Tag: Football
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A Look Back at the 1959 National Champion Syracuse Orange
Even after a disastrous performance against Maryland that took SU out of both the AP and Coaches‚Äô polls, this Saturday‚Äôs matchup against No. 1 Clemson still has a ton of hype surrounding it. The Dome is sold out and expected to be teetering on record-breaking numbers. Heck, the top team in the country/defending national champion…
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Which NFL contender is Syracuse similar to?
This is one of the most hyped seasons in memory for Syracuse football. You’d have to go back to the ’90s, the heyday of Donovan McNabb and Coach P, for the last time SU had this many optimists before the season. The 24-0 shutout of Liberty wasn’t always pretty, but the result was the most…
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Top 3 Syracuse Camp Risers
Every football camp season there are some surprise players that shoot up the depth chart. This year has been no different for Syracuse. Plenty of players have been getting rave reviews and seeing more time than maybe initially expected. Here are the biggest ones to note.¬† WR Courtney Jackson Jackson made news for being the…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #2 Airon Servais
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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Reviewing “La Familia” SU Football’s ‘Hard Knocks’ Series
Times are changing. It‚Äôs something SU athletics acknowledged five years ago when they began to invest in a digital media team to help with recruiting. There has been noticeable year-by-year improvement in Syracuse‚Äôs YouTube, Twitter and Instagram accounts. ‚ÄúExtended Cut‚Äù has been one of the bigger hits among fans. The Daily Orange has done some…
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SU Picks Up Fourth DB Commit of 2020 Cycle
Syracuse missed out on a really highly touted and talented wide receiver in four-star Bryce Gowdy on Tuesday night. It would have been hard to completely make up for that in just 24 hours, but the Orange did take a step in recuperating their losses just about 20 hours later. SU picked up its 14th…
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Three Freshmen That Could Make an Instant Impact for Syracuse This Fall
Lost in the shuffle of all the greatness that came with Syracuse football‚Äôs 2018 season (the program‚Äôs first ten win-season in nearly two decades and a Camping World Bowl victory over rival West Virginia come to mind) seems to be just how young some of the key members of the Orange were last season. Two…
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Ranking SU Football Position Groups (Part 2)
This is part two of a three-part power ranking. If you haven’t read part one yet, click here. The top three position groups are safe bets to perform at a high level. These next two have loads of potential, but a higher risk of busting. 4. Wide Receivers The wideouts are often fill-in-the-blank strong for…
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Ranking SU Football’s Position Groups (Part 1)
Every football team has strengths and weaknesses. Identifying them is crucial in order to understand matchups.¬†It’s early, but this is a nice way to size up Syracuse’s 2019 squad. Part one of a three part power ranking for SU football position groups. 1. Defensive Line The D-line is led by a pair of pass rushers…
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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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Second Maryland-based Running Back of 2020 Class Commits to SU
It appears Dino Babers may have found his new favorite recruiting spot for running backs. Just a day after SU‚Äôs spring game and just five hours after the commitment of fellow Maryland native Sean Tucker, three-star running back Marlowe Wax made his collegiate decision known to the college football world on Sunday: Thank You God.…
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Syracuse’s Best Moments in Years of the Tiger
‚ÄúThe Return to Glory‚Äù Believe it or not, that‚Äôs not what was said when Syracuse football capped its off its first 10-win season since 2001 in December with a win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl. It was said, however, when Eldrick Tont Woods sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole at…
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Syracuse Football’s Unique Recruiting Strategy
What if we told you that Syracuse football was No. 2 in the country? You‚Äôd probably look at us like we had 10,000 heads and had lost all of our marbles. Well, it‚Äôs actually true, but not necessarily in the way that most SU fans would hope for. According to 247Sports and The Athletic‚Äôs Max…
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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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Reacting to the first Syracuse football depth chart of 2019
Nearly all of the attention that Syracuse fans have to spare is currently focused solely on SU basketball and for good reason. The Orange have put themselves in a great spot to make the NCAA Tournament and are coming off a dominant win over Wake Forest, before welcoming No. 2 Virginia to the Dome on…
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Four former Syracuse football players trying to make their mark in the AAF
Football doesn‚Äôt end in February anymore, folks. We‚Äôre just under two weeks removed from the end of the NFL season and another Patriots Super Bowl win, yet there‚Äôs still professional football being played in mid-February. That‚Äôs thanks to the newly introduced Alliance of American Football (AAF) that debuted over the weekend. The upstart league is…
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Complete Guide to SU Football’s 2019 Class
Syracuse added four signees on National Signing Day, rounding off the class at 21 players. For details on the new commits, check out this piece. Time to break down the 2019 class in full. By Position: Defense: 13 Six DLs ¬†Four DBs Three LBs Offense: 8 Three OLs Two RBs One QB One TE One…
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Three-Star Safety Dorian Hewett Decommits From Syracuse
With the magical run that Syracuse football put together in 2018, SU fans started to become accustomed to happy surprises on the recruiting scene. The top three players in the Orange‚Äôs class of 2019 (Mikel Jones, Lee Kpogba and Cornelius Nunn) all officially affirmed their commitment to Dino Babers and company late in the cycle…
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Devin Butler to Transfer From Syracuse
A lot of people surrounding the Syracuse football program had high expectations for wide receiver Devin Butler heading into the 2018 season. With Steve Ishmael graduating, Butler was thought by many to be the team‚Äôs top returning receiver after a 33-reception, 327-yard season in 2017. Needless to say, that top billing did not hold true.…
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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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Will Eric Dungey Play in the NFL?
