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Disturbing Statistics in The Athletic’s ‘State of the Program’ Article
Dino Babers and Syracuse need a winning season or at least a competitive season in the worst way this fall. The Orange have won just six games over the last two campaigns and have started to lose the respect that was gained after 2018‚Äôs 10-3 surprise. For those looking for reasons to be optimistic, the…
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What Needs to Break Right For SU Football to Surprise?
As we head into the dog days of summer, recruiting cycles are picking up all across the Syracuse athletics landscape. Dino Babers and company just signed a pair of Floridian recruits in Jeremiah Wilson and Mekhi Mason over the past few days. Both are in the class of ‚Äò22, so they‚Äôre a ways away. For…
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History Reveals SU’s Lackluster In-State Recruiting Performance
We talked earlier this week here on the Fizz about Syracuse‚Äôs struggles to compete when it comes to recruiting in the ACC. In case you missed that piece, it can be summed up in one sentence. The Orange have NEVER had a recruiting class finish inside the top 10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Ever…
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3-Star DB Jeremiah Wilson Commits to SU
Syracuse football broke out of a long commitment drought today with the addition of 3-star cornerback Jeremiah Wilson. Wilson is the fifth total commit in the class, and his decision comes just five days removed from his official visit. WIlson is the second player from Florida in the class, and the first since fellow Floridian…
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The Horrific Truth About SU Football Recruiting
Recruiting is the coal that powers the train of a college football program. Teams can‚Äôt expect to flourish and be successful without winning battles on the trail. Bringing in top-tier talent used to be the norm at Syracuse, but here in 2021 it‚Äôs an anomaly when it happens. This is precisely the reason why the…
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CBS Sports is Wrong on the Syracuse Win Total
It’s been an ugly offseason for Syracuse. Every publication is picking them to lose a ton of games. Opposing coaches are shredding the program. Bets are being taken about whether Dino Babers can keep his job. But winning money is a good thing, and you can capitalize on CBS Sports’ low expectations. In the site’s…
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Could a Blast From The Past Help the SU Offense?
To pass the time during what has been a very long SU football offseason, Syracuse fans have often wondered aloud about how to help the Orange offense. To be sure, last year’s Orange O struggled dearly on Dino Babers’ watch, finishing last in the ACC in points scored and total yards. Here at Fizz, we’ve…
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247sports Predicts SU to go Winless in ACC
If you‚Äôve been keeping up with our posts here on the Fizz, you‚Äôve seen the attitude from the media towards the Syracuse Football program. Whether it be casinos setting the conference win over/under at 1.5, or preview magazines featuring opposing coaches ripping the SU Football program, the outlook of ‚ÄòCuse Football is very bleak in…
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Athlon’s ACC Preview Isn’t Confident in Syracuse
Depending on who you ask, this has either been a very tough or a pretty optimistic offseason for Syracuse football. Coming off a 1-10 season, head coach Dino Babers and his staff remain intact for another go at things this Fall. Here at Fizz, predictions for the year have ranged from negative to cautiously hopeful,…
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Big Updates in 4-Star CB Jacolby Spells Recruitment
Four-star cornerback prospect Jacolby Spells is making his rounds on the visit trail. The Florida native has already seen West Virginia and Miami (FL) with Georgia, Indiana, and Syracuse supposedly on the horizon. Yesterday, Spells tweeted that he‚Äôs ready to drop his top three schools. Spells released his top five back in mid-march with Syracuse,…
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What Else Did the Opposing Coach Say About Syracuse in Athlon’s Preview?
Saturday, The Fizz published damning comments from an opposing coach concerning the state of Syracuse football. The quotes were from an anonymous opposing staff in Athlon’s annual college football preview guide. The coach took shots at SU’s scheme, their recruiting approach, and believes the program is on the verge of wreckage. (Note to opposing coach:…
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Anonymous Opposing Coach Trashes Syracuse Football in Athlon Preview
(Update: Here’s Sunday’s post with more from the following anonymous coach who ripped into SU. He criticizes the offensive line and says the 10-win season was a mirage.) If you’re a Syracuse fan and are looking forward to the time worn tradition of picking up the Athlon preview issue and thumbing through it at the…
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Does SU Win Over or Under 1.5 ACC Games?
We‚Äôre less than 90 days from college football! We‚Äôre even closer to the ACC Media Days down in Charlotte, North Carolina coming in mid-July. For now we‚Äôre sticking with previews and hypotheticals. South Point Casino released over/unders for ACC teams conference win totals. Syracuse and Duke are projected to get the least amount of wins…
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How Can the SU Defense Improve This Fall?
It seems like there‚Äôs two camps of Syracuse football fans when assessing last year‚Äôs 1-10 debacle. There are those who write it off as a pandemic-stricken one-off, and there are those who seek change within Dino Babers‚Äô system. We‚Äôve written ad nauseum here at the Fizz about Babers‚Äô no-huddle, no-scoring offense and what should be…
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Who Gives Syracuse a Higher Ceiling at Quarterback?
Syracuse football‚Äôs quarterback situation has been a hot topic of discussion during the entire offseason. After just six wins in the past two seasons, it‚Äôs all the more important for Dino Babers and his staff to evaluate the position correctly. Part of that evaluation process is deciding who gives Syracuse the most upside not just…
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Here’s How Many Syracuse Wins DraftKings Projects
DraftKings released its regular season win totals for every FBS team, unsurprisingly Alabama and Clemson are at the top of the list. They both are projected to have a 11.5 total, and if you like the Tide and Tigers to run the table undefeated, the over is at even money. The under is -125. Oklahoma…
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Can Sean Tucker Replicate His Success This Year?
