Cornell football 2023

[jtwcornell91]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

[Weder]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

Just a guess, but could it have been because last night's game was on ESPN2? I don't think those games are included with ESPN+, so that's probably why they wanted the cable login to steam it.

[Chris '03]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

Just a guess, but could it have been because last night's game was on ESPN2? I don't think those games are included with ESPN+, so that's probably why they wanted the cable login to steam it.

This seems correct to me.

[George64]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

Just a guess, but could it have been because last night's game was on ESPN2? I don't think those games are included with ESPN+, so that's probably why they wanted the cable login to steam it.

This seems correct to me.

I no longer have cable, but streamed the first three quarters on ESPN+, part of my Disney+ package.  Spectrum in Rochester is my internet provider.

[jtwcornell91]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

Just a guess, but could it have been because last night's game was on ESPN2? I don't think those games are included with ESPN+, so that's probably why they wanted the cable login to steam it.

This seems correct to me.

I no longer have cable, but streamed the first three quarters on ESPN+, part of my Disney+ package.  Spectrum in Rochester is my internet provider.

Hmm, I'm in Rochester with Greenlight, but I thought ESPN restrictions were based on cable subscriptions, not ISPs.  Of course, I didn't try too hard given the score that was listed next to the game...

[ugarte]

Has anybody without cable tried to watch Cornell football on ESPN+?  I tried and it told me to go to espn.com/activate to log in with my cable provider.  I think I was already logged in to my ESPN account on the Roku (I have the soon-to-be-expensive Disney+ bundle), since I was able to watch cricket highlights afterwards.

Just a guess, but could it have been because last night's game was on ESPN2? I don't think those games are included with ESPN+, so that's probably why they wanted the cable login to steam it.

This seems correct to me.

I no longer have cable, but streamed the first three quarters on ESPN+, part of my Disney+ package.  Spectrum in Rochester is my internet provider.

Hmm, I'm in Rochester with Greenlight, but I thought ESPN restrictions were based on cable subscriptions, not ISPs.  Of course, I didn't try too hard given the score that was listed next to the game...

I also have Roku. The ISP doesn't matter, as long as they carry ESPN. Weder is correct that ESPN/2/U games require a cable login while ESPN+ games need an ESPN subscription (or Disney/Hulu bundle). Roku can process either password but the ESPN app will make you input both via Roku eventually.

Zero response to that guy all night. How do we not have our fastest defensive back "spying" him?

Broke off another big run before throwing a dime for yet another TD. I decided that was enough before the PAT so it was 40-17 when I bailed.

I very, very rarely bail on a game. This night is the exception that proves the rule.

I wasn't even planning to watch as much as I did tbh but eventually I did decide that I couldn't keep watching the middle of the field open up like the Nile for the Israelites.

[Local Motion]

I watched the game with some friends who had us over for the evening.   It was great having Cornell football on ESPN2 and I enjoy night games.   Sadly once again Cornell was blown out on national TV.   Our offense played pretty well, but the defense just got run over by the Harvard QB.  It seems every time I attend a Cornell football game or watch the game on television we always lose.   Cornell is a great university, but I am tired of our team always being at of the bottom of the Ivy League.

[upprdeck]

Yes it was an espn2 game not an espn+ game.  You need an ESPN acct to view it.

[Trotsky]

Even as a rabid hockey fan I gotta ask: why should athletics be a priority?  If it's a net revenue generator then, fine, use it as an engine to fund legitimate academic pursuits.  But if it loses money... fuck it.  It's a bauble for a minority of students, usually quite wealthy students, who often don't belong on campus anyway.

I'd go a little beyond money-making and say that college sports can make the experience of college better for much of the student body, on the same level as a pleasant campus (aesthetically pleasing buildings, quads you want to spend time on, nice views), good student unions/dining halls, school traditions (songs, a capella concerts, food trucks, whatever), etc.  But yes, I'm also not comfortable saying they should be of paramount importance.  E.g., I was dismayed at university presidents who decided keeping varsity sports going in 2020-2021 was more important than student health.

Agree.Renewing quality faculty tops all.

