Tag: Louisville
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Must See ACC Games to Watch Week One
It’s nearly August, and that means college football season is rapidly approaching. So, we at The Fizz have decided a worthwhile exercise would be to detail some of the big games around the ACC during the season’s opening week, now that matchups, kickoff times, and TV networks have been announced. Louisville – Georgia Tech |…
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Postgame Report Card: Syracuse Skids Past L’ville 70-69
Sheesh what an ugly game at the Yum Center. SU barely beats a Louisville team that’s now 2-13. Syracuse looked lethargic offensively and struggled on the glass all night long. It was a very frustrating performance to watch but at the end of the day it’s a road win in the ACC. The Orange move…
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What are the Chances Elliot Cadeau Commits to Syracuse?
About a month ago, Class of 2024 five-star point guard Elliot Cadeau announced his top six. Cadeau is a prime prospect in the class of 2024, ranked 10th in the country by 247Sports and the nation’s top point guard. The junior at Link Academy plays his AAU ball for the EYBL’s NY Lightning. He is…
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Stock Up, Stock Down: Louisville
What a way to start the season! Syracuse welcomed Louisville to the newly-named JMA Wireless Dome (with no 5G, none the less) and smacked the Cardinals around from start to finish. If you missed the game, listen to our Fizz Twitter Space recap with Carter Bainbridge to catch up on the week one win. As…
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Syracuse vs Louisville: Crystal Ball Predictions
Ian (10-2 last season) (exempt from prediction): This game is going to be predicated on whether Syracuse can stop the run. Last year, Louisville gashed SU early and often with zone stretch runs, and the Cards return 4 of their 5 starters on their O-line. The Orange‚Äôs defensive line is the clear weakness of Tony…
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Fizz Five 9/1: SU-Louisville Preview, MBB Recruiting Updates, Record Predictions
Liam Griffin and Ethan Frank are back for another edition of Fizz Five! The duo gets you ready for this weekend’s football opener, takes a look at the Men’s Basketball recruiting cycle, assesses the football season as a whole, and more! Previewing Syracuse football VS Louisville (2:00) JP Estrella set to announce commitment Friday (7:05)…
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Meet The Enemy: Louisville’s Facts and Players to Know
Welcome to a new series on the Fizz, where every week this football season we’ll take a deep dive into SU’s opponent and introduce you to some names to know. Three days from now, Syracuse will open its season against Atlantic division foe Louisville. This will be the first matchup in CNY between the Orange…
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Syracuse Football’s Most Important Players: #1 Sean Tucker
Was there any doubt? All-American running back Sean Tucker wraps up our list with four days until the season opener, and for reasons that laude his statistical success and beyond. The Maryland native shocked the world last year by rushing for other worldly numbers. During the 2021 season, RB1 ran for over 100 yards in…
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Fizz Five 8/27: SU Basketball’s Recruiting, SU-Louisville Football Preview, Sean Tucker’s Expectations
Cameron Ezeir and Carter Bainbridge chop it up about Syracuse football prior to next week’s season opener against Louisville. Plus, the two discuss the expectations surrounding Sean Tucker and SU basketball makes a cameo.
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Fizz Film Study: How Will Teams Counter Syracuse’s Run Game?
Everyone in the ACC knows the strength of the Syracuse football team is the run game. Sean Tucker is a bonafide stud, named to almost every award watch list before the start of the 2022 season. The SU single-season rushing record holder is practically guaranteed to be an NFL Draft selection after this season. Syracuse…
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Polling the Fizz: 2022 ACC Football Predictions
We’re under a month away from the Syracuse Football season! SU’s first game is on September 3 against Louisville, and we’ll have full coverage on Twitter, with a postgame Twitter Space, and here on the site. We reacted to the ACC’s preseason poll last week, which predictably had SU near the bottom of the conference.…
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Former Syracuse Commit Kamari Lands Stays in the ACC
Earlier this year, Syracuse’s 2022 recruiting class was jolted by an unexpected commit. He had never visited Syracuse and many thought a majority of SU’s commits would find their way to the 315 during the summer. But four-star Kamari Lands defied those expectations, choosing the Orange in April. But after a summer that saw Syracuse…
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Blowout Babers: Why Does Dino Get Routed So Often?
