Cornell Football 2019

[Ken711]

Archer now is 17-51 over his career. ::wow::

[ugarte]

Typical ending, on a half-assed two-point conversion play designed by a middle-schooler during study hall.

Play calling sucks as usual, Archer never fails to fail with his play calling. FIRE ARCHER!

the play call was fine. the pass was terrible. that pass had to hit the receiver in stride going forward. instead, it was behind him and allowed the corner to break it up.

[Al DeFlorio]

Typical ending, on a half-assed two-point conversion play designed by a middle-schooler during study hall.

Play calling sucks as usual, Archer never fails to fail with his play calling. FIRE ARCHER!

the play call was fine. the pass was terrible. that pass had to hit the receiver in stride going forward. instead, it was behind him and allowed the corner to break it up.

If you need two points to win with seconds left and it's your last chance, you throw the pass to someone in the end zone, not someone who has to run it in.

[Jim Hyla]

Didn't watch the game, haven't in years. But if you're dominating the game, why not kick for the tie and go for the win later? Was there another reason to try and win with a 2 point conversion? It seems to me that the percentage to win that way isn't worth it.

[Scersk '97]

But if you're dominating the game, why not kick for the tie and go for the win later? Was there another reason to try and win with a 2 point conversion?

Archer clearly wanted to hurry back to Ithaca so he could catch the second half or so of the hockey game.

[Ken711]

Didn't watch the game, haven't in years. But if you're dominating the game, why not kick for the tie and go for the win later? Was there another reason to try and win with a 2 point conversion? It seems to me that the percentage to win that way isn't worth it.

Cornell had the ability to move the ball on Penn, so the decision to go for two rather than force OT made little sense.  The fact that they called a swing pass to a receiver who wasn't even their two top receivers in the game, only made Archer's decision even more perplexing.

[Swampy]

Didn't watch the game, haven't in years. But if you're dominating the game, why not kick for the tie and go for the win later? Was there another reason to try and win with a 2 point conversion? It seems to me that the percentage to win that way isn't worth it.

Cornell had the ability to move the ball on Penn, so the decision to go for two rather than force OT made little sense.  The fact that they called a swing pass to a receiver who wasn't even their two top receivers in the game, only made Archer's decision even more perplexing.

Sounds like his new approach of doing things that are unexpected as the game develops.

[billhoward]

Seesaw battle against unbeaten #12 Dartmouth. Cornell leads 18-17 with 5 minutes to play. At least that's what the Dartmouth stats ticker says. I'm in LA, figure there must be a problem with corruption on the telegraph wires. Make that 20-17 Cornell; we scored on the 2-point conversion that failed against Penn last week.

That is final: Cornell 20, Dartmouth 17.

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[b][color=#FF0000]Cornell    3  3  6  8  -- 20[/color][/b]
Dartmouth  7  7  0  3  -- 17

Dartmouth    4-1
Yale         4-1
Princeton    4-2
Penn         3-3
Harvard      2-4
Columbia     2-4
Cornell      2-4
Brown        1-5

Princeton could have eased into a tie for the Ivy title since its once loss was to Dartmouth. Then Yale blew out the Tigers 51-14. So Yale and Dartmouth are 4-1, Princeton is 4-2. BTW, today Brown doubled Columbia 48-24.

I can see the top line in the Columbia pre-game story on cornellbigred.com:
Cornell Seeks 4th Place Finish In Finale with Columbia

... which could happen
Cornell > Columbia
Princeton > Penn
Dartmouth-Brown
Harvard - Yale

[75er]

Finally, revenge after 48 years...

[ugarte]

That's a new contract right there.

[rss77]

79 years

[billhoward]

That's a new contract right there.

I thought about posting on Jeff Archer's chances. I mean, maybe he has turned this thing around and will go on to be Cornell's most legendary coach, eventually spending more time leading Cornell that Mike Schafer. First we gotta get by Columbia.

[Swampy]

Seesaw battle against unbeaten #12 Dartmouth. Cornell leads 18-17 with 5 minutes to play. At least that's what the Dartmouth stats ticker says. I'm in LA, figure there must be a problem with corruption on the telegraph wires. Make that 20-17 Cornell; we scored on the 2-point conversion that failed against Penn last week.

Except for Chinatown, the corruption's not in LA. It's in Ukraine. Haven't you been following the news?

[Swampy]

That's a new contract right there.

I thought about posting on Jeff Archer's chances. I mean, maybe he has turned this thing around and will go on to be Cornell's most legendary coach, eventually spending more time leading Cornell that Mike Schafer. First we gotta get by Columbia.

Watch! If Andy fires Archer, he (Archer) will go on to win two Super Bowls and have the best winning percentage in NFL history. It's a Cornell tradition.

[Trotsky]

Seesaw battle against unbeaten #12 Dartmouth. Cornell leads 18-17 with 5 minutes to play. At least that's what the Dartmouth stats ticker says. I'm in LA, figure there must be a problem with corruption on the telegraph wires. Make that 20-17 Cornell; we scored on the 2-point conversion that failed against Penn last week.

Except for Chinatown, the corruption's not in LA. It's in Ukraine. Haven't you been following the news?

Forget it, Jake.