Cornell Football 2016

CAS
Cornell football picked last in Ivy media poll out today.

KeithK

CAS
Cornell football picked last in Ivy media poll out today.

In other shocking news today, the sun rose in the east this morning!

CAS
Cornell football picked last in Ivy media poll out today.

CAS
Rather large gap between Columbia picked 7th (43 points) and Cornell (20 points). We seem to be a consensus pick.

Ken711

CAS
Rather large gap between Columbia picked 7th (43 points) and Cornell (20 points). We seem to be a consensus pick.

Last is still last. We are the new "Columbia" in Ivy League football.

CAS
Keith, think that's a maximum of 3 media members who don't have us finishing last.

CAS
Meant no offense Keith. Was just showing how negative the media is re our football prospects this season, in year 4 of the Archer era (5-25 to date).

billhoward
Don't see any obvious W's among the four Cornell games that are televised. Although Brown without Dylan Molloy's supporting cast may not be very - um, wrong sport. [www.cornellbigred.com]

Oct 8 At Harvard
Oct 22 At Brown
Oct 29 Princeton
Nov 19 Penn

billhoward
Cynic. We have Columbia's number: the last 3, 4 of the last 5. Should have been 5 of 6 because how in 2010 could Cornell allow Columbia to score 17 unanswered fourth-quarter points and win by 3 (below). Not as sad as Syracuse lacrosse the year before.

billhoward
Cynic.

CAS
Cornell football's last win over a team other than Columbia was Nov. 23, 2013.

CU2007
[cornellsun.com]

What planet am I on? How is this offensive to anyone? It's a hat.

billhoward

CU2007
[cornellsun.com]

What planet am I on? How is this offensive to anyone? It's a hat.

Easy. It's considered, by some, to be cultural appropriation, or one culture taking elements of another culture, especially from an emerging culture. So if you bring back a sombrero souvenir from Senor Frog, you might be criticized for wearing it when you return from Cancun. Wearing lederhosen might be appropriating from the German culture, although unless you are tall and not husky, looking silly is punishment enough.

You may think this is all BS and you would not be alone. But it's important to at least understand there can be this kind of conflict on campus that didn't exist a generation ago.

ugarte
FYP

Trotsky
Well so far, to coin a phrase, holy fucking shit.

Trotsky
...holy fucking shit.

ugarte

billhoward
Don't see any obvious W's among the four Cornell games that are televised. Although Brown without Dylan Molloy's supporting cast may not be very - um, wrong sport. [www.cornellbigred.com]

Oct 8 At Harvard
Oct 22 At Brown
Oct 29 Princeton
Nov 19 Penn

FYP

nyc94
First 2-0 start since 2009, coincidentally against same two opponents. That season ended 2-8.

Trotsky
But for one week, enjoy.

ugarte

Trotsky
But for one week, enjoy.

Gotta wonder if the guy running that page went to Yale and is trolling by not considering the game a conference win.

IvyLeagye.come
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Cornell and Dartmouth swept the Ivy League football weekly awards after signature wins over the weekend.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks (San Antonio) led the Big Red to a 27-13 win over Yale in the Ivy League opener for both teams, passing for 306 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. He completed 23-of-32 passes, including 15-of-16 in the first half for 235 yards and two touchdowns as the Big Red raced out to a 24-3 halftime advantage. Cornell is 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 2009.

Banks is the first Big Red to be named Offensive Player of the Week since Jeff Mathews on Nov. 25, 2013.

Banks’ Statistics for the Week
23-32-0, 71.9 Completion %, 306 Yds., 2 TDs; 13 Rushes, 20 Yds.


...

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore placekicker Zach Mays (Las Vegas) continued his hot start to the season, hitting both of his field goals and all three of his extra point attempts in the Big Red’s 27-13 win over Yale. His first field goal came as time expired in the first half and pushed Cornell’s lead to 24-3. Mays recorded four touchbacks on five kickoffs, and the Big Red special teams was up to the task on the only kickoff Yale returned, stopping the runner at the 17-yard-line.

Mays takes home Special Teams Player of the Week for the second-straight week to become the first Big Red to earn two such awards in the same year since Brad Greenway in 2011.

Mays’ Statistics for the Week
2-2 FG, 37 Lg., 3-3 XP, 9 Pts.; 5 KO, 4 TB


Honor Roll

Chris Fraser, Cornell (Sr., P – Bakersfield, Calif.)
7 Punts, 282 Yds., 40.3 Avg., 50 Lg., 4 in20, 3 FC, 2 TB

Jackson Weber, Cornell (Sr., LB – Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
9 Tckls., 2 Asst., 11 Total, 1 TFL, 4 Yds., 1 INT, 7 Yds., 1 BrUp

billhoward
Good luck to the Big Red. The game at Colgate may be Cornell's toughest game of the season other than Harvard. Colgate is #25 in the FCS polls. Harvard is #19, Dartmouth also receives votes. [www.ncaa.com]

margolism
According to the Cornell web site, last 3-0 start was 2008.

The last time Cornell defeated a ranked school, on the road, was a bit further back....1950.

