Cornell football 2024

[Ken711]

For Cornell lineman Hunter Nourzad made the final NFL Kansas City Chiefs 53 man roster.  Will a backup guard and center.

[ugarte]

For Cornell lineman Hunter Nourzad made the final NFL Kansas City Chiefs 53 man roster.  Will a backup guard and center.

Former Cornell safety Jalyx Hunt made the Eagles roster; he was switched to DL after transferring to Houston Christian during the pandemic.

[Ken711]

For Cornell lineman Hunter Nourzad made the final NFL Kansas City Chiefs 53 man roster.  Will a backup guard and center.

Former Cornell safety Jalyx Hunt made the Eagles roster; he was switched to DL after transferring to Houston Christian during the pandemic.

Thanks for that find. Good luck to Jalyx as well.

[Local Motion]

I was reading the Cornell Daily Sun, but they are so busy reporting protests regarding a war 6,000 miles away, no time to discuss Big Red sports I guess.  

I want to keep out of the politics.  With that said any updates on Big Red football, soccer, cross-country, and other fall sports on campus?

I'll open with Cornell soccer (football in the rest of the world) opens this Saturday at home vs. Marist at 5:00 pm.   Meanwhile women's soccer tied Colgate last weekend.

[Weder]

The women's hockey team posted pics from practice on their instagram the other day, which means that my attention is already focused on hockey haha.

[chimpfood]

I'm excited for the soccer season as well, that's basically the one fall sport that I watch here and I think the team could be pretty good this year, hopefully sneaking into the NCAA tourney.

[CAS]

The Daily Sun has an interview with Coach Swanstrom

[David Harding]

The Daily Sun has an interview with Coach Swanstrom

https://cornellsun.com/2024/09/03/sun-exclusive-one-on-one-with-dan-swanstrom-part-two-the-philosophy/

[CAS]

Part 1 of the Sun's interview with Coach
Swanstrom was published earlier this week.

[big29red]

Great 2-part interview w/ Coach Swanstrom! The last few quotes in the article are quite telling and an indictment of the last coaching regime. He is explaining the difference between taking over at Penn as an OC and now as a Head Coach at Cornell-"This team's got more work to do. I think there's some want to and there's some passion, but the collective group has no clue. Like, that group at Penn was well trained, they were in shape. They were ready to compete. We have much further to go."

Boy, that doesn't give me a good feeling about this year's team/outcomes. The administration let the Archer debacle go on for too long, now Swanstrom really will need 2-3 years to get this going in the right direction. Lack of facilities, run down stadium, and general apathy have made it quite easy for all the opposing Ivy coaches to negatively recruit us, leaving us with sub-par recruiting classes for a while now. This is changing under the new coaching staff, and the '28 and '29 grad class recruits look outstanding. He needs all the help he can get from the admins in order to bring Big Red football back to where it belongs, and not an afterthought on campus as compared to the the other men's teams on the Hill!

[Ken711]

Great 2-part interview w/ Coach Swanstrom! The last few quotes in the article are quite telling and an indictment of the last coaching regime. He is explaining the difference between taking over at Penn as an OC and now as a Head Coach at Cornell-"This team's got more work to do. I think there's some want to and there's some passion, but the collective group has no clue. Like, that group at Penn was well trained, they were in shape. They were ready to compete. We have much further to go."

Boy, that doesn't give me a good feeling about this year's team/outcomes. The administration let the Archer debacle go on for too long, now Swanstrom really will need 2-3 years to get this going in the right direction. Lack of facilities, run down stadium, and general apathy have made it quite easy for all the opposing Ivy coaches to negatively recruit us, leaving us with sub-par recruiting classes for a while now. This is changing under the new coaching staff, and the '28 and '29 grad class recruits look outstanding. He needs all the help he can get from the admins in order to bring Big Red football back to where it belongs, and not an afterthought on campus as compared to the the other men's teams on the Hill!

In regards to training, one important but under the radar hiring was a strength and conditioning coach specifically for football.  That should go a long way towards improving the team in matchups with the bigger and stronger players from the top tier Ivy teams.  I'm not expecting a miracle and a quick turnaround, but this coach and staff is definitely putting the pieces in place for the future.  With the Meinig field house to built, that should certainly help facility wise with recruiting. I agree on the Archer era lasting well past his expire date, thanks Andy. But again, I'm excited for the future of this football program, for the first time in over a decade!

[big29red]

Agree on all points Ken!

[mike1960]

Great 2-part interview w/ Coach Swanstrom! The last few quotes in the article are quite telling and an indictment of the last coaching regime. He is explaining the difference between taking over at Penn as an OC and now as a Head Coach at Cornell-"This team's got more work to do. I think there's some want to and there's some passion, but the collective group has no clue. Like, that group at Penn was well trained, they were in shape. They were ready to compete. We have much further to go."

Boy, that doesn't give me a good feeling about this year's team/outcomes. The administration let the Archer debacle go on for too long, now Swanstrom really will need 2-3 years to get this going in the right direction. Lack of facilities, run down stadium, and general apathy have made it quite easy for all the opposing Ivy coaches to negatively recruit us, leaving us with sub-par recruiting classes for a while now. This is changing under the new coaching staff, and the '28 and '29 grad class recruits look outstanding. He needs all the help he can get from the admins in order to bring Big Red football back to where it belongs, and not an afterthought on campus as compared to the the other men's teams on the Hill!

I'm looking forward to the day the stadium gets a full makeover.

[Swampy]

Great 2-part interview w/ Coach Swanstrom! The last few quotes in the article are quite telling and an indictment of the last coaching regime. He is explaining the difference between taking over at Penn as an OC and now as a Head Coach at Cornell-"This team's got more work to do. I think there's some want to and there's some passion, but the collective group has no clue. Like, that group at Penn was well trained, they were in shape. They were ready to compete. We have much further to go."

Boy, that doesn't give me a good feeling about this year's team/outcomes. The administration let the Archer debacle go on for too long, now Swanstrom really will need 2-3 years to get this going in the right direction. Lack of facilities, run down stadium, and general apathy have made it quite easy for all the opposing Ivy coaches to negatively recruit us, leaving us with sub-par recruiting classes for a while now. This is changing under the new coaching staff, and the '28 and '29 grad class recruits look outstanding. He needs all the help he can get from the admins in order to bring Big Red football back to where it belongs, and not an afterthought on campus as compared to the the other men's teams on the Hill!

I'm looking forward to the day the stadium gets a full makeover.

Well, I'd be sad if it literally did. During Cornell's glory days, we beat teams like Michigan regularly. (Our overall record against the Wolverines is 12-6.) The Kopf was the scene of our last victory over them (20-7). Just as the Acropolis adds a taste of ancient glory to Athens, the Kopf adds a taste of (not-so-) ancient glory to Cornell. A full makeover of the Acropolis would be a hotel with decorative pillars in the lobby and a statue or two; a full makeover of the Kopf would be something like Malone Stadium with a statue of Touchdown The Bear.

IMHO, something more akin to (most of) the marginal upgrades at Lynah would be preferable to a full makeover.

[CAS]

Part 3 of the Sun's interview with Coach Swanstrom has been posted.