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SU football hosts pair of crucial 2018 recruits over the weekend
Whenever a conference opponent, much less a bitter rival, comes to the Carrier Dome, it‚Äôs a perfect opportunity for SU to put its best foot forward and host recruits and commits to showcase the program as well as the University. Dino Babers and company did just that this past weekend when perennial rival Pittsburgh rolled…
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Did Syracuse Find Its Third Receiver?
Remember when Syracuse seemed like a shoe in for five star tight end Chris Clark‚Äôs services? Then when SU pulled his offer, Orange fans were up in arms and confused. Four star recruits are a rare sight in Central New York, let alone a five star guy. Yesterday, Clark came to Syracuse as a member…
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FizzCast: Syracuse tops Pittsburgh 27-24
JD Raucci and Jonathon Hoppe break down SU’s tight win over rival Pittsburgh on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Is Eric Dungey elite? How diverse can this Syracuse offense be? Where the heck is Moe Neal? We have all the answers to those questions and more on this week’s FizzCast.
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Did the SU Running Game Finally Show Signs of Life?
A lot has been made this season of Syracuse‚Äôs inability to run the football. While the numbers might not reflect it, yesterday‚Äôs 27-24 win over Pittsburgh could go a long way towards changing that narrative. Dontae Strickland ran for 81 yards on 25 carries. An average of 3.24 yards per carry might not impress you,…
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Takeaways from Syracuse’s Ugly Win Over Pittsburgh
It certainly wasn‚Äôt pretty, but SU football escaped the dome with a 27-24 win Saturday over Pittsburgh to improve to 3-3 on the season. After an opening drive field goal, SU‚Äôs offense hit the brakes and proved yet again that it’s not a first half unit Saturday. In a complete paradox to last year‚Äôs shootout,…
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Why SU’s 2018 class is the Most Impactful in Program History
So you guys have probably heard by now but this Jalen Carey guy committed to Syracuse on Thursday and he‚Äôs pretty good at basketball. The four-star point guard from New Jersey now joins Darius Bazley (who is pretty excited about it) and the prodigal son Buddy Boeheim in SU‚Äôs strong class of 2018. And Syracuse…
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What you Need to Know Ahead of Syracuse-Pitt
Syracuse and Pitt know each other well. From the Big East to the ACC, these two schools meet in nearly every sport every single year and the games tend to be exciting. The Orange and Panthers are set to renew their rivalry on the gridiron once again in what is surely a must-win game if…
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The Fizz Predicts Syracuse and Pitt
The Fizz Staff finally had some parity last week in its picks, which resulted in a 5-2 record for the week after Syracuse‚Äôs loss to NC State. The Orange enters this week’s matchup as the favorite, however, not all of our staff is in agreement.¬† Nate Dickinson (4-1): Syracuse 35 Pitt 23 Syracuse has no…
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Keys to the Game for Syracuse Football and Pitt
Syracuse football and Pittsburgh football are similarly ranked at the moment. Neither has been great recently, yet there are positives in each team as well. Here’s each team’s key to winning on Saturday. Panthers Key to the Game: Crack the Syracuse Defensive Line on the Ground If Pittsburgh is to win this football game in…
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Panther Patrol: 3 Pittsburgh players to watch this Saturday
After a loss to NC State in its ACC opener, Syracuse football returns to the Dome on Saturday afternoon for a showdown with perennial rival Pittsburgh. Both teams come into the contest sitting at 2-3 on the season and are seeking their first conference wins of 2017. If this year‚Äôs edition of the rivalry is…
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Evaluating Syracuse Football’s Chances at Reaching Six Wins
Despite the fact that the Orange have now lost two straight games and sit under the .500 mark at 2-3, there is some renewed optimism on the Hill. Syracuse has hung in with superior teams on the road in back-to-back weeks. First, Syracuse took a game against LSU down to the wire in Death Valley…
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Syracuse Commit Earns All-American Bowl Invite
Back in April, the future Orange center committed to Syracuse. Now, Tyrone Sampson Jr. has been invited to play in the 2018 Army All-American game. The four-star recruit will head from his hometown of Detroit, Michigan to San Antonio, Texas in January. The game will be on January 6, 2018 at 1 p.m. (still some…
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Does Syracuse Have The QB Advantage Against Surging Max Browne?
