Cornell football 2023

[Al DeFlorio]

Men's soccer at 4.

up 2-0 early

Now 3-0

[wolcoma]

Cornell football just did not come to play today.  A very winnable game and we still lose.   Like I said Cornell does not make it easy to be an alum.   My biggest frustration with Big Red football is nobody cares about the program, which is too bad. I am watching the game on TV and they kept showing our lovely parking garage.  Well at least Harvard academics have no problem fielding a winning football program, as the Crimson clobbered Howard and move to 5-0.

[jtwcornell91]

To put a nicer spin on season-ending partners, in our lifetime there's a good chance a Penn-Princeton matchup would determine the Ivy title (or knock one into / out of contention) while a Cornell-Columbia matchup clarifies who's sixth, seventh or eighth.

[code]IvY Titles Since the Formal Ivy League (1956)
College           Titles* Last
Dartmouth   20   2021
Penn           18   2016
Harvard           17   2015
Yale           17   2022
Princeton   13   2021
Brown            4   2008
Cornell            3   1990
Columbia    1   1961
* Includes ties[code]

I hate title ties.  Has anybody gone back and resolved all the ties with a decent tie breaker, or is it up to me?

(Whaddya wanna bet when it's done we lose all 3 titles?)

We won the head-to-head with Penn in 1988 and lost it with Dartmouth in 1990.  The other one was before my time.

We lost to Dartmouth in 1971, tragically.

Note 43,000+ at Franklin Field for the season finale.

They should have played every game in Philadelphia because there's more alumni there and it's 10 degrees warmer in November. Or something.

So I knew that Cornell-Penn football used to be played in Philly on Thanksgiving every year, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell%E2%80%93Penn_football_rivalry tells me that the first time it was ever played in Ithaca was 1964.  I still have fond memories of the 1989 Thanksgiving game at Franklin Field in the snow, which was one of the two Ivy wins in Jack Fouts's unfortunate post-Maxie season.

[Ken711]

Cornell football just did not come to play today.  A very winnable game and we still lose.   Like I said Cornell does not make it easy to be an alum.   My biggest frustration with Big Red football is nobody cares about the program, which is too bad. I am watching the game on TV and they kept showing our lovely parking garage.  Well at least Harvard academics have no problem fielding a winning football program, as the Crimson clobbered Howard and move to 5-0.

Nobody cares because for the last decade it's been led by a head coach in David Archer who has never experienced a winning season in his WHOLE coaching career, as either an assistant coach or as head coach. Its way way past time to bring in a head coach and staff with a winning background and the resources to compete like all the other 7 Ivy League schools have for a legitimate chance at winning the Ivy League football championship.

[George64]

Cornell football just did not come to play today.  A very winnable game and we still lose.   Like I said Cornell does not make it easy to be an alum.   My biggest frustration with Big Red football is nobody cares about the program, which is too bad. I am watching the game on TV and they kept showing our lovely parking garage.  Well at least Harvard academics have no problem fielding a winning football program, as the Crimson clobbered Howard and move to 5-0.

Nobody cares because for the last decade it's been led by a head coach in David Archer who has never experienced a winning season in his WHOLE coaching career, as either an assistant coach or as head coach. Its way way past time to bring in a head coach and staff with a winning background and the resources to compete like all the other 7 Ivy League schools have for a legitimate chance at winning the Ivy League football championship.

In fact, he never even experienced a winning season as a player, 2001 through 2004.  

As an undergrad and grad student, I never missed a home game.  While living in Syracuse, I attended several games each year.  Even living in Cleveland, I went to one game annually.  Now, living in Rochester, I couldn't bring myself to watch yesterday on ESPN+.  I'm learning to appreciate soccer.  Alex Harris is amazing.

[Ken711]

Cornell football just did not come to play today.  A very winnable game and we still lose.   Like I said Cornell does not make it easy to be an alum.   My biggest frustration with Big Red football is nobody cares about the program, which is too bad. I am watching the game on TV and they kept showing our lovely parking garage.  Well at least Harvard academics have no problem fielding a winning football program, as the Crimson clobbered Howard and move to 5-0.

Nobody cares because for the last decade it's been led by a head coach in David Archer who has never experienced a winning season in his WHOLE coaching career, as either an assistant coach or as head coach. Its way way past time to bring in a head coach and staff with a winning background and the resources to compete like all the other 7 Ivy League schools have for a legitimate chance at winning the Ivy League football championship.

In fact, he never even experienced a winning season as a player, 2001 through 2004.  

As an undergrad and grad student, I never missed a home game.  While living in Syracuse, I attended several games each year.  Even living in Cleveland, I went to one game annually.  Now, living in Rochester, I couldn't bring myself to watch yesterday on ESPN+.  I'm learning to appreciate soccer.  Alex Harris is amazing.

This has to be some kind of NCAA record for experiencing the most consecutive non-winning seasons as a player and coach.

[Swampy]

Cornell will be lucky to win another game this season.  If the new AD doesn't fire Archer, then just drop the sport.

And use the money we save for an indoor facility for lacrosse and soccer.

[billhoward]

Who'd have thought Bill Belichick might be gone from the coaching ranks before a coach near to us? Since the start of the season, one oddsmaking site has said the odds the coach of the 1-5 Patriots being the first ousted has moved up from 50/1 to 20/1.

Code Select Expand

[b]First Head Coach Fired[/b]
Matt Eberflus                +100
Ron Rivera                   +500
Josh McDaniels               +800
Brandon Staley               +900
Mike Vrabel                  +900
Kevin O'Connell             +1400
Bill Belichick              +2000
Arthur Smith                +2500
Brian Daboll                +3300
Dennis Allen                +3300
Sean Payton                 +3300
Kevin Stefanski             +5000
Todd Bowles                 +5000
Source: sportsbetting dot ag (Antigua and Barbuda)

Patriots QB Mac Jones is now listed as the first healthy QB likely to be the next one benched.

[billhoward]

Halfway through the season, with each team having played five games, there are two bookends, Harvard at 2-0 and Columbia at 0-2, and everyone else -- Brown, Cornell, Yale, Dartmouth, Penn and Princeton -- is at 1-1.

I like to think we can beat Brown Saturday and get the season turned around. That's what I like to think. Three of our last five games are at home.

[David Harding]

https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/10/20

[billhoward]

https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2023/10/20

Hey, think happy thoughts about field house, willya?

[rss77]

To beat Brown Cornell players have to cease with the penalties-especially the personal fouls. Run game has to do better-lately Cornell has had too many 3rd and Longs and to keep Brown's potent pass offense off the field.

[billhoward]

We're in the second half of the season and only now does Cornell have a home Ivy League game: 1 pm Saturday versus the Brown Bears. Both teams 1-1. In fact, everyone in the Ivies is 1-1 except Harvard at 2-0 (5-0 overall) and Columbia at 0-2. Brown's win was a miracle 28-27 win over Princeton after being down by 14 with 12 to play, then tying in the final minute and winning in OT by blocking a Princeton PAT.  

Cornell PR pregame notes: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2023/10/18/first-home-ivy-action-for-football-begins-when-the-big-red-hosts-brown.aspx

[Ken711]

Why does Cornell run their smallest RB Ean Pope at 5'7" 170lbs into the line on 3rd and 1?  He gets stuffed every time.

[scoop85]

Why does Cornell run their smallest RB Ean Pope at 5'7" 170lbs into the line on 3rd and 1?  He gets stuffed every time.

Our running back usage never ceases to amaze