Cornell Football 2021

[billhoward]

Cornell placed 3 each on the All-Ivy first and second team:  
WR, Thomas Glover, senior
OL, Hunter Nourzad, senior
LB, Jake Stebbins, junior
Second team:
OL, Jack Burns, senior
LB, Lance Blass, 5th year
CB, Michael Irons, senior


The All-Ivy football team

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Joe Green, Columbia (So., QB – Sammamish, Wash.)  
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Buddy Teevens, Dartmouth
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
OFFENSE
Hunter Nourzad, Cornell (Sr., OL – Marietta, Ga.)
Evan Hecimovich, Dartmouth (5th, OL – Lisle, Ill.)
Jake Guidone, Dartmouth (5th, OL – East Walpole, Mass.)
Spencer Rolland, Harvard (Sr., OL – Burnsville, Minn.)
Henry Byrd, Princeton (Sr., OL – Nashville, Tenn.)
Reily Radosevich, Princeton (Sr., OL – Manalapan, N.J.)
EJ Perry, Brown (Sr., QB – Andover, Mass.)
Dante Miller, Columbia (Sr., RB – Rockingham, N.C.)
Nick Howard, Dartmouth (Jr., QB – Green Bay, Wis.)
* Aaron Shampklin, Harvard (Jr., RB – Paramount, Calif.)
Collin Eaddy, Princeton (Sr., RB – Raleigh, N.C.)
Thomas Glover, Cornell (Sr., WR – Pasadena, Calif.)
* Jacob Birmelin, Princeton (Sr., WR – Royal Palm Beach, Fla.)
Carson Bobo, Princeton (Sr., TE – Birmingham, Ala.)
JJ Howland, Yale (Sr., TE – Fiskdale, Mass.)
 
DEFENSE
Chris Smith, Harvard (Jr., DL – Detroit, Mich.)
Jacob Sykes, Harvard (Jr., DL – Kansas City, Mo.)
Prince Emili, Penn (Gr., DL – New City, N.Y.)
Samuel Wright II, Princeton (Sr., DL – Lawrenceville, Ga.)
Clay Patterson, Yale (So., DL – Frisco, Texas)
Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Jr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Jalen Mackie, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Miramar, Fla.)
Jordan Hill, Harvard (Sr., LB – Silver Spring, Md.)
Jack McGowan, Harvard (Sr., LB – Canton, Mass.)
Brian O'Neill, Penn (Gr., LB – Roseland, N.J.)
* Jeremiah Tyler, Princeton (Sr., LB – Detroit, Mich.)
James Johnson, Princeton (Sr., LB – Moorestown, N.J.)
John Dean, Yale (Sr., LB – Wrentham, Mass.)
Ben Mathiasmeier, Columbia (Sr., DB – Katy, Texas)
Isaiah Johnson, Dartmouth (Sr., CB – Beverly Hills, Mich.)
Alex Washington, Harvard (So., CB – Hoover, Ala.)
Trevor Forbes, Princeton (Sr., DB – Memphis, Tenn.)
Rodney Thomas II, Yale (Sr., DB – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
Jonah Lipel, Harvard (Jr., K – Tarzana, Calif.)
Will Powers, Princeton (Jr., P – Plano, Texas)
Michael Roussos, Columbia (Sr., RS – New Port Richey, Fla.)
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
OFFENSE
Chad Broome-Webster, Brown (Sr., OL – Orlando, Fla.)
Tyler Worrell, Columbia (Sr., OL – Katy, Texas)
Jack Burns, Cornell (Sr., OL – Kansas City, Kan.)
John Paul Flores, Dartmouth (Sr., OL – Arlington, Texas)
Trevor Radosevich, Penn (Sr., OL – Englishtown, N.J.)
David Hoffman, Princeton (Sr., OL – Basking Ridge, N.J.)
Derek Kyler, Dartmouth (5th, QB – DeKalb, Ill.)
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (So., RB – Franklinville, N.J.)
Isaiah Malcome, Penn (Gr., RB – Atlanta, Ga.)
Wes Rockett, Brown (Jr., WR – Marblehead, Mass.)
Andrei Iosivas, Princeton (Jr., WR – Honolulu, Hawaii)
Melvin Rouse II, Yale (Sr., WR – East Charlotte, N.C.)
Mason Tipton, Yale (So., WR – Akron, Ohio)
JJ Jones III, Dartmouth (5th, TE – Tracy, Calif.)
 
