Tag: Syracuse football
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First-Team Offense Lays an Egg in Syracuse Football Spring Game
The annual spring football game is nothing more than a glorified exhibition to tide over ravenous fans who can‚Äôt wait another four months for the sport to return for real. It‚Äôs dangerous to extract any sort of ‚Äútakeaways‚Äù from the scrimmage, which pits a team‚Äôs starters against its backups. When teammates do battle, the hits…
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What Can We Learn From Syracuse Football’s Spring Game?
The Spring Game is not the best environment to judge players.
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Three-Star Running Back Cooper Lutz Commits to Syracuse
Two days after four-star center Tyrone Sampson Jr. committed to Syracuse football while on a visit to Syracuse University, three-star running back Cooper Lutz did the same. The high school junior was on campus Thursday and verbally committed to the Orange. Lutz will join the Orange for the 2018 season after graduating from high school…
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Which State Is Syracuse Football Amping Up Recruiting In?
Tyrone Sampson‚Äôs verbal commitment to the Orange certainly makes the Dino Babers era feel different. SU isn‚Äôt used to getting high profile prospects in recent memory, but Babers addition of Sampson, as well as Class of 2017 quarterback Tommy DeVito, proves that the second year head coach has some pull across the recruiting landscape. Babers…
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Four Star Center Tyrone Sampson Jr. Commits to Syracuse
Syracuse football added another name to it‚Äôs list today. Four star offensive lineman¬†Tyrone Sampson Jr. committed to Syracuse while visiting the university. Sampson will join the Orange for the 2018 season after graduating from high school next year. The 6 foot 3 inch, 295 pound center¬†hails from Detroit, Michigan. He is ranked as the fifth…
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Syracuse WR Jamal Custis Lights Up Spring Practice Scrimmage
Dino Babers is a wide receiver whisperer. The Syracuse head coach claims to have put at least 25 wideouts in the NFL, and several pass-catchers have recorded career seasons under Babers‚Äô tutelage. His teams almost always feature at least one prolific receiver; this weekend, we got a glimpse of who that guy could be in…
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Which Syracuse Quarterback Has the Most to Lose?
Eric Dungey is the clear first-string quarterback for Syracuse, but what about the guy behind him? Too many times in recent seasons, Syracuse starting quarterbacks have suffered injuries that sideline them for a game or two or even the full season. There is a legitimate possibility that the Orange will play its backup QB sometime…
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Dungey is Injury Prone, Should Syracuse Football Worry about QB Depth?
Among the buzz of football recruiting, it is also important to keep an eye on players who have already established themselves on the Orange roster. Dino Babers‚Äô recent comments about the SU defense preparing to get more physical in the year to come may make some people wonder if the same expectations apply to the…
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Dino Babers Says Syracuse is Getting More Physical, But is That the Answer?
Dino Babers said that Syracuse’s defense is getting more physical.
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Syracuse Football Adds Staff Position to Bolster Recruiting
Syracuse hires Dave Boller to be the Director of Player Personnel.
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Toledo Cornerback Jordan Martin Transfers to Syracuse
Amid the buzz of Syracuse football ¬†beginning spring practices this week, the Orange ¬†has gained another team member. Toledo cornerback Jordan Martin has signed with SU as a graduate transfer. Syracuse.com was the first to report the news. Martin will graduate from Toledo in May. The 6-foot 2-inch, 205 pound cornerback will be able to…
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What To Expect From Fizz on National Signing Day
The Fizz staff is ready for the best day on the recruiting calendar.
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Syracuse Offers Highly-Touted 2019 Safety Litchfield Ajavon
When it comes to recruiting, Syracuse football coach Dino Babers isn‚Äôt one to procrastinate. Today, Babers and company offered a scholarship to highly-touted and tremendously-named safety Litchfield Ajavon, a member of the Class of 2019. Wipe off your glasses and check your calendar; no, that wasn‚Äôt a typo. Ajavon wouldn‚Äôt be wearing Orange for another…
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Michigan Targeting Syracuse Safety Commit
Syracuse athletics has seen some of its recent targets stolen from underneath them by powerhouse programs (see Green, Quade). Now, Jim Harbaugh is looking to do the same to the Orange‚Äôs football team. The Michigan head coach is hosting 2017 three star recruit Ifeatu Melifonwu this week. Harbaugh visited Melifonwu at his basketball game last…
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Syracuse To Host Two Defensive Tackles This Weekend
Two defensive tackles will visit SU this weekend.
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Syracuse Offers Two 2018 Wide Receivers
If Dino Babers‚Äô name is associated with any position in football, it is certainly the wide receiver. Over the past decade, the current Syracuse head coach has unearthed and unleashed guys like Josh Gordon, Terrance Williams, Roger Lewis, and, most recently, some dude named Amba Etta-Tawo. In all, Babers claims to have sent at least…
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Could Ravian Pierce Be Next Season’s Amba Etta-Tawo?
The short answer: who the hell knows, but hey projections like this are fun. Dino Babers transformed Amba Etta-Tawo from an average receiver at Maryland to an All American at SU. The precedent is there. Could Pierce make a similar jump? Tight ends under Dino Babers In the past, Dino Babers has not utilized tight…
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Syracuse Football Lands Former Four-Star TE Ravian Pierce
Syracuse lands former four-star TE and JUCO standout Ravian Pierce.
