Friday, April 5, 2024

Dante's A Giant!




We just learned that standout Lion RB Dante Miller '22 has been signed by the N.Y. Giants.

This excellent article includes a lot of Dante's story, much of which the fans never knew during his time at Columbia. It also includes details on how the University of South Carolina messed up aspects of his post-Ivy eligibility. But Miller persevered and he's now in the NFL

QUICK NOTES ON SPRING BALL

I'll be attending the Spring Game on 4/20 & perhaps a practice or two as well, but I haven't gleaned too much info about how things are going during these sessions so far. 

But here's what I do know:

Offensive Coordinator Seitu Smith's offense is more pass oriented than the previous system, energizing some of the players a bit more so far. 

Transfer QB Cole Freeman is not participating in spring practice, (probably by rule). The bulk of the snaps at QB are being taken by rising sophomores Xander Menapace and Chase Goodwin, and rising junior AJ Simpkins. 

I know that doesn't exactly tell us much about the QB depth chart, but that's what I got. 





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Anonymous said...

Great article on Dante Miller. We will all be rooting for him.

Anonymous said...

Jake, that's actually very valuable information you have provided about the possible QB depth chart. Three talented returning QB's + Northwestern Transfer Cole Freeman and standout freshman prospect Caleb Sanchez is a powerful sign that our new coaching staff plans on winning big from day 1.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful story about Miller. I often wondered about his prospects when he played for SC and it is nice to see how things turned out for him after all those setbacks. Wishing him great success as a GIANT.

Anonymous said...

4.27 40 along with 28 reps at 225 is phenomenal.

Anonymous said...

Any news on returning guys with a Covid year left?
I heard several guys took the spring semester off to return in the fall.

Anonymous said...

Really nice article in today's NY Post about Dante Miller with quotes from Coach Bags.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2024/04/05/sports/giants-sign-speedster-running-back-dante-miller-after-ncaa-eligibility-debacle/amp/

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile, look at baseball—off to an 8-1 start. Incredible hitting display to date.

Anonymous said...

Remember that Sanchez is the real deal at QB

Anonymous said...

Any update on the quarterback competition? All three of the guys you mentioned appear to be outstanding athletes, but the one that stands out for me is sophomore Chase Goodwin because of his big school experience at Memorial HS in Houston, where he racked up some nice numbers. His recruiting film that is available on line shows him to be an excellent passer with a very quick release. Mobile runner too, with 4.8 speed.

Anonymous said...

Columbia Baseball and Softball Teams are both at the top of the Ivy League standings. From watching the softball team the last couple of weekends I would say that our hitting has been very impressive and we have some excellent pitchers as well. Columbia certainly looks like it will make the Ivy League Tournament again and will probably be favored to win it all.

Anonymous said...

Re baseball: Brett went to the bottom of the roster and brought in a few young pitchers who gave up 9 runs in the 9th. While we still won by 5 or 6 since we had 19 on the board it wasn’t fun to watch the bottom of the 9th.

Anonymous said...

Since QBs are usually the best athletes on the team perhaps one or two get moved to slot receiver or DB.

Anonymous said...

Columbia needs a recent NFL success story… pretty sure Dartmouth and Columbia are the only 2 Ivys without a solid NFL starter on a current roster. Hopefully Poppe can change this negative trend relative to our peers

Anon said...

It hasn't seemed to hurt Dartmouth.

Anonymous said...

Baseball setback—lost 2 of 3 to Yale despite tons of offense in all three games. Pitching in the two losses realized my fear that our pitching staff isn’t very deep.

Anonymous said...

Where is Pilling. Got to fire that bum of a coach. Cant believe he didnt put freshman pitcher in. Thats the way the great ones do it

Anonymous said...

Boretti, unlike Engles, has how many Ivy titles? Or even winning seasons? Boretti is the greatest baseball coach we’ve ever had. Engles is the worst coach in the history of the Ivy League.

Anonymous said...

What Engles supporters consider a win: not being picked to finish last in the conference.

Anonymous said...

Your “sarcastic” comment about Boretti was not terribly funny.

Anonymous said...

Would everyone just lay off Engles? The guy can’t win—so what?

Anonymous said...

Engles is fine. I have every confidence that he’ll have a .500 season in conference in his 34th year at the helm. Until then, we can continue to be the rest of the league’s punching bag. What’s wrong with that?

Anonymous said...

Ah but who was the comment really about? Jagoffs and asshats perhaps? The commenters here are some of the dimmest on the internet!

Anonymous said...

You're asking how many titles he's won and how many games he's won, while proclaiming him the greatest coach ever? You should know the answers to those questions, Shakespeare.

Anonymous said...

Not as dim as Engles supporters, though.

Anonymous said...

I believe the questions were rhetorical, Swift.

Anonymous said...

Time for football! Spring game on Saturday.

Anonymous said...

Jim Engles before he Jim's you!

