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Does Dino Babers’ System Hurt NFL Prospects?
For the third straight year, Syracuse football did not have an offensive or defensive player selected in the NFL draft. While SU has struggled to produce NFL-caliber talent on the gridiron in recent years, this time around was somewhat mind-boggling. Wideout Amba Etta-Tawo put up video game numbers in his lone season on the Hill,…
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Syracuse Adds Fourth Defensive End to Class of 2017
Syracuse adds another player to its 2017 recruiting class.
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First-Team Offense Lays an Egg in Syracuse Football Spring Game
The annual spring football game is nothing more than a glorified exhibition to tide over ravenous fans who can‚Äôt wait another four months for the sport to return for real. It‚Äôs dangerous to extract any sort of ‚Äútakeaways‚Äù from the scrimmage, which pits a team‚Äôs starters against its backups. When teammates do battle, the hits…
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What Can We Learn From Syracuse Football’s Spring Game?
The Spring Game is not the best environment to judge players.
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Three-Star Running Back Cooper Lutz Commits to Syracuse
Two days after four-star center Tyrone Sampson Jr. committed to Syracuse football while on a visit to Syracuse University, three-star running back Cooper Lutz did the same. The high school junior was on campus Thursday and verbally committed to the Orange. Lutz will join the Orange for the 2018 season after graduating from high school…
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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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Which State Is Syracuse Football Amping Up Recruiting In?
Tyrone Sampson‚Äôs verbal commitment to the Orange certainly makes the Dino Babers era feel different. SU isn‚Äôt used to getting high profile prospects in recent memory, but Babers addition of Sampson, as well as Class of 2017 quarterback Tommy DeVito, proves that the second year head coach has some pull across the recruiting landscape. Babers…
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Four Star Center Tyrone Sampson Jr. Commits to Syracuse
Syracuse football added another name to it‚Äôs list today. Four star offensive lineman¬†Tyrone Sampson Jr. committed to Syracuse while visiting the university. Sampson will join the Orange for the 2018 season after graduating from high school next year. The 6 foot 3 inch, 295 pound center¬†hails from Detroit, Michigan. He is ranked as the fifth…
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Syracuse WR Jamal Custis Lights Up Spring Practice Scrimmage
Dino Babers is a wide receiver whisperer. The Syracuse head coach claims to have put at least 25 wideouts in the NFL, and several pass-catchers have recorded career seasons under Babers‚Äô tutelage. His teams almost always feature at least one prolific receiver; this weekend, we got a glimpse of who that guy could be in…
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Dungey is Injury Prone, Should Syracuse Football Worry about QB Depth?
Among the buzz of football recruiting, it is also important to keep an eye on players who have already established themselves on the Orange roster. Dino Babers‚Äô recent comments about the SU defense preparing to get more physical in the year to come may make some people wonder if the same expectations apply to the…
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Dino Babers Says Syracuse is Getting More Physical, But is That the Answer?
Dino Babers said that Syracuse’s defense is getting more physical.
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Syracuse Football Targets 2019 Recruits In Hawaii
Hawaii is not known as a football recruiting powerhouse. The sport hasn’t grown as well on the islands, and while coaches would be happy to make in-home visits in Honolulu recruiting a player from so far away gets expensive. Hawaii’s 2019 recruiting class is better than what the state usually sees, though. Three sophomores from…
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Syracuse Football Pursuing Multiple Four Star Recruits
Last recruiting cycle Syracuse landed four-star quarterback Tommy DeVito. Now that Dino Babers and company have successfully brought in one four-star player, they‚Äôre vying with some of the nation‚Äôs top programs for a few more. This past weekend four-star linebacker Antwuan Johnson visited the Hill. Johnson comes from Dayton, Ohio. He stands at 6‚Äô1 and…
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Tale of the Tape: Syracuse JuCo Commit Shaquille Grosvenor
This past weekend, Syracuse signed JUCO defensive lineman Shaquille Grosvenor. The New Jersey native played last season at Mesa Community College in Arizona where he made 24 tackles with 3.5 coming for loss. Grosvenor has three years of eligibility remaining. He chose Syracuse over scholarship offers from Lamar and Arkansas State. Scouting report Standing at…
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Syracuse Football Adds Staff Position to Bolster Recruiting
Syracuse hires Dave Boller to be the Director of Player Personnel.
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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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What To Expect From Fizz on National Signing Day
The Fizz staff is ready for the best day on the recruiting calendar.
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OL Alex Palczewski To Decide This Week
Alex Palczewski, a three-star offensive lineman out of Mount Prospect, IL, will make his decision at some point in the next few days, per Syracuse.com’s Stephen Bailey. Palczewski has had an offer from SU since early December, and last week took an official visit to the Syracuse campus. The Syracuse stop was sandwiched in the…
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Syracuse Football Lands Former Four-Star TE Ravian Pierce
Syracuse lands former four-star TE and JUCO standout Ravian Pierce.