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Ex-Notre Dame Cornerback Devin Butler Transfers to Syracuse
Dino Babers may have some trouble with names next year. The Orange wasted no time this offseason bolstering its secondary by adding cornerback Devin Butler. The senior announced today that he is transferring from Notre Dame and will play his fifth year with Syracuse. The move comes weeks after starting cornerback Corey Winfield announced he…
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Football Recruit LB Ryan Guthrie Signs with Syracuse
Syracuse football is continuing to build for next season. Today, linebacker recruit Ryan Guthrie committed and signed with the Orange. Ryan Guthrie @ryanguth4 @ Ellsworth JuCo @EllsworthFTBALL inks with @CuseFootball @ECCCoachTalto pic.twitter.com/DJHzdiWhOp — JuCo Football Forer (@JuCoFootballACE) December 14, 2016 The 6‚Äô2‚Äù linebacker committed to Tulane University on November 20, but he decommitted on Monday,…
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Assessing Dino Babers’ First Season
Put a bow on year one of the Dino Babers‚Äô era. The first year coach finished his inaugural campaign with a 4-8 record that was capped off with a record setting 76-61 loss to Pittsburgh. While Saturday‚Äôs loss officially removes SU from bowl contention, the season was not a total wash. In fact, this was…
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Syracuse Football Needs to Use Timeouts More Efficiently
Yes, the Syracuse offense is fast-paced. But even with the focus on speed, they cannot forget about the importance of the timeout. There is still a time, and a strategy, for using them. Saturday‚Äôs game against NC State featured Syracuse‚Äôs poor use of timeouts and reflected aspects of the Orange‚Äôs season-long struggles with them. They…
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Monday Recruiting: BJ Daniels Leads Palm Bay to Victory, Talks Commitment
The last two weeks have treated Syracuse running back commit B.J. Daniels very well. He pledged to SU on Halloween and then led Palm Bay (FL) to a 49-10 playoff victory over Eustis on Friday. Daniels rushed 145 yards on 19 carries and scored three touchdowns in the victory. Last week the three-star running back…
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Three Takeaways from Syracuse’s 35-20 Loss to N.C. State
Syracuse loses 35-20 to NC State at the Carrier Dome and falls to 4-6.
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Which Syracuse QB Will Start if Eric Dungey Can’t?
When Eric Dungey took a bone-crunching hit to the head at Clemson on Saturday, it was almost as if you could hear a collective gasp from Orange Nation. And when Syracuse‚Äôs star quarterback stayed on the ground at Memorial Stadium, head coach Dino Babers must have seen his team‚Äôs season flash before his eyes. Now,…
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Should Eric Dungey Play Again This Season?
I‚Äôm not Eric Dungey. I‚Äôm not Dino Babers. I‚Äôm not a member of the Syracuse Football training staff. I‚Äôm not the one responsible for making the call on Dungey playing against NC State. But if I were, I‚Äôd sit him. In fact, I‚Äôd sit him or the rest of the year. I know a status…
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Monday Recruiting: Florida Boys Ball Out
Five of SU‚Äôs six 2017 football commits from Florida played in a high school game over the weekend and every single one of them dominated. Markenzy Pierre went off in his final high school contest, leading Liberty to a 64-21 thrashing of Poinciana. Pierre, a running back commit, rushed for 447 yards and seven touchdowns…
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Can Syracuse Rebound From Its Latest Loss?
It was far from pretty. Number two Clemson showed Syracuse why the Tigers are ranked as highly as they are and are in contention to return to the College Football Playoff. The 54-0 final showed every bit of how bad of a game the Orange played as well as each break it couldn‚Äôt catch. From…
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No. 2 Clemson Steamrolls Syracuse, 54-0
Before Syracuse football‚Äôs showdown with No. 2 Clemson on Saturday, Orange Nation had several legitimate reasons to believe its team could hang with the Tigers. Clemson entered the contest as four-touchdown favorites, but SU had won its past two games (including a 31-17 victory over 17th-ranked Virginia Tech, the program‚Äôs first win over a ranked…
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Scouting Clemson
Another week and another Heisman candidate that Syracuse is tasked with stopping. The Orange travels to Clemson to take on the second ranked Tigers this weekend. Last year‚Äôs game was much closer than expected, but Clemson‚Äôs performance against SU proved to be a fluke as the Tigers ended up in the national championship game. Clemson…
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2017 RB Markenzy Pierre Flips Commitment to Syracuse
Dino Babers and company continue to load up on promising skill-position players in the Class of 2017. On Saturday, three-star running back Markenzy Pierre flipped his commitment from Western Kentucky to Syracuse. Pierre pledged to the Hilltoppers in early July, but the Orange recently swooped in and displayed increased interest after initially contacting the Florida…
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Assessing the Orange at the Bye
Coming off a 28-20 win over Boston College, the Orange enters its bye week at 4-4 on the season with its bowl window still open. But the season has been quite the rollercoaster. Despite being riddled by injuries, Syracuse has stayed afloat and needs just one more win to have a shot at the postseason.…
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Syracuse Holds Off Boston College, 28-20
It looked like it was going to be one of those days for Syracuse. On the first drive of the Orange‚Äôs game at Boston College on Saturday, SU drove down to the BC 35-yard-line, and was within striking distance of the home team‚Äôs end zone. Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey used a hard count to draw…
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Daivon Ellison Is Here to Stay in SU’s Secondary
Dino Babers is Daivon Ellison‚Äôs biggest fan. ‚ÄúWhen someone is willing to be that unselfish, and play the game the right way, you can‚Äôt help but root for him,‚Äù Babers said of Ellison Monday in his weekly press conference. SU‚Äôs coach also claimed the sophomore safety was Syracuse‚Äôs defensive MVP in the team‚Äôs 31-17 win…
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Key to Syracuse vs. Boston College: Run-Pass Ratio
Boston College hasn‚Äôt won a game against an ACC opponent in more than two years, but the Eagles are favored by 4.5 points in their game against Syracuse on Saturday. BC isn‚Äôt a cupcake, by any means ‚Äî Steve Addazio‚Äôs squad is 3-3 this season ‚Äî but it is an extraordinarily unbalanced team that features…
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