[OT] Cornell on Berman's Top 10 on Sportscenter

[CM cWo 44]

For those who may have missed it, Chris Berman made a Cornell reference on Sportcenter's Top 10 Plays of the Week last night

In praising Brown (Berman's Alma Mater) Running Back Nick Hartigan for becoming only the 4th player in over 120 years of Ivy League Football to rush for 4000 career yards, Berman went on to say that Hartigan would never catch...

"Legendary running back Ed Marinaro from Cornell, who in the 1970's, on the frozen tundra of Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY, rushed for more than 4800 yards. A record that may never be broken"

--> Just thought it was cool considering they showed footage of Schoellkopf from the early 70's, plus it must be noted considering Cornell is mentioned on Sportscenter about once every 3 years. Here's to hoping that we'll be prominantly featured come early April.

[Josh '99]

[Q]CM cWo 44 Wrote:

 For those who may have missed it, Chris Berman made a Cornell reference on Sportcenter's Top 10 Plays of the Week last night

In praising Brown (Berman's Alma Mater) Running Back Nick Hartigan for becoming only the 4th player in over 120 years of Ivy League Football to rush for 4000 career yards, Berman went on to say that Hartigan would never catch...

"Legendary running back Ed Marinaro from Cornell, who in the 1970's, on the frozen tundra of Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY, rushed for more than 4800 yards. A record that may never be broken"[/q]...  except that Chad Levitt would've broken it if he hadn't gotten hurt in the second-to-last game of his senior year.  (Which isn't to take away from Marinaro, of course, especially given that he racked up all those yards over *three* years of varisty eligibility, but I'm just saying that Levitt demonstrates that it's within the realm of possibility that someone might break Marinaro's record at some point.)

Even so, of course, the mention on SportsCenter is great.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]CM cWo 44 Wrote:
"Legendary running back Ed Marinaro from Cornell, who in the 1970's, on the frozen tundra of Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY, rushed for more than 4800 yards. A record that may never be broken"
[/q]
I think it was 4715.  And keep in mind that was done in three seasons, with no automatic clock stoppage after first downs (I think the latter is correct).

[ben03]

you are correct sir, 4715 it is. :-)
http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/fbrirush.asp

[KeithK]

Quick question: it was still a frozen tundra when Marinaro played, right?  When did the fake stuff go in?

[dadeo]

well if anything, global warming means that it was more of a frozen tundra (in ithaca, im sure he was referring to, not the field) back then.

[Lowell '99]

Turf was installed in Schoellkopf in 1971.  I believe it was a reaction to allowing women into the Big Red Band one year earlier.  :-P

[jtwcornell91]

Berman, a Brown alum, is pretty good about giving props to the Ivies.

[KeithK]

[Q]well if anything, global warming means that it was more of a frozen tundra (in ithaca, im sure he was referring to, not the field) back then. [/q]Berman's phrase "the frozen tundra" originally referred specifically to the field at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

[jkahn]

[Q]LowellFrank Wrote:

 Turf was installed in Schoellkopf in 1971.  [/q]
That sounds about right - which means 2 years on mostly mud (it always seemed to rain on Saturdays) and one year on Polyturf.

[billhoward]

It was 4715 yards.
It was done in 3 not 4 years.
It was done with 9 not 10 games.
It was an average of 209 yards per season senior year (1881 over 9 games). The previous best was OJ's ~175 yards per game over 1 season. Had he played 10 games all three years he would have been the first guy to 5,000 yards as well as the first to 4,000 (Steve Owens of Oklahoma had ~3867).
It really was amazing. Marinaro just blew past the existing records.

For all Marinaro accomplished, there were still some of those almosts ...

... almost won the Heisman
... almost gave Cornell an undisputed Ivy title (Cornell lost to Dartmouth because the best receiver was sick and Dartmouth,which lost to somebody else, put like 9 men on the line each play)

... and if ESPN wanted to do another mention of Cornell, why not the trick kick play at Princeton. We had a zillion neat trick plays, most of them worked, but we forgot to run the trick plays the concluded in the end zone.

[Jordan 04]

[Q]jkahn Wrote:

 [Q2]LowellFrank Wrote:

 Turf was installed in Schoellkopf in 1971.  [/Q]
That sounds about right - which means 2 years on mostly mud (it always seemed to rain on Saturdays) and one year on Polyturf.[/q]

Uh-oh...I sense a really bad Commencement speech about to break out!

[Rich S]

yes he is...even when they're not correct, i.e., his reference a few years back to the "packed crowds" at Brown hockey games when he was there.

[Rich S]

Bill,

I have forgotten how close he came to winning the Heisman?

[Beeeej]

What an amazing coincidence that you attended every game he did!

Beeeej