Colgate at Cornell, 10/5

[TheValleyRaider]

Central NY rivals meeting for the 95th time

Raiders will kick to start the game

[CFBfan]

what is the weather there?

[TheValleyRaider]

0-0 7:02 1st

No scoring midway through the first. Cornell went 3-and-out, all runs, while Colgate drove from inside their own 10 to near the Cornell 30 and failing on 4th down

[TheValleyRaider]

what is the weather there?

Looks like it might be pretty gray, but the camera's focused on the field so I can't really see. Forecast said rain possible later in the game, but it is not raining right now

[TheValleyRaider]

Cornell driving, Matthews floats one near the sideline, route jumped and picked off by Armiento! 85 yards later he's in for the TD!

7-0 Colgate
4:49 1st

[CFBfan]

Cornell driving, Matthews floats one near the sideline, route jumped and picked off by Armiento! 85 yards later he's in for the TD!

7-0 Colgate
4:49 1st

very good move switching him to safety

[Gater]

Couldn't agree more. #18 makes plays.

[TheValleyRaider]

Cornell goes back down the field, Matthews to the back of the end zone and allegedly finds his receiver for the score. I say allegedly because the camera is apparently incapable of turning for a downfield pass play, but more importantly, the game is tied

7-7
1:37 1st

[Gater]

7-7. Apparently Cornell threw a touchdown. Panning the camera seems to not be a strength of the operator. Cornell QB throws a nice ball.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders driving, at midfield as the quarter ends

Colgate 7
Cornell 7
End 1st

[CFBfan]

has gate attempted a FG yet this year??

[Gater]

No FG attempts. Only place it probably made sense was first drive in second half against Air Force.

[TheValleyRaider]

Drive stalls inside the 20, FG attempt from Burgess is up and good! First FG of the year for Colgate

10-7 Colgate
10:43 2nd

[Gater]

CFBFan how did you know that was coming?

[CFBfan]

CFBFan how did you know that was coming?

Ha!! just a hunch that Gate would need to kick a couple today instead of going for it on 4th down in redzone....could be the diffence?

[TheValleyRaider]

Gallatley (sp?) runs it in out of the wildcat, Cornell finishes off a long drive, first lead of the game

14-10 Cornell
3:21 2nd

[Gater]

Nice drive for Cornell. Colgate's D on field for most of the game after pick 6 and long drives by Cornell.

[Gater]

Cornell's biggest weakness is that the camera operator can't go left.

[TheValleyRaider]

Great drive for Colgate! McCarney went back across the field to find Quazza from about 15 yards out for the score!

17-14 Colgate
1:11 2nd

[Gater]

Colgate having a problem running the read option mixing it up with varied passing game. Nice to see 'gate making adjustments during the bye week.

[Gater]

Everyone loves watching their team run the prevent defense.

[TheValleyRaider]

Cornell comes right back for another score, Matthews to Gallatly. Fumbled snap on the extra point, tackled in the backfield. Red killed us with screens and dump-offs, gotta find an answer for their offense

20-17 Cornell
0:22 2nd

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate 17
Cornell 20
Halftime

[TheValleyRaider]

Three TDs in the last few minutes of the half, pretty entertaining game so far. Strange to see the defense on the field so much and not feel completely hopeless. McCarney and DiCicco playing well, but so are Matthews and Gellatly for the Red. We get the ball for the 2nd half, so hopefully that will help, and I wonder if the missed PAT will haunt Cornell.

[Gater]

Colgate's D rarely gets beat deep. It's the under stuff that gets turned into big plays. Rushing three and playing a soft dime at the end of the half seems to be the worst of both worlds.

[Gater]

Nice to see Colgate using #84 on offense. No punts for Colgate. Colgate gives up 20 on D but also scores 7. McCarney looks sharp. Cornell QB looks really good. Colgate gets ball to start 2nd half. Cornell has to be dominating time of possession, which could really help in the 4th.

[TheValleyRaider]

Back for the 2nd half. Kickoff taken in the end zone, ball out to the 25 for Colgate

20-17 Cornell
15:00 3rd

[TheValleyRaider]

McCarney hurt on a late tackle out of bounds, and it's Colgate who gets the flag for holding. What a joke

Finelli has to come in

[TheValleyRaider]

Sorry, not Finelli but Jake Melville at QB

[Gater]

Brutal non-call. Cornell announcers shocked. Knee hurt five yards out of bounds.

