Tag: Bowl game
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Syracuse is Headed to a Bowl: What’s the Best Option?
After winning its sixth game this weekend, Syracuse football is headed to a bowl. But which possible bowl game is the right fit for the Orange? Syracuse.com identified five likely options, and we ranked them from worst to best. 5. Pinstripe Bowl There’s a lot for Syracuse fans to like about the Pinstripe Bowl. The…
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A Syracuse Football Bowl Game Shouldn’t Impact Dino Babers’ Job Security
Syracuse football is just one win away from a bowl appearance. An extra game would be great for the program and Orange fans should be hungry for postseason play. However, whether or not SU gets to six wins shouldn’t dictate Dino Babers’ future with the team. A bowl game is looking pretty likely at this…
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Could this be Dino Babers’ Final Season at Syracuse?
As the 8th season of Dino Babers as the head coach of the Syracuse football program creeps closer and closer, it’s time to take a further look at what the possibilities are for a man who has been in SU fans’ lives since 2016. In his first seven seasons with the Orange, Babers has gone…
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How does Syracuse take down Minnesota in the Pinstripe Bowl?
Syracuse is officially headed back to Yankee Stadium for the Pinstripe Bowl. The Orange will meet up with Minnesota in NYC on December 29 at 2 p.m. We know what to expect from SU, a team which has been decimated by injury and floundered against tougher competition. After an hot 5-0 start, the Orange lost…
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You Wanted a Bowl Game, You Got It
Look it was a weird year. Obviously when your team starts 6-0 and earns a top-15 ranking your expectations and greed for more set in. It doesn’t help that the same team that ripped through six straight opponents then proceeded to lose its next five and free fall out of both relevancy and rankings. Let’s…
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What Does Syracuse’s Bowl Outlook Like After Two Losses?
Just a few weeks ago, there was chatter about Syracuse playing in a New Year’s Six Bowl or even the College Football Playoff. Somewhat unrealistic hope of the latter has been crushed after two straight losses to Clemson and Notre Dame. That being said, don’t think that SU still can’t find itself on national television…
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What Does a Successful Rest of the Season Look Like?
Syracuse is off to one of its best starts in program history. Dino Babers has revitalized his team with new coaching philosophies, experienced players, and a new attitude. His new mantra, ‚Äòtry less harder‚Äô, has worked to perfection as the Orange are a perfect 4-0 heading into a game against FCS Wagner where they are…
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At 3-0 Here’s the Projections for the Rest of Syracuse’s Schedule
After a wild finish at the Dome over Purdue, Syracuse is 3-0. Garrett Shrader’s first half was rough, but after halftime he came alive and threw the perfect pass to Oronde Gadsen to win the game. As we dissected on the Fizz, Shrader’s development into a star this season has been the best thing that…
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Syracuse Football Shouldn’t be Playing Penn State
Yesterday, Syracuse football announced the Orange would be playing Penn State in a home-and-home in six years. SU and PSU will battle with today’s eighth-graders in 2027 and 2028, with the latter edition at “Our House” *eyeroll*. So yes, this is a historic matchup. The teams have played each other 71 times since the inaugural…
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Three Reasons Why 5-7 Syracuse Shouldn’t Play in a Bowl Game
For some reason (a word that starts with m and ends with -oney, which already runs intercollegiate athletics), the college football powers that be are letting 5-7 teams into bowl games this year instead of canceling them all together. Texas A&M had to withdraw from the Gator Bowl because of a COVID outbreak within the…
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Has Dino Babers Done Enough To Be Taken Off The Hot Seat?
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The ACC Has Just Become Syracuse’s Best Friend
“If you were a chick, who’s the one guy you would sleep with?” “John Stamos!” “What?! Did we just become best friends?!” One of the most memorable scenes in the cult classic “Step Brothers” features Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly realizing they were metaphorically looking in the mirror. After this weekend, perhaps Syracuse is…
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Can Syracuse Dream of a Bowl Game After 3-1 Start?
