Cornell football 2023

[Trotsky]

In terms of Cornell football, Martha Pollack rarely attends any games and this year she blew off Homecoming as well.

Well, yeah, we suck!  ::whistle::

And saying Pollack attacked Greek Life as a criticism is, shall we say, not a universally held opinion.  Some have a rather jaundiced view of our "peculiar institution."

[Ken711]

I hope the Cornell hiring committee is not too proud to consider coaches from DII and DIII championship winning teams. Lance Leipold won DIII titles at Wisconsin-Whitewater and then turned around the program at Buffalo. He then took a historically awful program at Kansas and has them approaching respectability. When it's all said and done, football is just football, and a coach who wins championship at the college level knows what he's doing.

I agree.  I still think a good coaching candidate to consider is Dan Swanstrom. He is the current offensive coordinator at U of Penn.  He was the former head coach at Ithaca College posting the highest winning percentage for any coach in program history that has coached more than one season. Swanstrom went 32-11 (.744) and his teams registered eight wins in all four seasons in which they took the field.  Also look at the job that the job that Bob Chesney has done at Holy Cross.  Chesny came to Holy Cross after a successful 44–16 (.733) run at Division II Assumption College.  So yes, a successful Div 2 or 3 coach should definitely be considered.  Former U of Penn and Columbia head coach Al Bagnoli took over at Penn after leading Div 3 Union to the playoffs.

[George64]

Want a logical replacement for Archer.  Look no further that U. of Penn's Offensive Coordinator Dan Swanstrom. He was went 32-11 (.744) and his teams registered eight wins in all four seasons in which they took led Ithaca College as their head coach.  Knows the Ivy League, was a former head coach, and has even lived in the Ithaca area.

You got it right!

[rss77]

Zero personality but will give him a chance.

[scoop85]

Zero personality but will give him a chance.

Never met the guy, but he was Penn's recruiting coordinator in his first stint with the Quakers and must've recruited well enough at IC for him to go 32-11 there.

[Ken711]

He's a great choice,

[mike1960]

Zero personality but will give him a chance.

He has a solid record at Ithaca College. Penn always scored more than 20 points in their games in 2023 with Swanstrom as their OC. It looks like a good hire.

[Ken711]

Zero personality but will give him a chance.

He has a solid record at Ithaca College. Penn always scored more than 20 points in their games in 2023 with Swanstrom as their OC. It looks like a good hire.

His family loved the Ithaca area while he was at IC.  I hope the University commitment to winning extends beyond just his hiring but providing him with the funds to hire a great staff and in the recruitment area.

[billhoward]

Update: Cortland won the 2023 D-III championship 38-37 over North Central (Ill.) 38-37 12/15. #1 North Central scored with a minute left, went for 2 to win and didn't make it.
In the FCS semifinal, Albany got clobbered by South Dakota State, 59-0.


[Original post]
4 of the 32 NCAA D-III football playoff teams were from New York State: Cortland, Ithaca, Union and Alfred State. Cortland made it to the title game (Friday, 7 pm). So there is some football capability within a short drive from East Hill. Ithaca has been to the championship game 7 times in 50 years, won 3. Union made it twice. won 1. Wagner (on Long Island) won 1.


D-III NYS Football Team Made This Far in 2023 Playoffs:

Round of 32
Alfred State (lost to Mt. Union 56-14)

Round of 16
Ithaca (beaten by Randolph-Macon)
Union (beaten by Hopkins)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals, Friday 12/15, 7:00 EST
Cortland, 13-1 vs. North Central College, 14-0 (Naperville, Ill.)


Also in the FCS of D1 (the one the Ivy League could be in, if we were allowed in by the Ivy Group presidents, those still left), Albany (NY not GA) plays #1 South Dakota State Friday 12/15.

[upprdeck]

Albany and Cortland both on TV at the same time friday night, cool for NY teams

[Trotsky]

Wagner (on Long Island)

No.  Just no.

[billhoward]

Correct is on Staten (not Long) Island. A place where the school motto should be, "How Much Off for Cash?" I'm surprised there wasn't a rebellion when the first toll readers went onto the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Some people there are believed to underreport their incomes.  

Wagner about 25 years ago, previous administration, had aspirations of being an Ivy caliber school, sized like an Amherst or Williams. The selling point was: Near New York, not really in New York (Manhattan) where your daughter might get mugged. Wagner is #69 (make a good fraternity T-shirt) in US News regional colleges Northeast where 1-2-3 are Bentley-Providence-TCNJ, Ithaca is 13, and schools around #70 include Alfred, Central Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut State.

[billhoward]

Correct is on Staten (not Long) Island. A place where the school motto should be, "How Much Off for Cash?" I'm surprised there wasn't a rebellion when the first toll readers went onto the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Some people there are believed to underreport their incomes.  

Wagner about 25 years ago, previous administration, had aspirations of being an Ivy caliber school, sized like an Amherst or Williams. The selling point was: Near New York, not really in New York (Manhattan) where your daughter might get mugged. Wagner is #69 (make a good fraternity T-shirt) in US News regional colleges Northeast where 1-2-3 are Bentley-Providence-TCNJ, Ithaca is 13, and schools around #70 include Alfred, Central Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut State.

[arugula]

Bill-kinda not a nice thing to write. I recall at MSG last year a Cornell supporter started chanting "safety school" at UCONN. I told him to shut up first because did you actually apply to UConn and second because that's only funny if you chant it at Harvard.

[rss77]

Agreed