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Meet The Enemy: Georgia Tech’s Facts And Players To Know
When two desperate teams face off, the one with more desperation tends to come out on top. You’d be hard-pressed to argue that both Syracuse and Georgia Tech are not two desperate programs right now. Both teams sit at 5-5, just one victory away from that magic #6. You know all about the Orange, but…
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Meet The Enemy: Pitt’s Facts And Players To Know
Let’s face it. Syracuse hasn’t been a ton of fun to watch on the gridiron over its five-game losing streak. It’s a good thing hoops are back. But a game at Yankee Stadium is certainly at least a little bit revitalizing, isn’t it? Well, the ACC’s most stoppable force in Pittsburgh is ready to take…
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Meet The Enemy: Boston College’s Facts And Players To Know
Four straight losses. That’s what Syracuse is coming off before it finally returns home this evening to face a team with four straight… wins. Many left Boston College for dead after a week 1 loss to Northern Illinois and a very uninspiring week 2 victory, but the tides have since changed. A hot team one…
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Meet The Enemy: Virginia Tech’s Facts And Players To Know
Two years ago Monday, we were treated to one of the best Syracuse Football games in recent memory. SU trailed Virginia Tech by nine with just over five minutes left, but a couple late drives with a little luck propelled the Orange to a stunning 41-36 victory over the Hokies. Two years later, we get…
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Meet The Enemy: Florida State’s Facts And Players To Know
Coming off a 40-7 bloodbath in Chapel Hill last weekend, you’d hope Syracuse would have a little bit of relief its next time out. Unfortunately for Orange fans, not only is relief not coming, but the job is going to be immensely difficult. Enter the 4th-ranked team in the nation Florida State, a team that…
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Meet The Enemy: North Carolina’s Facts And Players To Know
This game has a different outlook for Syracuse than the previous five for many reasons. We’re going to see what the Orange look like off a loss for the first time. In additionally, SU battles a ranked foe for the first time all season in No. 14 North Carolina. What makes the Tar Heels so…
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Meet The Enemy: Clemson’s Facts And Players To Know
A big-time prove it game. The first ever Otto’s Army campout. An Orange-Out inside the Dome. It’s Syracuse vs. Clemson, with the Orange perhaps having their best opportunity to take down the Tigers since it happened back in 2017. Here’s why. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW Ever since Clemson lost to Ohio State in the 2020 College Football…
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Meet The Enemy: Army’s Facts And Players To Know
The opportunity to play against a service academy is always a unique one, especially when it falls on your team’s military appreciation game. That’s exactly what Syracuse Football faces this weekend. The 3-0 Orange welcome Army to Central New York for the first time since 1996, and while it may not be the most talented…
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Meet The Enemy: Purdue’s Facts And Players To Know
Round 2 after last year’s classic. Primetime on NBC. A potential must-win game for Syracuse. There are storylines aplenty heading into SU’s clash with Purdue Saturday night. With the marquee matchup drawing ever nearer, let’s figure out what the Orange are up against. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW This is not the same Boilermakers team we saw last…
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Meet The Enemy: Western Michigan’s Facts and Players To Know
For the second consecutive game, Syracuse Football will battle a non-Power Five opponent on Saturday. After demolishing Colgate, this time the opponent is a little more formidable in Western Michigan. Let’s get to know the Broncos. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW No year will ever quite be like 2016 in Kalamazoo. With now-Minnesota head man PJ Fleck leading…
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Meet the Enemy: Minnesota’s Facts and Players to Know
For the first time since 2018, Syracuse Football will play in a bowl game tomorrow. SU is headed to Yankee Stadium to take on Minnesota in the Pinstripe Bowl. The last time the Orange and Golden Gophers clashed was also in a bowl game, back in the 2013 Texas Bowl. SU won that one 21-17.…
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Meet the Enemy: Boston College’s Facts and Players to Know
One more regular season game. Imagine people saying that with a sigh of relief after the Orange finished off their magical 6-0 run to start the season. Oh, how things have changed. SU has limped to its regular season finale with five consecutive defeats, only worsening Dino Babers’ horrific record in November. To make matters…
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Meet the Enemy: Wake Forest’s Facts and Players to Know
Offense, offense, and more offense. That sums up Wake Forest Football in 2022. We saw the Demon Deacons’ offensive firepower last year when they escaped the Dome with an overtime victory. Expect more of the same this year, even though the game will be in Winston-Salem this time around. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW Wake Forest has established…
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Meet the Enemy: Florida State’s Facts and Players To Know
Two teams going in opposite directions will square off at 8 PM Saturday inside the JMA Wireless Dome. You already know about Syracuse’s struggles. Things are not looking good for the Orange after three consecutive defeats. As for Florida State, well quite the opposite. After a few down years, the Seminoles appear to have gotten…
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Meet the Enemy: Pitt’s Facts and Players to Know
No. 22 Syracuse’s impending showdown with Pittsburgh has a completely different outlook than it did just a few days ago. After a 41-24 drubbing at the hands of Notre Dame, this game isn’t as “gimme” for the Orange as we thought it might be. Not to mention injuries are piling up like wrapping paper on…
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Meet the Enemy: Notre Dame’s Facts and Players to Know
We’ve yet to see how Syracuse plays after a loss this season. After a heartbreaker against Clemson last weekend, that won’t remain the case for much longer. The opponent? A Notre Dame squad coming to Central New York for the first time since 2003, and there are storylines aplenty surrounding this Irish squad. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW…
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Meet the Enemy: Clemson’s Facts and Players to Know
Fizz Nation, this is the big one. It’s without question the most nationally-acclaimed matchup Syracuse has been in for a long time. If the Orange emerge victorious in Death Valley on Saturday, we could see them in a very glamorous bowl game. But oh boy, is that easier said than done. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW Clemson needs…
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Meet the Enemy: NC State’s Facts and Players to Know
Get amped, Fizz Nation. Saturday’s matchup between #18 Syracuse and #15 NC State is the first matchup between two top-20 teams in the Dome since 1998. How long ago was that? Well, 1998 saw “Seinfeld” air its final season, the first iMac, and the founding of Google. Over 45,000 tickets have already been sold for…
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Meet the Enemy: Wagner’s Facts and Players to Know
1987. That’s the last time Syracuse Football started a season with five straight wins. Following SU’s triumph over Virginia, the Orange are one win away from that mark, and there may be magic in the air. To match its total from a season ago, Syracuse will have to take down Wagner. The Seahawks as a…
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Meet The Enemy: Virginia’s Facts and Players to Know
After taking down Purdue last week, Syracuse has a chance to be 4-0 for the first time since 2018. To do so, SU will have to take on an opponent it hasn’t seen in the Dino Babers era: Virginia. The last time these two schools met was in the final year of the Scott Shafer…
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Meet the Enemy: Purdue’s Facts and Players to Know
Following Syracuse’s obliteration of UConn, the Orange could be 3-0 for the first time since 2018 this weekend. But, the competition gets much tougher this weekend. SU will welcome Purdue to the JMA Dome, marking the first meeting between the two schools since 2004. 18 years ago, the Boilermakers gave Syracuse fans a game they’d…
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Meet The Enemy: Uconn’s Facts and Players to Know
Syracuse could start the season 2-0 for the first time since 2018 on Saturday, but to do so the Orange will need to take down an old Big East rival. For the first time in four years, SU will challenge Uconn. SEASON/PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Huskies are 1-1 in the 2022 early-going, already matching their win…
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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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