Anonymous said...

Why has he not been run out of the Jim?

Anonymous said...

Baseball will be fine. Beat St. John on the road yesterday.

Anonymous said...

Will the Hamas idiots harm our commitments for football?

Anonymous said...

Columbia has bigger issues than football. The place is imploding. Seems like a hostile environment for college.

Anonymous said...

Who is favored in tomorrow’s spring game?

Anonymous said...

White -3.5 as per Draft Kings

Anonymous said...

Always use a Jim Hat

Anonymous said...

We can not stand for this. Where is Pilling? If blue can not win against the white cupcakes he had better replace Poppe pronto

Anonymous said...

Columbia needs to suspend all of the Hamas lunatics and fire the professors like Massad who are trying to blow up the place. Tough medicine but needed to save the university.

Anonymous said...

Expel, not merely suspend. Zero tolerance. The school is being ruined. My daughter goes there. There are many students who are transferring out. Most of the forces of destruction are outside of CC.

Anonymous said...

Agree with the last two posters. Columbia needs to not only get rid of the Hamas lunatics and the sick professors like Massad, but close down its School of Social Work which is best known for hiring ex-cons who killed black cops in cold blood. It's fortunate for Columbia sports teams that Baker Field is not on campus.

Anonymous said...

But i hear there are several good cover corners among the hamas lunatics. I hear tryouts on main campus are on tuesday

Anonymous said...

Good idea to close social work. Consider closing international affairs too. I would also temporarily restrict Barnard students access to the main campus unless they have documentation that they are going to class.

Columbia need to teach values. Free speech is guarenteed by the constitution, but Columbia is a private institution where values should trump free speech. They need to show what thier values are. They need to unambiguously recognize that pro-palestinian is synonymous with eradicating Jews and have no tolerance for this.

Anonymous said...

But what about the linebacker play? Of course you asserting what one group means when being pro-something does not in fact make you correct. For instance if you are pro-bubble screen i can not assume your feelings are synonymous with …. Oh come on This is not the place for your politics

Anonymous said...

Unless and until Columbia expels the lunatic fringe of students who want to wreck the place and fires Massad, Franke, and others who would blows up the place this will continue. The athletes are the last refuge of sanity on campus.

Anonymous said...

So there is someone on this Board who is naive enough to think its "politics" to be concerned about how unfettered radical Islamic ideologists are seeking to destroy every aspect of Christian life in America including the sports we love such as football. There's nothing funny about what is going on at Columbia and elsewhere where people who identify themselves openly as Hamas terrorists are hell-bent on destroying Western Values in the name of Islam.

Anonymous said...

Give back the land that Israel stole under Plan Dalet in 1948, and the problem will be solved.

Anonymous said...

why just go back to 1948? may as well go back to 1944 and finish the job

idiot!!! appeasing them by giving back land of Israel where Jews lived for >1,500 years, and renaming the country Palestine as the Romans did will not solve anything.

Anonymous said...

Jews were 9% of the pop. at the time of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, and just 1/3 of the population in 1948. By analogy, you would presumably grant majority control to minority groups of = strength in the U.S.

Anonymous said...

Jews lived there, but they were always a minority. When you give up the land and house where you live to the native Americans from whom it was taken 200 years ago, then we can have a conversation about the legitimacy of reasserting rights to the land that are 2000 years old.

Anonymous said...

Seems to me that President Biden ought to say something strong about what is going on in America. Despite all the mayhem in the colleges and the streets of the big cities, I believe that the overwhelming number of Americans want nothing to do with radical Islam. Why isn't he instructing the Justice Department to enforce the laws?

Anonymous said...

The "mayhem in the streets and cities" presumably refers tents on college lawns and demonstrations on the streets. And yet you seem more concerned about these actions which have brought next to no violence than the genocide that Israel is perpetrating in Gaza.

Anonymous said...

Genocide? Get real—the genocide was what happened on October 7th.

Anonymous said...

1200 is more than 33000 only if the lives of Palestinians don't count.

Anonymous said...

Guess I will head over to bbc worldnews to get an idea of how the Lions looked on offense yesterday

It is not that I dont care about your politics, I just am not interested here.

Anonymous said...

Are you saying that any nation that defends itself against another nation's aggression is committing "genocide" once the number of persons its kills exceeds the number of person killed in the original attack. Is it your position therefore, that the United States committed genocide in World War Two when it defended itself against Japan, Germany and Italy? And is it your opinion that Ukraine is committing genocide in defending itself against Russia's invasion? Columbia Football fans are certainly fortunate to have someone as bright as you helping us to understand what's going on in the world.

hokietoph said...

the spring game was refreshingly entertaining. the offense had a nice pass/run balance and had some success moving the ball. some nice crisp throws, crossing patterns, and even some hurry up offensive drives. i know it’s just spring but it looked much better than all of last season.

