Cornell Football 2016

Not the best performance today during Trustees/Council weekend

56-7. lol

CAS
Not the best performance today during Trustees/Council weekend

Ouch!

Archer needs to go. This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

That was a dismal performance on both ends of the football and sideline.

Ken711
Archer needs to go. This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer. The team will succeed when it is led by juniors and seniors. The sophomore class is good, Noel said, and next year they'll be, ah, juniors. In other words, hang in there, Cornell fans. He also talked about Jeff Matthews being asked about bringing in a highly successful D2 coach vs. hiring Archer, and Matthews said that Archer, hands-down, was the way the team wanted to go.

The other person who got singled out for praise - a lot - was basketball coach Brian Earl, ex of Princeton. I tailgated with some Princeton alums (who had a liquor distributor among their numbers, so it was a good tailgate) and several with connections deep inside Princeton athletics said Earl is a coach to watch, and to expect good things from him.

We know ADs and coaches paint rosy pictures for alumni. But Noel didn't need to go so far if they planned to toss Archer from the train.

billhoward

Ken711
Archer needs to go. This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer.

The dreaded vote of confidence.

billhoward

Ken711
Archer needs to go. This team is going to end up 3-7 as I suspected.

Unlikely to happen. At a breakfast for alumni Friday morning (the sports-minded of the people attending the trustee / council weekend), Andy Noel went out of his way to praise Archer. The team will succeed when it is led by juniors and seniors. The sophomore class is good, Noel said, and next year they'll be, ah, juniors. In other words, hang in there, Cornell fans. He also talked about Jeff Matthews being asked about bringing in a highly successful D2 coach vs. hiring Archer, and Matthews said that Archer, hands-down, was the way the team wanted to go.

The other person who got singled out for praise - a lot - was basketball coach Brian Earl, ex of Princeton. I tailgated with some Princeton alums (who had a liquor distributor among their numbers, so it was a good tailgate) and several with connections deep inside Princeton athletics said Earl is a coach to watch, and to expect good things from him.

We know ADs and coaches paint rosy pictures for alumni. But Noel didn't need to go so far if they planned to toss Archer from the train.

Thanks Bill. If Cornell ends the season with 7 straight losses that picture will be far from rosy.

5 straight losses with a good chance to be 7 straight and another 1-6 Ivy League finish.

In case you missed this from Yale's 21-14 win at Harvard that kept the Cantabs from a fourth straight Ivy title (Princeton and Penn share, each ending 6-1):

Boston Herald
It remained a tie game entering the final quarter, with Harvard driving near midfield as fans in the Yale student section stripped down and mooned the Crimson partisans. [www.bostonherald.com]

2-5 in the Ivies this year. In David Archer's 4 years as head coach, Cornell's Ivy record is 6-22, with a total of 2 wins (& 22 loses) vs Ivies other than Columbia.

Maybe Charlie Strong would be interested in resurrecting Big Red football. He will still be paid by Texas, so $ shouldn't be an issue. Would have excellent job security at Cornell.

Does he get paid if he accepts another job? Or maybe he still gets the difference in contracts?

If he accepts another job, that salary will offset part of what Texas is paying him. So Cornell could pay him $1. Maybe Les Miles might also be interested...

CAS
If he accepts another job, that salary will offset part of what Texas is paying him. So Cornell could pay him $1. Maybe Les Miles might also be interested...

Doesn't matter Archer is getting the last year of contract next season. Andy should draw a line in wins though, improve on 4 wins or you're out.

[www.ivyleaguesports.com] "Cornell also placed three on the first team, including junior safety Nick Gesualdi (Sykesville, Md.), a unanimous selection. Sophomore running back Chris Walker (Lewisburg, Tenn.) and senior punter Chris Fraser (Potomac, Md.) also earned first team nods. Fraser, the 2013 Rookie of the Year, takes home his fourth first-team All-Ivy nod, the first Big Red to accomplish the feat and just the third player total in Ivy football history, joining a pair of Crimson in linebacker Dante Balestracci (2000-03) and running back Clifton Dawson (2003-06)."

