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Fizz Five 6/10: SU FB Win Projections, Dino Babers Top 10 ACC Coach?, Breakout Player Picks: Defense
John Eads and Liam Griffin team up for the first time ever and tackle the hottest topics in the world of Syracuse sports. The lads touch on 247sports recent releasing of win totals for ACC teams and its rankings for ACC coaches. Additionally, the boys touch on SU Hoops recruiting and finish up with talking…
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Syracuse Can Rebuild its D-Line with ’23 NY Recruits
It’s no secret that the projected weak link of the 2022 version of Syracuse football is the defensive line. SU doesn’t return any of its consistent starters from last season and has a depth chart that’s thinner than a slice of prosciutto. The Orange could have fixed that problem by getting busy in the transfer…
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Dino Babers Named Top 10 ACC Coach
Earlier this week, 247 sports released a ranking of the top ten coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Syracuse head coach Dino Babers just found his way onto this list. Here’s what it looks like: 1. Dabo Swinney, Clemson 2. Dave Clawson, Wake Forest 3. Mario Cristobal, Miami 4. Mack Brown, UNC 5. Dave Doeren,…
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Athlon’s Preseason All-Conference Teams Feature Plenty Of Orange
June is a big month for Syracuse football and men‚Äôs basketball recruiting alike. New recruits don‚Äôt necessarily change the compass readings for certain teams, but getting rosters closer to finalized means that predictions and previews can start coming out full force. SU football is certainly in that camp without any major Top 100 recruits, but…
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Which Position Groups Should SU Target in Class of ’23?
Summertime is not only meant to get the current roster in shape for the upcoming season. It represents a golden opportunity for Syracuse to make its pitch to recruits. Three recent high school graduates have already committed in LaNorris Sellers, David Clement, and Rashard Perry. Here are the positions Dino Babers and company need to…
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Fizz Film Room: Florida QB Transfer Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
Syracuse made a big splash last week when it nabbed former four-star recruit Carlos Del Rio-Wilson from the transfer portal. The news broke from out of thin air, nobody was talking about the former Florida Gator as a potential target for SU. With the former Georgia high school football stars commitment, the Orange add a…
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New Syracuse QB Del Rio-Wilson Called “First Class” By SEC Coach
Quarterback has been a source of angst for SU fans for years. As the Orange have struggled to get their footing for the last three years, the play under center has been the biggest inconsistency. Garrett Shrader showed promise at times last season, but the transfer of Carlos Del Rio-Wilson certainly makes things more interesting.…
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Three Reasons Garrett Shrader Should Improve in Year 2
Garrett Shrader took over as Syracuse’s starting quarterback in late September last season. The Mississippi State transfer had quite the introduction to the SU faithful. Shrader led the Orange to a thrilling walk-off win over new Tennessee Titan Malik Willis and Liberty. Over the course of Syracuse’s last eight games, Shrader’s performances were a mixed…
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Syracuse Football’s O/U Win Totals Have Opened Predictably Low
We‚Äôre entering the very beginning of the traditional summer-long Syracuse sports desert. With football and basketball still appearing as a hazy mirage on the horizon, there‚Äôs not a ton to talk about with either team until AAU season and football commitments kick up in June and July. Until then, ‚ÄòCuse football fans desperate for content…
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June is a Massive Month for SU Football Recruiting
It’s been a rather quiet offseason for Syracuse football. Perhaps it should be that way considering SU has made one bowl game in six years under Dino Babers. The best way to turn the tide is through recruiting. The Orange got off to a nice start with their 2023 class by securing 3-star dual-threat quarterback…
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Could a Potential ACC Football Scheduling Change Benefit SU?
A lot of things seemed like they started changing rapidly in the college football universe during the 2021 season. College football fans started to get drip-fed stories and developments about NIL, and there was a whole lot of nail-biting about conference structure. Specifically, the ground beneath the Big 12 turning to quicksand after the departure…
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Fizz Five 5/10: Football Injuries, Lacrosse Teams Going in Opposite Directions, and Boeheim’s Roster Comments
This week on Fizz Five, John Eads and Ethan Frank are back to talk about Syracuse football fighting the injury bug again, the strength of SU‚Äôs opponents this fall, give an update on both lacrosse teams, and address Jim Boeheim‚Äôs comments about the state of his roster heading into the summer. Here‚Äôs what the guys…
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SU Football’s Offensive Overhaul Is Already Impacting Recruiting
Syracuse football‚Äôs 2022 season is still a summer away, but coverage of the team and the ACC is beginning to pick up. ESPN noted SU‚Äôs depth at quarterback and a few other things in a preliminary Atlantic Coast review, but that‚Äôs not where the intrigue for the Orange offense ends. Offensive coordinator Robert Anae‚Äôs system…
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Ranking the Difficulty of SU’s 2022 Opponents
We are officially under four months away from Syracuse football’s season opener against Louisville. SU enters something of a make or break season with it being year eight under Dino Babers. Conversely, it’s also the start of something new with the new offensive coach staff coming in from Virginia. In any case, the Orange showed…
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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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Four Things For SU Football To Improve In 2022
As we venture towards the Summer, the flow of Syracuse sports news has slowed to a trickle. SU men‚Äôs hoops has been off for some time and doesn‚Äôt appear to be making any more big plays towards its 2022 recruiting class, and the men‚Äôs lacrosse team is a game away from ending a disappointing year.…
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ESPN‚Äôs 2022 Preseason FPI Rankings Aren’t High On SU
