Cornell Football 2016

[billhoward]

Archer needs to go.  This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer. The team will succeed when it is led by juniors and seniors. The sophomore class is good, Noel said, and next year they'll be, ah, juniors. In other words, hang in there, Cornell fans. He also talked about Jeff Matthews being asked about bringing in a highly successful D2 coach vs. hiring Archer, and Matthews said that Archer, hands-down, was the way the team wanted to go.

The other person who got singled out for praise - a lot - was basketball coach Brian Earl, ex of Princeton. I tailgated with some Princeton alums (who had a liquor distributor among their numbers, so it was a good tailgate) and several with connections deep inside Princeton athletics said Earl is a coach to watch, and to expect good things from him.

We know ADs and coaches paint rosy pictures for alumni. But Noel didn't need to go so far if they planned to toss Archer from the train.

[Trotsky]

Archer needs to go.  This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer.

The dreaded vote of confidence.

[Ken711]

Archer needs to go.  This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer. The team will succeed when it is led by juniors and seniors. The sophomore class is good, Noel said, and next year they'll be, ah, juniors. In other words, hang in there, Cornell fans. He also talked about Jeff Matthews being asked about bringing in a highly successful D2 coach vs. hiring Archer, and Matthews said that Archer, hands-down, was the way the team wanted to go.

The other person who got singled out for praise - a lot - was basketball coach Brian Earl, ex of Princeton. I tailgated with some Princeton alums (who had a liquor distributor among their numbers, so it was a good tailgate) and several with connections deep inside Princeton athletics said Earl is a coach to watch, and to expect good things from him.

We know ADs and coaches paint rosy pictures for alumni. But Noel didn't need to go so far if they planned to toss Archer from the train.

Thanks Bill.  If Cornell ends the season with 7 straight losses that picture will be far from rosy.

[Ken711]

5 straight losses with a good chance to be 7 straight and another 1-6 Ivy League finish.

[billhoward]

In case you missed this from Yale's 21-14 win at Harvard that kept the Cantabs from a fourth straight Ivy title (Princeton and Penn share, each ending 6-1):

It remained a tie game entering the final quarter, with Harvard driving near midfield as fans in the Yale student section stripped down and mooned the Crimson partisans. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_football/2016/11/yale_puts_end_to_harvard_s_hopes_of_fourth_straight_ivy

[CAS]

2-5 in the Ivies this year.  In David Archer's 4 years as head coach, Cornell's Ivy record is 6-22, with a total of 2 wins (& 22 loses) vs Ivies other than Columbia.

[CAS]

Maybe Charlie Strong would be interested in resurrecting Big Red football.  He will still be paid by Texas, so $ shouldn't be an issue.  Would have excellent job security at Cornell.

[TimV]

Does he get paid if he accepts another job?  Or maybe he still gets the difference in contracts?

[CAS]

If he accepts another job, that salary will offset part of what Texas is paying him.  So Cornell could pay him $1.  Maybe Les Miles might also be interested...

[Ken711]

If he accepts another job, that salary will offset part of what Texas is paying him.  So Cornell could pay him $1.  Maybe Les Miles might also be interested...

Doesn't matter Archer is getting the last year of contract next season. Andy should draw a line in wins though, improve on 4 wins or you're out.

[billhoward]

http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/Football_All-Ivy-_Rookie_of_the_Year-_Coach_of_the_Year_Announced  "Cornell also placed three on the first team, including junior safety Nick Gesualdi (Sykesville, Md.), a unanimous selection. Sophomore running back Chris Walker (Lewisburg, Tenn.) and senior punter Chris Fraser (Potomac, Md.) also earned first team nods. Fraser, the 2013 Rookie of the Year, takes home his fourth first-team All-Ivy nod, the first Big Red to accomplish the feat and just the third player total in Ivy football history, joining a pair of Crimson in linebacker Dante Balestracci (2000-03) and running back Clifton Dawson (2003-06)."