It‚Äôs not often that two quarterbacks from the Pacific Northwest come play on the Atlantic Coast, but that is the matchup we have this weekend. By now, Syracuse fans are familiar with Eric Dungey‚Äôs Oregon roots. He squares off against Pitt quarterback and Washington native Max Browne, who was once the football darling west of…
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Can Erv Philips be SU’s top receiver?
Week after week, Syracuse fans and beat writers keep making the mistake of thinking they know the Orange football team. Before the season, we thought we knew Syracuse would be 3-1 going into ACC play. We thought we knew Middle Tennessee State would put up as much of a fight on the football field as…
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SU’s Offense Needs to Start Using its Key Ingredient Again
From the moment Syracuse hired Dino Babers all the talk surrounding the team has been about his unique offensive tempo. Last year it felt like every billboard, talk show, blog and media outlet in and around the Syracuse area mentioned that Orange is the new fast like five times a day. It was everywhere and…
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Why Erv Philips having a big game Saturday was critical for SU
In case you haven‚Äôt heard by now, SU football is 2-3 after a loss to NC State on Saturday. Despite the loss, there was a gigantic bright spot in the form of Erv Philips. The senior wideout caught a school-record and ACC-record 17 passes for 188 yards. Both of those marks also served as career-highs…
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Three Things We Learned In Syracuse’s Loss To NC State
As the calendar flips to October, Syracuse football has provided as many moral victories as actual wins. After this week‚Äôs loss to NC State, it‚Äôs pretty clear what SU‚Äôs identity is at this point: a team that has made strides to hang with good competition, but not quite good enough to actually get over the…
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Why N.C. State is the Biggest Game of SU’s Season
It‚Äôs been an up and down start to the season for Syracuse and head coach Dino Babers. After a devastating week two loss to a former coach, many were calling for Dino Babers to be on the hot seat. However, after two straight strong weeks, Syracuse now looks like a program on the rise. Recruits…
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The Fizz Predicts Syracuse and NC State
It was a hard-fought game in Death Valley last week. Regardless, the Fizz had a clean sweep predicting an LSU win. But for the first time all year, there is some parity amongst the staff as the Orange travels to Raleigh: Logan Grossman (3-1): NC State 31 Syracuse 24 Syracuse‚Äôs performance against LSU on the…
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Wolfpack Watch: Three NC State players to look out for on Saturday
After last week‚Äôs near-miracle versus LSU, it‚Äôs time for Syracuse football to open up its ACC schedule this Saturday against North Carolina State. The Wolfpack comes into the matchup fresh off a huge upset over then-12th ranked Florida State and is riding high going into a home game. The win proved that NC State could…
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SU’s running game may be out for the season
Through four weeks of the 2017 season, Syracuse starting running back Dontae Strickland is averaging just 3 yards per carry. That‚Äôs the lowest among Orange backs besides Tyrone Perkins‚Äô 9 yards on five carries. In fact, the only other players on the roster it beats are Rex Culpepper (whose only rush is a four-yard sack),…
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Which Recruits Could Appear on Syracuse’s Radar After NCAA Scandal?
The fallout from Tuesday‚Äôs NCAA bribery and corruption scandal continues to spill out new developments. Let‚Äôs look at Wednesday‚Äôs timeline. Auburn Class of 2018 commit E.J. Montgomery was the first domino to fall. The 6-foot-10 forward decommitted from the Tigers after assistant coach Chuck Person was among the four college coaches arrested for the for…
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What Happened Tuesday and How Does This Affect Syracuse?