DEFENSE
Paul Akere, Columbia (Sr., DL – Carrollton, Texas)
Shane Cokes, Dartmouth (Jr., DL – Dayton, Ohio)
Seth Walter, Dartmouth (5th, DE – Longboat Key, Fla.)
Nate Leskovec, Harvard (So., DL – Solon, Ohio)
Uche Ndukwe, Princeton (Jr., DL – Dedham, Mass.)
Cam Dillon, Columbia (Sr., LB – Findlay, Ohio)
Junior Gafa, Brown (Jr., LB – San Pedro, Calif.)
Scott Valentas, Columbia (Jr., LB –Wichita, Kan.)
Lance Blass, Cornell (5th, LB – Mountaintop, Pa.)
Marques White, Dartmouth (Jr., LB – Glendale, Ariz.)
Michael Irons, Cornell (Sr., CB – McGregor, Texas)
Niko Mermigas, Dartmouth (5th, S – Wexford, Pa.)
James Herring, Harvard (Jr., S – Dallas, Texas)
Jason McCleod, Jr., Penn (Sr., DB – West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Wande Owens , Yale (Jr., DB – Cooksville, Md.)  
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
Alex Felkins, Columbia (Jr., K – Tulsa, Okla.)
Jack Bosman, Yale (So., P – San Diego, Calif.)
Melvin Rouse II, Yale (Sr., RS – East Charlotte, N.C.)
 
HONORABLE MENTION
OFFENSE
Calvin Atkeson, Dartmouth (Sr. OL – Raleigh, N.C.)
Hunt Sparks, Harvard (Sr., OL – Norman, Okla.)
Kiran Amegadjie, Yale (So., OL – Hinsdale, Ill.)
Cameron Warfield, Yale (Sr., OL – Washington, D.C.)
Cole Smith, Princeton (Sr., QB – Knoxville, Tenn.)
Allen Smith, Brown (Sr., RB – Westerville, Ohio)
Ryan Young, Columbia (Sr., RB – Wheaton, Ill.)
Spencer Alston, Yale (Jr., RB – Reston, Va.)
Graham Walker, Brown (So., WR – Hinesburg, Vt.)
Paxton Scott, Dartmouth (So., WR – Dallas, Texas)
Dylan Classi, Princeton (Sr., WR – Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)
Robbie Mangas, Dartmouth (Sr., TE – Chantilly, Va.)
 
DEFENSE
Jake Heimlicher, Penn (Sr., DL – Aurora, Colo.)
Micah Morris, Penn (Sr., DL – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Reid Nickerson, Yale (Jr., DL – Friendswood, Texas)
Jordan Colbert, Columbia (Sr., DB – Washington, D.C.)
Will Allen, Columbia (Sr., DB – Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Logan Thut, Cornell (5th, S – Mantua, Ohio)
Delan Stallworth, Princeton (Sr., DB – Cincinnati, Ohio)
Miles Oldacre, Yale (Jr., DB – Spring, Texas)
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
Connor Davis, Dartmouth (Sr., K – Ocala, Fla.)
Drew Schmid, Columbia (Sr., P – San Diego, Calif.)
Jamal Cooney, Dartmouth (Jr., RS— Miami, Fla.)
 
^ First and Second Teams Expanded Due to Ties in Voting
* Unanimous Selection

Ivy League press release: https://ivyleague.com/news/2021/11/23/ivy-league-announces-football-all-ivy-rookie-of-the-year-coach-of-the-year.aspx
Offensive and defensive POTY named Dec. 13

[Trotsky]

I have heard that Football Fan still gives Cornell way more money than Hockey Fan, as difficult as that it to comprehend after 55 years of hockey success and football ineptitude.

That's gonna end sometime, and if the demographic is 70+ that sometime is really soon.

Here's a one-day snapshot of how all the sports teams did on the university's annual giving day this spring: https://givingday.cornell.edu/leaderboards/bigred

Men's hockey raised $64K from 189 donations and football got $54K from 98 donations.

I don't have the emails from Andy Noel anymore, but IIRC the football team fell significantly short of its goal for 2020-21. (The football team has a much larger goal than any other team.) I think men's hockey was right on its goal of maybe $150K or $200K?

I'm not sure if that represents the full scope of donations to the athletics department.

From that chart, sprint football got almost as much as hockey and football combined.  That is... counter-intuitive.  But it (and rowing) suggest to me that most of these gifts are coming from ex-athletes, not fans, and given that the football roster is 4x the size of the hockey roster...

But I'm heartened the gifts aren't that big.  No doubt the serious bribery happens in a different bucket, but at least its not endemic.

[Weder]

I have heard that Football Fan still gives Cornell way more money than Hockey Fan, as difficult as that it to comprehend after 55 years of hockey success and football ineptitude.

That's gonna end sometime, and if the demographic is 70+ that sometime is really soon.

Here's a one-day snapshot of how all the sports teams did on the university's annual giving day this spring: https://givingday.cornell.edu/leaderboards/bigred

Men's hockey raised $64K from 189 donations and football got $54K from 98 donations.

I don't have the emails from Andy Noel anymore, but IIRC the football team fell significantly short of its goal for 2020-21. (The football team has a much larger goal than any other team.) I think men's hockey was right on its goal of maybe $150K or $200K?

I'm not sure if that represents the full scope of donations to the athletics department.

From that chart, sprint football got almost as much as hockey and football combined.  That is... counter-intuitive.  But it (and rowing) suggest to me that most of these gifts are coming from ex-athletes, not fans, and given that the football roster is 4x the size of the hockey roster...

