Author: Carter Bainbridge
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By The Numbers: How SU Romped Over Ohio on Opening Day
Syracuse football pulled off a pretty impressive win last night over the Ohio Bobcats. Head coach Dino Babers got his first victory in nearly a calendar year and did it against an old MAC foe. In a strong performance that lacked flashy plays, SU controlled the game from beginning to end. How did they accomplish…
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The Five Games Dino Babers Needs to Win In 2021
We‚Äôre just three days away from Syracuse‚Äôs opening Saturday against Ohio. Dino Babers has finally named his starting quarterback, and the Fizz will be releasing its Week 1 Crystal Ball predictions shortly.¬† In the meantime, it‚Äôs worth going over SU‚Äôs schedule again and figuring out which of these games they should (or can) win. Not…
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Kamari Lands’ Decommitment is a New Symptom of The NIL Era
Even those of you distracted by Syracuse‚Äôs confounding quarterback controversy couldn‚Äôt have missed what befell the Orange a little over a week ago. 4-star forward prospect Kamari Lands, perhaps the crowning jewel of Jim Boeheim‚Äôs 2022 recruiting class, decommitted from Syracuse after a four-month marriage. Now the entire structure of the class – filled with…
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Could Syracuse End Up Using Both Its QBs?
On Sunday, Syracuse football was tabbed as a road underdog in its opener against the Mid-American Conference Ohio Bobcats, and it’s the latest prediction not to take Syracuse seriously. Part of the doubt and uncertainty around the team‚Äôs progress stems from the quarterback position. Any Syracuse fan paying even slight attention to the team knows…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #7 Anthony Queeley
With just under two weeks to go until Syracuse football‚Äôs opener on September 4th, the Fizz is counting down the team‚Äôs top 10 most important players. You can read our last entry on the list here. In the meantime, our countdown marches on with No. 7 on the list in wide receiver Anthony Queeley, who…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #9 Matthew Bergeron
We‚Äôre just 17 days away from Syracuse football‚Äôs opener against Ohio. In the meantime, the Fizz is putting together a top 10 list of SU‚Äôs most important contributors for the 2021 season. You can read #10 on the list here. No. 9 on our list is a returning face on one of SU‚Äôs most critical…
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For SU’s QB Controversy, History Favors the Incumbent
We‚Äôre just 20 days away from Syracuse football‚Äôs 2021 opener, but the team‚Äôs most important position battle remains undecided. Throughout the offseason, head coach Dino Babers has avoided naming a starting quarterback out of a crowded room. The situation has quickly developed into one of the more interesting quarterback controversies in recent SU history. And…
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Newly-Released Preseason Top 25 Poll Reveals a Tough SU Schedule
We‚Äôre just a couple of weeks away from college football starting back up, and that means we‚Äôre about to welcome back some traditions and get used to some new features of the game. Fans are back in the stands, while those watching from home might see ads featuring their favorite players thanks to new NIL…
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For Better or Worse, Sterlin Gilbert’s System May Dictate SU’s Success
After such a dismal 2020 season, it‚Äôs been somewhat surprising to see how much intrigue there is surrounding the storylines of Syracuse football. We‚Äôre just a few weeks away from the season opener at Ohio on September 4th, and just a reminder: it‚Äôs okay to get excited. If you‚Äôre a Syracuse fan, it‚Äôs interesting to…
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Could LA Provide A Fairytale Ending for Carmelo Anthony?
Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball didn‚Äôt win a national championship last night, but it might have felt that way if you squinted. Boeheim‚Äôs Army, a perennial entrant of The Basketball Tournament since 2015, finally reached the championship game and delivered a win, thanks mostly in part to Keifer Sykes‚Äô last-second buzzer-beating three. To the victors go the…
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The ACC’s Preseason Poll is The Latest to Discount SU
With football season on the horizon (and SU‚Äôs virtual season in full swing), you‚Äôd be forgiven for hoping against hope and getting excited for this year‚Äôs squad. Here at the Fizz, we‚Äôve written about the storylines surrounding Dino Babers‚Äô quest to journey back from last year‚Äôs 1-10 boondoggle. However, other publications haven‚Äôt been so kind…
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Syracuse’s Non-Conference Schedule Continues to Take Shape
This summer, there‚Äôs been quite a bit to talk about in the Syracuse basketball realm. While departures and transfers hurt last year‚Äôs squad, SU‚Äôs recruiting class of ‚Äò22 is shaping up to be one of the more (still incomplete) incoming classes in some time. Don‚Äôt forget Boeheim‚Äôs Army is continuing TBT play as well. However,…
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If The Big 12 Falls, The ACC Should Welcome SU’s Former Big East Rival
We‚Äôre approaching the end of a typical Syracuse sports-less summer, but you‚Äôd be forgiven if you aren’t suffering Carrier Dome atmosphere withdrawals. There‚Äôs plenty of SU sports headlines to go around: we‚Äôve got ‚ÄòCuse athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics, ACC Kickoff going on, and Boeheim‚Äôs Army getting TBT play under way. With that in…
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How Are SU’s Targets Doing at Nike’s Peach Jam Tourney?