When the news broke on Tuesday that at least four NCAA Assistant Coaches were arrested in conjunction with an FBI corruption investigation, it came as a huge surprise to fans and the NCAA alike. Coaches from Oklahoma State, Arizona, USC and Auburn were arrested in the first wave of ten arrests. As the day wore…
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Fizz Radio: The Best Bites From Syracuse Hoops 5-Star Darius Bazley
Let the countdown begin. Darius Bazley’s rise to being one of the country’s elite recruits has Orange fans salivating about the Class of 2018. Listen to some of the best moments from his recent interview with The Fizz before the full interview airs this Saturday at 9 AM on the The Score 1260.
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Yet Another Former Syracuse Football Coach is on the Other Sideline This Weekend
Syracuse football has already come face-to-face with two former coaches this season. In what has been called an emotional game for the Orange in week 2, SU rivaled former Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer as he returned to the Carrier Dome for the first time since being fired at the end of the 2015 season.…
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Is Syracuse Wideout Steve Ishmael Primed For A Decline?
Steve Ishmael is doing his best Amba Etta-Tawo impression this season. The senior wideout has filled the shoes of the graduated Etta-Tawo very nicely this season, as evidenced by his nation leading 45 receptions (seven more than the next player) which has produced 512 yards, good for third in the nation. Ishamel‚Äôs strong start has…
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Why Syracuse Should’ve Gone for the Onside Kick
At the late stages of the game Saturday, Syracuse had a rare opportunity to do something hardly anyone thought was possible. After a Steve Ishmael touchdown cut the LSU lead to 3 with just over 5 minutes left, The Tiger‚Äôs streak of 48 straight non-conference victories at home was in jeopardy. On the ensuing kickoff,…
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Three takeaways from Syracuse’s loss to LSU
Despite a 2-2 record, it‚Äôs been a bit of a rollercoaster season thus far for SU football. From an emotional loss to Middle Tennessee State in week 2 to a shellacking of Central Michigan in week 3, it‚Äôs been hard to tell just the kind of product Dino Babers was able to put out on…
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Watch Out: NC State Wolfpack Top Dog is on Fire
Syracuse Football is now 2-2 after a 35-26 loss to LSU. Heading into week five, the challenge doesn‚Äôt get easier. The Orange defense is about to square off against a fiery quarterback in Ryan Finley. The junior quarterback has 1217 yards through the air this season. That makes him the 17th leading passer of 2017.…
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Fizz Radio: Syracuse Football at LSU Round Table Discussion
David Edelstein, JD Raucci and Tim Leonard break down the Syracuse football at LSU game from September 23, 2017. The three discuss whether this game was what was expected, SU’s resilience, what went wrong for the Orange with the first two plays of the game, Derrius Guice’s role in the game, Devin C. Butler’s trick-play…
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What Are Syracuse’s 2018 Commits Saying About The LSU Game?
After last night‚Äôs intense battle in the Bayou between Syracuse and No. 25 LSU, there was a growing sense of pride and hope despite the Orange falling 35-26. It all started with a tweet from SU‚Äôs top 2018 recruit, four star center Tyrone Sampson: https://twitter.com/TSamp_51/status/911782744652439552 The Fizz reached out to recruits in the Class of…
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LSU RB Derrius Guice is IN Against Syracuse Football
In a¬†previous post, LSU running back Derrius Guice was reported as out for today’s game against Syracuse. In a turn of events, Guice is now on the field as the Tigers begin play against the Orange. The star rusher is a huge part of the Tiger’s offense. A lot of LSU’s success this season can…
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How Syracuse Can Upset LSU
We can debate the Vegas line in this one all we want, but Syracuse is certainly heavy underdogs against LSU Saturday night no matter how you slice it. The Orange needs to play it‚Äôs best game of the year and still get a little lucky to become the first non-conference opponent to win in Death…
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