Cornell football at 22/25 Harvard (Friday)

[ugarte]

Ugh. This is the ESPN U game tonight at 7. We are 33.5 point underdogs.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I think I'll watch local high school football.  Bethlehem Catholic is playing Nazareth and Allentown Central Catholic is playing Parkland.  Neither one will be especially competitive, but they'll be closer than our game against Sucks.

Plus PA high school football has a mercy rule.

[mike1960]

33.5 point underdogs.

Is that a lot?

[Al DeFlorio]

Usual start.

[ugarte]

Bass-Sulpezio gets the start and completes a nice pass for a first down. Almost immediately followed by a botched pitch that Cornell kicks around until Harvard scoops it for 6. Under review for possible forward shovel pass... it's very close... TD Harvard. hoo boy.

[mike1960]

Someone should tell #5 that you don't run past the guy you're supposed to block.

It was a good call and design.

[scoop85]

We've had a few decent passes, but lack the crispness. By game four I'd like to see better execution.

[mike1960]

The Harvard QB completes 75% of his passes?

[mike1960]

Nice play by the defensive back!

[mike1960]

This team is showing a lot of fight.

[big29red]

Offensively, this team is poorly prepared, poorly coached, and certainly lacking the personnel they need to even stay on the field. That last set of downs, the quarterback, missed a wide open receiver for an easy touchdown while he had his head down. I don't know what they need to do, in order to attract better players, but something needs to change or they might as well just dump this program.
Defensively, receivers are wide open. They're given so much cushion, and we're putting no pressure on the quarterback with rushing only three people. This coaching staff has some issues, I do realize, however, that this defensive line is so small. Again, not sure where this program is headed.

[mike1960]

Thank you, Mike Shanahan, for the practice of icing the kicker.

[mike1960]

Let's put a series of positive plays together here.

[mike1960]

Harvard is having too much success attacking our right defensive end. We need to get that fixed.

[mike1960]

End of the third quarter. Cornell moved it down to the 20. The refs missed an obvious holding call on the receiver that would have given Cornell a first down at around the fifteen. Cornell settles for a field goal. 17-10 Harvard with one full quarter to play.