Defense was pretty stout as well despite some injuries. when the 5th years are back in the fall, this unit will be will be the best in the ivy and fcs. came away very impressed with what poppe has accomplished so far.

and boy does poppe have energy. he was running all over the field throughout the scrimmage. lots to look forward to with this team!

Anonymous said...

Just like Russia in the Ukraine, Israel is an occupying power. It is not just the number of people killed that define a genocide. It is, rather, the sustained purposeful effort to wipe out the Palestinian people.

Anonymous said...

Who got reps at QB and RB; Was Canty on the field and if so how did he look?

Anonymous said...

I wasn't there but Bryson Canty is in the photo summary and the two QB's mentioned on line were "12" and "15" namely AJ Simpkins and Chase Goodwin. Anyway, we are all eagerly waiting for Jake's summary. Then, of course, there seems to be the very good news about the 13 players who did not participate in the Spring Game, but will be ready in the Fall. With the high energy, enthusiasm and skill of the new coaching staff, I feel very positive about the 2024 Football Season and beyond.

Anonymous said...

If you’re not at Columbia to get educated, get out and make way for someone who would relish the opportunity. The reality is there is no God-given right to protest and disrupt operations at a private university no matter who you are. Is everyone happy that our kids are remote learning today like the Covid years? These numbskull students are being used by professional agitator organizations and by participating in this activity will be virtually unemployable after they leave. Time to shut it all down.

If anyone is aware of another forum for the non sports interaction please forward, I know this isn’t the place for this but the only one I know of at this point.

BTW was at the Spring game, great to see the ball going downfield, we look like a legit D1 team again!

Anonymous said...

Canty was on field looked very athletic as expected. May have dropped one or two. Both qbs were hitting receivers in stride, makes a huge difference. May be a function of the pass concepts, not sure.

Regarding student protests: while taking no position of what/how various groups are protesting, and agreeing that forcing remote learning is gone too far; there is a long proud history of student protest at most IL campuses. For better or worse it is part of the package one signs up for when enrolling

Anonymous said...

If you are unhappy with the current state of the campus (protests), the place to register your displeasure is via emails to the President and the Board of Trustees demanding aggressive action. Tell everyone you know with an interest in Columbia to send those emails.

Anonymous said...

Would very much disagree Columbias student are threatening open violence on a religious group. It is un american and an embarrassment. A bunch of trust fund babies that would not make it in Gaza 2 seconds. I am sick and tired of alumni stating that this is normal and a part of higher education. It is abnormal dysfunctional anti social anti freedom.

Anonymous said...

False numbers

Anonymous said...

Have been reading first hand accounts. The vast majority of protesters are behaving fine (despite what one may think of their surprisingly dimwitted statements of support). Agree that administration should not tolerate direct threats to anyone

At least protesters are not taking over the student union with long guns as happened at cornell in late 60’s

Anonymous said...

Wait till the lunatic fringe breaks up commencement. Anybody have email addresses for Shafik and the board of trustees? They should expel students who are second offenders and fire professors who exalt violence and foster antisemitism

Anonymous said...

Officeofthepresident@columbia.edu, I sent a lengthy email yesterday of course with no response. You think they are behaving fine? There have been numerous incidences of hate and incendiary action documented on campus and they are coordinating with the outside the gate protests which are calling for Intifada and elimination of Israel, saw it firsthand so don’t claim it’s not true. Also the outside is making all day and night racket with drums and chanting, you don think that affects the kids who live in the dorms on that side of campus? Most importantly they don’t have the right to occupy a section of campus to the exclusion of others for that long, then lawn should be available to all and right now has been co-opted They DO NOT have a right to do that and are breaking Columbia policy. What about our kids who are graduating or supposed to be working commencement for $? Might not even happen now, and we are hybrid until the end of the year. She better resolve this in the next few days or will be gone.

Anonymous said...

Ok so no football talk. Got it

What a bunch of wimps. Young people will do and say stupid things. Admin has no authority over “outside the gates” protesters. Specific actions should be dealt with strongly. Overstaying your welcome on the lawn, probably not

Being horrified by atrocities in Israel and Gaza is 100% justified. Being horrified by anti-Semitic rhetoric the same. If actual students are showing support for Palestinians and protesting military and political policies of Israeli govt, shake your head, laugh at some of the naïveté, but it is not anti-Semitic

Running back depth may be an issue this year

Anonymous said...

Don’t you mean give him a lifetime appointment regardless of results, from here to eternity? Oh wait, that’s for men’s basketball, my bad.

Anonymous said...

Is Giorgi coming back?

Anonymous said...

Yes

Anonymous said...

I hope this will be my last "anonymous" post meaning that the time has come for Jake to do whatever he wishes to rid this website of all of the nasty rhetoric, much of which has nothing to with Columbia Football or other Columbia sports. Jake should require anyone posting on this website to use his or her own name and affiliation with Columbia, if any. Please let Jake know whether or not you agree with my suggestion.

Anonymous said...

