Cornell Football 2019

[Ken711]

"Take the 10-year running sum of Ivy wins starting 1981-90. Have we ever been even 3rd, let alone 2nd or 1st? "

Yes we have. we finished 2nd in 1986, and finished 1st in 1988 and 1990.

[Trotsky]

"Take the 10-year running sum of Ivy wins starting 1981-90. Have we ever been even 3rd, let alone 2nd or 1st? "

Yes we have. we finished 2nd in 1986, and finished 1st in 1988 and 1990.

Deep breath.  



No.

Have we ever been third in 10-year running sum during any interval since 1981?

Though I'll open this up to any interval in Ivy League history.  Maybe there's a way to cherry pick one 10-year period including the MARINARO years in which we were 3rd.  Maybe.

tl; dr: sucky today, sucky tomorrow, sucky forever.  Which is fine as the sport will be bear baiting by 2050 anyway.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

"Take the 10-year running sum of Ivy wins starting 1981-90. Have we ever been even 3rd, let alone 2nd or 1st? "

Yes we have. we finished 2nd in 1986, and finished 1st in 1988 and 1990.

That means almost all of the students on campus (including grad students) weren't even born when we last finished first.  

That's not just mediocrity.  That's pure garbage.

[Swampy]

"Take the 10-year running sum of Ivy wins starting 1981-90. Have we ever been even 3rd, let alone 2nd or 1st? "

Yes we have. we finished 2nd in 1986, and finished 1st in 1988 and 1990.

Deep breath.  



No.

Have we ever been third in 10-year running sum during any interval since 1981?

Though I'll open this up to any interval in Ivy League history.  Maybe there's a way to cherry pick one 10-year period including the Marino years in which we were 3rd.  Maybe.

tl; dr: sucky today, sucky tomorrow, sucky forever.  Which is fine as the sport will be bear baiting by 2050 anyway.

Exactly when were the Marino years?

You don't mean Marinaro, do you? Things would really suck if a sports program's alumni critics don't even know the names of the school's's few luminaries in the sport.

[Trotsky]

When we get to the part where people starting launching on typos it's time to edge out the door.  Thanks for your contribution.

[Ken711]

"Take the 10-year running sum of Ivy wins starting 1981-90. Have we ever been even 3rd, let alone 2nd or 1st? "

Yes we have. we finished 2nd in 1986, and finished 1st in 1988 and 1990.

Deep breath.  



No.

Have we ever been third in 10-year running sum during any interval since 1981?

Though I'll open this up to any interval in Ivy League history.  Maybe there's a way to cherry pick one 10-year period including the MARINARO years in which we were 3rd.  Maybe.

tl; dr: sucky today, sucky tomorrow, sucky forever.  Which is fine as the sport will be bear baiting by 2050 anyway.

I'm in agreement they have had terrible teams most years since 2001, HOWEVER, they have achieved past success, and there's no reason why that can't be repeated with the proper selection of a head coach, and the backing by the administration.

[billhoward]

The Bill Marino '76 years were fantastic. Cornell went 43-4. He scored an overtime goal vs Maryland in the national championships (when OT was timed not first-to-score). First-team All-America at midfield. Also lettered in football fall 1975. It's an understandable mistake.

[Al DeFlorio]

The Bill Marino '76 years were fantastic. Cornell went 43-4. He scored an overtime goal vs Maryland in the national championships (when OT was timed not first-to-score). First-team All-America at midfield. Also lettered in football fall 1975. It's an understandable mistake.

Those "fantastic" Marino years extended through 1978 with brother Tom.  Add one NCAA championship and one runner-up finish.

[ugarte]

Ugarte, if Rob Koll was entering year 7 with a 25% winning %, uncompetitive facilities & funding, alienated donors, & no apparent plan to turn things around, would you feel sanguine after losing a relatively close match

yeah. i mean i'd probably be disappointed but i'd take a close loss to a better team pretty well and not act like it was some great shame.

[billhoward]

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[billhoward]

Georgetown 3-1 at Cornell 1-1, 3 pm kickoff. Homecoming tailgates before. 500th (varsity) football game at Schoellkopf. Game preview according to Cornell sports information: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2019/10/2/football-georgetown-preview.aspx
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Game odds:  Cornell -10 (Cornell favored, ie Cornell minus 10 points (depending oddsmaker) makes it an even game)

Rain odds:  0% rain ~60 degrees game

Over/under, weekend alcohol transports to Cayuga Medical Center:  30  

Best tailgate:  CBAA, in a walk, puts fraternity, class and CFA tents to shame.

Odds we go 4-1 at home: Uh, 20%? (Cornell needs 4 wins in 5 2019 home games to make it 300 W's at Schoellkopf all-time.)

Odds a bar in Collegetown we want is no longer there: 100%

I'm looking forward to the weekend. LGR!

[Al DeFlorio]

Interception on first Cornell possession.  Four plays and a two-point conversion later and down by eight.

[scoop85]

Cornell trails 8-0 at the half. The defense has played well overall, and we've had some success moving the ball. But we routinely shoot ourselves in the foot.  We had 2nd and 4 on Georgetown's 24 in the last two minutes, and ran a swing pass that we run all the time, so naturally Georgetown knew it was coming and our back Wes tackled for a 4 yard loss. After an incompletion on 3rd down we missed a 44-yard FG.  Since our kicker was just 1 out of 3 coming into the game, I would've preferred going for it on 4th down.

[Al DeFlorio]

118 total yards in a half isn't much success.  Georgetown's D line is pushing our line around and Archer's brilliant "schematics" are fooling no one.

[Ken711]

8-8 starting the 4th, Cornell has the momentum now.