Syracuse football‚Äôs 2020 1-10 record was the result of a bunch of different factors. Injuries, opt-outs, and weak offensive depth led to what was by far the ACC‚Äôs worst offense and overall record. Three different quarterbacks started games for SU last year, but down the stretch they were aided by the emergence of freshman running…
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Fizz Radio 5/29: Mid-Majors vs. High-Majors, Football’s Areas of Improvement & Five Star Review
Matt Bonaparte and Jaron May hop on the mic to host this week’s Fizz Radio. The guys discuss how some mid-majors are refusing to playing high-majors in fear of their players transferring, Syracuse Football’s biggest areas of emphasis, and guard recruits in Five Star Review. Oh, and of course, get to Fictional Fizz and your…
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How Important is Garrett Williams to SU’s Defensive Backfield?
Syracuse football has a lot of work to do ahead of next fall. Last season‚Äôs 1-10 mark still shouldn‚Äôt sit right with anyone, but there are caveats to what was a brutal year. It‚Äôs probably hard to find a team that was more stricken by injuries and COVID opt-outs than Syracuse, and the youth the…
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What’s the Best Case Scenario for SU this Fall?
We‚Äôre under 100 days from the college football season! Spring has come and gone so all that‚Äôs left to do is get the rest of the freshman class on campus and get ready for August. In the meantime our previews and predictions continue. Today, we‚Äôll examine what the experts think about how high SU could…
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SU’s Quarterback Controversy May Change the Trajectory of the Program
It‚Äôs a tricky exercise to speculate on a team‚Äôs position battle without a lot to go on, but that‚Äôs what SU football fans have been doing all offseason. After a lean 1-10 year that saw Syracuse finish last in every major yardage category, a crowded quarterback room provides some excitement and intrigue. What do we…
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Fizz Radio 5/22: Dino’s Ranking, Quincy’s Destination, Five Star Review
On this week‚Äôs Fizz Radio, Brad Klein and Cameron Ezeir react to the CBS Sports ranking of Power 5 conference football coaches, with a keen focus on where Dino Babers slotted in. Also, the two speak on Quincy Guerrier’s decision to head out West and how official visits could turn the heads of star basketball…
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Should Syracuse Ditch The Up-Tempo Look This Fall?
Syracuse football comes into this season with a whole lot of questions and considerably low expectations. A 1-10 season tends to be the reason why, and the Orange suffered through such a lean year thanks to a particularly paltry offense. It‚Äôs worth wondering if the Orange will shift away from their up-tempo attack this Fall.…
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Syracuse Youth Has Reignited Fire Within the Program: CBS Sports
Chip Patterson at CBS Sports filed a piece on his ACC spring football overreactions. After last season’s nightmare, there’s nowhere to go but up. The only way to make ’20 palatable is if it paid dividends for the future. In Chip’s opinion, the losing did exactly that. “Syracuse already had a young roster last season,…
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Syracuse’s Spring Football Roster Takeaways
Syracuse Football has been rather quiet this offseason in terms of well, everything. Several other programs have had a spring roster out since the beginning of April. However, when you go 1-10 as a power five school you probably should just sit in the corner and do your thing. Anyways, if you‚Äôre a weirdo like…
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How Did SU Go 1-10 With This Much Pro Talent?
To say Syracuse football‚Äôs 2020 season was a disappointment would be an understatement. It was an 11-week odyssey in futility and frustration. SU‚Äôs 1-10 record was its worst since the 2005 Greg Robinson debacle and just the second one-win season since 1948. However, that didn‚Äôt stop the Orange from producing some pro prospects. Three members…
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Five-Star Review: Michigan LB Transfer William Mohan & 2022 4-star PF Kyle Filipowski
John Eads and Ian Unsworth hop on the mic for this week’s Orange Fizz Five Star Review! The boys discuss Michigan linebacker transfer William Mohan who’s a Brooklyn, NY native. Eads and Unsworth also touch on 2022 4 star power forward prospect Kyle Filipowksi.
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SU FB Recruit Review: DT Terry Lockett
Recruit reviews are back! Today we finish up reviewing all the early enrollees from SU‚Äôs 2021 recruiting class. Be sure to check out the previous editions, we left off this series by taking a look at mid-year enrollee and wide receiver recruit Oronde Gadsden II. In these deep dives we examine a player’s recruiting history,…
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Eric Dungey Joining The Spring League: Exclusive Interview
Photo Courtesy of Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
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How Does Tyrell Richards Transfer Impact the LB Room?
Syracuse lost a veteran presence in the linebacker room yesterday when redshirt-junior Tyrell Richards announced his decision to enter the transfer portal. In 2020, Richards appeared in eight games as a linebacker and started three. He racked up 24 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and two sacks in a productive campaign. The Canadien leaves the…
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FizzCast: Exclusive with Eric Dungey on Playing in “The Spring League”
Jaron May chats with former Syracuse Football quarterback Eric Dungey as he prepares for The Spring League, a professional football developmental league. Dungey details what he’s been doing since graduating and explains what he’s looking forward to in the TSL.
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The Final Review: 2016 Football Recruiting Class
Alright, let‚Äôs put a bow on this review of the 2016 Syracuse Football recruiting class. This was Dino Babers‚Äô inaugural list of imports, and like many holdover classes there were some hits but also some misses. Oftentimes it takes just one below average recruiting campaign to spell disaster for a program in the future. Now…
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Projecting SU’s Post-Spring Depth Chart: Defense
SU Football returned to spring practice a few weeks ago for the first time in over two calendar years. Every team across the country lost the 15 allotted training sessions in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result you saw teams like Navy get blown out by BYU early on because they ‚Äúweren‚Äôt…
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