Tag: defensive line
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Three Wishes For Saturday’s Game
Three days from now, Syracuse Football will be back on the Dome field to do battle with Colgate. You can never take an opponent lightly, even if it’s an FCS school, but this matchup with the Raiders represents an opportunity for the Orange to tinker, experiment, or try some new things. Three things MUST happen…
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Takeaways From Two Days of Spring Practice
Getting to attend Syracuse Football practice over the past two days as well as the subsequent press conferences was a very insightful experience. It was what you would typically expect with opening week around the corner- position groups running drills, followed by some one-on-ones, and the last thing the media was allowed to see was…
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The Three Position Groups That Will Determine Syracuse’s 2023 Success
A little under a year ago, we stated that Syracuse’s wide receivers, offensive line, and defensive backs would be key factors in whether the Orange had a successful 2022. Two of those groups were relatively successful- Oronde Gadsden’s emergence and a tenacious pass defense were major contributors toward SU’s 6-0 start. But mediocre blocking led…
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Syracuse Grabs Two Linemen in Big Recruiting Weekend
Syracuse didn’t just beat the brakes off of Georgetown yesterday on the hardcourt. The game also served as a recruiting tool for the football team, which is in the midst of handling the most crazy season in all of CFB. Not only is Dino Babers preparing for the Pinstripe Bowl, he’s looking for a new…
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Stock Up, Stock Down: Louisville
What a way to start the season! Syracuse welcomed Louisville to the newly-named JMA Wireless Dome (with no 5G, none the less) and smacked the Cardinals around from start to finish. If you missed the game, listen to our Fizz Twitter Space recap with Carter Bainbridge to catch up on the week one win. As…
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Part II: Syracuse Football is Successful If… It Wins in the Trenches
Photo courtesy of syracuse.com
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Former SU Star RB Recruit Switching Positions
Syracuse is currently lacking big bodies at defensive end. The Orange are currently in the mix for a couple of edge rushers in the 2023 recruiting cycle, but for the short term, SU is taking some drastic measures. To be specific, Tony White and Dino Babers have moved sophomore former running back Josh Hough to…
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Three Questions for SU Football after the Spring Game
The Syracuse football spring game has come and gone. While last week’s preview of a new offense and a strong bunch of returners on the defensive side gave the Fizz plenty of positive takeaways, there are still some questions we need answered about Syracuse football. Does Garrett Shrader Work in the Robert Anae Offense? Shrader…
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Syracuse Football’s Biggest Question Mark That Nobody is Talking About
SU Football’s spring game is one week away! There seems to be a lot of excitement surrounding the program despite a third consecutive losing season last year. SU head coach Dino Babers reshuffled the majority of his coaching staff and added some talent through the transfer portal in the offseason. However, it seems as though…
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Three Position Groups SU Should Fill In the Transfer Portal
Syracuse head coach Dino Babers described the 2021 season as a “year of change,” and while the Disney metaphor-spouting eternal optimist is still leading the Orange after a disappointing end to the season, many other pieces to the puzzle are shifting. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sterlin Gilbert, defensive line coach Vinson Reynolds and tight ends coach…
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SU lands pair of linemen, one grad transfer, one as first commit in 2020
Now that basketball season has officially come to a close and football season is still five months away, it‚Äôs time to turn our collective attention back to the recruiting scene. The basketball team is making some late-cycle noise with a skilled European center on his way for a visit next week, but it‚Äôs the football…
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Let’s Party Like It’s 1991: Riley, Defensive Line Lead Syracuse to 51-21 Win over UConn
The last time Syracuse football started a season 4-0, The Silence of the Lambs was one of the most popular movies in the country, Nirvana was taking over the music scene and George H. W. Bush was in the president of the United States. Now with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Drake topping the…
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Three things we learned from SU’s blowout win over Florida State
For the first time in the Dino Babers era (and for the first time since 2015) Syracuse football is undefeated through its first three games of the season after a 30-7 drubbing of Florida State on Saturday afternoon. SU really dominated the entire game from start to finish and every facet of the game, whether…
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What Does Syracuse Need To Prove These Next Three Weeks?
Through two weeks we have seen points, points and more points. Young players have stepped up, others have emerged and Eric Dungey is still Eric Dungey. But Western Michigan and Wagner are two of the easiest opponents the Orange will see all season long. So it‚Äôs refreshing that Syracuse has dominated with Dungey on the…
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Syracuse football offers more 2019 linemen
Last week and weekend, Syracuse football focused its recruiting efforts on protecting its future quarterbacks. The Orange sent out scholarship offers to three offensive linemen, and this week has offered another pair of linemen, another on offense and one on defense. Marcus Stripling If he had committed to Syracuse this year, defensive end Marcus Stripling…
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The Best Ed Orgeron Stories As Told By Former Syracuse Players
The legend of Ed Orgeron stretches back well beyond his LSU days. In fact, Coach O even has Syracuse ties. He was the Orange’s defensive line coach from 1995 until 1997. The Fizz caught up with some of Orgeron‚Äôs former players to talk about the greatest (and not so greatest) moments from his brief tenure…
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Dino Babers offers a pair of 2018 defensive linemen
11 players have committed to Syracuse football’s 2018 recruiting class. In it are three offensive linemen, three wide receivers and multiple running backs, but not a single defensive lineman. Dino Babers has been trying to change that, and extended offers to a pair of quarterback chasers earlier this week. Early Tuesday, tackle Deporess Schletty announced…
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Failure Up Front: Syracuse Defensive Front Four is a Problem After Nova
Syracuse needs to make more plays on the D-line or it’ll be a long season.
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Examining the 2014-15 Syracuse Defensive Line
Despite the loss of its leaders, the Orange defensive line is loaded entering the 2014 season.
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Shoring Up the Syracuse: Recruiting for the Defensive Line Becomes Priority
Syracuse battles some disappointing recruiting news and continues to recruit heavily for the defensive line.
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Huge JuCo DT Wayne Williams Tells Fizz He May Play for Syracuse in ’13
Will ASA release him from his classwork and allow him to join the Orange for the start of the season?
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SU Adds Jones & Garick: Why the JUCO Route is Perfect for the D-Line
Mark Garick (pictured) adds immediate size and experience to a thin unit.
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Chan Goes Pro, The Fizz’s Wish List of D-Line Recruits to Fill SU’s Huge Void
Can the Orange grab Florida’s Raynard Felton away from Rutgers and others?
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Is Eric Crume SU’s Only Hope on the D-Line?
Outside of the Detroit product, pickings are slim in the trenches.
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Jones and Ball: Tweetmates 4eva
Watch out. The junior DEs are poised to make the season really entertaining.
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Star-Studded D-Line
For the Orange, two signees intended to replace Art Jones and Jared Kimmel mean good news for the ‘Cuse.
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