Cornell 0 at Penn 34 football postgame, Cornell post-season

[billhoward]

As was noted earlier, even with our reduced expectations, what happened at Penn was at the low end of possibilities.

What happens next? Has the death watch begun on the coaching staff? This is a sad time for Cornell football. It could have been a 4-6 and maybe 5-5 season, not 2-8. It also could have been 1-9; the Yale game was no runaway.

Most of all, I don't get why in five decades of Ivy League football, Cornell has managed three ties for the title and no outright wins when the law of averages says we should have won six or seven times. Sigh.

[imafrshmn]

It's hard to watch Coach Knowles's Preview interview of the Penn game and not get the impression that he's lying through his teeth and not deluded about his team's chances.

[RichH]

Most of all, I don't get why in five decades of Ivy League football, Cornell has managed three ties for the title and no outright wins when the law of averages says we should have won six or seven times. Sigh.

Ask the same question about Ivy basketball pre-2007.

[Jim Hyla]

Most of all, I don't get why in five decades of Ivy League football, Cornell has managed three ties for the title and no outright wins when the law of averages says we should have won six or seven times. Sigh.

Ask the same question about Ivy basketball pre-2007.

The coach makes the difference; I hope the AD can see that.

[phillysportsfan]

Exactly right, over the last 8 seasons Donahue has been here the teams overall and conference record for the most part had a steady improvement every year, Knowles has produced the opposite result with some initial improvement but a decline over the last 4 years

[CUontheslopes]

Knowles is a great guy, but I think it's time for him to go. As pointed out by others, this is not a Donahue situation. Donahue's teams boosted their win total and Ivy win totals every year. The teams were clearly getting better (albeit slowly at times/slower than we might've wanted). Cornell football continues to get worse. I think it's time for a change at the top. It's a buyer's market now for talent with the economy in such bad shape.

[ugarte]

PRINCETON just fired their coach. I'm not sure that Knowles can survive this disaster. That said, I don't want to treat Cornell football to be anything like Notre Dame football. Cornell is doing so well in so many sports, a down couple of years in football isn't the end of the world. If the players are graduating on time I'm not going to sweat it if he gets another year or two to figure it out.

[Al DeFlorio]

PRINCETON just fired their coach.

Yale's first-year coach may feel a bit of heat after his Belichick-like play call in yesterday's edition of "The Game."  With two-and-a-half minutes to go in the game, leading 10-7, and with fourth and 22 on Yale's 25-yard line, he called for a fake punt to go for the first down.  It failed, Harvard took over on Yale's 40, and scored the winning touchdown two or three plays later.

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/11/22/sports/22-solomon.txt

[Jim Hyla]

PRINCETON just fired their coach. I'm not sure that Knowles can survive this disaster. That said, I don't want to treat Cornell football to be anything like Notre Dame football. Cornell is doing so well in so many sports, a down couple of years in football isn't the end of the world. If the players are graduating on time I'm not going to sweat it if he gets another year or two to figure it out.

I won't sweat it either, I didn't this year; but I also didn't go to any games and I've been a season ticket holder for 30+ years. I'm sure there are many more like me.

[Jim Hyla]

PRINCETON just fired their coach.

Yale's first-year coach may feel a bit of heat after his Belichick-like play call in yesterday's edition of "The Game."  With two-and-a-half minutes to go in the game, leading 10-7, and with fourth and 22 on Yale's 25-yard line, he called for a fake punt to go for the first down.  It failed, Harvard took over on Yale's 40, and scored the winning touchdown two or three plays later.

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/11/22/sports/22-solomon.txt

Must be something in that New England air.(Yes I know they played in Indy.) Have you felt it yet?

[Jordan 04]

PRINCETON just fired their coach.

Yale's first-year coach may feel a bit of heat after his Belichick-like play call in yesterday's edition of "The Game."  With two-and-a-half minutes to go in the game, leading 10-7, and with fourth and 22 on Yale's 25-yard line, he called for a fake punt to go for the first down.  It failed, Harvard took over on Yale's 40, and scored the winning touchdown two or three plays later.

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/11/22/sports/22-solomon.txt

I'm all for taking potshots and Belichick, but these two decisions aren't even close to comparable.

[Al DeFlorio]

PRINCETON just fired their coach.

Northeastern took it one step further and just dropped the program.  Of course, they were relative newbies to the game.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVNG_ZOmPYr_i8rUZlnR2f-knbSQD9C57VR01

[TimV]

Soooooo.....Is Knowles record better than the Princeton coach?::wtf::

[Al DeFlorio]

Soooooo.....Is Knowles record better than the Princeton coach?::wtf::

Hughes was 47-52 overall, according to the "relieved of duties" article on the Princeton athletics site, with a 9-1 season (only loss to...Cornell!) and Ivy championship in 2006 the high point.  Only three winning seasons in ten.

[TimV]

Soooooo.....Is Knowles record better than the Princeton coach?::wtf::

Thanks Al.

(Answers own question) No.  Princeton Coach: 47% overall for ten seasons.  Cornell coach: 43% overall 38% Ivy for six seasons.::help::