Could not agree more. When I first started following, it was centered on athletics in general and football, specifically. Comments were pretty much informative but not always accurate. Still, interesting to see others opinions about football and other sports - men’s and women’s.

Since midseason last year, comments have largely devolved to vitriol and politics. Not Jake’s doing. He provides a great forum and am always interested to hear his perspective. I need anonymity in my comments on the blog, but am happy to register my identity to the blog administrator. If I get out of line, I would expect to be blocked from commenting. Since I’ve only posted 2 comments over the last year, don’t expect that to be an issue.

Look forward to Jake’s perspective on the spring game. It may be that he has been distracted by current events on campus or, perhaps with a new coaching staff, he doesn’t have quite the access he has had over the last several years.

Anonymous said...

Looking forward to Jake’s review of the Spring game. As far as the comments on campus turmoil, they are marginally relevant here insofar as they could have an impact on recruiting. Hopefully that is not the case.

Anonymous said...

Columbia's future recruiting is going to take a big hit from these protests.

Anonymous said...

Just read that the Columbia Baseball Team defeated Seton Hall 31-0 i an abbreviated 7 inning away game. No matter what is going on in the world, you can always count on Brett Boretti and his Lions to bring a smile to your face.

Anonymous said...

THE END

I doubt Jake will continue to support Columbia Football or anything associated with the former university, nor should he.

Anonymous said...

It’s heartbreaking—only chance to save Columbia is to fire 20% of the faculty, bring in a hard nosed new president, ask for the resignations of all woke board members, and expel 20% of the student body. The most important step thereafter is to clean house in the admissions department and bring in people who can admit a sane class. I fault Boillinger for his years of coddling airhead and woke faculty.

Anonymous said...

For heavens sake, how did the Board think it was a good idea to bring in a little mouse academic administrator from a specialized UK university with little comparability to an Ivy League school, except its Lefty political orientation, to lead Columbia?

Anonymous said...

I know. And certainly the passing schemes she brought in leave a lot to be desired. Thank god the faculty agrees with my defensive philosophy, always pressure opposing QB. If not, i would have to cease all support for Columbia.

Why cant everyone agree with me? When i cite a few bad apples examples I want everyone to agree with me and take the action I want taken!

Anonymous said...

Oh amd dont let multicultural Seders among protesting students get
In the way of your narritive

Anonymous said...

I graduated CC in the early 1990s and attend a few home basketball games each year and in recent years have not felt comfortable sitting on the students side. The typical Columbia student these days is scum (but they check some identity box). I agree with the above poster re: massive overall.

Anonymous said...

Agree that Bollinger screwed up Columbia by approving faculty hirings of radical left wing lunatics such as the notorious Kathy Boudin who served 23 years for the cowardly killing in cold blood of two police officers, Edward O'Grady, a white man, and Waverly "Chipper" Brown, a black man, in the Brinks Armored Card Robbery in Nyack, New York.

Anonymous said...

It runs much deeper than Bollinger. It's the toxic culture of valuing the most irrelevant part of one's self - the characteristics we were born with and are unmutable - over character. Columbia incessantly trumpets blacks for being black, gays for being gay. It's insatiable and overrides everything else.

The more 'vulnerable' your identity group is the more you deserve regardless of whether you have good character. Columbia needs to go back to the values that had in the 1950s. That's the only way out of this. Fire Anybody in leadership that doesn't hold these values and get rid of all these toxic students.

Anonymous said...

Yes the 1950’s, especially single wing football and single group in control. Btw read all of Dr King’s “content of their character” speech. It does not say what Rupert’s minions say it does

Progressives can and do take things too far. Going back to the bad old days is not a great solution

Anonymous said...

The fault lies in Bollinger for his idiotic hiring and expansion to a woke university and his pathetic admissions department which populated the university with left wing nut jobs. But my greatest contempt foes to the gutless America hating minority of faculty who put up impressionable 19 and 20 year old kids to throw rather future down the toilet while they can hide behind tenure and the AAUP to avoid consequences for their malicious behavior —start firing Massad, Franke and rather other wingnuts and eat them sue.

Anonymous said...

Pardon all the typos,.but you wil get my point

Anonymous said...

Looks like Brown is caving in to the lefties—agreeing to discuss divestment. Disgraceful—President should be fired.

Anonymous said...

Wake Up Time: t's no secret that Radical Islamists hate Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Hindus, Asians, Blacks, Latinos, American Indians, Athiests, Agnostics, Non-Radical Muslims and so forth. See 9/11 attacks for evidence. Today it's the Jews/Israel. Tomorrow it will be the......

HokieToph said...

I don't think Brown has caved to anyone. Agreeing to discuss is just that, agreeing to discuss. Let the group be heard and then make a decision based on all of the inputs. Brown's answer will likely be 'no' but peaceful discourse is never a bad thing.

The CU protesters gave CU the greatest gift of all in this whole mess. Turning their "peaceful" protest into a full blown effort to overtake a building and vandalize campus allowed CU to turn the NYPD loose on them without looking like a bully against a bunch of students. CU can now drop the hammer in the cause of campus security and student safety. Graduation can now proceed and our football players can work graduation and dorm checkout to help pay for their summer workout living expenses.

Glad to hear coach Poppe and the athletic department are feeding the athletes up at Baker. It's unfair for the kids who don't reside within the gates to not have full access to the dining facilities. Unfair for the families paying for a meal plan, too.

Selfishly, I'm glad that graduation can now proceed and our football players can work graduation and dorm checkout to help pay for their summer workout living expenses. That would have impacted my family a great deal to not have that opportunity.

Anonymous said...

You do know that many (most?) of the protesters are against indiscriminant killing of civilians in gaza. Do they say stupid things, yes indeed. By painting with the broad brush of radical islam you do not help moving towards understanding

I absolutely get not trying to understand Hamas, and also calling out hateful rhetoric on campuses. Maybe temps would cool a bit if more people would admit Bibi’s tactics are also driven by extreme hate ideology

Anon said...

"Bibi’s tactics are also driven by extreme hate ideology"

You're a fucking idiot if u think this is the case.

Israel is trying to survive and is bending over backwards to a fault not to have collateral damage.

Anonymous said...

Because of Columbia's location, many (if not most?) of the anti-Israel protestors are not Columbia students but outside agitators.

Another important point is that because CU has so many peripheral professional schools and affiliates (e.g. Social work, Teachers College, Barnard, International Affairs, Journalism, etc) CC students are perhaps getting a worse rap than they deserve b/c the riot is being driven by students from these schools.

Nevertheless, I agree the only way for Columbia to return to being a great University is to unequivocally embrace the right side of this issue (Israel) and expel the keffiyeh-wearing baby terrorists in the student body and faculty.

Columbia needs to show it can stand for something other than superficial diversity.

Anonymous said...

Ah my friend, not all would agree with you.

Anonymous said...

It all depends on how one defines the issue. It is a right wing framing that the protests are pro-hamas rather than anti-killing civilians.

Anonymous said...

So pro-israel means you are for killing babies. See, not helpful. Think about that next time you want to criticize “pro-Hamas protestors”

Anonymous said...

One second please: Hamas intentionally killed, burned, and beheaded babies on 10/7. I've seen some of the videos. Israel 🇮🇱 carried out a just war for survival (Southern Israel was uninhabitable after 10/7) and has had unavoidable collateral damage. Babies get killed in every war in history.

Anonymous said...

A couple facts. On October 7th, more than 1,200 Israelis were murdered by the Hamas terrorists. A shocking and terrible day. Since then, over 13,000 Palestinian children have been killed by the IDF. There were not Hamas children, but children new to the world, innocent of hate. Any sane person would agree that Antisemitism is an awful scourge that needs to be abolished. That said, the second figure above explains way so many are pissed off at Israel, particularly its government and army.

Anonymous said...

Not sure 13,000 is correct. More likely an antisemitic exaggeration. But I just saw online that 9000 children were killed or maimed in Iraq after the American invasion. Are u pissed off at USA or its army? 30,000 children were killed by Allied forces in bombing of Hamberg in 1943. 50,000 children were killed in bombing of Dresden in 1945. Many more children were killed by Truman bombing Japan. Are you angry at America and its army? You just not csnnot see the difference between good and evil

Anonymous said...

Difference between good and evil? So, killing children is somehow okay in the name of revenge? That's warped, dude.

Anonymous said...

There are 2 goals of Israel's war in Gaza:

1) Retrieve the hostages

2) Make Southern Isreal habitable by eliminating the capacity for Hamas to fire rockets or attack again.

Revenge is not a factor. If it was, Israel could flatten Gaza in 24 hours. Collateral damage happens in war and is unavoidable.

Anonymous said...

The one or possibly two or more sick persons who seek to pollute this basically decent college football sports board by foolishly blaming the nation of Israel for responding militarily to Hamas sneak attack on October 7 overlook the undeniable fact that Radical Islamic Terrorists already attacked and killed on September 11, 2001 several thousand Americans of every religious faith including Islam. After the attack occurred, Islamic Terrorists in Arab countries celebrated in the streets the cowardly mass murder of innocent persons of all faiths. As a proud American citizen whose mother worked on the eighty fifth floor of the World Trade Center, I find all that person or persons outrageous comments about Hamas horrific's October 7th attack to be despicable. As far as I'm concerned there is no difference between the Nine Eleven and October Seven terrorists and that Radical Islam attacked the United States of America on Nine Eleven and that Radical Islam attacked an ally of the United States on October 7 and kidnapped Americans in addition to Israelis. That being the case, Hamas attack on Israel and the kidnapping of Americans should be considered to be an attack on the United States as well. Therefore, anyone who supports Hamas is committing an act of treason and should be arrested and charged with the crime of treason.

