Author: Gill Gross
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Good Takes, Bad Takes, Unforgettable Games: Three Years of SU Opinions
This is my last day at Orange Fizz. It’s been an honor serving you, Fizz Nation. Let’s end this ride with a trip down memory lane. Takes I Stand By The 2018-19 basketball team underwhelmed because not a single key player improved in the offseason. Boeheim’s 2-3 zone is an amazing defense, but Boeheim’s Army…
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What is San Diego State’s Major Weakness vs. Syracuse?
“They really don’t have a weakness. That’s unusual.” Words from Jim Boeheim on ACC Network earlier this week. His initial read on San Diego State, Syracuse’s NCAA Tournament first round opponent on Friday, is terrifyingly close to being completely accurate. The Aztecs are top-110 in the country on both offense and defense, in effective field…
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How People Are Betting Syracuse vs. UVA
The Orange have a chance to take their fate out of the selection committee’s hands on Thursday at noon. The game will be televised on ESPN. Syracuse picked up a comfortable 89-68 win over NC State in the 2nd round. The Cavaliers come off a double bye, and are the oddsmakers favorite to win the…
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If Syracuse Can’t Beat NC State, It Doesn’t Deserve March Madness
In 2017, Syracuse beat three ranked teams from January 28th to February 22nd. This was before the dreaded NET system was put into place. But if I were to guess, the Orange picked up three quadrant one wins on their home floor down the stretch: FSU, Duke and Virginia. That Tyler Lydon, Andrew White and…
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The Fans vs. Jim Boeheim: Who’s been right in 2021?
You have to give the 45th year hall-of-fame coach, Jim Boeheim, some credit; he may read and consume everything that is said about him, but he doesn‚Äôt really listen. In other words, the media nor the fans can pressure him into coaching his basketball team differently than he thinks is best. Boeheim definitely cares what…
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Fizz Radio 1/28: The Virginia Meltdown, 2021 Football Schedule, NC State Preview with Steven Muma
On this week’s Fizz Radio, Ian Unsworth and Gill Gross break down SU’s 81-58 loss to Virginia, take an early stab at the 2021 SU football schedule, and preview NC State with Steven Muma of Backing the Pack. You can listen to Fizz Radio on the Score 1260 in Syracuse from 9 a.m. to 10…
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Syracuse Football 2021 Schedule: Best to Worst
The Syracuse football schedule for 2021 is out. The Orange are pretty fortunate to avoid North Carolina and Miami in the conference, but a couple non-conference games are going to be harder than expected at the time of scheduling. Here’s SU’s 2021 schedule, power ranked. 1. vs. Clemson 2020 record: 10-2 Syracuse will no longer…
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Coach K was Right: Non-Con Wasn’t Worth It
Syracuse basketball has had three games postponed due to New York State contract tracing guidelines, after a traveling member of Buffalo tested positive for Covid-19. Games against Notre Dame, Wake Forest and North Carolina are all postponed, and the ACC did not set aside specific dates for make-up games. The team will now miss valuable…
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Counterpoint: Sidibe’s Return should Cast Dolezaj to Bench
It’s a great problem to have: Syracuse has seven players on the roster worthy of starting. Most of the early season rotation debates have targeted the backcourt, as hot-takers called for Kadary Richmond to replace Joe Girard in the starting lineup after just four games. In reality, the point guard situation is marvelously straightforward. It’s…
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Don’t Forget Frank Anselem
Syracuse has the look of a nice sturdy rotation to start this upcoming season. Freshman Kadary Richmond and sophomore Quincy Guerrier will have to come off the bench, but they’re too good to stay there for long. It’s been a while since the Orange had that kind of player: maybe since Tyler Lydon came off…
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Jim Boeheim Previews 2020-21 Season
45th-year Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim chatted with the media ahead of the upcoming season. Check out his thoughts on the departure of Dior Johnson, Covid-19 protocols and newcomers Kadary Richmond and Alan Griffin. On Dior Johnson’s De-Commitment Boeheim is not allowed to mention Johnson by name, but he certainly addressed him here. “We did not…
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SU Basketball Hit the Gym
Syracuse center Bourama Sidibe and forward Marek Dolezaj have each gained over 20 pounds, Jim Boeheim told the Syracuse Post-Standard. That’s good news, especially after a summer that didn’t go as planned for anyone. For Dolezaj, the pandemic may have helped his weight gain, since all he could do was eat and lift, while staying…
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Trill Williams Opts Out, Targets NFL
Syracuse star defensive back Trill Williams will forgo the season’s final four games, and enter the NFL draft, the junior announced on Twitter Wednesday. The move mirrors his close friend and fellow DB Andre Cisco, who opted out of the season after sustaining a season-ending injury. Williams was also sidelined with injury, but it’s unclear…
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Play Morgan: Have We Already Forgotten Eric Dungey?