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Assessing Dino Babers’ First Season
Put a bow on year one of the Dino Babers‚Äô era. The first year coach finished his inaugural campaign with a 4-8 record that was capped off with a record setting 76-61 loss to Pittsburgh. While Saturday‚Äôs loss officially removes SU from bowl contention, the season was not a total wash. In fact, this was…
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Which Syracuse QB Will Start if Eric Dungey Can’t?
When Eric Dungey took a bone-crunching hit to the head at Clemson on Saturday, it was almost as if you could hear a collective gasp from Orange Nation. And when Syracuse‚Äôs star quarterback stayed on the ground at Memorial Stadium, head coach Dino Babers must have seen his team‚Äôs season flash before his eyes. Now,…
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Can Syracuse Rebound From Its Latest Loss?
It was far from pretty. Number two Clemson showed Syracuse why the Tigers are ranked as highly as they are and are in contention to return to the College Football Playoff. The 54-0 final showed every bit of how bad of a game the Orange played as well as each break it couldn‚Äôt catch. From…
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No. 2 Clemson Steamrolls Syracuse, 54-0
Before Syracuse football‚Äôs showdown with No. 2 Clemson on Saturday, Orange Nation had several legitimate reasons to believe its team could hang with the Tigers. Clemson entered the contest as four-touchdown favorites, but SU had won its past two games (including a 31-17 victory over 17th-ranked Virginia Tech, the program‚Äôs first win over a ranked…
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2017 RB Markenzy Pierre Flips Commitment to Syracuse
Dino Babers and company continue to load up on promising skill-position players in the Class of 2017. On Saturday, three-star running back Markenzy Pierre flipped his commitment from Western Kentucky to Syracuse. Pierre pledged to the Hilltoppers in early July, but the Orange recently swooped in and displayed increased interest after initially contacting the Florida…
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Assessing the Orange at the Bye
Coming off a 28-20 win over Boston College, the Orange enters its bye week at 4-4 on the season with its bowl window still open. But the season has been quite the rollercoaster. Despite being riddled by injuries, Syracuse has stayed afloat and needs just one more win to have a shot at the postseason.…
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Syracuse Holds Off Boston College, 28-20
It looked like it was going to be one of those days for Syracuse. On the first drive of the Orange‚Äôs game at Boston College on Saturday, SU drove down to the BC 35-yard-line, and was within striking distance of the home team‚Äôs end zone. Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey used a hard count to draw…
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Key to Syracuse vs. Boston College: Run-Pass Ratio
Boston College hasn‚Äôt won a game against an ACC opponent in more than two years, but the Eagles are favored by 4.5 points in their game against Syracuse on Saturday. BC isn‚Äôt a cupcake, by any means ‚Äî Steve Addazio‚Äôs squad is 3-3 this season ‚Äî but it is an extraordinarily unbalanced team that features…
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Syracuse Dominates #17 Virginia Tech 31-17
The oven dinged and Dino Babers‚Äô cake was finally ready on Saturday. SU shocked #17 Virginia Tech 31-17 inside the Carrier Dome, giving the team it‚Äôs first win against a top 25 team¬†since it dropped ninth ranked Louisville inside the Loud House. Syracuse dominated in all three phases of the game and outdueled Virginia Tech…
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Fizz Radio: SU Must Score Big Against Virginia Tech
In this week’s episode of Fizz Radio, Connor Morrissette and Tyler Aki preview Virginia Tech, share thoughts on the¬†Dino Babers era through half a season and play over-under. As always, the show finishes with Fizz Feedback. Following a disappointing defeat to Wake Forest last Saturday, some SU fans were fed up¬†with Dino Babers this week.…
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2018 WR Jasiah Provillon Talks To The Fizz
Last week, 2018 WR Jasiah Provillon called in to Orange Fizz Radio to talk to Nathan Dickinson and Logan Grossman about his Syracuse offer, his recruitment, and his high school season. The conversation started on Syracuse football. Provillon says the Orange’s fast-paced offense intruigues him. “The coaches are enthusiastic about the offense,” Provillon said. “They…
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Syracuse’s Defense Falls Flat on Its Face Yet Again
Syracuse falls 50-37 against Notre Dame after the defense struggles to get stops.
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When Should Syracuse Football Hit the Panic Button?
Syracuse is 1-2 but has a big chance to right the ship on Saturday.
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Former Syracuse WR Qadry Ismail Talks About Dino Babers, Syracuse Football
Former Syracuse WR Qadry Ismail believes Syracuse is on the right track.
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Friday Night’s Game is A No-Pressure Situation for Syracuse Football
A loss on Friday night would not indicate a significant setback for the Orange.
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Dino Babers is Just Beginning to Work His Magic at Syracuse
The Dino Babers era is just beginning and things will only get better.
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