Tag: eric dungey
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When Will Dino Babers Stop Getting the Benefit of the Doubt?
After Syracuse’s fourth straight loss last Thursday at the hands of Virginia Tech, 38-10, the calls for Dino Babers’ job and the program he has going in Central New York right now are getting louder. Over the past four weeks, the Orange have lost by 17 to a Clemson team with an identical 4-4 record…
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How Are People Feeling After Syracuse’s 4th Straight Loss?
Syracuse talked a big game coming off its bye week about how the team was healthier than it had been all season and that the final five games would be a clean slate after what had happened against Clemson, North Carolina, and Florida State. Alas, that did not happen, and Thursday’s performance against Virginia Tech…
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Is Syracuse Ready to Win a Game Like This, Again?
Before Syracuse went on the road and took down Purdue comfortably, I sat in front of my computer and pondered the question, was Syracuse ready to win a road game against a Big Ten team? The answer, resoundingly, was yes, the Orange could go on the road, in primetime, and get the job done against…
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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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Eric Dungey Joining The Spring League: Exclusive Interview
Photo Courtesy of Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
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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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SU FB Recruit Review: QB Justin Lamson
Syracuse Recruit Review: Justin Lamson The 2020 season is Tommy DeVito‚Äôs redshirt-junior season, but the NCAA isn‚Äôt counting eligibility. DeVito has at least two more seasons available to him after this season. With backup quarterback Rex Culpepper on the way out either via transfer or graduation in 2021, SU has a lot of unknowns at…
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SU Top 100: #45 Eric Dungey
How do you describe a Syracuse fan favorite? Someone who for four years, left his heart and soul out on the football field with every snap? A player who reversed the trajectory of Dino Babers‚Äô head coaching tenure, and engineered SU‚Äôs most memorable win of the decade? Well, if I had to pick one word…
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Why Hasn’t an NFL Team Signed Moe Neal?
Moe Neal was nothing but consistent at Syracuse. He never missed a game and always put his head down between the tackles. Even with the long lineage of great running backs preceding him, Neal climbed to 9th on SU‚Äôs all time rushing list (2,560). He also ranks 9th in yards per carry (5.28). Despite his…
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Predicting 2019 Tommy DeVito vs. 2018 Eric Dungey, who’s better?
Since Tommy DeVito is entering his first season as the starter, the quarterback position may take a step back. Of course he isn‚Äôt the rushing threat that Eric Dungey was. Instead he‚Äôs a pure passer. In Dino Babers‚Äô air-raid like offense, that bodes well. So let‚Äôs predict how his stats will stack up against Dungey‚Äôs…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #1 Tommy DeVito
After a double-digit win season in 2018, the hype train for the upcoming season in Syracuse is packed to the brim. The Orange are less than a month away from beginning their most-anticipated season in recent memory. If SU wants to continue its rise to national prominence, a few players are going to need to thrive. Over…
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Game of Domes: Matching Characters to Notable Syracuse Sports Figures
The campaigns of the Syracuse football and basketball¬†teams have come to a close, but another season‚Äôs end draws upon us. Season eight of the world-renowned Game of Thrones finishes on Sunday night, marking the close of the entire award-winning series. In light, here‚Äôs a list of Syracuse sports figures paired with each player or coach‚Äôs…
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Five Syracuse Athletes the Class of 2019 Will Never Forget
Graduation for Syracuse University’s class of 2019 comes a week from today. In that crop is the like of Eric Dungey, Frank Howard and Jamal Custis. I will also be a part of that group, minus the vast amounts of athletic talent. Over my four years, I saw a lot of great players, teams and…
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How Eric Dungey Switching to TE Could Help Syracuse Recruiting
The good news is Dino Babers gets it. The better news is he’s staying. Syracuse’s head coach has proven since he stepped onto campus that marketing and promotion comes easy. This is not to say Babers is just a carnival barker, because he can clearly coach as well. But his savviness with social media, his…
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Tracking Where Syracuse Players Are Ending Up After The NFL Draft
The 2019 NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and one Orange player heard his name called. Chris Slayton‚Äôs seventh round selection by the Giants gave SU a pick in back to back drafts for the first time since 2013 and 2014. While Syracuse only had one guy selected, a number of players also latched…
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These Syracuse Players May Not Get Drafted, But Could Make Some Noise in the NFL
After the final whistle of Syracuse‚Äôs Camping World Bowl victory over West Virginia, celebration ensued. But after that, a handful of seniors began the steep, uphill climb to the next level. This week‚Äôs NFL Draft has more potential Orange prospects than we have seen in recent years. But there are also a handful of players…
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What are Reasonable Expectations For Syracuse Quarterback Tommy DeVito?
