Cornell football 2023

[BearLover]

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.

Cornell hockey fans have been chanting "safety school" at actual safety schools for awhile now (well, maybe not this year—the fans seem to have forgotten most of the cheers). It's pretentious. And it's rude, but that's the point. I don't like the cheer, except against Quinnipiac, because they deserve it.

[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.

Cornell hockey fans have been chanting "safety school" at actual safety schools for awhile now (well, maybe not this year—the fans seem to have forgotten most of the cheers). It's pretentious. And it's rude, but that's the point. I don't like the cheer, except against Quinnipiac, because they deserve it.

Well aware of that,  What sort of insecurity makes it so important to diminish the other schools in that way?  Thats the kind of thing we hate in our supposed betters.  We're supposed to be the "People's Ivy."  I've said the same thing since 1983.  I've never found it funny, which is what I think is the point.  Easy to be rude, not easy to be funny and/or witty.  My favorite chant is the one at Princeton-"Primary color, secondary color."  Anyone can yell-"f-you" or "safety school."  Not funny or witty unless it's at HYP.  Otherwise, not rude, douchey.  

As I'm sure is the case in your life and job, some of the best people I've worked with came from "safety" schools or worse (and some are even from Staten Island, Bill) and some of the of the worst came from "elite" schools.  I loved the nurse my wife had when she was in the hospital, who graduated from...Quinnipiac.  Thank God for her.  

There are better ways than that ad hominem, vaguely bigoted attack on Staten Island (this from me, a snooty Manhattanite) from Bill above, which where this started and there are better ways to abuse the opponent than being so uncreative.  

Sort of what Schaf was talking about.

[CU2007]

Anyone with a realistic chance of acceptance to Cornell should not bother applying to Quinnipiac.

I think it's a good cheer against Colgate. That stings a bit.

[arugula]

Stings who?  How insecure do you have to be to take pleasure in that?

[arugula]

Anyone with a realistic chance of acceptance to Cornell should not bother applying to Quinnipiac.

I think it's a good cheer against Colgate. That stings a bit.

You completely missed the point.  I'm not saying Cornell isn't a "better@ school.  I'm simply saying it's a douchey thing to chant. Be creative.

[CU2007]

it's playful banter at a sporting event. I get a kick out of people taking shots at Cornell too - I don't feel offended. It's just not that serious - nothing really is.

[arugula]

it's playful banter at a sporting event. I get a kick out of people taking shots at Cornell too - I don't feel offended. It's just not that serious - nothing really is.

I mostly agree and I'm not offended by it I just find it stupid and reflective of deep insecurity.  Plus im not convinced that everyone who chants that stuff does it with a sense of fun. Fun would be chanting it at HYP. As we see above, they're interested in  it "stinging".  That's just being a jerk.  Be creative.  Goalie ... sieve.  Warm up the bus.  Primary color.

[arugula]

Unrelated I said a few weeks ago no wonder we don't schedule IC in football. Add Cortland to that. What a game! Congrats to the Red Dragons.

[George64]

Goalie ... sieve.  Warm up the bus.  Primary color.

Princeton's in New Jersey.
Bush went to Yale.
Eh, oh right, Penn doesn't have a hockey team!

[dbilmes]

Unrelated I said a few weeks ago no wonder we don't schedule IC in football. Add Cortland to that. What a game! Congrats to the Red Dragons.

It would be too embarrassing if we played them and lost.

[arugula]

Exactly

[Ken711]

Cornell is playing Albany next season. Albany is semi-finalist in the FCS playoffs.  That will be a huge test of the current state of the Cornell football program.

[David Harding]

Cornell is playing Albany next season. Albany is semi-finalist in the FCS playoffs.  That will be a huge test of the current state of the Cornell football program.

FWIW, in the semifinal game yesterday the Albany Great Danes were blown out by the defending champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits 0-59.

[rss77]

https://www.ithaca.com/sports/sports_features/life-after-football-former-teammates-work-together-on-the-road-to-recovery/article_7f353898-9a90-11ee-8ac8-7710ff5a6cb2.html

Interesting article on Chad Levitt and the price one pays for playing football

[Ken711]

Cornell is playing Albany next season. Albany is semi-finalist in the FCS playoffs.  That will be a huge test of the current state of the Cornell football program.

FWIW, in the semifinal game yesterday the Albany Great Danes were blown out by the defending champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits 0-59.

South Dakota State is a FBS school in disguise.