Author: Drew Carter
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First Half Takeaways: Syracuse vs. Baylor in the NCAA Tournament
Syracuse trails a high-temperature, back-and-forth first-round battle with Baylor, 38-37, after the first half in Salt Lake City. Three takeaways from the opening 20: Syracuse endured Baylor‚Äôs early barrage The Bears canned 3‚Äôs on each of their first five possessions. You read that right. Five possessions, five treys. It was an onslaught, aided and abetted…
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First Half Reactions: Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh in the ACC Tournament
No. 6 Syracuse trails No. 14 Pittsburgh, 36-30, at halftime of the Orange‚Äôs first ACC Tournament game of 2019. Three takeaways from the opening 20: Oshae Brissett needs to step up With Tyus Battle on the shelf due to what a Syracuse Athletics spokesperson deemed a ‚Äúback bruise,‚Äù the Orange needed to lean on the…
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3/9 Fizz Radio: Should We Freak About the UVA Loss?
The Fizz’s JD Raucci and Thomas Shults are here to break down everything that happened in the Virginia game. Should fans be panicking after an ugly loss? Just how bad was the three-point defense? How can SU finish the season strong against Clemson? Plus, a look into the future for Syracuse football in 2019 and…
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Meet Noah Collier, the Four-Star Wing Who Just Visited Syracuse
On Monday, the Carrier Dome waved goodbye to its present and may have waved hello to its future. Before the final home game of the season, Syracuse honored its seniors with a nice ceremony before being buried beneath an avalanche named Kyle Guy against Virginia, and did it in front of a four-star recruit who…
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No. 5 UNC Overwhelms Syracuse on Glass, at Line to Pull Away with Win
For the second time this season, Syracuse marched into the heart of the Research Triangle and hung with one of the best college basketball teams in the country. But unlike that January night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Orange fell short Tuesday. No. 5 North Carolina (23-5, 13-2 ACC) solidified its status as perhaps the…
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Syracuse Lays an Egg in Lopsided Loss to Georgia Tech
There are no easy wins in the ACC. All of a sudden, one of the worst offensive teams in the country couldn‚Äôt miss. The referees did them no favors. The excuses ring hollow after Syracuse’s 73-59 loss to Georgia Tech ‚Äî one of the conference‚Äôs cellar dwellers ‚Äî Saturday at the Carrier Dome (on national…
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Babers’ Bites: Camping World Bowl
When teams coached by Dino Babers and Dana Holgorsen take the field, all eyes are on the offenses. And rightfully so: both guys are innovators who have engineered high-powered, high-octane systems. This is the fourth matchup across the nation this season that pits two top-12 scoring offenses against each other (WVU ranks 9th at 42.3;…
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“The Sharks and the Jets, Bro” – Dino Babers’ Greatest Hits, Week 12
In Syracuse, you can always count on three things: unseasonable and unbearable snow, the Tres Ni√±os order at Dinosaur BBQ, and Dino Babers bringing electricity to every press conference. Whether his team just toppled the reigning national champions or got spanked on a national stage, the Orange‚Äôs head football coach walks to the podium armed…
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Syracuse Drops Bonkers Marathon at Pittsburgh, 44-37
Last week, the heartbreaking finish may not have stung as much, because Syracuse was never supposed to be in the position to win, anyway. This week, it‚Äôs different. Fresh off a last-minute loss at No. 3 Clemson in which the eventual victor bled out the clock with a merciless ground attack en route to an…
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First Half Facts: Pittsburgh 20, Syracuse 17
Panthers pick themselves up from the mat Before the game even started, Pittsburgh was in trouble. The Panthers won the toss and deferred, opting to give the Orange the ball out of the gate. Given the two units‚Äô numbers ‚Äî Syracuse leads the ACC in scoring offense and Pittsburgh ranks third from the bottom in…
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Gabe Horan Could Emerge as Legitimate Weapon for Hometown Syracuse Orange
What started as a feel-good story could soon become much more significant, and a Syracuse football player who started as a luxury could soon become a necessity. Gabe Horan grew up in Baldwinsville, a suburb of Syracuse, and has been going to games at the Carrier Dome for as long as he can remember. When…
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FizzCast 3/20: Does Syracuse Have a Chance vs. Duke?
Drew Carter and Jonathon Hoppe break down Syracuse’s unlikely path to the Sweet 16 and go toe-to-toe in a heated debate about the Orange’s chances to take down Duke. At one point, one guy calls the other an “idiot.”