Unanimous coach of the year, Princeton's Bob Surace. Princeton and Cornell were in the same place (near the bottom). Surace was hired for the 2010 season and promptly went 1-9 and 0-7 in the Ivies then tied for the title in 2013, slipped to 4th then 6th, then came back to tie for 1st this year. 7 year totals 33-37. Similarly, this is Cornell's best overall record and Ivy finish this year, although that is a tie for 6th. Here's hoping to a better 2017.

Cornell sophomore QB Dalton Banks was honorable mention. That's a good start to build next year's offense around. Archer says the team is sophomore-heavy.

The release:

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Fr., WR/RS – Manvel, Texas)

COACH OF THE YEAR
*Bob Surace, Princeton

FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Offense
Larry Allen, Jr., Harvard (Jr., OL – Danville, Calif.)
*Nick Demes, Penn (Sr., OL – Western Springs, Ill.)
Dave Morrison, Dartmouth (Sr., OL – Latham, N.Y.)
Max Rich, Harvard (Sr., OL – Portland, Ore.)
Mitchell Sweigart, Princeton (Jr., OL – Washington Boro, Pa.)
*Alek Torgersen, Penn (Sr., QB – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
*John Lovett, Princeton (Jr., RB – Wantagh, N.Y.)
*Tre Solomon, Penn (Jr., RB – Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Chris Walker, Cornell (So., RB – Lewisburg, Tenn.)
Alexander Jette, Brown (Sr., WR/RS – North Attleboro, Mass.)
*Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard (So., WR – Sacramento, Calif.)
*Justin Watson, Penn (Jr., WR – Bridgeville, Pa.)
Anthony Firkser, Harvard (Sr., TE/HB – Manalapan, N.J.)

Defense
*James Duberg, Harvard (Sr., DT – Chula Vista, Calif.)
Kurt Holuba, Princeton (Jr., DL – Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.)
Richard Jarvis, Brown (Sr., DE – Watertown, Mass.)
Louis Vecchio, Penn (Jr., DE – Orange, Calif.)
Luke Catarius, Princeton (Sr., LB – Sandwich, Mass.)
Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Burtonsville, Md.)
Gianmarco Rea, Columbia (Sr., LB – Birmingham, Mich.)
William Twyman, Brown (Sr., ILB – Sudbury, Mass.)
James Gales, Princeton (Sr., DB – New York)
*Nick Gesualdi, Cornell (Jr., S – Sykesville, Md.)
Mason Williams, Penn (So., DB – Pasadena, Calif.)
Dorian Williams, Princeton (Sr., DB – Streetsboro, Ohio)

Special Teams
*Oren Milstein, Columbia (Fr., PK – Boca Raton, Fla.)
Chris Fraser, Cornell (Sr., P – Potomac, Md.)
Alexander Jette, Brown (Sr., WR/RS – North Attleboro, Mass.)

SECOND-TEAM ALL-IVY^
Offense
Dakota Girard, Brown (Sr., OL – Wellfleet, Mass.)
Matthew Girard, Brown (Sr., OL – Holyoke, Mass.)
Kendall Pace, Columbia (Sr., OL – Suitland, Md.)
Daniel Poulus, Penn (Sr., OL – Park Ridge, Ill.)
Eric Ramirez, Princeton (Jr., OL – York, Pa.)
Chad Kanoff, Princeton (Sr., QB – Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Alan Lamar, Yale (Fr., RB – Olive Branch, Miss.)
Joe Rhattigan, Princeton (Sr., RB – Naperville, Ill.)
Alan Watson, Columbia (Sr., RB – New Albany, Ohio)
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Fr., WR/RS – Manvel, Texas)
Christian Pearson, Penn (So., WR – Northridge, Calif.)
Scott Carpenter, Princeton (Sr., TE – Vienna, Va.)
Matt Sullivan, Cornell (Sr., TE – Pittsford, N.Y.)

Defense
D.J. Bailey, Harvard (So., DE – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Lord Hyeamang, Columbia (Jr., DL – Lakeville, Minn.)
Henry Schlossberg, Princeton (Sr., DL – Los Angeles)
Nick Tomkins, Dartmouth (Jr., DL – Matawan, N.J.)
Luke Hutton, Harvard (Jr., LB – Austin, Texas)
Rohan Hylton, Princeton (Sr., LB – Orlando, Fla.)
Nick Miller, Penn (So., LB – New Market, Md.)
Colton Moskal, Penn (Jr., LB – Lake Zurich, Ill.)
Brock Kenyon, Columbia (Sr., DB – Austin, Texas)
Raishaun McGhee, Harvard (Sr., CB – Windsor, Conn.)
Charlie Miller, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Shoreview, Minn.)
Sam Philippi, Penn (So., DB – Coto De Caza, Calif.)
Cameron Roane, Columbia (Jr., DB – Durham, N.C.)