Last week, on a Fizz Podcast, we sent out a poll asking fans what their expectations were for Tommy DeVito heading into the season. Clearly, fans have lofty goals for DeVito. FIZZ FEEDBACK: How good will Tommy Devito be next season? — Orange Fizz (@OrangeFizz) April 18, 2019 Throwing for 2,750 yards and 26 or…
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Syracuse and the Upcoming NFL Draft
Now that the NFL Draft is just days away, it seems like a good time to look at former Syracuse players hoping to hear their names called in Nashville, Tennessee. Chris Slayton, DT In a CBS Sports mock draft by Ryan Wilson, Slayton is picked in the top of the fifth round by the Browns,…
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Don’t Sleep on Chance Amie in 2019
There‚Äôs certainly plenty to get excited about for Syracuse football heading into 2019. Several key pieces return, including head coach Dino Babers on a new contract. Uncontrollably, however, there will be some departures as well, most obviously that of quarterback Eric Dungey, who graduates after setting 20 individual school records. This yields some question surrounding…
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The Fizz’s 2018 Syracuse Football Year-End Awards
Now that we are a week removed from Syracuse finishing off its historic 2018 season with a win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl, let’s take a look back at the incredible season that was for Dino Babers and company with the Fizz’s Year-End Awards for SU Football. MVP Eric Dungey This isn‚Äôt…
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West Virginia’s Bowl Absences Should Serve as a Warning for Syracuse in 2019
While Syracuse fans lay basking in the glory of their convincing Camping World Bowl victory, the West Virginia camp is probably putting an asterisk next to it. With NFL draft stock on the line, quarterback Will Grier, wide receiver Gary Jennings and left tackle Yodny Cajuste all sat out of the bowl game. As one…
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How You Will Remember 2018 When it is “Last Year”
How exactly can a person put a year into context? 365 days? 8,760 hours? 31,536,000 seconds? What about in moments? It‚Äôs said we experience about 20,000 individual moments in a day (‚ÄúHow Full is Your Bucket‚Äù by Clifton and Rath). So as a sports fan, maybe ‚Äúbig moments‚Äù or highlights? Like a game-changing Eric Dungey…
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12/3 FizzCast: Get Out Your Tents and What to Make of Syracuse Basketball’s Latest Run
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard break down what it means that the Orange is in the Camping World Bowl and preview West Virginia’s potent offense. They also wrap up Syracuse’s wins over #16 Ohio State and Cornell and what to look for in the week ahead.
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11/26 FizzCast: Syracuse Football Gets Hosed In All-ACC Picks and Previewing Ohio State
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard team up to break down Syracuse’s season and how the Orange got robbed in all-conference selections. They also discuss SU’s big B1G-ACC Challenge matchup against Ohio State and debut the segment “That Boy Legendary.”
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Syracuse Closes Out In Style, Dominates BC in 2018 Regular Season Finale
The Orange learned how amazing it is to have your quarterback play late into November. This is the first season Eric Dungey was on the field beyond the first week of November and it led to a convincing 42-21 win over Boston College. The win gives the Orange a 9-3 record in the regular season,…
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The Tantalizing Tale of Eric Dungey’s Health
For four years, Eric Dungey has gone hard on every play, and it‚Äôs safe to say his efforts have produced results. He‚Äôs Syracuse‚Äôs all-time leader in total yards and second in touchdowns, but more importantly, has quarterbacked the first ranked Orange team since 2001. Better yet, before sliding seven spots to No. 19, the Orange…
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Syracuse Football’s Eighth Win: What Made this Night Special
The Eighth Win: Highlights of SU Football vs. Louisville For the second week in a row, Syracuse football started out slow. Then SU blocked a field goal and scored the first points of the game on that drive, owning the momentum from there. Penalties, missed opportunities and turnovers defined Louisville‚Äôs night as the…
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Three Biggest Moments in SU’s Season So Far
It’s November 5th, 2018 and Syracuse is No. 13 in the nation in the AP poll. Like any season, there have been some critical moments that have pushed the Orange in both the right and wrong directions. I’ve always found it funny how sports work: the result of a single play can can totally change…
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Quick Reactions to Syracuse Football’s Win Over Wake Forest
#22 Syracuse football did what it had to do on Saturday: win. As a ranked team for the first time in more than a decade, SU could not fall to a .500 team that lost its influential quarterback to graduation coming into 2018. The Orange has now exceeded the four-win threshold that is had been…
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Eric Dungey Isn’t Just Good, He’s Big-Time
Syracuse proved that it‚Äôs capable of beating a quality opponent on Saturday, but that‚Äôs not all it showed. If you watched the Orange down NC State, you would‚Äôve seen that Syracuse has a big-time player in quarterback Eric Dungey. Not just a talented, effective or impressive player, but a big-time one. Dungey was named ACC…
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Why a Two Quarterback System Would Work For Syracuse
Dino Babers has the biggest decision of his Syracuse coaching career this week. Will he stick with his veteran quarterback in Eric Dungey or roll with Tommy DeVito, the hero from UNC and the one who has captured the hearts of the fanbase? But what if he could do both? Two quarterback systems are a…
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Three Syracuse Problems Entering the Bye Week
After six games, Syracuse is a respectable 4-2. The only problem? SU closed out its first half of the season with back-to-back loses. The bye week is when every football team takes a look in the mirror. Honestly, there’s a lot there for Dino Babers and company to like. But let’s be honest, that overtime…
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Syracuse Drops Bonkers Marathon at Pittsburgh, 44-37
Last week, the heartbreaking finish may not have stung as much, because Syracuse was never supposed to be in the position to win, anyway. This week, it‚Äôs different. Fresh off a last-minute loss at No. 3 Clemson in which the eventual victor bled out the clock with a merciless ground attack en route to an…
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Syracuse Has Officially Shed The “Moral Victory University” Label
Over the past three seasons, some of Syracuse football‚Äôs crowning achievements end with promise, but not a win. A moral victory as some may call it. Sure, there have been big wins. Victories over ranked Virginia Tech and Clemson teams certainly come to mind. But for every one of those, there seems to be just…
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