We‚Äôre still a good couple of months away from Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball re-taking the floor in the Dome, but we‚Äôve still had quite a bit to talk about this summer. SU‚Äôs class of ‚Äò22 recruiting group has taken shape and quickly become a pretty intriguing group of players. Some of those recruits (and other SU…
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How Does Dino Babers Compare to 2016’s Other Coaching Hires?
With just over a month and change to go until Syracuse football gears up for its 2021 season, we‚Äôre starting to get a better feel for what fans should expect from the team. Several publications have put together their predictions for SU‚Äôs season, and if written prognostication isn‚Äôt your fort√©, the Fizz is monitoring the…
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Syracuse Football Recruiting Still Isn’t Up To Snuff in The ACC
Syracuse football‚Äôs 2021 season feels like it‚Äôs just around the corner, even though it‚Äôs still over a month away. This offseason, we‚Äôve seen Dino Babers snag some new commits and a whole lot of negative press from around the prediction-happy sect of college football media. Most of that negativity stems from Syracuse‚Äôs recent underperformance on…
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So Far, ACC Predictions Haven’t Been Kind To Syracuse Football
For better or worse, it‚Äôs been a long time since Syracuse football has been on SU fans‚Äô weekly viewing menu. SU bowed out of the 2020 football season with a December 5th 45-21 drubbing at the hands of Notre Dame. Since then, Syracuse fans (and those of us here at the Fizz) have spent the…
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Which Direction Should SU Go At The Center Position?
Syracuse basketball has had a mostly intriguing offseason marked by some exciting commitments. The additions of four-stars Kamari Lands in April and Justin Taylor in late June have jolted some excitement back into the program. That‚Äôs an important step to recoup the losses of several starters from last year and a tantalizing future star in…
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What Needs to Break Right For SU Football to Surprise?
As we head into the dog days of summer, recruiting cycles are picking up all across the Syracuse athletics landscape. Dino Babers and company just signed a pair of Floridian recruits in Jeremiah Wilson and Mekhi Mason over the past few days. Both are in the class of ‚Äò22, so they‚Äôre a ways away. For…
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3-Star DB Jeremiah Wilson Commits to SU
Syracuse football broke out of a long commitment drought today with the addition of 3-star cornerback Jeremiah Wilson. Wilson is the fifth total commit in the class, and his decision comes just five days removed from his official visit. WIlson is the second player from Florida in the class, and the first since fellow Floridian…
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Armed with Big-Time Recruits, SU Must Now Stop Its Talent Exodus
In the midst of a veritable mid-June Syracuse sports desert, excitement has been hard to come by outside of the world of SU lacrosse. However, an oasis emerged yesterday in the form of a 6‚Äô6 small forward from Charlottesville, Virginia. Justin Taylor, a class of ’22 four-star recruit and the #2 overall prospect out of…
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How Does The Supreme Court’s NCAA Decision Affect SU?
A new chapter was just written in the ongoing quest to compensate collegiate athletes and drag the NCAA into a new era. The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a unanimous 9-0 decision that the NCAA‚Äôs continual refusal to allow education-related payments to student athletes violated antitrust laws. It sounds a little complicated, but the…
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Could a Blast From The Past Help the SU Offense?
To pass the time during what has been a very long SU football offseason, Syracuse fans have often wondered aloud about how to help the Orange offense. To be sure, last year’s Orange O struggled dearly on Dino Babers’ watch, finishing last in the ACC in points scored and total yards. Here at Fizz, we’ve…
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Athlon’s ACC Preview Isn’t Confident in Syracuse
Depending on who you ask, this has either been a very tough or a pretty optimistic offseason for Syracuse football. Coming off a 1-10 season, head coach Dino Babers and his staff remain intact for another go at things this Fall. Here at Fizz, predictions for the year have ranged from negative to cautiously hopeful,…
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Could Jesse Edwards be An X-Factor for Syracuse?