The numbers don’t lie. There are 11 ACC specific bowl games, there are 14 ACC teams. That does not include the College Football Playoff, nor the Peach Bowl or Fiesta Bowl, who are allowed to choose any two at-large teams. That means there’s the potential for 14 ACC schools to play in the postseason this…
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Tough Road Ahead Spells Trouble for Syracuse’s Bowl Chances
Let‚Äôs just come right out and say it. Saturday‚Äôs 35-17 loss to Florida State was nothing short of demoralizing and debilitating. Not only was it the Orange‚Äôs third straight loss since the bye week, but it also kept SU as the only winless team in the ACC. Dino Babers and company have still yet to…
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Grier be Gone: Three Ways Will Grier’s Absence Will Impact the Camping World Bowl
Saturday morning gave us news we all had a pretty strong inkling about, but just needed a little confirmation for: BREAKING: West Virginia QB Will Grier will not play vs. #Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl. He’s third in the nation in passing yards/game (351.3) and TD (37). — Orange Fizz (@OrangeFizz) December 8, 2018…
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12/3 FizzCast: Get Out Your Tents and What to Make of Syracuse Basketball’s Latest Run
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard break down what it means that the Orange is in the Camping World Bowl and preview West Virginia’s potent offense. They also wrap up Syracuse’s wins over #16 Ohio State and Cornell and what to look for in the week ahead.
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11/4 FizzCast: Syracuse=Football School and Quincy Guerrier Commits
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard return to break down Syracuse’s unheralded football success in 2018, what the future holds and analyze Quincy Guerrier’s commitment to SU basketball.
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Looking at Past Syracuse Bowl Teams Against Ranked Opponents: How Does This Year’s Team Stack Up?
Syracuse has played in 25 bowl games, which ranks 45th¬†among all current FBS programs. In those years, the Orange has faced 73 ranked opponents, going 30-40-3. On Saturday, Syracuse has a chance to beat a ranked opponent for the first time all year. The last time the Orange failed to beat a ranked team in…
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8/18 Fizz Radio: Is 2018 Bowl or Bust for Syracuse Football?
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki breaks down some intricacies of Syracuse football ahead of the team’s opener against Western Michigan (0:00-11:13), the latest with Darius Bazley (11:13-22:15), if 2018 is bowl or bust with the Fizz’s JD Raucci (22:15-36:34) and wraps it up with Fizz Feedback (36:34-End).
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Bowl Watching: How Confident Should Syracuse Be About Its Postseason Chances?
For what has seemingly been every single road game this season, the Orange left the field with a moral victory on Saturday in SU‚Äôs loss to Florida State. That pins Syracuse at 4-5 (which is the record many expected SU to have at this point anyways), yet the optimism surrounding this team seems to be…
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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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The Math Behind Syracuse’s Road to a Bowl
Coming into the season it seemed like an impossibility: Syracuse playing in the postseason. But at the bye week for the Orange it’s actually not an alternate universe that would have Dino Babers coaching in a bowl game in his first year at the helm. SU sits at 4-4 after consecutive ACC wins, and two…
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When Will Syracuse Football Be “Back?”
Syracuse is predicted to have a mediocre season and have no bowl appearance.
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Syracuse Predicted to Play Inaugural Detroit Bowl vs. Northwestern
Early predictions have Syracuse squaring off against old foe Northwestern in the Detroit Bowl on Dec. 30.
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Fizz Five: Must-Knows for Syracuse vs. Minnesota in the Texas Bowl
The Fizz Five breaks down the must-knows for the Texas Bowl.
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Fizz Five: Syracuse in Texas Bowl Has Long-Term Benefits for Recruiting, Alumni
The Fizz Five talks about Syracuse’s appearance in the Texas Bowl.
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National Publication Has Syracuse Playing New Year’s Day in Outback Bowl
Could the Orange be playing on prestigious New Year’s Day when the bowls come around?
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Fizz Five: Takeaways from Syracuse’s ACC Road Win Over NC State
The Fizz Five takeaways from the NC State game offer insights into bowl chances.
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Long Distance Romeing: Jerome Smith is the Key to Productive Syracuse Attack
If the SU tailback is successful and gets his touches, the Orange could be back in the postseason.
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Does Syracuse Need to Win the Pinstripe Bowl? Fizz Says No
Kiddies, grab your pencils. It’s quiz time regarding your old bumbling coach.
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Cincy’s Stinker Gives Orange Nation Hope
After the Big East’s first week, SU’s road to a bowl seems much easier.
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A Bronx Tale
So Notre Dame, Army, Boston College and Rutgers are in linebefore the Orange for a date in the Bronx? Argh.
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