Eric Dungey walked off the field for the last time in a Syracuse uniform, and he did so in style, passing Ryan Nassib to become the Orange’s all-time passing leader and cementing his legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks in SU history. Orange fans will always remember his Gerry McNamara-esque grit over four years…
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Dino Babers’ 2018 Goes Down in Syracuse History
After Syracuse’s win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl it is abundantly clear: This season is one of the most memorable in program history. Ten wins, finishing the season ranked in the top 20 (perhaps the top 15?) and a bowl win over a solid opponent is as impressive as any resume in…
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Which Numbers Determine If SU Beats West Virginia at Camping World Bowl
SU feels like a football school this year, and the Camping World Bowl is fast approaching.¬† It’s an occasion that calls for the deep statistical dive of a lifetime. Our twelve game sample size has shown some numbers to be awfully important in SU’s success, and others not so much. When Syracuse faces West Virginia…
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Syracuse bolsters secondary with three-stars Cole, Greenwood
For the first time in a couple of months, Syracuse football finally has some down time. SU won‚Äôt find out its bowl opponent until Sunday and even after that will have at least three more weeks until it plays another game. But don‚Äôt let that down time fool you, the Orange were still very active…
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Clobbering in the City: #3 Notre Dame Beats Up On #12 Syracuse at Yankee Stadium
The scene was set: a sold-out top-15 matchup in a huge venue four hours away from the Syracuse campus with the opportunity to spoil Notre Dame‚Äôs College Football Playoff hopes in the most important college football game of the week. It was probably the biggest Syracuse football game in the 21st century. But on the…
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Is Dino Babers the ACC Coach of the Year?
Imagine this. It‚Äôs Thursday, August 30th, 2018, one day before the season opener against Western Michigan. Expectations are a bit higher than last year‚Äôs 4-8 finish, but most don‚Äôt envision Syracuse being anything special in 2018. Then someone tells you that with two games left in the season, the Orange will be ranked 11th in…
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Syracuse Football Week 11 Rooting Guide
If you had asked many people at the beginning of the season what bowl game Syracuse would be playing in come December or January, you probably would have gotten one of two reactions: ‚Äúsome terrible bowl that nobody wants like the Gasparilla or Independence Bowl‚Äù or ‚Äúwhat do you mean which bowl? SU isn‚Äôt even…
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Can SU Football Crack the Top 10 Next Week?
As we saw last week, Syracuse’s movement in the CFP Rankings has a lot to do with what teams do around it. Last week, the Orange moved up six spots from 19 to 13 after beating Wake Forest on the road.¬†SU leapfrogged Texas, Iowa, Utah, Penn State and Florida who somehow all lost their week…
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STOCK WATCH: Who’s Up and Who’s Down After NC State
After a mostly dominant 51-41 win over NC State on Saturday, SU football is officially on the up and up. The anticipation and excitement surrounding this team is as high as it‚Äôs been in years and for good reason. The Orange is ranked for the first time in almost two decades (last ranked in 2001)…
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Syracuse Legend Larry Csonka Feels The Good Old Days Returning
Syracuse is 5-2 after a thriller over UNC, and Orange fans are starting to remember what having a good football team feels like. It’s been awhile since SU could consider itself with the best of college football, but once upon a time it was a given. From the 1950s through the late 1990s, Syracuse was…
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Top 5 Worst Twitter Overreactions/Takes of the Weekend
Twitter is a place for people to vent a little bit, express their feelings and get away from everything else for just a little while. It‚Äôs also a place where people tend to overreact and spew some pretty crazy takes. There‚Äôs no better time for these kinds of bold statements than after a disappointing loss…
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Moving up the Ranks: Making the Case for Syracuse as a Top 25 Team
It‚Äôs 2:00 on Sunday, September 30th. Just the day before, Syracuse football fans had their hearts broken after the team‚Äôs last-minute loss to #3 Clemson in Death Valley. Now, they‚Äôre experiencing a new type of feeling, a feeling they haven‚Äôt felt since 2001. Even after the loss, there‚Äôs a chance that Syracuse could be ranked…
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Tiger Tracker: Three Players to Watch for Clemson
It seems like every week, SU is finding one way or another to make this season a special one. In week one against Western Michigan, Eric Dungey set the single-game rushing record for an SU quarterback. Against Wagner, he tied the school record for most TD passes in a game with 5. Week 3 saw…
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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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How Vegas Projects Syracuse’s Football Season
Among SU fans there’s cautious optimism around the Orange right now. A healthy Eric Dungey, another season of understanding Dino Babers’ offense, an improvement in the depth of the talent. This could all lead to the first bowl game in five years, or it could look a lot like the end of last season. So…
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Syracuse Football Position Previews 2018: Cornerbacks
When we previewed the other half of the defensive back corps a few weeks ago, we found out just how ineffective the SU secondary was at times last year. Ranking in the bottom 25% in the country in passing defense isn‚Äôt going to cut it in a very competitive ACC in 2018. Luckily, though, it…
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