Unanimous coach of the year, Princeton's Bob Surace. Princeton and Cornell were in the same place (near the bottom). Surace was hired for the 2010 season and promptly went 1-9 and 0-7 in the Ivies then tied for the title in 2013, slipped to 4th then 6th, then came back to tie for 1st this year. 7 year totals 33-37. Similarly, this is Cornell's best overall record and Ivy finish this year, although that is a tie for 6th. Here's hoping to a better 2017.

Cornell sophomore QB Dalton Banks was honorable mention. That's a good start to build next year's offense around. Archer says the team is sophomore-heavy.

The release:

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Fr., WR/RS – Manvel, Texas)

COACH OF THE YEAR
*Bob Surace, Princeton

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Offense
Larry Allen, Jr., Harvard (Jr., OL – Danville, Calif.)
*Nick Demes, Penn (Sr., OL – Western Springs, Ill.)
Dave Morrison, Dartmouth (Sr., OL – Latham, N.Y.)
Max Rich, Harvard (Sr., OL – Portland, Ore.)
Mitchell Sweigart, Princeton (Jr., OL – Washington Boro, Pa.)
*Alek Torgersen, Penn (Sr., QB – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
*John Lovett, Princeton (Jr., RB – Wantagh, N.Y.)
*Tre Solomon, Penn (Jr., RB – Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Chris Walker, Cornell (So., RB – Lewisburg, Tenn.)
Alexander Jette, Brown (Sr., WR/RS – North Attleboro, Mass.)
*Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard (So., WR – Sacramento, Calif.)
*Justin Watson, Penn (Jr., WR – Bridgeville, Pa.)
Anthony Firkser, Harvard (Sr., TE/HB – Manalapan, N.J.)

Defense
*James Duberg, Harvard (Sr., DT – Chula Vista, Calif.)
Kurt Holuba, Princeton (Jr., DL – Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.)
Richard Jarvis, Brown (Sr., DE – Watertown, Mass.)
Louis Vecchio, Penn (Jr., DE – Orange, Calif.)
Luke Catarius, Princeton (Sr., LB – Sandwich, Mass.)
Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Burtonsville, Md.)
Gianmarco Rea, Columbia (Sr., LB – Birmingham, Mich.)
William Twyman, Brown (Sr., ILB – Sudbury, Mass.)
James Gales, Princeton (Sr., DB – New York)
*Nick Gesualdi, Cornell (Jr., S – Sykesville, Md.)
Mason Williams, Penn (So., DB – Pasadena, Calif.)
Dorian Williams, Princeton (Sr., DB – Streetsboro, Ohio)

Special Teams
*Oren Milstein, Columbia (Fr., PK – Boca Raton, Fla.)
Chris Fraser, Cornell (Sr., P – Potomac, Md.)
Alexander Jette, Brown (Sr., WR/RS – North Attleboro, Mass.)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY^
Offense
Dakota Girard, Brown (Sr., OL – Wellfleet, Mass.)
Matthew Girard, Brown (Sr., OL – Holyoke, Mass.)
Kendall Pace, Columbia (Sr., OL – Suitland, Md.)
Daniel Poulus, Penn (Sr., OL – Park Ridge, Ill.)
Eric Ramirez, Princeton (Jr., OL – York, Pa.)
Chad Kanoff, Princeton (Sr., QB – Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Alan Lamar, Yale (Fr., RB – Olive Branch, Miss.)
Joe Rhattigan, Princeton (Sr., RB – Naperville, Ill.)
Alan Watson, Columbia (Sr., RB – New Albany, Ohio)
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Fr., WR/RS – Manvel, Texas)
Christian Pearson, Penn (So., WR – Northridge, Calif.)
Scott Carpenter, Princeton (Sr., TE – Vienna, Va.)
Matt Sullivan, Cornell (Sr., TE – Pittsford, N.Y.)