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Syracuse Survives Arizona State in First Four, 60-56
The 2017-18 Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball is a cockroach. It doesn‚Äôt always look pretty, but it just refuses to die. That was the case again in the Orange‚Äôs 60-56 win over Arizona State in a thrilling First Four battle Wednesday in Dayton. Neither team led by more than seven at any point, and neither team‚Äôs fan…
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Three Nuggets from Syracuse and Arizona State’s Press Conferences
Syracuse and Arizona State players and coaches addressed the media yesterday, ahead of their First Four showdown tonight. Jim Boeheim, Tyus Battle, and Frank Howard were in postseason form with their answers to reporters‚Äô questions; here are some takeaways from the entertaining and informative press conference. The Sun Devils are happy to be back under…
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Arizona State Has Seen Plenty of Zone ‚Äî but not like Syracuse’s
The PAC-12 has turned from the Conference of Champions to the Conference of Zone Defenses this season. ‚ÄúTeams are changing up,‚Äù Oregon head coach Dana Altman said earlier this season. ‚ÄúThey see the advantage of playing zone for at least a while. ‚Ķ Everybody except Arizona has got some variation of it.‚Äù The league has…
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Class of 2019 Recruiting Rankings Loaded with NY Area Studs
Note to the rest of the ACC: don‚Äôt let the Orange get hot on the recruiting trail. With a loaded class featuring two blue-chippers already on the way next year, Syracuse may have a chance to bring in another high-profile group in 2019 ‚Äî thanks in large part to geography. We‚Äôve heard plenty about Joe…
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Syracuse’s Rebounding Has Fallen off a Cliff
Perhaps the most fascinating subplot of this Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball season ‚Äî and there are a plethora to choose from (RIP Geno Thorpe) ‚Äî has been the Orange‚Äôs relationship with the glass. SU began the year as one of the best rebounding teams in the nation, but has since seen that strength erode and rear…
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4-Star RB Mychale Salahuddin Pump Fakes Syracuse, Picks Pittsburgh
The saying goes that when one door closes, another one opens. In Syracuse‚Äôs case, the opposite came true on National Signing Day: after several doors opened, one closed in emphatic and embarrassing fashion. Four-star running back Mychale Salahuddin, who had reportedly narrowed his list of schools down to SU and Pittsburgh, signed with the Panthers…
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Awards from Syracuse’s Deflating 59-44 Loss to No. 2 Virginia
Breaking News Award: Syracuse‚Äôs Offense Is Not Good <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>There is zero confidence with these kids. Battle just looks tired. So does Brissett. Not having a bench with some talent hurts these kids. With Thompson and the guard from S FL leaving school, hurt SU. Here‚Äôs to next year.</p>— Brett Baron (@brettbaron)…
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Awards from Syracuse’s 80-67 Win over Texas Southern
So far, so good for Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball. The expectations around the Orange were almost non-existent this year following a snub from the NCAA Tournament and a mass exodus of talent. But SU has taken care of business out of the gate and moved to 3-0 with an 80-67 win over Texas Southern Saturday night…
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Awards from Syracuse’s Season-Opening Win over Cornell
After a sloppy start, Syracuse hit the gas and cruised to a 77-45 win over Cornell in the regular season opener Friday. The Orange‚Äôs 2-3 zone suffocated the Big Red, who shot 13-of-25 (25 percent) from the field on its way to the lowest scoring output by an SU opponent since 2014. A few players…
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2018 F Nate Roberts Includes Syracuse in Top Three
If you‚Äôve been following the Fizz over the last few months, you might think the Syracuse basketball team has already locked down 10 commits in the Class of 2018. A plethora of highly-touted prospects has expressed strong interest in wearing Orange as of late. Louis King, Jalen Carey, Jeenathan Williams, Dimon Carrigan, Eric Ayala; the…
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Syracuse Sprints Past Central Michigan, 41-17
It looked like Syracuse was on its way to d√©j√† vu all over again. In a Saturday afternoon tilt at the Carrier Dome, the Orange was locked in a tight battle after coming into the contest as a heavy favorite. One week after falling to Middle Tennessee State, 30-23, SU trailed Central Michigan by a…
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Profiling the Five Teams Syracuse Needs to Beat
Before every football season starts, Syracuse fans go on a scavenger hunt. They check out the Orange‚Äôs schedule, do some prognosticating, and pick six games that look winnable. Pick up those six victories, and SU is going bowling. It‚Äôs a pretty simple exercise. This season, one of those six wins on every fan‚Äôs checklist was…
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Dino Babers Talks Antwan Cordy, Rex Culpepper, and Swag
Syracuse head football coach Dino Babers spoke with the media on the weekly ACC teleconference Wednesday morning. Naturally, one of the first questions focused on free safety Antwan Cordy, who went down with a lower-leg injury in the Orange‚Äôs 50-7 win over Central Connecticut State. ‚ÄúI‚Äôm not gonna talk about who‚Äôs been at practice,‚Äù said…
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Five-Star 2018 SF Louis King Includes Syracuse in Top Eight
For Syracuse basketball, the upcoming season has ‚Äústruggle‚Äù written all over it ‚Äî especially after Taurean Thompson‚Äôs departure left the 2017-18 Orange with just one returning player who averaged at least five points per game last season. But while the present outlook appears bleak, the future grows brighter by the day. Louis King, a blue-chip…
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Taurean Thompson Withdraws from Syracuse University
Before Monday‚Äôs bombshell, the cupboard for the Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball team was already pretty barren heading into 2017. Now, the outlook is even bleaker. Forward Taurean Thompson has withdrawn from school, according to Donna Ditota of Syracuse.com. Classes at SU started Monday, and Thompson is reportedly not on campus. “We have been informed that Taurean…
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4-Star 2018 OT Qadir White Commits to Syracuse
Syracuse head football coach Dino Babers is known for producing superstar wide receivers. He claims to have ‚Äúput 25 wide receivers in the NFL,‚Äù and in his first year at the helm of the Orange, he helped an unheralded transfer named Amba Etta-Tawo put up the best statistical season in program history. It‚Äôs fair to…
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Can You Spell the Names of These Syracuse Athletes?
