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August 27th, 2010, 10:40 AM
08-11-2010 11:35 AM

Coaches don’t put a lot of stock in preseason poll.

http://cmsimg.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=CB&Date=20100810&Category=SPORTS03&ArtNo=8100347&Ref=AR&MaxW=180&Border=0Accentuating the formidable nature of new coach Kent Austin’s rebuilding project at Cornell, the Big Red was picked to finish last in the 2010 Ivy League preseason football poll, voted on by media members across the eight-team league.

The poll was announced Tuesday, in conjunction with a conference call in which all eight head coaches addressed their teams and the status of the league heading into 2010.

For Austin, that meant addressing questions focusing on how to improve a program that went 2-8 in 2009 and ranked at or near the bottom of the league in average points per game allowed (26.8), rushing yards allowed (198.9) and turnovers (a league-high 21 interceptions), among numerous other categories.

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