Tag: SU football
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How Much Playing Time Could Syracuse QB Tommy DeVito See This Season?
Eric Dungey is Syracuse football‚Äôs starting quarterback. Okay, we know that. Prodigy Tommy DeVito is next in line. Okay, we know that, too. And as of this week, Dino Babers has been complimenting DeVito‚Äôs play. But don‚Äôt take these compliments too personally. DeVito is unlikely to see much action this season. At…
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Previewing SU Football’s Spring Game
The temperatures are barely reaching the 40s, which means it must be time for Syracuse’s Spring Preview in the Carrier Dome. It’s hard to believe, but we’re already in the third year of the Dino Babers era. With that, expectations undeniably go up for the program. We won’t learn a lot on Friday night, but…
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Syracuse Offers Five-Star 2020 Receiver
It’s common sense: the better recruits a program gets, the better it will be in the future. That’s exactly what Dino Babers is concerned about right now. Porter Rooks, a five-star wide receiver from Providence Day in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been offered by a bevy of top schools. Just a few days ago, Syracuse…
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Former Four-Star RB Transfers to Syracuse Football
It is fair to say that Abdul Adams was no longer simply ‚ÄúOklahoma O.K.!‚Äù being a Sooner. The former four-star running back has transferred to Syracuse. Syracuse University Athletics announced the move Monday. In his two seasons with Oklahoma, Adams played in 19 total games. He started four of them. He…
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Which Syracuse Football Commits are Still Left to Sign After NSD?
On National Signing Day last Wednesday, Syracuse secured letters of intent from 15 recruits. Three of the total 18 committed recruits did not sign, however. These three are Jawhar Jordan, Jaqurius Smith and Akeem Dixon. All three are three-star recruits Jawhar Jordan is a Chandler, Arizona native who is listed as an all-purpose…
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How Does Syracuse Football’s NSD Class Compare With the Rest of the ACC?
Syracuse football secured 15 recruits during the early signing period last Wednesday through Friday. It goes without saying that other ACC teams were busy as well. If you followed the Orange Fizz National Signing Day thread, you know that the early signing period is busy. So, after the flurry of news, where does SU…
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Syracuse Football RB Chris Elmore’s Brother Signs with Kent State
In January 2017, Syracuse running back Chris Elmore signed with the Orange the day after he committed to the university. Now, his younger brother, Craig, has signed with Kent State on Wednesday, the day after he committed to the Golden Flashes. The Chicago, IL native does not have any rating on scouting sites such as…
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Three Burning Syracuse Questions Ahead of College Football’s Early Signing Period
For college football fans, Christmas comes early tomorrow when the early signing period starts for recruits. There are plenty of Syracuse related stories to keep an eye on over the next couple of days. Check out our top three stories to watch heading into the early signing period. Will Chance Amie flip to Syracuse?¬†…
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Syracuse Picks up Another Key Recruit
When the 2017 Syracuse football season came to a close, there was a lot of chatter about who would replace star linebackers Zaire Franklin and Paris Bennett. Those two were the heartbeat of a defense that looked much better (at times) than it did in an embarrassing 2016 campaign.¬† With the commitment of 2018 linebacker…
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SU Offers Elite 2019 Safety
Recruiting. That‚Äôs the name of the game for Syracuse football right now, and rightfully so after this year‚Äôs disappointing 4-8 season. If the Orange wants to move into the middle tier of the ACC, this is when it has to do it. While this past football season was a struggle, the shocking win against Clemson…
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SU Offers Two 2020 Playmakers from Florida
We‚Äôve almost hit that time of year when northerners pack their bags for Florida to avoid the snow. The SU Football coaches didn‚Äôt exactly make the postseason trip to the sunshine state, but they at least made a phone call to extend offers to a couple of 2020 playmakers. Jaylan Knighton It‚Äôs safe to…
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Syracuse Football Recruit Makes Top Play on SportsCenter
Syracuse football recruit Trill Williams ended his high school playing career on Saturday, and he went out in style. The running back/cornerback athlete was running a deep receiver route toward the end zone when he tripped and fell on the grass over the goal line. The two defenders covering him dropped their guard. Laying on…
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Syracuse football offers trio of 2019 recruits
Obviously, the 2017 season did not end how Syracuse football fans expected or wanted in an abysmal loss to Boston College on Saturday. The Orange missed a bowl game for the fourth consecutive season and left its seniors without a bowl berth their collegiate careers. Not exactly the way you want to send out the…
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Rapid Reactions From BC: How SU Can Fix its Awful Defense
Boston College put Syracuse‚Äôs once promising season out of its own misery Saturday with a 42-14 throttling in the Dome. The blowout loss means Syracuse has now failed to win a game after its bye week and failed to win a game since losing star quarterback Eric Dungey to injury for the second straight year.…
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Eagle Eye: Three BC players to watch on Saturday
SU all but eliminated themselves from bowl contention with last week‚Äôs blowout loss to Louisville, but there‚Äôs still something to play for this weekend versus Boston College. With a win, SU can improve to 5-7, which would be a one-win improvement from last season. The victory would also mark the third straight win over the…
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What SU Should be Thankful for this Thanksgiving
After a promising start, Syracuse football is in danger of finishing the season where it began. Considering the mood surrounding the program back in October, that‚Äôs a shocking statement, to say the least. Just after the Orange‚Äôs surprise win over Clemson, I wrote about the next steps¬†that SU needs to take as a program. Unfortunately,…
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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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FizzCast: Syracuse Football Disintegrates Against Wake Forest
David Edelstein and Tim Leonard break down Syracuse football’s game against Wake Forest. The two discuss Zack Mahoney’s performance and the Syracuse defense’s second-half disappearance. What allowed Wake Forest to outscore SU 40-5 in the second half? What are the Orange’s bowl chances now with two games left in the season? The two also call…
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Down-low on the Demon Deacons: 3 Wake Forest players to watch on Saturday
After an excruciating loss to Florida State last Saturday, SU now has to win two of its final three games to ensure itself a bowl berth this season. The first opponent standing in its way of that pair of Ws comes in the form of divisional foe Wake Forest on Saturday. The Demon Deacons enter…
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Fizzcast: Breaking Down Syracuse Football’s 27-24 Loss to Florida State
David Edelstein and Jonathon Hoppe talk about what happened during Cole Murphy’s missed field goal that could have tied the game as time expired. They discuss Syracuse’s missed opportunities and a what’s going on with Syracuse’s sleepy starts on the road. The two talk about who or what might be responsible for the loss and…
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FizzCast: SU basketball beats SNHU & SU football prepares for Florida State
JD Raucci and Tim Leonard break down SU basketball’s victory over Southern New Hampshire on Wednesday night in its first exhibition game of the season and then preview SU football’s showdown with Florida State in Tallahassee this weekend.