Special Teams
Jake McIntyre, Harvard (Fr., PK – Orlando, Fla.)
Cameron Nizialek, Columbia (Sr., P/PK – Chantilly, Va.)
Jason Alessi, Yale (Jr., RS/DB – Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)

HONORABLE MENTION
Offense
John Foster, Cornell (Sr., OL – Scituate, Mass.)
Mason Friedline, Yale (Sr., OL – Seattle)
Matt Kaskey, Dartmouth (So., OL – Winnetka, Ill.)
Nathan Kirchmier, Penn (Jr., OL – Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
Karl Marback, Yale (Jr., OL – Birmingham, Mich.)
Reily Radosevich, Princeton (Fr., OL – Manalapan, N.J.)
Dalton Banks, Cornell (So., QB – San Antonio)
Miles Smith, Dartmouth (So., RB – Alpharetta, Ga.)
Isaiah Barnes, Princeton (Sr., WR – Freeport, N.Y.)
Jesper Horsted, Princeton (So., WR – Shoreview, Minn.)
Ben Rogers, Cornell (Sr., WR – Geneva, Ill.)
Adam Scott, Harvard (So., WR – Denton, Texas)

Defense
Brandon Cooper, Dartmouth (Sr., DE – Grand Prairie, Texas)
Zach Husain, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Evanston, Ill.)
Marty Moesta, Yale (Sr., DE – Grosse Pointe, Mich.)
Kyle Mullen, Yale (So., DE – Manalapan, N.J.)
Birk Olson, Princeton (Sr., LB – Monticello, Minn.)
Langston Ward, Harvard (Sr., DE – Spokane, Wash.)
Connor Jangro, Penn (Fr., LB – Jessup, Md.)
Darius Manora, Yale (Sr., LB – Alexandria, Va.)
Eric Meile, Dartmouth (Jr., LB – Ramsey, N.J.)
Matt Oplinger, Yale (Jr., OLB – Summitt, N.J.)
Jackson Weber, Cornell (Sr., OLB – Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
Max Tylki, Brown (Sr., ILB – Wethersfield, Conn.)
Sean Ahern, Harvard (Sr., CB – Cincinnati)
Lucas Bavaro, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Boxford, Mass.)
Dale Harris, Yale (Sr., DB/RB – Brooklandville, Md.)
Tanner Lee, Harvard (Jr., S – Spanish Fort, Ala.)

Special Teams
Hunter Kelly, Penn (Jr., P – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Tyler Roth, Princeton (Sr., P – Pittsburgh)
Trevor Osborne, Princeton (Sr., WR – Peoria, Ariz.)

*-Unanimous selection

Cornell: Sources tell FootballScoop offensive line coach Roy Istvan has resigned. Cornell now has the offensive line and the receivers position open.

Istvan was also the offensive coordinator.

How bout hiring Brian Kelly or Jim Tressel to turn around Big Red football? Maybe John Harbaugh would prefer a return to college?

CAS
How bout hiring Brian Kelly or Jim Tressel to turn around Big Red football? Maybe John Harbaugh would prefer a return to college?

With what support are you expecting they would receive from the administration....zero. I will stand by my statement that Dave Archer and his staff need to improve on 4 wins in the last year of his contract or there will be a search for a new coach.

YESSSSSSS

Cornell > Columbia > Brown > Bryant > Sacred Heart > Stony Brook > North Dakota > South Dakota > Illinois State > Northwestern > Pitt > Clemson

WE ARE THE TRANSITIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Finally we are the champions! Hopefully being nat'l champs will enable us to have stands on both sides of Schoelkopf.

To my surprise, I could have done this last year.

Hey, can we do this with other teams too? Basketball is an obvious choice, but we have so many non-NC teams, the entire athletics program should be subjected to champion-by-transitivity criteria.