Defense
D.J. Bailey, Harvard (So., DE – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Lord Hyeamang, Columbia (Jr., DL – Lakeville, Minn.)
Henry Schlossberg, Princeton (Sr., DL – Los Angeles)
Nick Tomkins, Dartmouth (Jr., DL – Matawan, N.J.)
Luke Hutton, Harvard (Jr., LB – Austin, Texas)
Rohan Hylton, Princeton (Sr., LB – Orlando, Fla.)
Nick Miller, Penn (So., LB – New Market, Md.)
Colton Moskal, Penn (Jr., LB – Lake Zurich, Ill.)
Brock Kenyon, Columbia (Sr., DB – Austin, Texas)
Raishaun McGhee, Harvard (Sr., CB – Windsor, Conn.)
Charlie Miller, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Shoreview, Minn.)
Sam Philippi, Penn (So., DB – Coto De Caza, Calif.)
Cameron Roane, Columbia (Jr., DB – Durham, N.C.)

Special Teams
Jake McIntyre, Harvard (Fr., PK – Orlando, Fla.)
Cameron Nizialek, Columbia (Sr., P/PK – Chantilly, Va.)
Jason Alessi, Yale (Jr., RS/DB – Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)

HONORABLE MENTION
Offense
John Foster, Cornell (Sr., OL – Scituate, Mass.)
Mason Friedline, Yale (Sr., OL – Seattle)
Matt Kaskey, Dartmouth (So., OL – Winnetka, Ill.)
Nathan Kirchmier, Penn (Jr., OL – Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Karl Marback, Yale (Jr., OL – Birmingham, Mich.)
Reily Radosevich, Princeton (Fr., OL – Manalapan, N.J.)
Dalton Banks, Cornell (So., QB – San Antonio)
Miles Smith, Dartmouth (So., RB – Alpharetta, Ga.)
Isaiah Barnes, Princeton (Sr., WR – Freeport, N.Y.)
Jesper Horsted, Princeton (So., WR – Shoreview, Minn.)
Ben Rogers, Cornell (Sr., WR – Geneva, Ill.)
Adam Scott, Harvard (So., WR – Denton, Texas)

Defense
Brandon Cooper, Dartmouth (Sr., DE – Grand Prairie, Texas)
Zach Husain, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Evanston, Ill.)
Marty Moesta, Yale (Sr., DE – Grosse Pointe, Mich.)
Kyle Mullen, Yale (So., DE – Manalapan, N.J.)
Birk Olson, Princeton (Sr., LB – Monticello, Minn.)
Langston Ward, Harvard (Sr., DE – Spokane, Wash.)
Connor Jangro, Penn (Fr., LB – Jessup, Md.)
Darius Manora, Yale (Sr., LB – Alexandria, Va.)
Eric Meile, Dartmouth (Jr., LB – Ramsey, N.J.)
Matt Oplinger, Yale (Jr., OLB – Summitt, N.J.)
Jackson Weber, Cornell (Sr., OLB – Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
Max Tylki, Brown (Sr., ILB – Wethersfield, Conn.)
Sean Ahern, Harvard (Sr., CB – Cincinnati)
Lucas Bavaro, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Boxford, Mass.)
Dale Harris, Yale (Sr., DB/RB – Brooklandville, Md.)
Tanner Lee, Harvard (Jr., S – Spanish Fort, Ala.)

Special Teams
Hunter Kelly, Penn (Jr., P – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Tyler Roth, Princeton (Sr., P – Pittsburgh)
Trevor Osborne, Princeton (Sr., WR – Peoria, Ariz.)

*-Unanimous selection

[Ken711]

Istvan was also the offensive coordinator.

[CAS]

How bout hiring  Brian Kelly or Jim Tressel to  turn around Big Red football?  Maybe John Harbaugh would prefer a return to college?

[Ken711]

How bout hiring  Brian Kelly or Jim Tressel to  turn around Big Red football?  Maybe John Harbaugh would prefer a return to college?

With what support are you expecting they would receive from the administration....zero. I will stand by my statement that Dave Archer and his staff need to improve on 4 wins in the last year of his contract or there will be a search for a new coach.

[ugarte]

YESSSSSSS

Cornell > Columbia > Brown > Bryant > Sacred Heart > Stony Brook > North Dakota > South Dakota > Illinois State > Northwestern > Pitt > Clemson

WE ARE THE TRANSITIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS