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The 51st Cortaca Jug Football Game will be played on Saturday, Nov. 14, on at Ithaca College's Butterfield Stadium. The SUNY Cortland Alumni Association is excited to offer alumni the opportunity to watch the Red Dragons battle the Bombers for the Cortaca Jug. No matter your location, you can show your spirit by cheering on the Red and White.
ALUMNI TICKET LOTTERY
Try your chance at a pair of tickets to the game! The Alumni Affairs Office anticipates having several hundred tickets available for our annual Cortaca Jug alumni ticket lottery. Print and complete the Cortaca Jug Alumni Ticket Lottery Registration Form today for your chance to win. Registration forms must be received by Oct. 21. The lottery will be drawn on Oct. 30 and tickets will be mailed Nov. 3.
DARK HORSE ALUMNI PARTY
The alumni who attend an exclusive Cortaca Jug party on the second floor of the Dark Horse Tavern, located at 96 Main St. in Cortland will enjoy a large screen TV to watch the game live, pizza, subs, stromboli, assorted munchies, a commemorative Cortaca Jug alumni glass, Dark Horse bumper stickers and more. The cost is $20 per person. A cash bar will be available and will include a featured dragon drink. The party begins at 11:30 a.m. and the kickoff is at noon. At the conclusion of the game, the second floor will be open up to the general public. This event is limited to the first 150 people to register and there is a high likelihood that it could be a sellout. Please print and complete the Cortaca Jug Dark Horse Alumni Party Registration Form today.
ALUMNI HOUSE PARTY
Watch the game in style at the Lynne Parks ’68 SUNY Cortland Alumni House! One hundred alumni and friends have the opportunity to gather in the historic mansion to enjoy a casual party free of inclement weather. Watch the game on the 80” projection screen in the pub or travel upstairs and view the game on the television in the solarium. The price of $20 includes pulled pork, marinated chicken, rolls, vegetable and pasta salad and cookies. Attendees will also be given a commemorative Cortaca Jug alumni glass. A cash bar will be available. There is a high likelihood that this event could be a sellout. Please print and complete the Cortaca Jug Alumni House Party Registration Form today.
REGIONAL EVENTS
Volunteers and chapter chairs in regional areas have planned Cortaca events at local venues. Event details for those areas are listed below. The game is planned to broadcast locally through Time Warner and broadcasting information for the game is not finalized. The venue below will make every effort to get the game on regular TV. In the event that they do not get the Time Warner Cable Broadcast they may try to connect to the internet and you will watch the game an online video streaming. Please be sure to check back to this website frequently for updated event information. Contact the Alumni Affairs Office at (607) 753-2516 or by e-mail at alumni@cortland.edu with any questions.
New York City Chapter
Event Cancelled.
Syracuse Chapter
Due to technical difficulties and the scheduling of the Syracuse University Football Game Tully's will not be able to cover the Cortaca game. We apologize for an inconvenience this may have caused our alumni.
Please contact Lou Chistolini '65 with any questions at lchistol65@yahoo.com
Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Join Mid-Atlantic Chapter alumni at Pee Quarter Sports Tavern for a Cortaca celebration.
There will be Football Game Day Beverage Specials and other opportunities to order off the menu.
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
639 Indiana Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004
(202)279-1900
www.dcsportstavern.com
*Located 1/2 block east of the Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter (Yellow/Green) and 2 blocks south of the Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red) Metro Stations.
Please contact Meaghan Hearn '05 with any questions at meaghanehearn@gmail.com
LISTEN LIVE
Listen to a live radio broadcast of the game at www.wxhc.com no matter where you live. On Nov. 14, visit the site and choose the icon that reads “Click here to Listen Live” to catch all the action. Visit SUNY Cortland Athletics to learn about other Red Dragon radio broadcasts.
VIDEO WEBCAST
A webcast of the game, courtesy of Ithaca College, will be available at http://tinyurl.com/ithacawebcasts.
TELEVISION
Many Central New York residents will be able to view the game from their homes through Time Warner Cable. A live broadcast will be shown in Cortland on Time Warner Channel 17. The game will also be shown live in Tompkins County; please check listings for the channel.
The game will be available to the Time Warner Central New York Division on channel 26 on Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and on Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.
LODGING
Alumni are urged to make their hotel reservations as soon as possible as Cortaca Jug Weekend is one of the busiest times in Cortland. Rates may be unusually high.
Lynne Parks '68 SUNY Cortland Alumni House, 29 Tompkins St., (607) 753-1561
Comfort Inn, 2 ½ Locust Ave., (607) 753-7721
Country Inn and Suites, 3707 U.S. Rte. 281, (607) 753-8300
Days Inn, 3775 U.S. Rte 11 (McGraw), (607) 753-7594
Econo Lodge, 10 Church St., (607) 756-2856
Hampton Inn, 26 River St., (607) 662-0007
Quality Inn, 188 Clinton Ave. Ext., (607) 756-5622
Ramada Cortland, 2 River St., (607) 756- 4431
7 Valley Motel, 46 Tompkins St., (607) 753-1515
What is Cortaca Jug?
Billed as "the biggest little game in the nation" by Sports Illustrated many years ago, the annual Cortland-Ithaca football contest perennially has been of one of the top draws in NCAA Division III football for the past two decades. While the rivalry dates back to 1930, the Cortaca Jug has been awarded to the winner annually since 1959.
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