Cornell Football 2021

[billhoward]

Prognosticators have the Lions a 6-7 point favorite. At Cornell. Game time 1 pm. Good luck to the 51 seniors/fifth-years for enduring so much.

So much is riding on this game: the chance in 2021 to capture both coveted trophies, the Trustees' Cup (Penn) and Empire State Bowl (Columbia) ... and to have a winning record in its last 3 games. This game is winnable and could lift the Red from a 3-way tie for last into 6th place should Brown (vs. Dartmouth) and Penn (vs. Princeton) fall.

Columbia overcomes a 13-0 Cornell start. Penalties, interceptions, fumbles, inopportune sacks on both sides. Cornell had a chance in the second half, but getting picked off twice in the red zone (first for a TD return but called back by a Columbia foul) on back to back plays, well, that's kind of hard to overcome. Final 34-28.

Cornell finishes 2-8, 1-6 in the Ivy League. Dartmouth and Princeton tie for the title. Cornell, Penn and Brown tie for 6th, 7th or 8th, take your pick.

[ugarte]

this season has been more fun than i expected, tbh, despite the frustrating loss to brown. there are clear haves and have-nots in the league but hoo boy was it fun to have a real good qb (even if he played in a rotation).

[Ken711]

Prognosticators have the Lions a 6-7 point favorite. At Cornell. Game time 1 pm. Good luck to the 51 seniors/fifth-years for enduring so much.

So much is riding on this game: the chance in 2021 to capture both coveted trophies, the Trustees' Cup (Penn) and Empire State Bowl (Columbia) ... and to have a winning record in its last 3 games. This game is winnable and could lift the Red from a 3-way tie for last into 6th place should Brown (vs. Dartmouth) and Penn (vs. Princeton) fall.

Glass 1/4 full I guess, disregarding the 1-6 start. ;-)

[ugarte]

Great opening drive for Cornell, up 7-0. Bogus taunting penalty called after the TD when the RB did a backflip in the end zone. He didn't even stick the landing!

[Al DeFlorio]

Two red zone drives stalled by dumb decisions to run wide instead of forward, resulting in losses.  On-line is opening holes.  Run through them.

[Trotsky]

Lions tie the game at 13-13.  The color combo is nice because both teams are wearing their colored jerseys. And Ithaca in November, a.k.a. Fossil Fuel September, is lovely.

As football teams, both squads look completely inept.

Final game for 51 Cornell seniors.

[ugarte]

Wang throws a couple of picks. Didn't see the first but the second was bad because he underthrew a receiver that had the coverage beat. And as I'm typing, Cornell throws ANOTHER pick in Cornell's territory and Cornell looks to have tacked an unsportsmanlike on top but the penalty on Columbia probably means they won't score but maybe I'll strikethrough this as well.

[Al DeFlorio]

We specialize in pass interference penalties.  I'm switching to the finish of Yale-Harvard.

[billhoward]

Nobody wishes Cornell Football ill. But if a current setback leads to future change, this would have been nine years in summary explaining why it finally happens:

The play Cornell ran and fumbled away just before the half, that Columbia scooped up for a TD--except a Cornell knee was down before the fumble--would have summarized the season. That and when Columbia throws uncatchable long passes into the red zone, pass interference calls put Columbia there. Looks as if Columbia covers the spread, too.

Futility In Football actually would be Cornell catching life late in Q4, rolling down into the Columbia red zone, and throws 2 straight interceptions, the first a pick-six return except Columbia on defense was called for--did the announcers really say that, initially?--ineligible receiver.

What is the Cornell-vs.-Columbia record for penalties in a game?

[George64]

Nobody wishes Cornell Football ill. But if a current setback leads to future change, this would have been nine years in summary explaining why it finally happens:

The play Cornell ran and fumbled away just before the half, that Columbia scooped up for a TD--except a Cornell knee was down before the fumble--would have summarized the season. That and when Columbia throws uncatchable long passes into the red zone, pass interference calls put Columbia there. Looks as if Columbia covers the spread, too.

Futility In Football actually would be Cornell catching life late in Q4, rolling down into the Columbia red zone, and throws 2 straight interceptions, the first a pick-six return except Columbia on defense was called for--did the announcers really say that, initially?--ineligible receiver.

What is the Cornell-vs.-Columbia record for penalties in a game?

Time for a complete overhaul of the program.  Archer's eight-year record: 21 and 59.  A few bright spots, however — Wang, Stebbins etc.  The seniors must be breathing a sigh of relief.  All of these guys deserved a lot better experience than what they received.

[TimV]

Wouldn't it be a riot to hire LSU's cajun coach Ed Orgeron to revive us?  When he turned Ole Miss around years ago he started his first team meeting by taking off his shirt and challenging everyone in the room to a fight.

Or maybe ex-Texas coach Steve Sarkisian.  Texas is paying him about 32 million to not coach them this year, so he doesn't need the money.

[scoop85]

Wouldn't it be a riot to hire LSU's cajun coach Ed Orgeron to revive us?  When he turned Ole Miss around years ago he started his first team meeting by taking off his shirt and challenging everyone in the room to a fight.

Or maybe ex-Texas coach Steve Sarkisian.  Texas is paying him about 32 million to not coach them this year, so he doesn't need the money.

Sarkisian is Texas' current coach, but maybe not for long after 6 straight losses

[CAS]

This darkness got to give.

[Ken711]

It's been nearly a decade of losing under David Archer.  Results matter in sports, even in the Ivy League, and Archer's coaching record speaks for himself. A career 21-59 and a .262 career winning percentage.  It cannot be spun or looked at any other way.  Cornell football deserves better!

[Ken711]

Andy is out of the office until Dec. 2 on vacation. Anyone who wants to email him and Ryan Lombardi the Vice President for Student & Campus Life about finally replacing David Archer like I did, their email addresses are below:

Jan16@cornell.edu
Ryan.lombardi@cornell.edu