Cornell at Penn football pre-game

[Josh '99]

Noelle Parker (who would go on to appear in Clerks).

Sort of.

I have to say, I didn't even know this existed.

I'm not sure I did either.  Keri Russell?  JIM BREUER as Randal?  Wow.

[nyc94]

Sort of.

I have to say, I didn't even know this existed.

Neither did I.  As the only one of the three Amy Fisher's whose name I did not recognize I just clicked on her name and saw Clerks,  I should have caught it right away that the year is wrong and it says "TV". Whoever she is she did appear in some episodes of "Sisters" which also starred Ed Marinaro.

[jtwcornell91]

Noelle Parker (who would go on to appear in Clerks).

Sort of.

I have to say, I didn't even know this existed.

I'm not sure I did either.  Keri Russell?  JIM BREUER as Randal?  Wow.

I like how Kevin Smith pointed out he owned the rights to Jay and Silent Bob, so they changed the name to "Ray".

[imafrshmn]

Cornell is being embarrassed right now at Penn, even with our lowered expectations. Only about 30 offensive yards for the Big Red as of mid 3rd quarter, and only 1 or 2 first downs.

[scoop85]

Cornell is being embarrassed right now at Penn, even with our lowered expectations. Only about 30 offensive yards for the Big Red as of mid 3rd quarter, and only 1 or 2 first downs.

I hate to call for anybody's head, but if you care to have any semblance of a respectable program, you can't keep the staff after such a non-competitive season.

[imafrshmn]

Cornell is being embarrassed right now at Penn, even with our lowered expectations. Only about 30 offensive yards for the Big Red as of mid 3rd quarter, and only 1 or 2 first downs.

I hate to call for anybody's head, but if you care to have any semblance of a respectable program, you can't keep the staff after such a non-competitive season.

Yeah, I agree with you.  The minimum you should expect a coaching staff to do is to make the best team with whatever talent they've got.  We know that we have, by a stroke of luck, a few players with near all-ivy skills (Liuzza, Walters, Costello, Fenton, Barbour, Ambrosi come to mind).  We know that the team made huge preseason commitments to practice and conditioning and details.  We also have heard time after time that the players have brought about a "culture of winning" (whatever that means).  I'm not a savvy enough football fan to be able to prove that we've been outcoached in any of our losing efforts, but I don't see any other way to explain the losses to Dartmouth and Princeton.  The defensive line was admittedly a  key weakness for this team, but then part of the blame goes to the staff for recruiting guys too small for this league.  On top of everything, even if a team undergoes a "culture change," there's something to be said for distrust and disrespect of the coaches by the players--deep seated feelings that can undermine the whole operation.  Knowles may well be a nice guy, proud Cornellian, etc., but he's got to take some of the blame for this season and consider stepping down soon, if only to let the team start afresh.