Cornell Football 2016

[ugarte]

good lord the playcalling in ot was shit. too many shots at the end zone; nothing over the middle. really no attempts to let a receiver get free except by running straight ahead. the ot touchdown was pretty but it was insane that it worked - banks was just not very accurate. the last play of the game was an example - deitz had room to run but the throw was shit and he had to reach for it and fell down.

also, the tackling was awful.

[scoop85]

good lord the playcalling in ot was shit. too many shots at the end zone; nothing over the middle. really no attempts to let a receiver get free except by running straight ahead. the ot touchdown was pretty but it was insane that it worked - banks was just not very accurate. the last play of the game was an example - deitz had room to run but the throw was shit and he had to reach for it and fell down.

also, the tackling was awful.

Yeah, I was scratching my head at all the shots to the end zone in OT. In general it seems that incremental movement is what works in those situations, but we seemed to get impatient.  The 4th down play is what we should have been doing on 1st and 2nd down.

[CAS]

Cornell is now 8-28 in the 4th year under David Archer

[Ken711]

Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

Even if Cornell ends up 3-7 (a possibility), Archer's job was saved by the 3-0 start.

[scoop85]

Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

I don't know how they'll end up, but they are surely much improved this year. Of course the bar was pretty low, but there's no denying the increased competitiveness

[shasta1]

It was inexcusable to have a delay of game penalty after a timeout for goodness sake.  How can that happen??? They could have nailed the win down at that point.  I don't think a 3-0 start should save his job.  He can not play call period.

[rss77]

Losing Zach Mayes has truly hurt special teams.  It is noted that long kickoff returns have occurred especially in the last two games since Mayes left school.  Nick Nulle's foot not quite as strong.
Would like to see a better mix of pass and run on offense.

[Swampy]

It was inexcusable to have a delay of game penalty after a timeout for goodness sake.  How can that happen??? They could have nailed the win down at that point.  I don't think a 3-0 start should save his job.  He can not play call period.

Not quite sure which delay of game you mean. There was one that apparently was taken deliberately: to maximize the opportunity for Brown to jump offside and, if this failed, to give the kicker more room to pin Brown deep in its own end.

Was there another?

[billhoward]

Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

I don't know how they'll end up, but they are surely much improved this year. Of course the bar was pretty low, but there's no denying the increased competitiveness

Exactly.  It didn't take long for the knives to come out after this overtime loss. Princeton (at Cornell) this Saturday will be tough. Princeton is improved after a 2-5 Ivy, 5-5 overall season last year. Last week Princeton took Harvard to OT before losing.

[shasta1]

I was following game on internet so I may have missed game strategy. I was referencing the one at the end of fourth quarter.

[CAS]

Not the best performance today during Trustees/Council weekend

[ugarte]

56-7. lol

[David Harding]

Not the best performance today during Trustees/Council weekend

Ouch!

[Ken711]

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

[shasta1]

That was a dismal performance on both ends of the football and sideline.