Tag: Class of 2018
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With Voids to Fill, Syracuse Basketball’s Incoming Class is Incredibly Crucial
Syracuse will hurt far more from its departures heading into the 2019-2020 season than it did coming into this past one. With Tyus Battle NBA bound, Frank Howard and Paschal Chukwu are graduating, and there is also no guarantee that Oshae Brissett will be back either. Because of how much more painful the departures after…
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Recapping Syracuse Football’s Busy Recruiting Week
By the time you‚Äôre reading this, Dino Babers has probably snatched up another recruit. Syracuse had a busy week on the recruiting trail constructing its 2019 class, but also picked up a late add to the 2018 roster. As of this posting, the Orange added a total of five players to their program over the…
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Former four-star Pitt basketball commit could soon help Syracuse
It‚Äôs not very often that we here at Orange Fizz talk about how the Pitt Panthers could actually help out Syracuse. Far too often, we‚Äôre talking about basketball-like scores in football games, recruits faking out the Orange to head to the Panthers or the not-so-great record SU had against Pitt in the Jamie Dixon era.…
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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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How Mychale Salahuddin Would Change Syracuse Football
There was no basketball for the Orange this weekend, yet it may have been one of the most important ones on the calendar for Syracuse athletics. Four-star running back Mychale Salahuddin took his official visit to the school this weekend. https://twitter.com/TheRealMyke5/status/955116290422837248 Salahuddin is the fifth ranked all-purpose running back and is a top 250 overall…
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What To Look For In Syracuse Football’s Class of 2018
College football‚Äôs new early signing period brings even more intrigue this year‚Äôs Syracuse Class of 2018. With about a week until recruits can officially put the pen to the paper, the Orange has plenty to be smiling about for its upcoming class. This is the third cycle, but only second true Dino Babers class, and…
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Syracuse Picks up Another Key Recruit
When the 2017 Syracuse football season came to a close, there was a lot of chatter about who would replace star linebackers Zaire Franklin and Paris Bennett. Those two were the heartbeat of a defense that looked much better (at times) than it did in an embarrassing 2016 campaign.¬† With the commitment of 2018 linebacker…
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SU football offers two pairs of prospects from Philadelphia, Detroit areas
For most Syracuse fans, the bye week probably isn‚Äôt the most exciting time of the football season. A whole week off without being able to watch your favorite team can be a bit of a drag sometimes. However, the bye is also a week off of sorts for the coaching staff. Because they don‚Äôt have…
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Class of 2018 PG Brendan Paul commits to Syracuse as preferred walk-on
In what has already been an impressive recruiting class with the likes of Darius Bazley and Jalen Carey heading to the Hill, Syracuse basketball picked up another commitment in the class of 2018 on Tuesday. Point guard Brendan Paul announced his decision on Tuesday afternoon via his Twitter account: Paul is currently in a post-grad…
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What Are Syracuse Commits Saying About The Clemson Upset?
Monumental. Program changing. David slays Goliath. Whatever your upset phrase of choice is, it probably worked to describe Syracuse‚Äôs unthinkable win over No. 2 Clemson on Friday night. While the entirety of Central New York and Orange Nation was rocking after the upset, the incoming Class of 2018 commits are just as giddy. Here‚Äôs the…
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SU football hosts pair of crucial 2018 recruits over the weekend
Whenever a conference opponent, much less a bitter rival, comes to the Carrier Dome, it‚Äôs a perfect opportunity for SU to put its best foot forward and host recruits and commits to showcase the program as well as the University. Dino Babers and company did just that this past weekend when perennial rival Pittsburgh rolled…
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What Are Syracuse’s 2018 Commits Saying About The LSU Game?
After last night‚Äôs intense battle in the Bayou between Syracuse and No. 25 LSU, there was a growing sense of pride and hope despite the Orange falling 35-26. It all started with a tweet from SU‚Äôs top 2018 recruit, four star center Tyrone Sampson: https://twitter.com/TSamp_51/status/911782744652439552 The Fizz reached out to recruits in the Class of…
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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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Four-star guard Jalen Carey schedules home visit with Syracuse this week
It‚Äôs been well-documented that the Syracuse basketball recruiting class of 2018 is shaping up to be something special. Darius Bazley is quickly becoming one of the most highly-rated prospects in his class. Meanwhile, late last week, Jim Boeheim‚Äôs son, Buddy, committed to play for his dad beginning in 2018. Now, the Orange may just be…
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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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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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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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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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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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2018 RB Henry Geil to Visit Syracuse
Green Bay, Wisconsin, is known for football, and pretty much nothing else (aside from cheese, maybe). Although the city‚Äôs reputation stems from the Packers, its high school pigskin scene is set to produce a player who could carry the mail for the Syracuse offense in the near future. Class of 2018 running back Henry Geil…
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Fizz Five: Who’s Been Offered By SU?
With the offseason in full swing the SU coaching staff is busy building the Orange‚Äôs 2018 recruiting class. Here are the latest recruits to receive SU offers. QB Jace Ruder The Kansas native is a 2018 Tulsa commit, but just picked up a Syracuse offer this week. Kansas State is the only other power five…
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