Who the hell is Eric Dungey? That’s what most Syracuse fans said when a three-star true freshman quarterback was thrust into action in SU’s 2015 opener against Rhode Island. He was a skinny kid from Oregon, baring no resemblance to the Captain America action figure he would later become. Dungey was only in the game…
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SU Top 100: #2 Ernie Davis
Following in the footsteps of the greatest running back ever is a lofty aspiration. Ernie Davis wanted nothing else. His hero, Jim Brown persuaded him to come to Syracuse in 1958, two years after Brown left SU as the most decorated player in program history. “I told him it wouldn’t be a cakewalk because we’re…
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SU Top 100: #11 Dwayne ‘Pearl’ Washington
Most people couldn’t find Syracuse, New York on a map. College basketball was dominated SEC and Big 12 schools. Then Pearl Washington happened. In 1983, Washington was the talk of the streets in the Mecca of basketball, New York City. The point guard averaged 35 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and four steals playing at…
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SU Top 100: #20 Paul Gait
1989 may have been the peak of Syracuse lacrosse. In ’88, Syracuse went undefeated en route to a national championship. When the NCAA tournament came around the following season, SU had just one blemish on their record. The Orange took care of Navy and blew through Maryland 18-8 to land themselves in the national championship…
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SU Top 100: #29 Katie Rowan
In 2008, Syracuse women’s lacrosse was having its best season to date. After winning the BIG EAST title, the Orange earned a five seed in the NCAA tournament. That meant Gary Gait’s team would host a tournament game in the Carrier Dome for the first time in program history. The opponent was Towson. But the…
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SU Top 100: #30 Jim Nance
First of all, not that Jim Nantz. In a football history chock full of great ball carriers, Jim Nance is criminally underappreciated. He scored 13 rushing touchdowns in 1964, tying Jim Brown and surpassing Ernie Davis. He led the Orange in rushing (1,021 yards) in 1964, when Floyd Little was a freshman. Nance went pro…
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SU Top 100: #47 Adrian Autry
Syracuse did not advance to the elite eight in 1994, but not to any fault of their senior point guard Adrian ‘Red’ Autry. In the Sweet 16, the Orange (4) met top-seeded Missouri. The Tigers led by eleven points with five minutes to go. That’s when Autry led a scoring barrage and surged SU into…
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SU Top 100: #56 Eric Devendorf
Syracuse fans quickly found a nickname for this deadly guard out of Central Michigan. Devo had a temper, and sometimes found trouble off the court. But he had a tight handle, a silky smooth pull up game and left-handed finishes off the glass that left rim protectors mystified. Devendorf owns one of the most memorable…
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SU Top 100: #74 Jim Boeheim
If this were a list of the most important human beings in Syracuse Athletics history, he would be No. 1. Instead, this is a top-100 athletes list, and Jim Boeheim comes in at #74. As a staff, we were torn on Boeheim’s placement. He came to SU’s campus in 1962, with freshman roommate Dave Bing,…
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SU Top 100: #95-91
We’re just getting started in our quest to rank the top-100 athletes in Syracuse Athletics history. It was a lot tougher than simply pulling up the SU record books an ranking accordingly. Post-collegiate accomplishments are weighted heavily. It’s important that players continue to enhance the Syracuse brand after they’re done wearing Orange. Football and basketball…
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Fizz Four: Controversies No. 1
We’ve seen profanity-laced press conference rants, jacket ripping and NCAA violations. It’s all led us here: the number one controversy in Syracuse basketball history. Indeed, the most important thing that ever happened in the history of Syracuse Basketball was joining the Big East.¬† Nobody too far outside of Central New York knew anything about Syracuse…
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