Anonymous said...

But what if those treasonous few can protect the QBs blind side?

Btw - very good restraint on this board. Would have thought the “yeah, but 9/11” crowd would have started by 50th comment

Anonymous said...

Columbia needs to expel the protestors, fire their faculty puppet masters, and bring in a new admissions department.

Anonymous said...

I am shocked, shocked that there is ill-considered liberalism in this establishment

Anonymous said...

Baseball deserves a university that it can be proud of.

InwoodTiger said...

Update from Inwood - past few days have produced traffic unlike anything ever seen in the area, even during Homecoming. Absolutely insane road closures and blockages where 1,000 ubers and taxis filled grads plowed into the maze of tiny one-way streets already clogged with charter school parent cars and other regular city vehicles (USPS, UPS, DSNY, Amazon, oil deliveries, etc.) Total pandemonium trying to approach Baker Field.

It would be like a game with a completely full stadium happening several times a day on weekdays and weekends alike. Wild.

Anonymous said...

Its a disgrace. Not sure how Columbia can come back from this.

Anonymous said...

Insightful comment

Anonymous said...

Maybe Columbia University "...can come back from this" by getting rid of three totally unnecessary schools--Social Work, International and Public Affairs, and the Law School. Princeton is smart not to have a law school.

Anonymous said...

Agree. I would dump Social Work, International Affairs, and cut ties to Teachers College. The law school could be fixed if they changed thier woke race-centric admissions policy.

Anonymous said...

For sure it is the core curriculum. Need to fix that asap. That super-woke stuff needs to stop now. I am also very suspicious of the archaelogy dept. we need to make columbia great again!

Anonymous said...

Barnard is awful; give it a final offer, to merge or we cut ties. Law School can be salvaged with a new dean and a new head of admissions along with termination of Katherine Franke. Social work should be abolished; core should be revised to eliminate Howley as head and all new offerings from last 40 years should be dropped. college Dean is awful—should be replaced. Shafik is on her way out. Teachers College and GS should be closed.

Anonymous said...

I agree with all these points. Many of the trashy "protesters" were from Barnard. They also dominate the voice of Spectator as does GS. Columbia needs to cut ties. Also agree re: 'wokification' of Core. The CC Dean was hired b/c of his skin color. Period. He's a nice enough guy, but its unadulterated racism. Columbia has lost any moral compass. Its got the world view of Greta Thunberg. They need to get rid of every member of the board of trustees. Hire Robert Kraft to form a new board. He's a middle of the road guy and likes football.

Anonymous said...

What a bunch of morons here

Anonymous said...

I suspect that almost everyone who has posted on this Board during the last year is disgusted with the protests. The one exception is the last poster who probably has nothing whatsoever to do with Columbia Football.

Anonymous said...

I agree that weirdo Greta Thunberg and her fellow protestors are "a bunch of morons."

Anonymous said...

Fire Franke, Massad and Khalidi; close Social Work; get a new President and ask all woke trustees to resign; expel all protestors; limit GS to vets only; close Middle East studies department. Get a new College Dean and fire Howley as curriculum chair of the core—All of this is a good start. PS, clean house at admissions.

Anonymous said...

Any thoughts/info about football? Summer practice starts soon and August camp not too far away.

Anonymous said...

Can't consider football until the other issues above are addressed. I would suspend football for a few years untill they fix the college.

Anonymous said...

It will benefit football greatly if our baseball team wins the Ivy League Tournament this weekend. We are seeded #1 and have a great team and coaching staff. I love long ball and our guys do that better than anyone else. Penn is tough, but we're tougher. Go Lions!!!

Anonymous said...

The All-Ivy Baseball Team selections have just been released and Columbia leads the way with twelve All-Ivy selections including six first team choices. The Ivy Coaches also picked Brett as Ivy League Manager of the Year. At least eight senior standouts from throughout the country have committed to the Lions including two outstanding pitching prospects from Florida, and a 6'4" 230 pound shortstop from North Carolina. I'm just guessing, but I assume Derek Yoo will be the starting pitcher in the Ivy League Tournament tomorrow with Parkinson coming out of the bullpen.

Anonymous said...

I don't think Harry Carman would recognize the student body, curriculum, or faculty of today. Columbia has lost its way. The other Ivies aren't much better so misery has company.

Anonymous said...

With Memorial Day Weekend coming up next weekend, it's time to recognize our heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. I agree with you that Columbia has lost its way. However, as you indicated, it's not just Columbia, but the entire Ivy League and many other schools. I voted for Biden which may have been the biggest mistake of my life. His Presidency has been a disaster in every respect, and most certainly the actions of Biden and the left wing of the Democratic Party have eroded the Western Christian values upon which the United States was built.

Anonymous said...