It was all ugly on Saturday for Syracuse. The Orange need just a single win over the last three weeks of the season, but the best chance perhaps to get a victory went up in smoke at Louisville 41-3. Malik Cunningham was a knife cutting through a solid SU defense, combining for 5 TDs on…
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ACC Kickoff Preview: Louisville
Make sure to check out our content hub where you can find all of the Fizz‚Äôs coverage from ACC Media Kickoff. 2020 Record: 4-7 All-time series: 12-7 Louisville Last Meeting: 11/20/2020, 30-0 Louisville What to Know About the Cardinals: Scott Satterfield‚Äôs team lost some of its best talent this past offseason. On the offensive side,…
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Will Dino Gaudio Ugliness Cause Louisville to Lose Recruits?
Once again, it’s not good in Louisville. For a program that dealt with multiple black eyes during the Rick Pitino era, the appetite for drama is low in Cardinals Land. Chris Mack was supposed to be the safe choice, a solid coach without any baggage. He was perfectly boring. But he brought with him assistant…
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Louisville is Cancelled. Now What?
Syracuse basketball was stripped of yet another opportunity for a quadrant-1 win on Wednesday when Louisville came down with another COVID-19 positive. The Orange have now had four games against quadrant-1 teams cancelled or postponed this year due to the pandemic.¬† Sure, the Orange needed to capitalize on the opportunities they already had against quality…
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Syracuse-Louisville Postponed for the Second Time in Two Weeks
Syracuse‚Äôs game tonight against Louisville has been postponed. The Cardinals are still dealing with COVID-19 cases in their program. This is the second time a SU-Louisville game has been postponed. The first contest in the Carrier Dome was put on the shelf two weeks ago, also because of COVID problems within the Louisville program. For…
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Syracuse Loss to Louisville Creates Even More Questions
It was readily apparent early in the season this would be difficult to stomach. From injuries to ugly performances, the Orange were swimming upstream and the rest of the ACC were logs floating with the current. The loss to Liberty was humiliating, not necessarily because of the caliber of the opponent. The Flames have been…
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Syracuse vs. Louisville: Crystal Ball Predictions
Brad (8-0): Louisville 27, Syracuse 17 Typically, I would not project this many points for a Cardinal offense that is without their starting quarterback Malik Cunningham after a brutal leg injury and star running back Javian Hawkins, who opted out for the rest of the season. But the Orange 3-3-5 base defense has shown some…
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Fizz Cast: Louisville Preview
John Eads and Ian Unsworth break down Syracuse Football’s Friday Night, November 20 matchup with Louisville. The Orange enter the game 1-7 on the year, and the Cardinals 2-6. The Orange fell to the Cardinals in a shootout last year 56-34 and several UL players are back in 2020. Malik Cunningham is at quarterback and…
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Beat the Best to Be the Best: Syracuse’s Path to an ACC Championship
With Syracuse dropping its last game to Miami, the Orange must advance through the ACC Tournament to have any chance at a NCAA tourney bid. One win isn‚Äôt going to do it for SU. Jim Boeheim‚Äôs squad has to beat the best to lift the ACC Tournament trophy and go dancing. Florida State, Duke, Louisville,…
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Syracuse Has One More Shot for Tournament Push
Tuesday‚Äôs game against Louisville marks SU‚Äôs last opportunity for a statement win. If the Orange falter ‚Äì like they did against Duke and Florida State ‚Äì then the season is over.¬† The Cardinals were ranked as the No. 5 team in the country before dropping the last two games to Georgia Tech and Clemson. That‚Äôs…
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The Next Five Games Will Determine Syracuse’s Season
Syracuse seemed to have clicked, beating up on inferior opponents on its way to a five game win streak. Then a trip down to Clemson snapped the streak in a game that looked like Syracuse would squeeze out ‚Äì just as it had against Notre Dame and Virginia Tech.¬† With Duke coming to the Dome…