When Syracuse faded out of the NCAA Tournament with a loss to Houston back on March 27th, the immediate reactions for Syracuse fans were that of disappointment quickly followed by hopefulness for 2022. And why not? At the time, the prospect of possibly returning all five starters and a rising star in Kadary Richmond had…
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How Can the SU Defense Improve This Fall?
It seems like there‚Äôs two camps of Syracuse football fans when assessing last year‚Äôs 1-10 debacle. There are those who write it off as a pandemic-stricken one-off, and there are those who seek change within Dino Babers‚Äô system. We‚Äôve written ad nauseum here at the Fizz about Babers‚Äô no-huddle, no-scoring offense and what should be…
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Who Gives Syracuse a Higher Ceiling at Quarterback?
Syracuse football‚Äôs quarterback situation has been a hot topic of discussion during the entire offseason. After just six wins in the past two seasons, it‚Äôs all the more important for Dino Babers and his staff to evaluate the position correctly. Part of that evaluation process is deciding who gives Syracuse the most upside not just…
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Which SU Newcomers Will Be Most Impactful?
Syracuse football has had a rough past couple of seasons, but the youth and new faces within the program has kept things interesting and exciting even when the final results have been disappointing. For example, 2019‚Äôs emergence of wideout transfer Trishton Jackson was electrifying, and freshman Sean Tucker‚Äôs takeover of the running back spot in…
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Can Sean Tucker Replicate His Success This Year?
Syracuse football‚Äôs 2020 1-10 record was the result of a bunch of different factors. Injuries, opt-outs, and weak offensive depth led to what was by far the ACC‚Äôs worst offense and overall record. Three different quarterbacks started games for SU last year, but down the stretch they were aided by the emergence of freshman running…
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How Important is Garrett Williams to SU’s Defensive Backfield?
Syracuse football has a lot of work to do ahead of next fall. Last season‚Äôs 1-10 mark still shouldn‚Äôt sit right with anyone, but there are caveats to what was a brutal year. It‚Äôs probably hard to find a team that was more stricken by injuries and COVID opt-outs than Syracuse, and the youth the…
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SU’s Quarterback Controversy May Change the Trajectory of the Program
It‚Äôs a tricky exercise to speculate on a team‚Äôs position battle without a lot to go on, but that‚Äôs what SU football fans have been doing all offseason. After a lean 1-10 year that saw Syracuse finish last in every major yardage category, a crowded quarterback room provides some excitement and intrigue. What do we…
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Should Syracuse Ditch The Up-Tempo Look This Fall?
Syracuse football comes into this season with a whole lot of questions and considerably low expectations. A 1-10 season tends to be the reason why, and the Orange suffered through such a lean year thanks to a particularly paltry offense. It‚Äôs worth wondering if the Orange will shift away from their up-tempo attack this Fall.…
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What Went Wrong for SU Men’s Lacrosse This Year?
Last night‚Äôs Syracuse-Georgetown tournament game will probably go down as one of the most embarrassing chapters in Syracuse athletics history, much less men‚Äôs lacrosse history. The Orange were humiliated 18-8 on national TV by an old Big East rival and totally lost their collective cool while doing it. In some ways, it was a fitting…
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WR Ed Hendrix Enters Transfer Portal
Syracuse wideout Ed Hendrix announced his decision to enter the transfer portal yesterday, and the decision leaves SU‚Äôs wide receiver room thinner than ever. The Orange already lost Nykeim Johnson back in January via transfer to Kent State, meaning Syracuse now returns just two players with notable starting experience at wideout. Hendrix’s departure now means…
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What More Can Syracuse Do to Retain Players?
Player retention in the NCAA is a hot-button issue right now, and Syracuse‚Äôs departures this offseason make it easy to jumpstart the same old discussions about the transfer portal. The recently-departed trio of Robert Braswell, Woody Newton, and Kadary Richmond accounted for nearly 15% of Syracuse‚Äôs points last season. That figure may not seem like…
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Should SU Have Played Woody Newton More?
The transfer portal has done a pretty big number on Syracuse basketball this offseason. Last season‚Äôs contributors such as Robert Braswell and electric freshman Kadary Richmond have slipped through SU‚Äôs hands, but the departure that may hurt the most is forward Woody Newton, who transferred to Oklahoma State back on April 16th. Newton‚Äôs SU career…
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