The Columbia Athletic Department is too lazy to update the 2024 Football Roster to include information on the performance of the players in the 2023 season. Yet it has wasted an enormous amount of time and energy preparing on-line a useless nonsensical equity and inclusion statement designed to foster the ambitions of a tiny percent of "athletes" interested only in themselves.

Anonymous said...

Bagnoli is gone.. Can Engles go too?

Anonymous said...

Hey here is an idea - keep your asinine, warmed over Fox talking points and shove em. No one is interested in political takes here. Especially ones that trade democracy for feeling safe from too much wokeness

Anonymous said...

Bunch of crybabies

Anonymous said...

Be nice

Anonymous said...

Is that you, Lucky Jim? You will never win an Ivy League championship. In fact, even a top-four finish is highly unlikely.

Anonymous said...

More likely it's the annoying Hamas Guy who probably has nothing whatsoever to do with Columbia Athletics, but enjoys insulting people anonymously.

Anonymous said...

So un-American of you

Anonymous said...

Zip it, you old fool.

Anonymous said...

Get your head out of your ass

Anonymous said...

You're an ass

Anonymous said...

Bring back Twin Donut

Anonymous said...

JIm Engles before he Jims you!

Anonymous said...

How about Dick Nixon before he dicks you!

Anonymous said...

I don't miss the Bubble Screen at all! Just say NO to Mediocrity!

Anonymous said...

Hey Jake about some news?

Anonymous said...

Right now all we can hope for is everyone stays healthy through summer workouts and preseason camp. Dont know what to expect, but it will be fun anticipating the season!

Anonymous said...

Team is hungry and ready to get back it.

Anonymous said...

We support Poppe. We’re excited for football. We’re beyond done with Engles and his crappy coaching, so we will pay no attention to men’s basketball until he gets fired after going 3-11 in conference.

Anonymous said...

Old timer columbia folks are biggest bunch of whiners

Anonymous said...

Is that you, Lucky Jim? My pet rock could win more basketball games.

Anonymous said...

10-0 baby!

Anonymous said...

Get ready - the boys are back in town for camp.

Anonymous said...

One thing for sure - there are 3 or 4 position groups where competition for playing time will be intense. Those groups have to be great for this team to excel

Anonymous said...

Team is ready to take the Ivy Championship

Anonymous said...

Where is Jake?

Anonymous said...

Good analysis

Anonymous said...

I think the team is going to suck b/c it's hard to play with passion for the name on the front of their uniforms. The university has been trashed.

Anonymous said...

Douche comment from another butthurt douche Columbia grad. Get over it, IL campuses have been liberal bastions for years and 20-somethings do and say cringy things

Anonymous said...

Team is gonna bring it with Poppe at the helm! Go Lions!

Anonymous said...

Dream on......and what's going on is not simply "20-somethings do and say cringy things". I was at reunion last weekend. Columbia is done both on and off the athletic field. I'm predicting a winless season and the start of more epic losing. Recruiting will be difficult and you need pride in your school to have the edge to win in the IL. Its over for the foreseeable future in terms of Columbia competing in football and even being a good university.

Anonymous said...

Well with “fans” like you …. Another member of the jagoff brigade

Cornell Big Red Football said...

"Team is ready to take the Ivy Championship" - In chess?

Anonymous said...

Athletes play for their teammates, not for the name of the school which appears on their jerseys. We had our greatest basketball teams during the period of the riots and the aftermath.

Anonymous said...

Columbia won its only Ivy League Championship in 1961 which was about seven years before the left-wing riots. The Football Championship Team had great leadership, outstanding players, an excellent coaching staff a supportive athletic administration, and the very strong support of the the student body, particularly Spectator Sports. For much the same reasons the Columbia Basketball Team enjoyed similar success a few years later, but the gymnasium killing riots made it impossible to recruit successfully thereafter.

Anonymous said...

The Boys will win the Ivy Championship on the gridiron. They are lock and load. Start believing all you haters.

Anonymous said...

I’m on board. Poppe is awesome. The guy is a winner, plain and simple. Haters gonna hate, Poppe gonna win. Boom!

Anonymous said...

Can’t agree more. Let’s do this.

Anonymous said...

Have we lost Jake

Anonymous said...

Jake--your audience misses you.

Anonymous said...

My fear is that Columbia has abandoned Jake and others with the woke mindset

Anonymous said...

I wonder if it's the opposite: Jake has abandoned Columbia.

Anonymous said...

I wish you jagoffs would abandon us all here. Such whiny little babies

Anonymous said...

The directive over the comment entry box reads, "Please keep your comments respectful!"

Anonymous said...

Its difficult and painful for alumni with traditional values to support Columbia anymore.

Anonymous said...

You really need to have some composure.

HokieToph said...

It looks as if Jake doesn't want to contribute to the cesspool that these blog comments have denigrated to. Anonymous name calling and political diatribe strikes again as civil discourse is no longer the norm.

I would have enjoyed some summer updates about the team. I question whether or not we'll get updates in the fall.

