Cornell football 2024

[big29red]

Ditto! As a former player and supporter of Big Red athletics for over 40 yrs now, I have been embarrassed by the charade Andy Noel let happen for quite a long time, even before Archer took the helm. He and the admins have let the stadium crumble, really never upgraded the team facilities, and never really implemented a proper conditioning program. This all lead to multiple years of poor recruiting and not enough depth with a ton of injuries making matters worse. Now, Coach Swanstrom has to right the ship and he's just stating the facts. He knew this going in, but welcomed the challenge. He just might have not realized how much of a challenge it is, until he's been with the team for the past 6 months or so! I wish him all the luck in the world, it seems that the new AD has his back, and more importantly the team's back!!! These kids and parents did no deserve this over the years, but hey- it got them into Cornell and they graduated with pretty good job prospects for the most part. I'm not really sure why Cornell has these issues, but I have to believe it's top down w/$$ and cents. They want a world class educational experience, they should want the same for the athletics program. Hopefully turning a corner with our new AD!!

[billhoward]

And the final is Akron 31, Colgate not Columbia 20. Saturday's Cornell-at-Colgate game gives us an idea of how we compare to, ah, Akron.

[rss77]

Swamstrom has been given more resources than Archer.  Let's hope it works out.  Success in college sports sports comes down to recruiting and that was Archer and many other Cornell coaches have fallen short(Exceptions granted to Musick, Baughan, and Hofher regimes). Comes down to talent that is being put on the field.

[billhoward]

Swamstrom has been given more resources than Archer.  Let's hope it works out.  Success in college sports sports comes down to recruiting and that was Archer and many other Cornell coaches have fallen short(Exceptions granted to Musick, Baughan, and Hofher regimes). Comes down to talent that is being put on the field.

And success comes from involved alumni especially football alumni. Princeton football alumni try to help every one of the 85 or so people on the team find summer internships in the careers they hope to pursue, and are for the most part successful. Including the team managers. But Princeton alumni are broadly helpful in trying to find summer and then full-time jobs for students. It's one reason why the WSJ ranks Princeton the No. 1 college in America: Because a big part of the rating is how the students fare once graduated, financially, in adult life, on the 2024-25 Wall Street Journal college ratings. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/wsj-best-colleges-2025-princeton-babson-stanford-52443de8?st=mkmgfR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 1. Princeton, 2. Babson, 3. Stanford.

[marty]

Swamstrom has been given more resources than Archer.  Let's hope it works out.  Success in college sports sports comes down to recruiting and that was Archer and many other Cornell coaches have fallen short(Exceptions granted to Musick, Baughan, and Hofher regimes). Comes down to talent that is being put on the field.

And success comes from involved alumni especially football alumni. Princeton football alumni try to help every one of the 85 or so people on the team find summer internships in the careers they hope to pursue, and are for the most part successful. Including the team managers. But Princeton alumni are broadly helpful in trying to find summer and then full-time jobs for students. It's one reason why the WSJ ranks Princeton the No. 1 college in America: Because a big part of the rating is how the students fare once graduated, financially, in adult life, on the 2024-25 Wall Street Journal college ratings. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/wsj-best-colleges-2025-princeton-babson-stanford-52443de8?st=mkmgfR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 1. Princeton, 2. Babson, 3. Stanford.

Good to know.

Now please explain why Quinnipiac Community College is ranked 91 while Johns Hopkins U. is 92.  Also Qpuke is ahead of BC at 100, Amherst College at 120, Clarkson at 138 and Williams College at 174.

::screwy::

[Al DeFlorio]

Swamstrom has been given more resources than Archer.  Let's hope it works out.  Success in college sports sports comes down to recruiting and that was Archer and many other Cornell coaches have fallen short(Exceptions granted to Musick, Baughan, and Hofher regimes). Comes down to talent that is being put on the field.

And success comes from involved alumni especially football alumni. Princeton football alumni try to help every one of the 85 or so people on the team find summer internships in the careers they hope to pursue, and are for the most part successful. Including the team managers. But Princeton alumni are broadly helpful in trying to find summer and then full-time jobs for students. It's one reason why the WSJ ranks Princeton the No. 1 college in America: Because a big part of the rating is how the students fare once graduated, financially, in adult life, on the 2024-25 Wall Street Journal college ratings. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/wsj-best-colleges-2025-princeton-babson-stanford-52443de8?st=mkmgfR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 1. Princeton, 2. Babson, 3. Stanford.

Good to know.

