Cornell Football 2021

Ken711 · October 02, 2021, 07:26:13 PM

Quote from: CASWith the right coaching staff & administrative support, we can win. Fix the program.

I agree.

CU2007 · October 02, 2021, 07:29:58 PM

Quote from: CASWith the right coaching staff & administrative support, we can win. Fix the program.

Yep. The coaching is really bad from recruiting to play calling to game management. Just a complete disaster of a football program. Truly embarrassing for the school and the athletic department.

Trotsky · October 02, 2021, 09:42:37 PM

Quote from: blackwidowMaybe cornell should discontinue their football program.

We did. It's just really slow-walked.

ugarte · October 02, 2021, 11:27:23 PM

i try to be generous but there's no way around it this program is in the crapper and it's probably time to start looking around for a better staff. hard to fire alumni though.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · October 02, 2021, 11:39:35 PM

I was at the game. Ugly.

Our rushers didn't understand the concept of running downhill. We got one decent rush early on by sweeping outside. After that, Bucknell was able to stop that, every damn time we tried it. The running backs would dance around rather than run through obvious holes, and lose yards in the process. At one point late in the 2nd quarter, we had -4 yards rushing. In the middle of the 3rd we had +20. We finished with +34 yards rushing. And most of those seemed that they were by the QB.

Our second or third possession we had 5 penalties. I joked that we had more possession time because we ran one or two extra plays in every 3 down series.

Our defense played reasonably well in the first half, but in the second half Bucknell changed their passing scheme to short outs, and our secondary was still playing against the deep pass. And the defense didn't figure it out for the rest of the game. That's why we gave up 2 TDs in the 4th quarter.

Hockey can't come soon enough.

CAS · October 05, 2021, 01:19:49 PM

Cornell (0-3) travels to Harvard (3-0) this Saturday. For those who believe Cornell never won in football, Cornell beat Harvard 11 straight times from 1986-1996. Harvard has won 16 of the last 19 games. How times have changed...

Ken711 · October 05, 2021, 01:32:58 PM

Quote from: CASCornell (0-3) travels to Harvard (3-0) this Saturday. For those who believe Cornell never won in football, Cornell beat Harvard 11 straight times from 1986-1996. Harvard has won 16 of the last 19 games. How times have changed...

Yes, the times have certainly changed. Harvard's AD and administration started to care about getting behind a winning football program, and Cornell could care less.

rss77 · October 05, 2021, 07:01:18 PM

Same in lacrosse-they made a great hire when they lured the long time Notre Dame defensive coordinator Gerry Byrne to Cambridge.

Scersk '97 · October 06, 2021, 08:42:57 AM

Quote from: Ken711Harvard's AD and administration started to care about getting behind a winning football program, and Cornell could care less.

Could they care less? Seems to me that they couldn't (possibly) care less.

CAS · October 06, 2021, 10:17:33 AM

Agree Scersk - where else could one be 19-54 & still coaching

Trotsky · October 07, 2021, 08:54:27 PM

Quote from: Scersk '97
Quote from: Ken711Harvard's AD and administration started to care about getting behind a winning football program, and Cornell could care less.

Could they care less? Seems to me that they couldn't (possibly) care less.

Mandatory.

Ken711 · October 08, 2021, 06:50:31 AM

Quote from: Trotsky
Quote from: Scersk '97
Quote from: Ken711Harvard's AD and administration started to care about getting behind a winning football program, and Cornell could care less.

Could they care less? Seems to me that they couldn't (possibly) care less.

Mandatory.

I love Weird Al. Maybe he can coach this football team when Archer is fired. :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXAW2qd65nA

CU2007 · October 09, 2021, 04:15:36 PM

4th and 16 with the game on the line and they have the right-handed QB roll to his left so he has to make the most awkward throw possible.

blackwidow · October 09, 2021, 04:18:38 PM

Can we please discontinue the program? Im in too much pain.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · October 09, 2021, 04:42:42 PM

Quote from: CU20074th and 16 with the game on the line and they have the right-handed QB roll to his left so he has to make the most awkward throw possible.

As opposed to last week? First and goal on the 2 with time running out and they throw a screen that wasn't working all day. Then the QB fumbles it into the end zone on the next play.

And Bucknell got shut out by Penn today. We truly are bad.

Correction: Bucknell was shut out by Lafayette. Penn shutout Lehigh.