Anonymous said...

Nothing to do with this. It's all about the tents and what an antisemitic cesspool Columbia has become.

Anonymous said...

Columbia has to clean up its act; will it? We need a new president, a new College Dean, a new admissions department, mass firings of antisemitic professors and expiulsions of terrorists.

Anonymous said...

Don't hold your breath. I suspect Engles has a better chance of getting fired than the lunatics running Columbia.

Anonymous said...

Good to know that players of all skill levels are welcome. There’s certainly no skill-related requirement for the coach. https://jimenglesbasketball.totalcamps.com/shop/EVENT

Anonymous said...


Does this blog still exist?

Does Columbia still have a football team?

After the recent riots, have any of the new first years shown up?

Anonymous said...

Ezra Malamura 2025 commit.

Anonymous said...

Nothing new to report

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what Abbey Hsu is doing? Just curious. Finally saw a blurb
somewhere that she’ll join the WNBA
Connecticut Sun—which drafted her—
but NEXT year, not now..

Anonymous said...

Columbia football is lock and load

Anonymous said...

I'm guessing she didn't get an invite to camp but they retain right to do so next year. Same with Kaitlyn Davis. It's super hard to make a WNBA roster. It's only 12 teams with 12 players.

Anonymous said...

Great news about Malamura. Let’s hope that there are very few who are truly BETTER THAN EZRA!

Anonymous said...

Columbia is Dead. Fire the Dean and cancel Football. This university is not worth saving. It's becoming another CCNY, which is an open space for antisemitism but not a genuine academic institution.

Anonymous said...

You're an idiot. Fooled by a tiny group of actual students and staff. Get ahold of yourself.

Anonymous said...

Interesting comments from the last two posters. My take is that the first poster's statement that "Columbia is Dead" is a bit premature, but I would not be surprised if Columbia University, and, for that matter, many other American universities, cease operations during the next year or so. Like many, I do believe that the United States is already under attack by foreign forces led by Radical Islamists and others. In the meantime, football is a nice diversion from political reality. Go Lions!

Anonymous said...

"I do believe that the United States is already under attack by foreign forces led by Radical Islamists and others."

What? Take your summer vacation and reset. Columbia will do just fine, as will all of the American universities rocked by Gaza protests. College students protest; it's a fact of life. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Young people are finally in a position to engage with major events around the world. Wait another few years and it will happen again...as it should.

Anonymous said...

"....cease operations.."???? You're a complete fool.

Anonymous said...

Excellent points, Bernie, but selling more Ben and Jerry Ice Cream on campus is not the answer to Columbia's woes. Columbia needs to demolish all it dormitories and replace them with encampments filled with radicals. The police should be allowed to remain on campus around the clock to protect the protesters. If need be, the Administration should deliver your Vermont ice cream around the clock to the protesters. Have to go now. Let Kids be Kids!



Anonymous said...

Kind of funny that some alumni are just figuring out that the Columbia student body skews left.

Anonymous said...

Exactly, after their career which leveraged the prestige of the university with the exact same liberal leanings to their personal benefit. And now safely retired in their upper middle class enclaves they bemoan the reality they so happily used for their personal gain

Anonymous said...

The best part of Columbia right now is athletics. The latest fiasco involving Josef Sorett and his three subordinates exchanging ugly emails is the last straw. Read today’s NYT for its take. If Sorett doesn’t have the decency to resign he should be fired.

Anonymous said...

Well said

Anonymous said...


Does anyone know if Columbia still has a football team?

There is more silence surrounding the team than around the CIA.

Also, is this still a functioning CU Football blog?

Does anyone know who the next QB will be?



Anonymous said...

I suspect that the silence is due mostly to wishful thinking by the Columbia Athletic Administration that during th summer months the protestors will lose interest in protesting and things will be better come September.

Anonymous said...

Jim Engles must have video on someone but who?

Anonymous said...

Sorett should resign.

Anonymous said...

Whether or not Dean Sorett resigns or is terminated for cause, is relatively unimportant in regards to Columbia Athletics as Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg has made it impossible for Columbia to schedule any intercollegiate athletic events in Manhattan where christians and jews are unprotected from radical islamic terrorists. Alvin has killed Columbia athletics and possibly all sporting events in Manhattan. I cannot see many fans paying big bucks for Knick and Ranger Tickets to be assaulted and killed by masked terrorists.

Anonymous said...

You're deranged

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, he is not deranged. Bragg and the other regressives have ruined NYC. I don't feel comfortable taking the subway anymore. I wouldn't blame it on Islamic terrorists per se, but a trip to Baker from the main Columbia encampment (campus) is not a simple undertaking.

Anonymous said...

What planet are you on?

Anonymous said...

How about a new CU football post, Jake, to get this blog back on track? Or are you done?

ungvar said...

New Lions class announced: https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2024/6/26/football-announces-class-of-2028.aspx

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