Couldn't agree more.  Currently reading American Prometheus, great to see how many Cornell faculty are considered to be the 20th century's greatest physicists - Bethe, Feynman, Wilson, as well as alumnus Isidor Rabi.

Also reading it.  Cornell's 20th century reputation was based on world-class faculty, such as:  Bethe, Hoffman, Rossiter, Lafeber, Lowi, Bronfenbrenner et al.  I'm sure folks here can add others.

Nabokov, Becker, Mommsen, Ammons, Feynman, Malinowski, Rawls.

[ugarte]

Even as a rabid hockey fan I gotta ask: why should athletics be a priority?  If it's a net revenue generator then, fine, use it as an engine to fund legitimate academic pursuits.  But if it loses money... fuck it.  It's a bauble for a minority of students, usually quite wealthy students, who often don't belong on campus anyway.

I'd go a little beyond money-making and say that college sports can make the experience of college better for much of the student body, on the same level as a pleasant campus (aesthetically pleasing buildings, quads you want to spend time on, nice views), good student unions/dining halls, school traditions (songs, a capella concerts, food trucks, whatever), etc.  But yes, I'm also not comfortable saying they should be of paramount importance.  E.g., I was dismayed at university presidents who decided keeping varsity sports going in 2020-2021 was more important than student health.

Agree.Renewing quality faculty tops all.

Couldn't agree more.  Currently reading American Prometheus, great to see how many Cornell faculty are considered to be the 20th century's greatest physicists - Bethe, Feynman, Wilson, as well as alumnus Isidor Rabi.

Also reading it.  Cornell's 20th century reputation was based on world-class faculty, such as:  Bethe, Hoffman, Rossiter, Lafeber, Lowi, Bronfenbrenner et al.  I'm sure folks here can add others.

Nabokov, Becker, Mommsen, Ammons, Feynman, Malinowski, Rawls.

this is the worst offensive line i've ever seen. archer has to go.

[jtwcornell91]

Even as a rabid hockey fan I gotta ask: why should athletics be a priority?  If it's a net revenue generator then, fine, use it as an engine to fund legitimate academic pursuits.  But if it loses money... fuck it.  It's a bauble for a minority of students, usually quite wealthy students, who often don't belong on campus anyway.

I'd go a little beyond money-making and say that college sports can make the experience of college better for much of the student body, on the same level as a pleasant campus (aesthetically pleasing buildings, quads you want to spend time on, nice views), good student unions/dining halls, school traditions (songs, a capella concerts, food trucks, whatever), etc.  But yes, I'm also not comfortable saying they should be of paramount importance.  E.g., I was dismayed at university presidents who decided keeping varsity sports going in 2020-2021 was more important than student health.

Agree.Renewing quality faculty tops all.

Couldn't agree more.  Currently reading American Prometheus, great to see how many Cornell faculty are considered to be the 20th century's greatest physicists - Bethe, Feynman, Wilson, as well as alumnus Isidor Rabi.

Also reading it.  Cornell's 20th century reputation was based on world-class faculty, such as:  Bethe, Hoffman, Rossiter, Lafeber, Lowi, Bronfenbrenner et al.  I'm sure folks here can add others.

Nabokov, Becker, Mommsen, Ammons, Feynman, Malinowski, Rawls.

I was going to add Salpeter if we broadened the original list to Astrophysics.  Of course Sagan was a large part of inspiring me to go to Cornell (at least 11-year-old me).  A lot of Cornell's major planetary science contributions came in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, so probably a later time period than people are thinking of.

[billhoward]

I wasn't even planning to watch as much as I did tbh but eventually I did decide that I couldn't keep watching the middle of the field open up like the Nile for the Israelites.

Good one. I thought maybe it was the Suez Canal. And us fans were aboard the Costa Concordia.

[billhoward]

Not a good weekend for the Bills, either. OTOH, on alternativing weekends, the Bills could win the Super Bowl. But not if you have to play 3-4 games to get there.

[Ken711]

Not a good weekend for the Bills, either. OTOH, on alternativing weekends, the Bills could win the Super Bowl. But not if you have to play 3-4 games to get there.

The Bills play the Giants next, so there's an easy win there.

[billhoward]

This could be the year the Bills get to the Super Bowl in search of an unprecedented 0-5 record.