Tag: Syracuse Orange
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Is Kiyan Anthony Inevitably Orange?
In 2003, a banner was raised thanks large in part to a soon-to-be Syracuse legend named Carmelo Anthony. Nearly twenty years after the Orange claimed their first NCAA championship, Anthony’s son, a four-star shooting guard according to 247Sports, was offered by SU. So the script is written and the result is inevitable, right? Well, let’s…
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Could Syracuse’s Five Game Losing Streak Cost Them Recruits?
There hasn’t been much movement in Syracuse Football recruiting. Not to be that guy, but the only movement has been downward. The Orange have slowly skidded down the national recruiting rankings list for the class of 2023 as the regular season has played out. As of right now, SU is slotted at the 90th spot…
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Top CNY and Syracuse Players in the NFL this year
Do you know how many former football players from Central New York and Syracuse University are now playing in the NFL? Linebacker Chandler Jones, linebacker Zaire Franklin and punter Riley Dixon are all former Orange currently playing in the NFL this season. Alton Robinson is in his second season with the Seahawks, while Justin Pugh…
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Good and Bad in Syracuse’s Start to the Season
Syracuse’s performance against Lehigh was stellar. Colgate? Not so much. A strong non-conference season would raise their betting odds including at DraftKings. SU fans are loyal, so there’s always lots of attention on the Orange on the top betting sites for their fans. The top betting sites have a valid license from the Gambling Commission.…
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CBS Sports Leaves Boeheim Out of Top 20 Coaches Ranking
Nearly 50 years on the sideline, a national championship, 5 Final Fours, and a Sweet 16 just 18 months ago, isn’t enough to impress CBS Sports. In a ranking of the top 25 coaches in college basketball, Jim Boeheim came in at #22. Yikes. Boeheim was slotted below second-year coaches Hubert Davis (19) and Tommy…
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Jesse Edwards Could Have an All-ACC Season
Syracuse Basketball could become a complete team this season. The Orange have their one, two, and five spots solidified with some question marks still elsewhere. Judah Mintz is a baller at the one, JG3 locks up the two with his shooting prowess, and Jesse Edwards has emerged as a real force in the paint. If…
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Syracuse’s Terrific Trio
Year 47 of the Jim Boeheim era at Syracuse got off to an excellent start last night. SU dominated start to finish against Lehigh in a 90-72 win. The Orange had eleven different players connect on a field goal against the Mountain Hawks. Despite the balanced effort, three players have separated themselves from the pack.…
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Syracuse Desperately Needs a WR2
Following Syracuse’s first loss of the season to Clemson Saturday, Garrett Shrader said, “I’d like one other guy to step up in that receiver room, just to help out. Spread things out a little bit.” You can say that again, Garrett. Oronde Gadsden has been SU’s clear number one option in the pass game since…
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National Outlet Claims Syracuse “Wasted a Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity”
Syracuse took #5 Clemson down to the wire, but not every one believes it was a moral victory or validation for questions surrounding the 6-0 start. CBS Sports writer Shehan Jeyarajah lamented the chance SU let slip away. He chose to make Syracuse one of his losers in the Week 8: Winners & Losers column:…
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Here’s Where CBS Sports Ranks Syracuse After the Thriller vs. Clemson
If any of the doubters watched Syracuse battle tooth-and-nail at Clemson, they’d have to change their tune. (Here’s The Fizz’s reaction from yesterday’s game). For those who have assumed SU’s 6-0 start to the season was luck, mediocre competition and backup QBs, Saturday was a stamp of respect. While the Tigers might not be the…
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How Has Syracuse Fared Against Top 10 Teams Under Babers?
There’s a good case to be made that Syracuse’s game against Clemson on Saturday is SU’s biggest since Dino Babers took over in 2016. The 6-0 14th ranked Orange and the 7-0 5th ranked Tigers are the only undefeated teams in the ACC Atlantic division. However, it doesn’t seem like Syracuse is being given much…
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Pack Your Bags for El Paso, Syracuse is Going to the Sun Bowl: CBS Sports
Syracuse is off to its best start in decades, and a massive matchup with #5 Clemson looms next. But it’s time to reap some of the spoils of the Orange 6-0 start. The school is printing up “bowl eligible t-shirts,” which is pretty hysterical. But it’s proof of just how dark days had gotten that…
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Re-Visiting our Most Important Players List
We’re about halfway through Syracuse Football’s 2022 season. SU has shocked pretty much everybody with an impressive 5-0 start. Although the road may have been rocky with come from behind wins against Purdue and Virginia, the record is what it is! The team as a whole is experiencing a lot of success and a big…
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Which Players Need to Step Up Moving Forward?
