Cornell football 2018

[Ken711]

More boys aged 14-17 are still playing football than any other sport. The Ivies will continue to play football.  The question is are we satisfied with winning 25% of our games, or do we want to be competitive.  I care more about hockey & lacrosse than football, but we should at least be competitive in all the higher profile sports.
We don't need to worry about wrestling having sufficient resources.

Great points!  Certainly, building an indoor practice facility with Ithaca's climate challenges would greatly benefit a lot of both men's and women's sports (i.e., football, lacrosse, baseball, softball, etc.).

This seems like such a no-brainer that one wonders why it's not already the highest priority in the athletics budget.

I sure hope it becomes a top priority for athletic facilities.

[Tcl123]

Hey, football's fine if that's what you're into -- I've watched most of the Cornell games on ESPN+ this year.  But I don't see any point in throwing any more resources at a behemoth which already warps and distends athletic budgets and gender balance.  And attempting to gain Ivy football dominance is a bit like trying to win the Special Olympics.  It makes the disabled participants feel empowered, and that's laudable, but it's part vanity project and part hot house flower competition.

+1

[billhoward]

Penn at Cornell, football, 6 p.m. Yale at Cornell, hockey, 7 p.m. What's the over-under on hockey vs. football attendance?

I'm thinking: Tailgate, one-plus quarters of football, then hockey.

Cornell may be the only school where the roar from the rink after a goal could be heard on the football field.

[Ken711]

Penn looks awful Cornell should win this game easily if they don't make more dumb calls like the goal line sweep call.

[TimV]

Hate the decision not take the FG.  Must be confident.  Don't know why though after giving up 60+ last week.

[Al DeFlorio]

Penn no longer looks so awful.  

Whoever called that sweep on 2nd and goal from the half-yard line should be fired.  A 245-pound QB should be able to sneak a half-yard in three tries.

[Ken711]

Hare the decision not take the FG.  Must be confident.  Don't know why though after giving up 60+ last week.

They should have taken the 3 points this early in the game. The play calling under David Archer's staff continue to be underwhelming.  This is the weakest Penn teams I watched in the last 10 years.  Cornell should be in control easily by now.

[Ken711]

Penn no longer looks so awful.  

Whoever called that sweep on 2nd and goal from the half-yard line should be fired.  A 245-pound QB should be able to sneak a half-yard in three tries.

David Archer call, and yes he should be fired when this season is over.

[Ken711]

7-3 now.  Penn is undersized and can't stop the Cornell offense.

[Ken711]

2nd targeting call and player ejection.  That's poor coaching by Cornell coaches.

[Ken711]

10-7 Penn.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Now 17-7.  Ugh.

[Ken711]

Now 17-7.  Ugh.

Now 20-7.  Double ugh.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Now 17-7.  Ugh.

Now 20-7.  Double ugh.

And final.

So much for any shot at a winning Ivy record.

[Ken711]

Cornell with yet another loss under David Archer in a mistake filled game,  The Cornell scoring machine offense scored 7 points in its last two games! Andy has to fire Archer at the end of this season.