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Subject: Brown-Cornell Author: Brown Fan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:51:22 10/26/24 Sat Crazy game today. Cornell looked unstoppable on its first two drives and scored twice in the 3d quarter off of two of 3 Brown INTs in the first 10 minutes of that stanza. Brown looked dead in the water, but Willcox managed to rally back from adversity, leading Brown to 2 TDs and 2 FGs in the last 20 minutes. The offensive line was really impressive during the last part of the game. Brown won on a last-second FG, meaning that Brown has won 2 Ivy games when having the lead for a combined total of 30 seconds. I've never seen that before. Some key Brown players were missing from the field today, including Mark Mahoney and Jordan DeLucia. I assume that they're injured but don't know anything more than that. Two years ago, Brown had Cornell beaten at the end of the game but collapsed on multiple plays at Cornell's goal line. This was a nice turnaround to that game. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Moonbear [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:50:51 10/27/24 Sun Midway through the third quarter, I was ready to spearhead the “fire Perry” movement. But then they put together yet another crazy comeback and sent everyone home happy. I’m still not sure what to make of the Bears. They dig themselves into holes in seemingly every game only to find ways to climb out. The offense often looks discombobulated and ineffective, but then it snaps into third gear and slices opponents apart. The defense is stout against the run but susceptible to giving up big chunk yardage via the passing game. Can Brown win 3 more games and finish 5-2? I’m not sure, but I do know that I’ll be wildly entertained along the way!

[> [> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Grin and Bear it (Thoughts w shaving) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:18:32 10/27/24 Sun Another photo finish. Brown was lucky to win. But then again all the teams that are winning are usually lucky. Such is the results of parity. Right now, it appears that Harvard is the best team in the league. But we will get a better idea next week. As for Brown and Cornell, both teams have some excellent players, but are incomplete. On the Brown side, they don't have the excellent receivers that they had last year. In other words, they really miss Wes Rockett and Graham Walker. The current receivers are good but not great. A special shoutout to Ben Moseley who has come on like gang busters. But generally, the current crop of receivers can't get the separation of last year's receivers, nor can they bring them down like Rockett and Graham. In addition, they have a very questionable defensive coordinator who eschews blitzing. As a result, long completions by the opposition are the norm. The other issue is that the defensive backs play too far off the receivers thus allowing for multiple catches of 5-7 yards. Get rid of the DC and these problems are solved. The offensive line played great yesterday and that is a big step forward. In addition, Brown has a very respectable ground game, something new this year. Cornell was yesterday's hard luck loser. They lost by attrition. In the end, their defense was too tired to be effective. However, in the future Cornell will be heard from. They have two excellent receivers in Smith and Musunga and their freshman punter has to be the best in the league. He was really a difference maker. Go Bruno.

[> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Brown Fan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:37:32 10/29/24 Tue GBI: I'm no football expert, but it seems that, far too often, when Brown blitzes (which isn't very frequently), it gets burned. I'd love to see some stats on the frequency of blitzes and the results of the play. On the other hand, the 3-man rush seldom works out for Brown.

[> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:22:18 10/29/24 Tue I was at an offsite over the weekend so missed the game. Credit goes to Brown, as Cornell was leading most of this game, but the Bears rushed for a whopping 214 yards and dominated time of possession 36 to 24 minutes. This was a winnable game for Cornell but when you only have 18 rushing attempts for 58 yards, with 41 of them by your QB, in the end the defense is going to be totally "gassed". Brown scored 20 points in the second half, with 13 of them in the fourth quarter. Again hats off to Brown. Go Big Red!

[> [> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Moonbear [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:52:32 10/29/24 Tue RW, I was impressed by your defense and a few of your offensive playmakers (namely the QB and the top receiver - I think it was #3?). If Cornell can beef up the O-line a bit more and establish more of a run threat, they'll be very good next year. The pass coverage was stifling our aerial attack (though we were missing a couple top receiving options, to be fair) until our run game appeared to wear down the defensive unit, opening some holes in the coverage that we were able to exploit. Very fun game, and a great tactical matchup between two clearly very strong X's and O's coaches.

[> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:18:19 10/29/24 Tue I could only follow the game on Live Stats as I was at an offsite meeting and had to remain discret, but it was obvious to me that Brown running the ball simply tired out our defense. I don't mean to sound like a broken record again, but the team with the most rushing yards usually wins the game! On the other hand, many modern day OC's just want to pass and forget the running game. Agreed it was a good Ivy League game and wish I were in the stands. I hope our new coaching staff learned a few things from this game.

[> [> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Grin and Bear it (who called that play?) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:08:27 10/29/24 Tue Just before Maron kicked the winning field goal, Brown ran a play that defies sanity. Wilcox threw in the endzone to Solomon Miller. There were three Cornelians guarding him and the ball was almost intercepted. Had the ball been intercepted, Cornell would have won. Did Perry make this call? If so, can you imagine what kind of heat he would have taken if Cornell did intercept. I can't remember a dumber play ever being called at that point in the game. Did Perry give leave of his senses?

[> Subject: Re: Brown-Cornell Author: Sr Punter [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:20:42 10/29/24 Tue If Wilcox had thrown the ball away when he saw Miller was covered, we might thimk differently about the call. I don't know wether it was Parry's call, or the OC's, but you are right if was intercepted.