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A Bittersweet Bite out of the Orange’s Blowout Loss to Virginia
Monday‚Äôs 26-point loss to Virginia marked three-out-of-four losses for Syracuse, but after the tough stretch, the Orange should be feeling more encouraged than concerned. Beginning with the obvious, UVA shot an absurd 72 percent from the beyond the arc, going 10-for-13 from three in a second half that saw the Cavaliers absolutely pull away ‚Äì…
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Syracuse’s 20-Point Victory Over #18 Louisville Sets Tone for Tough Remaining Schedule
Entering Wednesday night‚Äôs game against Louisville, Syracuse‚Äôs 17-8 record was already full of big moments that had the Orange positioned well for an NCAA Tournament bid. Now, with a 69-49 domination of the Cardinals, SU takes one step closer to securing a March Madness spot while also setting the tone to start off one of…
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Battle, Syracuse Look to Bounce Back in Crucial Showdown Against Louisville
Syracuse begins a rather brutal stretch of games tonight in a crucial matchup against Louisville. After its meeting with the Cardinals, a few of the Orange‚Äôs final five opponents include No. 1 Duke, No. 8 North Carolina, and No. 3 Virginia, but for now, the focus is solely on the task at hand. Returning home…
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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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11/8 Pregame FizzCast: #13 Syracuse Football Home vs. Louisville: Oh, How the Roles Have Reversed
David Edelstein and Harrison Singer discuss how the roles have changed between Syracuse football and Louisville heading into their 7:00 p.m. Friday game. The two talk about one crucial mistake the Orange have to avoid. Also, what happened to Louisville’s season from the start? Which Cardinals players should SU watch out for and how does…
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Will Syracuse Cruise Past Louisville?
It may be a necessary change of pace for Syracuse on Friday. If you think about it, the last five games for the Orange have been pretty hectic. First, SU dropped two close road games in Clemson, and a shocker¬†in Pittsburgh. After that, the Orange came home for 1-4 North Carolina, but just barely escaped…
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Can You Solve This Syracuse Football Bye Week Math Equation?
Well, the Orange is off this week, which means something must be done to keep everyone excited during the bye. With that said, what better way is there to do that than another Syracuse football equation? So, here‚Äôs a step-by-step problem that includes every opponent the Orange faces (or has already faced) this season: Step…
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Bubble Watch: Syracuse first out in latest Bracketology
Syracuse basketball has once again found itself squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Orange has two weeks to show why it is better than the other teams fighting for the final spots in the field of 68. With a new set of ‚Äúbracketology‚Äù predictions out Monday and so much at stake in the last…
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Post-game Evaluation: Louisville dismantles Syracuse 56-10
Going into the Louisville game on Saturday, not many people, including us here at the Fizz, gave Syracuse a chance to beat the Cardinals and defending Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson. Not after the performance the defense put forth last week versus Wake Forest. Not without Eric Dungey leading the offense. Even with those doubts…
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Can This Be a Turnaround Weekend for Syracuse?
By: DA The Orange football team stands “on the edge of the cliff” as Dino Babers says. There are two games left to play and SU must win both to be bowl eligible. Coming into the season making a bowl game was not a mandate according to most fans. This would be a difficult, program-building…
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Looking at Louisville: 3 Cardinals to watch on Saturday
After an embarrassing second half led to a disastrous loss to Wake Forest last week, SU football needs to win both games left on its schedule to guarantee itself a bowl berth. That path to the postseason doesn‚Äôt get off on very easy footing either. Syracuse travels down to Kentucky for its final road trip…
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