Nice motivational story on Cornell QB Jeff Mathews

[Swampy]

Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies.  Beat the teams on our schedule.  Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops.  The one hole is football.  Let's bring it back!

Right.  I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State.  And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

[Ken711]

Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies.  Beat the teams on our schedule.  Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops.  The one hole is football.  Let's bring it back!

Right.  I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State.  And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

I'll be happy to see the Big Red win an Ivy League football championship outright, something that's never happened before.

[KeithK]

Just want us to be competitive in the Ivies.  Beat the teams on our schedule.  Finish the season with a win over Penn for the Ivy championship.
Look at all our recent success in wrestling, lax, hockey, and hoops.  The one hole is football.  Let's bring it back!

Right.  I don't want Cornell to become Ohio State.  And this shouldn't be too much to hope for.

Yeah, but you have to admit it would be a real trip to do something in football like the basketball team in the Sweet 16 year.

Yes it would.  Too bad it's impossible.  Cornell could go undefeated in football, winning every game by 20 points and we still wouldn't get any real exposure because 1) we play A Div 1-AA scheudle (or FCBFCBFS or whatever) and 2) we can't play in the postseason.

[Red bird]

Yes, she was wearing a seat belt, and it was due to distracted driving!  It amazes me how quickly people can comment on a topic they know nothing about.  The car rolled 4 times and the driver wasn't free and clear of injury.

[Jim Hyla]

Yes, she was wearing a seat belt, and it was due to distracted driving!  It amazes me how quickly people can comment on a topic they know nothing about.  The car rolled 4 times and the driver wasn't free and clear of injury.

Maybe I was wrong, but this quote from the article made me think that it was poor driving skills.

As the two realized they were about to pass the necessary exit, West swung the steering wheel to the right to try and make the off-ramp.

The car began to topple, so West flipped the steering wheel in the opposite direction which made the car even more unstable and caused it to roll to the left four times.

Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jul/15/mathews/#ixzz2LOBiPaIO
- vcstar.com

She saw that she missed the exit and tried to compensate, but blew it. At least, that's how it seemed from reading the article.

[ugarte]

She saw that she missed the exit and tried to compensate, but blew it. At least, that's how it seemed from reading the article.

That's what distracted driving is. She wasn't paying attention to where she was and overreacted to almost missing (missing, really) her exit.

I mean, obviously it wasn't "good" driving but the difference between "distracted" and "bad" is what caused the situation: she wasn't trying to cut someone off or weaving or speeding. She was paying attention to a phone call instead of the mile marker and was surprised by the exit.

[Trotsky]

Yes it would.  Too bad it's impossible.  Cornell could go undefeated in football, winning every game by 20 points and we still wouldn't get any real exposure because 1) we play A Div 1-AA scheudle (or FCBFCBFS or whatever) and 2) we can't play in the postseason.

In fact, Penn had teams that did just that in the 80's, and just as you say they were completely ignored.

Which to be honest is a good thing, because the "ESPN college sports" (football, basketball) are a cesspool.

All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade.  Basically, Colgate hockey.

[billhoward]

All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade.  Basically, Colgate hockey.

So: Free pizza for students who attend.

[Trotsky]

All I want from Cornell football and basketball is .500-ish competence punctuated by one or two runs at the conference title per decade.  Basically, Colgate hockey.

So: Free pizza for students who attend.

Works for me.  It's depressing to see the Crescent with only 600 people in it.