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Syracuse Offers Two Prized Recruits
Not only did the bye week give SU football a chance to get some much needed rest but it also gave the Syracuse coaching staff an opportunity to hit the recruiting trail for a week. And that‚Äôs exactly what they did. Both defensive tackles coach Vinson Reynolds and defensive coordinator Brian Ward went on recruiting…
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Saturday’s Results and What They Mean for SU
Syracuse didn‚Äôt play yesterday, but all four of its remaining opponents did. A few days ago, we looked ahead to the final four games on SU‚Äôs schedule. After two surprising outcomes, the Orange‚Äôs path to a bowl game is now less clear. Boston College 35 – Florida State 3: The Eagles dominated the Seminoles at…
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Antwan Cordy Out for the Season: What Does It Mean?
SU safety Antwan Cordy announced on Saturday that he will not return for the remainder of the season due to a hairline fracture to his lower leg. Cordy announced it on his Instagram account with this message and photo. This is heartbreaking news for Cordy, who will now miss essentially back to back full seasons…
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SU football offers two pairs of prospects from Philadelphia, Detroit areas
For most Syracuse fans, the bye week probably isn‚Äôt the most exciting time of the football season. A whole week off without being able to watch your favorite team can be a bit of a drag sometimes. However, the bye is also a week off of sorts for the coaching staff. Because they don‚Äôt have…
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Assessing SU’s Remaining Opponents
With just four games to go in the 2017 season, SU Football sits at 4-4 with a great opportunity to make a bowl game. In all likelihood, a win in at least one of its last four games would give Syracuse its first bowl appearance since 2013. Last year, the Orange was in the same…
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Bye Week Midterm: Grading Syracuse Football
Syracuse football is now two thirds of the way through the season, and so far, it has been quite the show. SU stayed on top of Clemson to pull a massive upset over the Tigers, was within two points of LSU in the final minutes of the game, rode alongside NC State for most of…
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FizzCast: Recapping Syracuse’s Loss At Miami
JD Raucci and Tim Leonard give initial reactions to SU’s loss at Miami Saturday, breakdown what this all means and preview the rest of Syracuse’s season.
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The Next Step for SU Football
Over the past two seasons, Syracuse football has had a pair of big time wins in the Carrier Dome. Beating #17 Virginia Tech and stunning #2 Clemson were great victories for SU, but there is still a long way to go in the rebuild process. As Dino Babers often says, his team is trying to…
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Meeting Miami: Three players to watch for the Hurricanes on Saturday
After an incredible upset of #2 Clemson last week gave Syracuse one of its most important wins in program history and put it over .500, the Orange is back in action this Saturday and another tough opponent is staring it in the face. SU heads south for a date with the #8 Miami Hurricanes on…
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How does SU’s upset over Clemson affect recruiting?
SU‚Äôs astounding victory over Clemson on Friday night had every single ingredient that a great upset needs. It came out of nowhere. It was a dominant effort (SU never trailed in the game). It saw one of SU‚Äôs most maligned units step up. It was a home victory in front of the largest crowd of…
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Top 10 Syracuse Victories of The Past Five Years
The SU football and basketball programs have been filled with ups and downs the past five years. However, the ups have been incredibly high and Friday night was another example of that. So it got me thinking, where does Friday night rank among the best SU wins in the past five years? After some digging,…
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Biggest Surprise in SU’s 27-24 Win Over Clemson
Before Syracuse‚Äôs matchup with Clemson, all the talk was about the elite Tigers defense. Many expected the Orange to struggle to move the ball and put points on the board. As we all know, that didn‚Äôt pan out so well. Syracuse posted 27 points on the Tigers, the most points Clemson has allowed so far…
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My Apologies: We Were Wrong About Syracuse
After the Syracuse football upset of No. 2 Clemson Friday night, I think ‚Äúsorry, but we got it wrong‚Äù is something a lot of sports writers are saying (or maybe just thinking and not actually saying, though, because we like to be right and try to be right for our readers). But all bets…
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3 Takeaways From SU’s Shocking Victory Over Clemson
Dino Babers is very good at his job After an up and down start to his second year at SU, Babers coached a near-perfect game Friday night. The SU head man came out with a gameplan that got everyone involved against Clemson. He mixed up the run and pass beautifully. And, more importantly, he got…
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Friday the 13th: Cuse Shocks Clemson, Nabs Program Defining Win
Dino Babers has spoken the words since the day he’s walked into town. It’s at times been hard to believe. The Syracuse head coach has said the program will eventually notch the big victories that define winning schools. He finally made good on that promise. In fact, he’s now made good on that promise twice.…
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