Now please explain why Quinnipiac Community College is ranked 91 while Johns Hopkins U. is 92.  Also Qpuke is ahead of BC at 100, Amherst College at 120, Clarkson at 138 and Williams College at 174.

::screwy::

It's the WSJ.  All success is measured in $$$.

[Swampy]

Swamstrom has been given more resources than Archer.  Let's hope it works out.  Success in college sports sports comes down to recruiting and that was Archer and many other Cornell coaches have fallen short(Exceptions granted to Musick, Baughan, and Hofher regimes). Comes down to talent that is being put on the field.

And success comes from involved alumni especially football alumni. Princeton football alumni try to help every one of the 85 or so people on the team find summer internships in the careers they hope to pursue, and are for the most part successful. Including the team managers. But Princeton alumni are broadly helpful in trying to find summer and then full-time jobs for students. It's one reason why the WSJ ranks Princeton the No. 1 college in America: Because a big part of the rating is how the students fare once graduated, financially, in adult life, on the 2024-25 Wall Street Journal college ratings. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/wsj-best-colleges-2025-princeton-babson-stanford-52443de8?st=mkmgfR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink 1. Princeton, 2. Babson, 3. Stanford.

Good to know.

Now please explain why Quinnipiac Community College is ranked 91 while Johns Hopkins U. is 92.  Also Qpuke is ahead of BC at 100, Amherst College at 120, Clarkson at 138 and Williams College at 174.

::screwy::

It's the WSJ.  All success is measured in $$$.

You're right. Babson is a good example. It accepts about 1/5 of all applicants, and 50% of all students have SAT's between 1350 and 1510. Its list of majors includes 14 business-related subjects plus 8 others. The first group includes subjects like Economics, which elsewhere might be less business-focused, but I doubt they're not business-focused at Babson because it's basically an undergraduate business school.

I do know a recent Babson grad. He graduated around 2018 and went to work at a Boston hedge-fund firm. He's currently making over $1mm per year.

[billhoward]

[caution, severe thread drift]

It's the WSJ.  All success is measured in $$$.

More politely, the Wall Street [emphasis added] Journal says it weighted more heavily the impact the school has on the young scholar's later financial well-being.

[thread drift begins here:] I would say, after many decades in publishing, that someone looking to make a name and financial sufficiency in this business should ignore newspapers / magazines and lean toward TV or online videos (if you're young, lithe and glib).  One can still do well in broadcasting, off-camera, no matter how homely average you look.

If you still have the bug for newspaper journalism, do as was done by Ted Williams (different Ted Williams), former reporter for the Charlotte Observer – made his money as a local entrepreneur – who Sept. 2024 made a $5M bid for the Observer. Which is the same amount as he made selling the local news site Charlotte Agenda, letter selling it to Axios for $5 million in 2020, and later benefitting the $525M Axios sale to Cox. The am and pm Springfield (MA) newspapers where I worked early 1980s had about 150 reporters / editors and now it has fewer than 15, I year (although it's augment by a larger statewide newsgathering siblng in a different building). If I had the money to piss away (I have doubts the maybe Charlotte operation will make money), that'd be more fun than buying a minor league baseball or hockey team.

WSJ story: He Worked at the Charlotte Observer. Now He Wants to Buy It: Local entrepreneur Ted Williams offered a detailed plan to revitalize the paper, complete with a budget

[Ken711]

Cornell is really lacking depth on the OL.  It's going to be a real struggle this year if they lose any more players to injuries on the OL.  Jackson Bradley had to leave team due to chronic knee problem.  Mike Jones left the team as well.  They have moved Kevin Ma from the defensive line to the starting center.  Other OL who played in games last year are dinged up as well.  One Cornell incoming class freshman is on the two deep at guard. Despite Colgate's 0-3 record, they should be favored playing at home, as Cornell will be learning a completely new offense and with it I expect mistakes and penalties.

[mike1960]

Seats available.

[arugula]

Columbia all over Lafayette.   shocking

[mike1960]

Excellent play designs and calls on that first drive. Colgate on its heels the whole time. Just need a little better execution on the pitches and catches.

Cornell field goal. 3-0

[mike1960]

Good Cornell defense. They were pushed around a little at first but did better on short yardage situations and got some pressure on the QB on passing situations.

Colgate field goal. 3-3

[mike1960]

Great Cornell drive!  Ran some option and good routes with a modified hurry up offense. Wang threw a dime and completed a 40 yarder to around the 15. Two plays later, and nice pass to the corner for a TD.

Cornell 10-3

I have to get going so I'll have to watch the game later. I'm excited at how this season has started!

[Al DeFlorio]

Can anybody here play defense?