[OT] Huh?

jtwcornell91 · November 16, 2002, 10:51:02 AM

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kingpin248 · November 16, 2002, 02:04:15 PM

Halftime in Philly - Penn 34, Harvard 2.

Al DeFlorio · November 16, 2002, 02:14:16 PM

...and Cornell trails Columbia 7-3 early in the third (according to the McPaper).

Greg Berge · November 16, 2002, 02:24:57 PM

I think it's great that they did Gameday from an Ivy site, although I noticed they did a story on the Harvard WWE guy -- sigh.

Reading Bob Kane's excellent history of Cornell athletics, "Good Sports," it's clear that Cornell-Penn is one of the great Ivy football rivalries, and by far the biggest Cornell football game. I think the decrease of the importance of the game to current Cornell students has more to do with the loss of importance of Cornell football in its entirety than anything else.

kingpin248 · November 16, 2002, 02:27:23 PM

Marcus Blanks scores on a 9 yard run - point good.

Cornell 10, Columbia 7

kingpin248 · November 16, 2002, 02:28:13 PM

Not to mention Chris Fowler noting that today is the 62nd anniversary of the first Fifth Down game.

Al DeFlorio · November 16, 2002, 03:18:22 PM

Greg wrote:

QuoteI think the decrease of the importance of the game to current Cornell students has more to do with the loss of importance of Cornell football in its entirety than anything else.

No question.

The Ivy League didn't help when it decided to open the season with the Cornell-Penn game alternate years in Ithaca (with Cornell hosting Princeton the other years, while Penn opened at Dartmouth). The idea was to always finish the year playing at Penn or Princeton because the weather there would be better in late November than in Ithaca and Hanover.

So much for tradition.

Our frequent lack of competitiveness hasn't helped, either. Penn's going after their 12th Ivy championship this year (and it's lookin' pretty good), eleven of which have come in the last 21 years.