Swampy
Hey, can we do this with other teams too? Basketball is an obvious choice, but we have so many non-NC teams, the entire athletics program should be subjected to champion-by-transitivity criteria.

Basketball was very simple.

Cornell > Northwestern > Michigan State > Saint Johns > Butler > Villanova

Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Hockey and basketball are always easy because even the best teams typically have a few losses and even the one-loss teams usually lost to a team with enough losses to give everyone a simple path. Football is fun because one big upset (Pitt over Clemson) can open up most of D-I and division jumping wins (Illinois State over Northwestern) open up the rest of football, because then the other division jumping applies to even NY Maritime:

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Chris '03

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Not this year.

FTR, Miami just made this easier: Cornell > Miami > UND

Jeff Hopkins '82

Chris '03

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Not this year.

FTR, Miami just made this easier: Cornell > Miami > UND

You can't use this year's games to beat last year's National Champ.

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82

Chris '03

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Not this year.

FTR, Miami just made this easier: Cornell > Miami > UND

You can't use this year's games to beat last year's National Champ.

Sorry, guess I wasn't sure of the rules of this game.

Jeff Hopkins '82

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82

Chris '03

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Not this year.

FTR, Miami just made this easier: Cornell > Miami > UND

You can't use this year's games to beat last year's National Champ.

Sorry, guess I wasn't sure of the rules of this game.

Yeah, sorry for not explaining. The transitive national championship looks back after the championship game and finds an A > B > C way to "claim" that your team was really the champ.

ugarte

Jeff Hopkins '82

Chris '03

Jeff Hopkins '82
Hockey:

Cornell > Merrimack > Providence > Denver > N. Dakota

Didn't Cornell beat PC too?

Not this year.

FTR, Miami just made this easier: Cornell > Miami > UND

You can't use this year's games to beat last year's National Champ.

Then we want to beat who? What? Third base.

I miss the other game where the previous year's Champ had 'The Belt', and it would transfer when they were beaten. Is that still being done somewhere for NCAA Hockey?

I think that's still a thread on USCHO.

I think Ursaminor is in charge of the belt.

Travis Burkett has left the staff for UNLV to serve as their rb coach. That means only two assistant coaches remain that came in when David Archer when he was named head coach. That's a lot of turnover.

Is there an offensive coordinator on the staff? Last year's OC is gone, & the football website doesn't list one.

CAS
Is there an offensive coordinator on the staff? Last year's OC is gone, & the football website doesn't list one.

CAS
Is there an offensive coordinator on the staff? Last year's OC is gone, & the football website doesn't list one.

Yes there is. Joe Villapiano who was an assistant on the Harvard staff for the last 10 years.

Former Cornell RB/WR player Chad Nice is now an assistant coach on the Cornell football staff. I'm assuming to coach either RBs or WRs.

Anyone know if they have a new defense back coach?

Have to wonder why the Cornell football website hasn't been updated to reflect the new coaching hires. Spring practice has begun.

CAS
Have to wonder why the Cornell football website hasn't been updated to reflect the new coaching hires. Spring practice has begun.

The new offense hires are known Villapiano and Nice), but I have no clue on the new DB coach to replace Travis Burkett. I agree, the football website and their Inside Cornell Football website, are both way behind on recent information.

Cornell officially announced their new OC and RB coaches that posted about previously. Interesting that now Cornell is down to 7 assistant coaches, where as other Ivy staffs have 9, unless they plan to fill the DB coaching assistant position later.

[www.cornellbigred.com];

Cornell recently posted its 2017-8 operating & capital budget plan on the Cornell web site. It lists expected capital projects for the next 10 years. There is no mention of any plan for either a covered practice field or a Schoellkopf west stands replacement. Does anyone know the status of either?

CAS
Cornell recently posted its 2017-8 operating & capital budget plan on the Cornell web site. It lists expected capital projects for the next 10 years. There is no mention of any plan for either a covered practice field or a Schoellkopf west stands replacement. Does anyone know the status of either?

Send an email to Ryan Lomabardi VP for Student and Campus Life on the indoor practice facility to get an update.

ryan.lombardi@cornell.edu

From what I understand the Indoor Practice Facility was a priority under the late President Garrett. Her untimely death and Rawlings being a temporary President kind of put the brakes on the project. Hopefully now that a new President is in place it is an opportunity to resuscitate the project