Ivy League release

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks led the Big Red to a come-from-behind 39-38 win at No. 25 Colgate. Banks completed 25-of-45 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns. Banks was at his best on the game’s final drive after the Big Red got the ball back at its own 43, marching the visitors 57 yards in six plays and the game-winning TD. The 454 passing yards rank eighth in a single game in Cornell history, while his four touchdown passes were one off the top school mark.

Banks Statistics for the Week
25-of-45, 55.6 Completion %, 454 Yds., 4 TDs

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Cornell junior Kurt Frimel had two of the biggest defensive plays of the day in the Big Red’s win at No. 25 Colgate as part of a 10-tackle day. Frimel’s 4-yard sack in the second quarter got Cornell on the board with a safety. Then, trailing 38-33 with less than two minutes left, Frimel got into the backfield to stop a Colgate ball-carrier on fourth-and-4 to give Cornell a chance it would convert for the game-winning touchdown.

Frimel’s Statistics for the Week
6 tckls., 4 asst., 10 total, 1 sack, 2 TFL


SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Chris Fraser’s ability to flip the field was instrumental in Cornell’s road win at No. 25 Colgate. He punted three times and pinned the Raiders inside their own 7 yard line all three times at the 2, 7 and 4 yard lines. Fraser, a preseason first-team All-American, averaged 36.0 yards and didn’t allow a return yard while punting on short fields all day long.

Fraser’s Statistics for the Week
3 punts, 108 yards

billhoward
Cornell QB Dalton Banks is co-player of the week, again, along with the Harvard QB. Banks threw for 454 and 5 TDs; Harvard's Joe Viviano threw for 210 and 3 TDs. Cornell's Kurt Frimel was the defensive player of the week. Punter Chris Fraser was special teams player of the week. [www.ivyleague.com]

Ivy League release

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks led the Big Red to a come-from-behind 39-38 win at No. 25 Colgate. Banks completed 25-of-45 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns. Banks was at his best on the game’s final drive after the Big Red got the ball back at its own 43, marching the visitors 57 yards in six plays and the game-winning TD. The 454 passing yards rank eighth in a single game in Cornell history, while his four touchdown passes were one off the top school mark.

Banks Statistics for the Week
25-of-45, 55.6 Completion %, 454 Yds., 4 TDs

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Cornell junior Kurt Frimel had two of the biggest defensive plays of the day in the Big Red’s win at No. 25 Colgate as part of a 10-tackle day. Frimel’s 4-yard sack in the second quarter got Cornell on the board with a safety. Then, trailing 38-33 with less than two minutes left, Frimel got into the backfield to stop a Colgate ball-carrier on fourth-and-4 to give Cornell a chance it would convert for the game-winning touchdown.

Frimel’s Statistics for the Week
6 tckls., 4 asst., 10 total, 1 sack, 2 TFL


SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Chris Fraser’s ability to flip the field was instrumental in Cornell’s road win at No. 25 Colgate. He punted three times and pinned the Raiders inside their own 7 yard line all three times at the 2, 7 and 4 yard lines. Fraser, a preseason first-team All-American, averaged 36.0 yards and didn’t allow a return yard while punting on short fields all day long.

Fraser’s Statistics for the Week
3 punts, 108 yards

Jeff Hopkins '82
We gave up 38 points. Doesn't sound like we were all that dominant on defense.

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82
We gave up 38 points. Doesn't sound like we were all that dominant on defense.

Think of it as two different games. Lost the first 31-12; won the second 27-7. The defense was good in the "second" game.

Al DeFlorio
If the wind picks up off the Charles it will turn the Stadium into a wind tunnel blowing from the closed toward the open end. Harvard is accustomed to dealing with this. Visiting teams are not. A big advantage. Want to run down the clock as much as you can going into the wind and do the opposite (e.g., no-huddle offense) with the wind behind, maximizing your number of plays with the wind.

scoop85
I heard Mays got hurt during the week - to what extent I don't know

scoop85
I heard Mays got hurt during the week - to what extent I don't know

Ken711
Cornell WR coach Bobby Acosta has resigned for personal family reasons.

scoop85

Ken711
Cornell WR coach Bobby Acosta has resigned for personal family reasons.

That's too bad -- he seemed like a high energy positive guy

TimV
If you have DirecTV it's on 608.

Scersk '97
Boy, it's Saturday afternoon and Brown can't score, no matter how often we hand the ball over to them.

ugarte
Punt coverage sucks and now the OL is wheezing and Banks has nowhere to go.

ugarte
good lord the playcalling in ot was shit. too many shots at the end zone; nothing over the middle. really no attempts to let a receiver get free except by running straight ahead. the ot touchdown was pretty but it was insane that it worked - banks was just not very accurate. the last play of the game was an example - deitz had room to run but the throw was shit and he had to reach for it and fell down.

also, the tackling was awful.

CAS
Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

CAS
Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

shasta1
It was inexcusable to have a delay of game penalty after a timeout for goodness sake. How can that happen??? They could have nailed the win down at that point. I don't think a 3-0 start should save his job. He can not play call period.

scoop85

CAS
Cornell is now 8-29 in the 4th year under David Archer

I don't know how they'll end up, but they are surely much improved this year. Of course the bar was pretty low, but there's no denying the increased competitiveness