It might technically be Spring in Syracuse right now, but you wouldn‚Äôt know it by the still-chilly weather and incessant rain we can‚Äôt seem to get away from. The frosty air reminds us that we haven‚Äôt even come close to the Summer yet – and are still very, very far away from Syracuse football‚Äôs 2022…
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SU Could Fill Need, Gain Star With 4-Star DB Willy Love
We‚Äôve now officially entered the slow period of Syracuse sports news. Save for struggles across the board for SU men‚Äôs lacrosse and the women‚Äôs team‚Äôs title pursuit, we‚Äôre now stuck on speculating about AAU basketball and offering way-too-early predictions. On this week‚Äôs Fizz Five, we even touched on who could break out this year for…
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The Antidote to SU’s D-Line Crisis
We’ve documented the issues along the Syracuse defensive front extensively this offseason. Yeah, the unit looked halfway decent in the SU spring game two weeks ago, but there are some caveats. Su’s starting d-line was running against the second team offense and its front five. So while there is reason for optimism after the three…
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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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The Biggest Takeaways from the SU Spring Game
So nice to have even a taste of Syracuse football! If that game doesn’t have you fired up for the fall then well I can’t blame you considering SU hasn’t met expectations recently. However, this is the most talented team Dino Babers has ever had in his time on the Hill. The ‘Cuse returns 17…
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SU Football’s Spring Ball Check-In
With Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball officially in the offseason and SU men‚Äôs lacrosse mired under .500, there isn‚Äôt a ton of sports news hitting the Salt City as of late. The late-spring, early-summer period of SU sports doesn‚Äôt offer a lot in the way of excitement, but Dino Babers and company have started working towards the…
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The Next ‘Big Thing’ for Syracuse Football
Sean Tucker is the running back room for Syracuse football. There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it. But what if I told you that a transfer running back from some place called New Mexico State will make him even more dangerous in 2022. Does the name Juwaun Price ring a bell? Odds are it…
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Syracuse Football Alumnus Feels “Like a Stranger” РShowing Larger Problem in Program
It‚Äôs no secret that Syracuse Football has been struggling for the past few seasons; and when we say ‚Äúfew seasons,‚Äù it actually means decades. The Orange have only been above .500 four times in the past 20 years. You have to go back to the 1990‚Äôs and the Paul Pasqualoni days to find a consistently…
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SU Is At Risk Of Its Worst Sports Year In Decades
As we plod on into mid-February, an oasis would typically be materializing on the horizon. The NCAA men‚Äôs basketball tournament in March would be glimmering in the distance with a shoe-in spot reserved for perennially successful Syracuse. We entered this season expecting the team to race on towards its usual destiny, but things changed. This…
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Syracuse Football’s Late 2022 National Signing Day
Happy National Signing Day! Syracuse Football already signed 12 players on the Early National Signing Day back in December. That one is usually more active, but today‚Äôs late window also brought in some serious talent. The Orange landed eight more players, some are high school prospects and others are transfers. Most of the players that…
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The Top Five Most Important Games on SU Football’s 2022 Schedule
With Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball entering a crucial stretch of its schedule and men‚Äôs lacrosse season just 11 days away, you‚Äôre forgiven if yesterday‚Äôs 2022 SU football schedule announcement flew under your radar. Opening day is still seven months away, but let‚Äôs take a way-too-early look at ‚ÄòCuse‚Äôs schedule and dissect which five games Dino Babers‚Äô…
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This Stretch on SU Football’s 2022 Schedule is Brutal
Syracuse dropped its 2022 slate last night and it’s very intriguing. The Orange open up against an ACC foe in the Loud House as Louisville comes to town. A couple weeks later, SU battles with an improving Purdue squad under Head Coach Jeff Brohm. The non-conference contest against the Boilermakers sets off a string of…
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An Early Look at SU Football’s Spring 2022 Depth Chart: Offense
Syracuse football is turning heads this offseason. The Orange have made some impressive coordinator and position coach hires, brought in some jewels from the transfer portal, and added some studs out of prep school. These are boxes that SU definitely needed to check after a disappointing 5-7 finish in 2021. So Dino Babers and company…
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Jackpot! How did Syracuse Beat Bama and Others to Francois Nolton?
It’s enough to make you refresh the page and make sure you’re not misreading the headline. “Syracuse beats Alabama for 4-star lineman Francois Nolton.” That level of talent rarely comes through SU, but more than that, almost never beats powers like Alabama, LSU, Penn State and A&M to a recruit. All of those schools, among…
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Is a big-play wide receiver the final piece of SU’s transfer portal puzzle?
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Robert Anae & Jason Beck Can Take SU from Bottom-Feeder to Contender
Syracuse football filled some massive coach openings in offensive coordinator Robert Anae and quarterbacks coach Jason Beck. We’re still waiting for an official confirmation from SU Athletics but all signs seem to indicate that Anae and Beck will join the coaching staff ahead of the 2022 season. So what have they done to get to…
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Virginia’s OC Robert Anae, QB Coach Jason Beck Reportedly Hired By SU
If you‚Äôve been going through Syracuse sports withdrawal over the past few weeks, never fear. The Fizz is here to wish our readers a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. ‚ÄòCuse sports start up again tomorrow with a men‚Äôs basketball game against Brown, but SU football stirred up some exciting news today. This afternoon, it…
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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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