But I'm heartened the gifts aren't that big.  No doubt the serious bribery happens in a different bucket, but at least its not endemic.

A couple of years ago I got a note from someone asking if I had a connection to the women's hockey team (I don't), so I suspect you're right that the number of donations from fans is very small.

[CAS]

There are two opinion pieces in today's Sun lambasting the sorry state of Cornell football.

[Ken711]

There are two opinion pieces in today's Sun lambasting the sorry state of Cornell football.

Well written opinion piece, that I totally agree with.  Change is needed now!

[billhoward]

From Mark Wolcott '83 in the Cornell Daily Sun this week, more on the perceived deterioration of Cornell sports and facilities than football. https://cornellsun.com/2021/11/29/guest-room-should-cornell-exit-the-ivy-league/

Cornell soccer has had a spectacular season and are nationally ranked.  The only problem is that our soccer facility is located almost next to the Vet School and they rarely draw more than a couple hundred fans.   For years Cornell's soccer games were held at the historic Schoellkopf Field and students would pack the West Stands ( the Student Section) for home games.  Unfortunately, the West Stands were condemned and torn down in 2016 and the administration didn't think our students needed them anymore.  Today, Cornell is the only Ivy institution with "half" a stadium that continues to deteriorate.   This year they had to place a red tarp over part of the Crescent because it no longer meets safety protocols.

[Weder]

From Mark Wolcott '83 in the Cornell Daily Sun this week, more on the perceived deterioration of Cornell sports and facilities than football. https://cornellsun.com/2021/11/29/guest-room-should-cornell-exit-the-ivy-league/

Cornell soccer has had a spectacular season and are nationally ranked.  The only problem is that our soccer facility is located almost next to the Vet School and they rarely draw more than a couple hundred fans.   For years Cornell's soccer games were held at the historic Schoellkopf Field and students would pack the West Stands ( the Student Section) for home games.  Unfortunately, the West Stands were condemned and torn down in 2016 and the administration didn't think our students needed them anymore.  Today, Cornell is the only Ivy institution with "half" a stadium that continues to deteriorate.   This year they had to place a red tarp over part of the Crescent because it no longer meets safety protocols.

The soccer field is like a 3-minute walk from Schoellkopf, and soccer shouldn't be played on fake grass.

[billhoward]

The soccer field is like a 3-minute walk from Schoellkopf, and soccer shouldn't be played on fake grass.

Artificial turf now seems to be called a turf field, which can be confusing to boomers. When artificial turf arrived late 1960s it was for rich schools. Now it's grass that is costly and most youth sports fields go artificial because grass can't stand up to 8-12 hours of use Saturday / Sunday plus afternoons / evenings on weekdays. What's on Cornell's fields today is worlds better, softer, less abrasive than the Polyturf field that was also called the Marinaro Meadow.

[upprdeck]

i will have to check but is the tarp really there for safety reasons or to control the crowds locations?  i know they spend a boatload to work on the concrete

so they think the kids can walk to lynah but that 100 extra yds to the backside where soccer is is too much?   considering the location of the dorms wouldnt soccer be closer for many kids?

[rss77]

As a long time season ticket holder for football attendance has to be a concern.  Without parents of players, band members, and maybe cheerleaders there would not be anybody at the games. Low attendance probably also a reason for the tarp.  The football team's current state is a factor but looking at attendance for the other Ivy League schools it has to be a concern for the whole league.

[scoop85]

As a long time season ticket holder for football attendance has to be a concern.  Without parents of players, band members, and maybe cheerleaders there would not be anybody at the games. Low attendance probably also a reason for the tarp.  The football team's current state is a factor but looking at attendance for the other Ivy League schools it has to be a concern for the whole league.

Besides our longstanding ineptitude, I think the fact that the Ivy champ cannot participate in the FCS playoffs dampens enthusiasm for all the Ivy teams--even those who actually win a lot. Without the possibility of a national championship, it's hard for me, and likely many others, to get too worked up about winning an 8-team league. The Ivies have been nationally successful in so many sports, and it's beyond silly that the Ivy champ cannot participate in the FCS playoffs.

[upprdeck]

Yup.  the fact they dont let these kids compete  for a NC when all the other sports can is beyond dumb.. it would help attendance all over the ivies as well as better players would come if given a chance for a NC.

[Weder]

Yup.  the fact they dont let these kids compete  for a NC when all the other sports can is beyond dumb.. it would help attendance all over the ivies as well as better players would come if given a chance for a NC.

The Ivy rules are completely random. Basketball starts at the same time as everyone else and plays the same number of games, yet almost every other Ivy sport has later starts and game limits below what the NCAA sets.

[Ken711]

Yup.  the fact they dont let these kids compete  for a NC when all the other sports can is beyond dumb.. it would help attendance all over the ivies as well as better players would come if given a chance for a NC.

But in the view of the Ivy Presidents if you allowed FCS playoffs, the next step will be the BCS Championship and playing in the Rose Bowl..::crazy::

[upprdeck]

and as we all know once the season is over all those kids stop wasting time working out and just study 100 hrs a week.