Thanks to yet another blowout in the NBA playoffs, the most exciting sporting event that took place Thursday night was the Scripps National Spelling Bee. To be fair to the Warriors and Cavs, they would have needed five overtimes to match the 21-round title bout between 12-year-old champion Ananya Vinay and 14-year-old runner-up Rohan Rajeev,…
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Answer Key: Syracuse Sports Spelling Bee
Baye Moussa Keita Jerami Grant Michael Gbinije Shamarko Thomas Kristof Ongenaet Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye Arinze Onuaku Paul Pasqualoni Paschal Chukwu Jim Brown OR Jim Boeheim Report Card 9-10 points:¬†Please don’t take my job 7-8 points: Your dog is probably named “Otto” 5-6 points: You may be wearing orange right now 3-4 points: Enroll in…
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Sports Illustrated Writer Pegs Syracuse As Tier 3 Football Program
Ranking college sports programs by prestige is never an exact science: everyone has their own parameters to define the difference between a ‚Äúblue blood‚Äù and a ‚Äúcellar dweller,‚Äù and people react to single-season performances ‚Äî whether it be a surprisingly successful campaign or an uncharacteristic down year ‚Äî in different ways. Aside from declaring the…
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Syracuse Offers Four Football Recruits Wednesday
If you‚Äôve ever taken a day to blow through several items on a to-do list, you understand the latest Syracuse football recruiting news. In a three-hour span Wednesday afternoon, four recruits tweeted that the Orange had offered them a scholarship. First, 2018 wide receiver Kearis Jackson broke the news at 1:23. Four minutes later, Jacob…
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Jordan Tucker Spurns Syracuse, Chooses Duke
A couple hours ago, a highly-touted recruit spurned Syracuse and verbally committed to play basketball for a blue blood after being pursued by Jim Boeheim‚Äôs staff for years (literally). No, we‚Äôre not just reposting an article about Quade Green ‚Äî it actually happened again. At 12:01 on Saturday afternoon, Jordan Tucker broke the collective heart…
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4-Star 2018 Forward Jeenathan Williams Calls Syracuse a “Dream School”
If you‚Äôve ever received a bad grade or negative review on an assignment or project, you know how Syracuse basketball feels right now. The Orange‚Äôs performance in the current recruiting cycle has been less-than-impressive: SU‚Äôs Class of 2017 ¬†checks in at 58th in 247sports.com‚Äôs team rankings, behind blue-bloods like Oregon State, TCU, and Saint Louis.…
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First-Team Offense Lays an Egg in Syracuse Football Spring Game
The annual spring football game is nothing more than a glorified exhibition to tide over ravenous fans who can‚Äôt wait another four months for the sport to return for real. It‚Äôs dangerous to extract any sort of ‚Äútakeaways‚Äù from the scrimmage, which pits a team‚Äôs starters against its backups. When teammates do battle, the hits…
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Syracuse Building 2018 Recruiting Class from the Inside-Out
Dino Babers has worked magic with wide receivers at every stop in his career. As Baylor‚Äôs receivers coach, Babers coaxed monster numbers out of Josh Gordon, Terrance Williams, and Kendall Wright; at Bowling Green, it was Roger Lewis and Gehrig Dieter; with Syracuse, he‚Äôs already been the fuse that caused Amba Etta-Tawo to explode, and…
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