Cornell football 2018

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 04:12:49 PM

Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17.

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 04:14:10 PM

So we end up 3-4 in the Ivy League, same record as last year.

pfibiger · November 17, 2018, 04:14:43 PM

You sure about that Ken?

jeff '84 · November 17, 2018, 04:17:15 PM

::wtf::

Quote from: Ken711Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17.

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 04:20:01 PM

Quote from: jeff '84::wtf::
Quote from: Ken711Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17.

Holy cow, I can't believe they give up a TD on a kick-off. ::bang::

Al DeFlorio · November 17, 2018, 04:24:09 PM

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Quote from: Ken711Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17.

Holy cow, I can't believe they give up a TD on a kick-off. ::bang::

And an earlier one on a punt. Appropriate finish for the season, sorry to say.

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 04:26:57 PM

Quote from: Al DeFlorio
Quote from: Ken711
Quote from: jeff '84::wtf::
Quote from: Ken711Cornell squeaks out a win 21-17.

Holy cow, I can't believe they give up a TD on a kick-off. ::bang::
And an earlier one on a punt. Appropriate finish for the season, sorry to say.

Hopefully Dave Archers last season.

CAS · November 17, 2018, 04:28:53 PM

I can't believe what I just saw. Cornell is now 15-45 (25%) in the Archer era. In Archer's 6 years as head coach, Cornell's top Ivy finish is a tie for 5th.

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 05:07:21 PM

Quote from: CASI can't believe what I just saw. Cornell is now 15-45 (25%) in the Archer era. In Archer's 6 years as head coach, Cornell's top Ivy finish is a tie for 5th.

He has to go, it's just not working out here.

rss77 · November 17, 2018, 06:51:09 PM

Not in favor of changing coaches-The team lost their running quarterback, Catanese, 4 games in. Chris Walker their best running back was our early on. Cornell has been a constant churn of coaches over the years.

Trotsky · November 17, 2018, 06:54:52 PM

I rarely join the "BURN THE WITCH!" brigade but 5 years is a fair sample of what a coach has to offer. It's hardly "churn."

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 08:22:28 PM

Quote from: rss77Not in favor of changing coaches-The team lost their running quarterback, Catanese, 4 games in. Chris Walker their best running back was our early on. Cornell has been a constant churn of coaches over the years.

Six years with one coach is more than long enough to see any any sign of progress. We have the same Ivy record in year six as in year one! Look at this season as an example for poor coaching. In losing 66-0 to Princeton, Cornell suffered the most one sided loss in a century. The team quit on the HC in that game. Not one, but two player injections in the Penn game for tackling with the helmet. Losing the last game of the season for the 5th straight year. The first time in Cornell history to give up a punt return and kick-off return for TDs in the same game. Sorry, Archer needs to be "churned" out the door.

Al DeFlorio · November 17, 2018, 08:32:15 PM

You'd think Archer would have remembered this "squib kick" from the 2015 game at Yale...a game Cornell led 26-7 before the squib kick and went on to lose 33-26.

"The Bulldogs trailed at halftime, 26-13, but sophomore Jamal Locke got Yale much needed momentum with an 84-yard kickoff return just before intermission. Cornell squibbed a kick and Locke zipped through a pile of defenders and then went down the left sideline to set up Drwal's six-yard touchdown."

ugarte · November 17, 2018, 08:41:34 PM

I have no idea why you'd squib it when you are kicking with the wind and can put it through the end zone. The only way is squib is better than a touchback is if they fumble it. Just an insanely stupid decision after a great drive. That they weren't even set up to make a tackle on a run straight up the gut is embarrassing.

The punt return was a fluke - I have no idea how the team missed the tackles inside the 10. It was a perfect punt and they borked it into a TD.

Ken711 · November 17, 2018, 09:05:46 PM

Quote from: ugarteI have no idea why you'd squib it when you are kicking with the wind and can put it through the end zone. The only way is squib is better than a touchback is if they fumble it. Just an insanely stupid decision after a great drive. That they weren't even set up to make a tackle on a run straight up the gut is embarrassing.

The punt return was a fluke - I have no idea how the team missed the tackles inside the 10. It was a perfect punt and they borked it into a TD.

The coaching staff Archer assembled is, and has been, the weakest in the Ivy League. Example A: Archer hires his former high school football coach with NO prior college coaching experience, as the Assistant HC/QB coach. Dalton Banks regressed as did all the other QBs through his 4 years. Throwing for more INT than TDs in his senior season. And you wonder why the game planning and in-game decisions such as today's squib kick call are so bad. Archer has got to go.