Cornell Football 2026

[stereax]

The problem with the NFL (and all levels of football) is that I know too much about head injuries at this point to be able to enjoy watching it. You can see guys' brains getting destroyed on every play. I notice even the micro-concussions that linemen get every play from colliding with each other. Makes it hard to justify continuing to engage with football, even though it was my favorite sport at one point.

Holy shit rare BL W take

But yeah no unfortunately football for me is like, "the thing you can waste time with before hockey starts". Due to fantasy I know of a bunch of football players, but you watch a real game and just start going. Man. They're really putting people in a meat grinder.

Like, I cheer for the Devils, right? The world's most injury-prone NHL team? But at least they don't routinely lose like, 3 guys a night, like I usually see with football games. Shit's brutal. And CTE ain't a joke.

(But also, you can get CTE with other sports as well - Bettman famously keeps denying hockey has a CTE link, for one.)

And, for Trots, I think Jagr is still being Weekend at Bernie's-ed around Kladno?

[ugarte]

The problem with the NFL (and all levels of football) is that I know too much about head injuries at this point to be able to enjoy watching it. You can see guys' brains getting destroyed on every play. I notice even the micro-concussions that linemen get every play from colliding with each other. Makes it hard to justify continuing to engage with football, even though it was my favorite sport at one point.

I will never quit football and I have successfully staved off shame even though no lies spotted.

[upprdeck]

So Cornell has played
lost to top 20 Colgate
beaten top 20 Yale

and after Gtown plays
top 25 Harvard
then top 5 Lehigh

I guess they will know what they are playing for those last 5 games.

[Ken711]

Not Cornell directly related, but some sad news. Tony Reno former Yale head football coach for 14 years, passed away today. His son Dante Reno QB on current Yale team was injured and did not play last's weeks game against Cornell.

[big29red]

Watching the Cornell Harvard football game. This is a complete embarrassment, as usual when playing Harvard. Open receivers all over the field, no defensive back within 5 yards of them. The play calling is horrific, we are down 28 points and he's throwing to the sideline. Not sure this is gonna work out with Swanstrom either. The problem is we just don't have the players, especially upfront on the O or D line. Not enough strength or size, especially on the D line. really need to step up the recruiting if they want to stay competitive. Also, we need a quarterback who can throw the ball down the field, #8 isn't the answer. He certainly can run, but that's about it.

[Al DeFlorio]

Also, we need a quarterback who can throw the ball down the field, #8 isn't the answer. He certainly can run, but that's about it.

Agree.  What's especially disappointing is we've seen nothing of the quarterbacks Swanstrom has brought in these past two years.  That tells me none have shown he could lead Cornell out of this long-standing mediocrity.

[Local Motion]

Yeah another tough loss to Harvard today.   I can't even remember the last time Cornell football beat Harvard?   

I was at the game and despite score, the players never stopped playing and reached the end zone a couple of times in the fourth quarter to make the game a little more respectable at 41-29.   

The biggest difference between Harvard and Cornell football, is the Crimson runs their program more like a big time D1 program.  If Cornell athletics treated football like we do ice hockey and lacrosse we would have a much better team.   

[Trotsky]

Odd game.  Team defending one side of the field outscored the other 67-3.

[Ken711]

The biggest difference between Harvard and Cornell football, is the Crimson runs their program more like a big time D1 program.  If Cornell athletics treated football like we do ice hockey and lacrosse we would have a much better team.   

And what would that look like? 

[rss77]

From my vantage point at the game I want state the obvious-that Cornell was outclassed athletically. Harvard has the talent to compete in the lower reaches of Group of 6 FBS schools IMO. Cornell's top receivers Musungu and Kurtz were rarely open for example. Overall I like the coaching and the overall improvement of the team but like yesterday sometimes you face a team that is just better. 

[ugarte]

From my vantage point at the game I want state the obvious-that Cornell was outclassed athletically. Harvard has the talent to compete in the lower reaches of Group of 6 FBS schools IMO. Cornell's top receivers Musungu and Kurtz were rarely open for example. Overall I like the coaching and the overall improvement of the team but like yesterday sometimes you face a team that is just better. 

THANK YOU

#18 Harvard beat #22 Colgate last week; that same Colgate team beat us very badly. We scored 29 points against the Crimson; they hadn't given up more than 17 in its first three games. I won't say that our defense played well - they were overmatched - but they had their moments early in the game. We are not a team that should be expected to hang wiith a ranked FCS opponent.

We were expected to lose to Harvard very badly, and we did. Why this would cause any rending of garments is a mystery to me. We were also expected to get blown out by Yale and did not. Obviously, Yale was hampered by the Reno injury but even with a backup QB they'd have been a huge favorite. We didn't just win; we won comfortably (before hammering Georgetown.) The pre-Swanstrom program was terrible. it is no longer terrible. It is not *good* yet but it is definitely looking better than at any time since under Knowles.

Up next is 6-0 #5 Lehigh. They are very likely to beat the brakes off of us. I strongly suggest not "learning" anything from that. The story of this team will be told against the rest of our league schedule. If we go 5-2, it will be our first time doing that well in-conference since 2000. Keep your expectations suitably low.

[BearLover]

Up next is 6-0 #5 Lehigh. They are very likely to beat the brakes off of us. I strongly suggest not "learning" anything from that. The story of this team will be told against the rest of our league schedule. If we go 5-2, it will be our first time doing that well in-conference since 2000. Keep your expectations suitably low.

We have not even gone 4-3 since 2005.

[BearLover]

If Cornell athletics treated football like we do ice hockey and lacrosse we would have a much better team.   

I think you fundamentally misunderstand how these programs are run. There is no favoritism from the AD towards hockey and lacrosse. Rather, anything these programs have beyond the bare minimum comes from donors. And what these programs do have, in terms of facilities, money for coaches' salaries, etc. is below par for their competition.