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1/5 Fizz Radio: Ten-Win Season Sets up SU for 2019
Happy New Year! For the first time this year, Tim Leonard and Jonathon Hoppe hit the Fizz Radio airwaves to put a bow on the 2018 football season. Plus, Jim Boeheim and company get set to open up ACC play against Notre Dame.
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It’s early, but here’s what you can already get excited about for 2019
2018 was obviously a year of triumph for Syracuse football, and its victory over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl was a perfect way to cap it off. Even if the Mountaineers were missing some key pieces. SU‚Äôs win over WVU was a tremendous accomplishment for the 2018 squad, which cracked the rankings and…
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Syracuse’s Clear Path to the 2019 Orange Bowl
Most years, a 9-3 regular season would put the Orange in a good position to make the Capital One Orange Bowl. 2018 was not one of those years. Every three years, the Orange Bowl hosts a College Football Playoff semifinal game, eliminating the ACC’s only tie to a New Year’s Six Bowl. If the Orange…
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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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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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Three Burning Syracuse Questions Ahead of ACC Play
Syracuse gave fans a glimmer of hope last weekend with an 81-47 win over St. Bonaventure. That win though, doesn’t overshadow an overall disappointing non-conference performance by the Orange. Not only did they lose four games, but they didn’t look all that great in most of their wins either. The unexpected poor play gives us…
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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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Top 5 Syracuse Sports Moments of 2018
1. Camping World Champions You can call it recency bias but this feels like it has to be number one. The win itself wasn‚Äôt anything crazy. We all know West Virginia fans are going to make excuses about who wasn‚Äôt out on the field and it was overall a pretty sloppy performance from the…
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What Should Syracuse Football’s Goals be for 2019?
Syracuse football just had its most successful season since 2001 as Dino Babers led the squad to a ten win season. The head coach also just landed his best recruiting class to date, and SU athletic director John Wildhack locked up Babers long term. Clearly it was a great season for the Orange as they…
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Could Miami Pry Dino Babers Away From Syracuse?
Just weeks ago, Syracuse fans received an early Christmas gift with the extension of Dino Babers contract. While the exact length, dollars and buyout details were not disclosed, SU athletic director John Wildhack says that the contract extends ‚Äúwell into the future.‚Äù Since then, Babers has made good on his new agreement by hauling in…
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Syracuse Destroys St. Bonaventure Inside the Dome
At long last, a complete game with two solid halves from Syracuse basketball. SU avenged its home loss to St. Bonaventure last year and beat up on the Bonnies 81-47 in its final non-conference game of 2018 Saturday afternoon. It was a non-conference to forget. Four losses. Two at home to mid majors and two…
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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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Syracuse Tops West Virginia in 2018 Camping World Bowl
It wasn‚Äôt the high-scoring shootout we expected but Syracuse still controlled throughout and topped West Virginia 34-18 in the Camping World Bowl in Orlando Friday night. Instead of Will Grier vs Eric Dungey, the game became Jack Allison and WVU kicker Evan Staley vs Abdul Adams and SU kicker Andre Szmyt. In fact arguably the…
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Babers’ Bites: Camping World Bowl
When teams coached by Dino Babers and Dana Holgorsen take the field, all eyes are on the offenses. And rightfully so: both guys are innovators who have engineered high-powered, high-octane systems. This is the fourth matchup across the nation this season that pits two top-12 scoring offenses against each other (WVU ranks 9th at 42.3;…
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The Fizz Predicts Syracuse and West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl
The Fizz is making its first bowl predictions since 2013. Here’s how the staff thinks today’s top 20 matchup in the Camping World Bowl will pan out. Tyler Aki (10-2): Syracuse 33, West Virginia 17 For everyone anticipating an offensive shootout, you‚Äôre going to be let down. Yes, both of these teams have potent offenses,…
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How Will Syracuse Fare Without Two Defensive Starters?
Syracuse‚Äôs defense took a massive blow when it lost All-ACC defensive end Alton Robinson and defensive tackle McKinley Williams for the upcoming Camping World Bowl against West Virginia. Both are out due to personal reasons and did not make the trip down to Orlando with the team, according to an SU Athletics statement. While all…
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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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The Fizz’s 2018 Early Signing Day Thread
8:55 pm. -Fizz Roundtable Discussion Breaking Down Syracuse’s Early Signing Day The Fizz’s JD Raucci, Drew Carter and Tyler Aki break down the entire day’s news with sounds and reaction from Syracuse’s Class of 2019, including the best things Dino Babers said, complete player-by-player breakdowns and what to look for on the road ahead. 7:57…
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Reactions: SU Basketball Falls to Buffalo in 2nd Half Collapse
Syracuse dropped its fourth non-conference game of the season on Tuesday, 71-59 to the Buffalo Bulls. It’s the first time that Syracuse has dropped two straight non-conference games at home in program history. So people are upset. Reactions are happening. Let’s sort out the overreactions from the fair reactions. This was a bad loss‚Ķ No‚Ķ…
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Early Signing Period: Update and What to Look For
From Dec. 19 until Dec. 21, the College Football Early Signing Period will be ongoing as Syracuse looks to continue improving its 2019 class. The Orange currently have 16 commits lined up for next year and 2018 commit Jawhar Johnson as well, who will finally enroll at SU in January. With that said, here‚Äôs a…
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Three Things to Know About #14 Buffalo
When we first got a look at Syracuse‚Äôs 2018 non-conference schedule, a couple of games probably jumped off the page. The 2K Classic games at Madison Square Garden were certainly headliners with the rekindling of an old Big East rivalry against UConn and the opportunity to play against one of the best freshmen in the…
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Dino Babers’ Three Biggest Wins in Syracuse
Christmas came early in Central New York last week when Syracuse and Dino Babers reached a contract agreement, showcasing Babers’ commitment to the program and the university. Since Babers arrived in 2016, he’s slowly but surely delivered on his faith without evidence remarks. The Orange’s leap from four to nine wins this year gives followers…
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What Does the Loss to ODU Mean for Syracuse’s Resume?
