David Archer new head football coach

[Trotsky]

Harvard recruits a 6'7" 310lb OT

You can put on a lot of weight when you're spoon-fed and idle all your life.

[Josh '99]

Andy Noel's hires have been pretty good. Let's see how it pans out.

Not so much his football hires up to this point, though.  Since he inherited Mangurian from Moore, he's hired Pendergast, Knowles, and Austin, none of whom have been what you'd call overwhelming successes.  It'll be fun to root for one of our own guys to do well, at the very least.

[billhoward]

Harvard recruits a 6'7" 310lb OT

You can put on a lot of weight when you're spoon-fed and idle all your life.

You ever stop to think how hurtful this forum must be Harvard players and families?

[Al DeFlorio]

Andy Noel's hires have been pretty good. Let's see how it pans out.

Not so much his football hires up to this point, though.  Since he inherited Mangurian from Moore, he's hired Pendergast, Knowles, and Austin, none of whom have been what you'd call overwhelming successes.  It'll be fun to root for one of our own guys to do well, at the very least.

Knowles and Hofher were "our own guys."  The latter was the ass who voted his team #1 in Division I-AA after a 6-0 start and then lost his last four games.  After Cornell he was head coach at Buffalo where his teams went 8-49.

[Ken711]

Another trend happening in the Ivy League, transfers.  Columbia is getting a transfer QB from Stanford, Brett Nottingham who was the 12th rated QB in the nation coming out of HS.  Today I read that Yale is getting a transfer QB from Clemson.  Penn and Harvard have had great success with some BCS school transfers.  Even Cornell had a transfer from Maryland, DT Tom McHale who was a great player here back in the 1980's who went onto a pro career in the NFL as an OL.  Now if we could just find an impact running back who wants to transfer to the Big Red...:-)

[Al DeFlorio]

Another trend happening in the Ivy League, transfers.  Columbia is getting a transfer QB from Stanford, Brett Nottingham who was the 12th rated QB in the nation coming out of HS.  Today I read that Yale is getting a transfer QB from Clemson.  Penn and Harvard have had great success with some BCS school transfers.  Even Cornell had a transfer from Maryland, DT Tom McHale who was a great player here back in the 1980's who went onto a pro career in the NFL as an OL.  Now if we could just find an impact running back who wants to transfer to the Big Red...:-)

Princeton picked up a transfer QB from Purdue a few years ago.  Made him start freshman year all over to protect their nose-in-the-air "no transfers" policy.::rolleyes::

[Josh '99]

Andy Noel's hires have been pretty good. Let's see how it pans out.

Not so much his football hires up to this point, though.  Since he inherited Mangurian from Moore, he's hired Pendergast, Knowles, and Austin, none of whom have been what you'd call overwhelming successes.  It'll be fun to root for one of our own guys to do well, at the very least.

Knowles and Hofher were "our own guys."  The latter was the ass who voted his team #1 in Division I-AA after a 6-0 start and then lost his last four games.  After Cornell he was head coach at Buffalo where his teams went 8-49.

I had forgotten that Knowles was a Cornell alum.  Doesn't really speak to the broader point that Noel's football hires haven't panned out so far.

[Josh '99]

Another trend happening in the Ivy League, transfers.  Columbia is getting a transfer QB from Stanford, Brett Nottingham who was the 12th rated QB in the nation coming out of HS.  Today I read that Yale is getting a transfer QB from Clemson.  Penn and Harvard have had great success with some BCS school transfers.  Even Cornell had a transfer from Maryland, DT Tom McHale who was a great player here back in the 1980's who went onto a pro career in the NFL as an OL.  Now if we could just find an impact running back who wants to transfer to the Big Red...:-)

If we accept the (not-terribly-controversial) premise that Cornell's offensive line play wasn't great this past season, I would be inclined to speculate that Luke Hagy (528 rushing yards on 4.5 yards per carry and 513 receiving yards as a freshman) coud develop into an impact running back if Harvard and Penn defenders don't break all his bones before he has a chance.

[Al DeFlorio]

Andy Noel's hires have been pretty good. Let's see how it pans out.

Not so much his football hires up to this point, though.  Since he inherited Mangurian from Moore, he's hired Pendergast, Knowles, and Austin, none of whom have been what you'd call overwhelming successes.  It'll be fun to root for one of our own guys to do well, at the very least.

Knowles and Hofher were "our own guys."  The latter was the ass who voted his team #1 in Division I-AA after a 6-0 start and then lost his last four games.  After Cornell he was head coach at Buffalo where his teams went 8-49.

I had forgotten that Knowles was a Cornell alum.  Doesn't really speak to the broader point that Noel's football hires haven't panned out so far.

You'll get no argument from me on that.

[CornellChris]

So it's finally happened... Cornell's new football coach graduated after I did. I'm officially old. Does this mean I have to stop being optimistic at the start of each season, and just assume we'll lose every game by 40? I've heard such good things about being a curmudgeon. :-)

[Trotsky]

So it's finally happened... Cornell's new football coach graduated after I did. I'm officially old. Does this mean I have to stop being optimistic at the start of each season, and just assume we'll lose every game by 40? I've heard such good things about being a curmudgeon. :-)

Just wait until the players are too young to date your daughter.

[Jim Hyla]

So it's finally happened... Cornell's new football coach graduated after I did. I'm officially old. Does this mean I have to stop being optimistic at the start of each season, and just assume we'll lose every game by 40? I've heard such good things about being a curmudgeon. :-)

Just wait until the players are too young to date your daughter.

or granddaughter? Actually my daughter is old enough to date the players, but then I'm an anomaly.::demented::It keeps me thinking young, though.

For those who don't know, I'm a 67yo with an 18yo daughter.::nut::

[Trotsky]

For those who don't know, I'm a 67yo with an 18yo daughter.::nut::

You are either brave or crazy.  Even the idea of having a 1-year old right now is exhausting.

[Jim Hyla]

For those who don't know, I'm a 67yo with an 18yo daughter.::nut::

You are either brave or crazy.  Even the idea of having a 1-year old right now is exhausting.

I'm not brave.

[ugarte]

For those who don't know, I'm a 67yo with an 18yo daughter.::nut::

MY father was the same age when he became a dad. When we were moving into Sage Hall as a January sophomore transfer student we ran into a guy who was moving in his daughter. He looked at my dad and said "Man, I'd hate to be 50 and doing this, right?" My very-young-looking dad smiled and agreed.