[TheValleyRaider]

4th and 1 on the 6, Melville on the read option goes left for the score! Extra point from Burgess is off the upright

23-20 Colgate
7:55 3rd

[Gater]

Colgate has #4 QB and #4 RB from start of the season now playing. Colgate freshman QB Melville looks sharp.

[TheValleyRaider]

Long FG attempt coming for Cornell, 46 yarder missed to the left!

23-20 Colgate
3:13 3rd

[Gater]

Colgate looks fired up since McCarney injury. Cornell misses 46 yard field goal.

[TheValleyRaider]

DiCicco picks up a 1st down on a short run, but apparently fumbled. Sure looked down to me, but no replay coming. Would be the 3rd questionable call in Cornell's favor this quarter (no-call on late McCarney hit, similar fumble ruled down on Cornell's last drive)

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate 23
Cornell 20
End 3rd

[Gater]

Would love to see the replay on that call. He was certainly acting like he was down. Cornell smart to run screen on first play after fumble with Colgate flying around.

[TheValleyRaider]

Cornell can't convert a 3rd down to start the quarter, instead a 31 yard FG attempt is missed!

23-20 Colgate
14:51 4th

[Gater]

Colgate gets big breaks on missed open receiver and missed short FG.

[TheValleyRaider]

Big response from Melville, hits Cason for 40 yards downfield, runs down to the 2 on the option, then lets DiCicco finish it off for the TD! Burgess shanks the extra point again

29-20 Colgate
13:17 4th

[Gater]

Holy cow Melville looks good. 41 yard pass without much air on it and follows it up with a 35 yard run.

[Gater]

Big sack for Colgate. Playing press coverage on D. Looking good. Cornell's #7 is a good player.

[TheValleyRaider]

Defense forces the punt, first play hand off to DiCicco and he goes 76 yards for the TOUCHDOWN! Extra point is blocked, 3 straight misses for Burgess

35-20 Colgate
9:50 4th

[Gater]

#5 breaking a big run in the 4th looks like Biddle ball. #7 for Cornell making plays.

[Gater]

#18 makes a big pick and return and Colgate freshman making plays.

[TheValleyRaider]

Armiento another pick, returned to the Cornell 10. 3rd down, Melville rolls out and finds Bellamy for the score! Burgess shanks it to the left, that's now 4

41-20 Colgate
5:35 4th

[Gater]

Melville looks really good. Have I mentioned that?

[Gater]

Colgate's #97 creating a ton of pressure in a three man rush.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate going to finish this one off for the first win of the year!

Colgate 41
Cornell 20
Final

[Gater]

Colgate was a different team in the second half. They really played with emotion. Hope they bring that for the rest of the year. Really good coaching moves about who they brought in and who they moved around on defense. Also, nice to see Colgate throwing the ball to set up the run.

[TheValleyRaider]

3 stars of the game (first hockey game is tonight ;)):

Jimmy DiCicco - Looked dangerous with the ball in his hands. Not quite as strong as the previous starters, but 146 rushing yards, 31 receiving, 2 TDs including the backbreaker in the 4th

Mike Armiento - 2 picks, some good tackles, led the way on a defense that shutout the Big Red in the 2nd half

Jake Melville - Comes off the bench in the 3rd, no previous experience, proceeds to rush 6 times for 54 yards, 3-4 passing for 60 yards, led 4 scoring drives, great look from the freshman. I certainly hope McCarney is alright and can come back for the rest of the season, but it's hard not to feel good about Melville's potential

All of that being said, Cornell is one of the weakest teams we'll see all year, so getting the win was big. If I want to get really excited about this team, we'll see if they can put together a similar effort against Stony Brook next weekend

[Go...gate]

Colgate MUST find some way to improve extra points/field goals. You mean to tell me that there is NOBODY on the damned campus who can kick a football straight?

[Ivytalk]

Colgate MUST find some way to improve extra points/field goals. You mean to tell me that there is NOBODY on the damned campus who can kick a football straight?

Or even kick one gay.xcoolx

[Go...gate]

Who cares - can they make a G-D placekick? That is all that matters. Colgate's kickers have set college football back about sixty years!