The loss to Old Dominion was a shocking one for the Orange.¬† Not only is this unfamiliar territory for the Monarchs, but Syracuse needs all the non-conference wins it can get. A team that already suffered an ugly loss to unranked UConn can’t afford to take on too much water outside the ACC. We’ve seen…
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12/16 FizzCast: Overreaction Sunday and Dino Babers Gets His Bag
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard are here to calm you down about Syracuse’s latest loss against Old Dominion and what to look forward to against Buffalo. Then they get into the news of Dino Babers’ extension and what to look forward to for this week’s National Signing Day.
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Kiss the Rankings Goodbye: No. 25 Syracuse Upset at Home by Old Dominion
There‚Äôs really no word more fitting than ‚Äúdisappointing‚Äù to describe this one, after Syracuse came up short to Old Dominion 68-62 on Saturday. ODU was in it throughout, yet it seemed that the common belief inside the Carrier Dome was that the Orange would eventually pull away. That certainly looked to be the case when…
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Fizz Radio 12/15: Dino Gets His Extension and the Road Ahead for SU Hoops
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard break down what it means to have Dino Babers longterm, where the Orange basketball season is headed and could Quade Green or Jahvon Quinerly end up at SU?
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Joe Girard III Is Leading Country In Scoring
Syracuse Class of 2019 commit Joe Girard III is picking up where he left off, putting up absurdly astronomical numbers for Glens Falls Basketball. Syracuse commit @JG3_____ scores 57 points for @GFSDathletics Tuesday night. 🍊 Girard is now leading the country with 46.3 PPG through his first four games.#BeDifferent (Via @GFSDathletics ) pic.twitter.com/kCYn24bBzc — MaxPreps…
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Syracuse Nabs Another O-Lineman in Darius Tisdale
Over the weekend Syracuse landed a commitment from Junior College offensive tackle Darius Tisdale. The 2019 commit plays at Lackawanna Community College in Scranton, Pa. and at 6-foot-5 and 295 pounds, he has the size to step in and play immediately for the Orange. Tisdale‚Äôs a redshirt sophomore but has three years of eligibility…
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Syracuse vs. Old Dominion: Past and Present
The last time Syracuse played Old Dominion, the Orange won 71-58 behind a monster game from senior Dan Schayes. Schayes, who went 13th¬†overall in the NBA draft before playing 18 years in the league, tallied 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in SU‚Äôs win over the Monarchs. 38 years later, Syracuse faces Old Dominion…
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Way Too Early Bracketology Puts Syracuse as a 7-Seed
It’s not even Christmas yet, and the conference season is still a few weeks away. Trying to figure out where Syracuse will land in the 2019 NCAA Tournament is fairly absurd. But in looking at bracketology, it can give us a decent view of where the Orange compare to other power teams through the first…
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Massive Win! Dino Babers Agrees to Extension at Syracuse
This has already been the most successful season in Syracuse football in years. Add to it yet another win, arguably the biggest since the glory years of the ’90s. Dino Babers has signed an extension to remain the head coach. Terms and years were not disclosed by the university. The worry constantly throughout the season…
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Camping World Bowl Stat Analysis: Syracuse vs. West Virginia
We are less than two weeks away from Syracuse’s clash with West Virginia in Orlando. It‚Äôs ACC vs. Big 12 even though it used to be a Big East matchup, and it’s a fascinating bowl scenario. The Mountaineers are just 1.5-point favorites at Bookmaker, check their review for more info on them. The Rivalry Syracuse…
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Syracuse Basketball Still Behind Schedule
Syracuse is rolling. After a big 72-71 win over Georgetown on Saturday, the Orange are 7-2 and back inside the AP Top-25. That win over the Hoyas was a great representation of how the early part of this season has been for SU: a roller coaster ride. If you include the two preseason games, the…
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Where Did Saturday Rank In Top Moments in Tyus Battle’s Syracuse Career?
Saturday provided no shortage of drama as Syracuse and Georgetown met up for the 94th time. The Orange‚Äôs one point edge over the Hoyas came thanks to a Tyus Battle go-ahead jumper with 2.5 seconds left. The junior has had no shortage of moments that has driven head coach Jim Boeheim to say that Battle…
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The Nail-Biting Moments of Syracuse Basketball’s One-Point Win over Georgetown
Sometimes in basketball, some of the best games you can ever see are the ones where your team starts off playing nearly as bad as you‚Äôve ever seen. A 72-71 Syracuse win over former Big East rival Georgetown lies up to the intensity you‚Äôd imagine if you knew the final score beforehand, but in the…
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Grier be Gone: Three Ways Will Grier’s Absence Will Impact the Camping World Bowl
Saturday morning gave us news we all had a pretty strong inkling about, but just needed a little confirmation for: BREAKING: West Virginia QB Will Grier will not play vs. #Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl. He’s third in the nation in passing yards/game (351.3) and TD (37). — Orange Fizz (@OrangeFizz) December 8, 2018…
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