - WR 6'0" 195 Choate Rosemary Hall CT - 3 star recruit - Offers: Central Michigan, Dartmouth, Eastern Michigan, Harvard, Jackson State, Louisville and Penn,
13. Elliott Hampton - DE/DL 6'4" 255 Ravenwood HS. TN - Offers: Bucknell and Yale
14. Max Tomaszewski - DE 6'4" 230  Churchville NY - Offers: Marist and St, Francis
15. Cole Keith - LB 6'3" 210 Faith Luthern, NV - Offers: Columbia
16. Mason Grabowski - MLB 6'2" 220 Medford, NJ - Offers: Colgate, Dartmouth, Long Island U. of New Hampshire and Penn
17. Josiah Allen - RB 5'10" 190 Wheeler HS, GA - Offers: Army, Bucknell, Charleston Southern U., Colgate, Fordham, Georgia Southern, Navy, Penn, Stetson and Wofford
18. Braylon James - DB 5'9" 165 St. Augustine HS, FL - Offers: Brown, Eastern Michigan and Wofford
19. Dalten Phelan - LB 6'2" 225 Orlando, FL. Offers: Air Force. Army, Bucknell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Eastern Illinois, Georgetown, Marshall, Navy, North Carolina A&T and Penn
20. Ryan Downes - QB 6-4 215 Venice, Florida. He held offers from Kansas, Indiana, Marshall, Penn, and Brown.
21. Jared Vilcina Brown - DL/OL 6'2" 280 St. Marks, MA - Offers: Stonehill Coll.
22. JaVon Broussard - WR/DB 6'2" 175 Marietta, GA - Offers: Reinhardt University and Yale (Track athlete - 100m: 10.95)
23. Jacob Carter - DB S'11" 180 Mountain Pointe, AZ - Offers: Colorado School of the Mines, Minot and University of San Diego
24. Joe Safar - TE 6'6" 230 North Catholic, PA - Offers: Youngstown State.
25. Darryl Davis- DE 6'4" 240 - Culver City HS, CA - Offers: Oregon State, Penn, Georgetown (3 star recruit)
26. Bo Draheim - LB 6'2" 220 - Maple Grove, MN - Offers: Dartmouth and Harvard
27. Manan Raina - OL/DL 6'3" 281 - Cleveland, OH - Offers: Cambell, Dayton, Sacred Heart and Wagner
28. Noah McDuffie - S 5'11" 170 - Buffalo, NY - Offers: Boston College, Fordam, Navy and Syracuse
29. Saeed Moghaddam - DE 6'6" 235 - Plantation, FL - Offers: Akron, Bucknell, Furman, Illinois State, and Penn
30. Ryan Matulevich - WR 5'11" 175 -Venice, FL - Offers: Appalachia State, Arkansas State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Florida International U, Gardner Webb, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, U of Central Florida, U. of South Florida, UT Martin and West Virginia.
31. Seyi Akinbola - OL 6'6" 300 - Taft, CT. - Offers: Brown and Columbia
32. Sam Greenspan - DT 6'2" 270 - Transfer from Wake Forest
33. Nasaiah (Bubba) Shelton - DB/WR 6'1" 185 - St Georges -Middletown, RI - Offers: Brown
34. Jordan Triplett - RB- 5'11" 205 - Transfer from Air Force Academy, played at Simons Island, GA - Offers: Army, Citadel, Coastal Carolina, Columbia, Florida, Gardner-Webb, Liberty, Navy, South Carolina, Tennessee Tech. and Wofford.

At the request of the Board of Trustees, Kotlikoff will serve a two-year term as interim president; the board will form a search committee to select Cornell's 15th president six to nine months before Kotlikoff's term ends.

ITHACA, N.Y. – Michael Huyghue '83, one of football's most prominent and pioneering figures over more than three decades, has been named the Terry Cullen Head Coach of Sprint Football at Cornell University. Huyghue becomes just the fourth head coach of the program since 1957.

"I am thrilled that Michael has accepted this position and will continue to serve as a coach and mentor to our sprint football student-athletes," said Nicki Moore, the Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education at Cornell. "Despite the many pulls on his time, at heart he is a loyal and true Cornellian who stepped up to serve when asked. We were so impressed when he shared his vision for the program and how to get there. His multiple and varied roles as a caretaker of the sport perfectly positions him to provide the type of leadership this position demands."

"I started coaching on the Sprint team because my son joined the team a few years ago. I quickly fell in love with the program and stayed on after he graduated," Huyghue said. "I want these student-athletes to not only excel in the classroom, as they do, but by also winning on the football field as well. And so, I am determined to reshape and lead this program with the goal of winning in mind."

Huyghue has been the Big Red's defensive coordinator dating back to 2021 while serving as a tenure-tracked visiting professor at Cornell's Law School and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Quote from: Tonight's game marks the ninth all-time meeting with Cornell, but the teams haven't met since Jan. 24, 1969 when the Buckeyes beat the Big Red 96-78 in Cleveland. Ohio State is 34-18 all-time against the Ivy League. The last time the Buckeyes squared off with a team from the conference was back in the 2007-08 season, when they beat Columbia 68-54 in Columbus as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Cornell enters tonight's game with a 22-7 record on the season, losing their last game 69-57 to Yale in an Ivy League Tournament Semifinal. The Big Red have an offense that can't be overlooked, as they rank in the top-20 in the country in scoring, three-pointers made, assists and field goal percentage.

This marks the first time Cornell has participated in the NIT. Their lone appearance in a postseason tournament that wasn't the NCAA Tournament came at the end of the 2018-19 season when they played in the CIT.Tonight's game marks the ninth all-time meeting with Cornell, but the teams haven't met since Jan. 24, 1969 when the Buckeyes beat the Big Red 96-78 in Cleveland. Ohio State is 34-18 all-time against the Ivy League. The last time the Buckeyes squared off with a team from the conference was back in the 2007-08 season, when they beat Columbia 68-54 in Columbus as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Cornell enters tonight's game with a 22-7 record on the season, losing their last game 69-57 to Yale in an Ivy League Tournament Semifinal. The Big Red have an offense that can't be overlooked, as they rank in the top-20 in the country in scoring, three-pointers made, assists and field goal percentage.

This marks the first time Cornell has participated in the NIT. Their lone appearance in a postseason tournament that wasn't the NCAA Tournament came at the end of the 2018-19 season when they played in the CIT.

https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2024/3/19/24105232/ohio-state-buckeyes-mens-college-basketball-cornell-big-red-nit-tournament-first-round-game-preview

Chris Manon First team
Nazir Williams Second Team

https://ivyleague.com/news/2024/3/13/ivy-league-announces-mens-basketball-major-awards-and-all-ivy-teams.aspx