The calendar month has turned to October and Syracuse Football is STILL undefeated. SU hasn’t accomplished this feat since 1993. This season has already been a massive success and one that the team and fans should be very proud of. With that said, “you can’t come this far just to come this far.” Yeah, the…
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Syracuse’s Unnecessary Risk Against Wagner
Syracuse beat Wagner 59-0 in what can only loosely be called a football game Saturday. The Seahawks went in not having won a game in three calendar years, and it showed, converting only four first downs and gaining 50 yards of total offense. It was such a mismatch that the two teams agreed to play…
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Does a Top 25 Ranking Prove Babers Have the Right Formula?
Somehow, someway, Syracuse is ranked. At 5-0, the Orange are ranked #21 in the Coach’s Poll and #22 in the AP. Coming into the year five wins would’ve been a likely season total, and many wondered whether the Dino Babers experiment was flickering at the end. Instead, the Orange have a Cinderella season, great vibes,…
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Syracuse’s Hopes for College Gameday are Now Gone
The exhilarating start to the season has stirred dreams of ESPN’s College Gameday making its first ever appearance at Syracuse. The Orange have come close to hosting of the sport’s most visible and popular show, but it’s never quite come to fruition. The 4-0 record combined with a gimme win over Wagner this weekend will…
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Is This the Beginning of a Magical Syracuse Season?
Another week, another Syracuse win. Another win, another thriller. The Orange are 4-0, and fans are starting to wonder just how far SU can go. By virtue of the win over Virginia on Friday night, SU is almost guaranteed to still be undefeated by mid-October. Next up is Wagner, a game the Orange simply can’t…
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After Felony Arrest is Emoni Bates Becoming a Tragic Story?
The story of Emoni Bates used to be an incredibly positive one with a perpetually upward trajectory. He was the most well-known recruit in the nation. He was the cover boy of Sports Illustrated. He was the superstar staying home to play for a Hall of Fame head coach. He was revered as a prep…
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At 3-0 Here’s the Projections for the Rest of Syracuse’s Schedule
After a wild finish at the Dome over Purdue, Syracuse is 3-0. Garrett Shrader’s first half was rough, but after halftime he came alive and threw the perfect pass to Oronde Gadsen to win the game. As we dissected on the Fizz, Shrader’s development into a star this season has been the best thing that…
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Why Garrett Shrader’s success could change SU football
Don’t look now but Pro Football Focus’ team graded Garrett Shrader as the highest rated QB of the week after the beat down of UConn. He was PFF’s offensive player of the week for his 5 TD day. They noted his 94.5 overall grade because of a perfect 16/16 when there was no pressure, and…
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Why did Zion Cruz – Jersey kid and top-50 recruit – choose DePaul?
The recruitment of Jersey City’s Zion Cruz was always a mysterious one. As the rest of the ’22 Class committed around him, Cruz was the outlier, remaining untethered. As of December, he was one of only 3 in the top 30 who hadn’t chosen a school yet. It would still be another two months, in…
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Is Dino Babers Already Off the Hot Seat?
It’s been a fun start to the season for Syracuse. A surprising demolition of Louisville at the Dome, and a (suddenly) predictable blowout of pathetic UConn makes the Orange 2-0. SU will garner even more votes for the Top 25, and will find itself with optimism and some shock around the nation that the program…
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Top 10 NFL Players Who Played For Syracuse
Syracuse has a history of producing incredible football players. Syracuse can claim one of the best alumni classes in NFL history with multiple players in Canton. Whether you are into NFL betting or you‚Äôre a big college or NFL fan, you are sure to have heard a few of these names. Here are ten of…
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Should Syracuse Stop the Charade and Run the Option?
Central New York’s worst kept secret is that the Syracuse offense is ugly. When SU needed one win in its final three games to become bowl eligible it scored a total of 34 points in a string of blowout losses. This is a massive concern because the head coach supposedly is a top-level offensive mind,…
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Is Syracuse Too Cheap to Fire Babers?
The short answer is yes. Look around and you see examples of how Syracuse athletics needs to constantly shop on the discount racks. “Jim Boeheim makes a plea to Syracuse fans to step up their NIL donation game” is a headline that blared at the Post-Standard’s website last week. Obviously, legendary coaches at larger, more…
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Rising Guard Elijah Gertrude is Major Piece in Syracuse’s Recruiting Wars
Elijah Gertrude is on Syracuse’s turf. He’s a star on the Albany City Rocks AAU team. He’s a dynamic playmaker for Jersey City-based Hudson Catholic. And he’s being recruited by a slew of SU’s most important recruiting rivals. This one is a big one for the Orange, and Jim Boeheim knows it. At Peach Jam,…
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Bad News for Syracuse, Big Ten is Not Considering the Orange
The conference realignment murmurs have grown into flat out paranoia (“a mass exodus”) in many circles, as programs wonder what their future is. At stake, a spot with the “have’s” at the college football table, a place where dishes are passed around with $75M checks under them. Syracuse’s ACC revenue is significant, and many could…
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One CFB Analyst Predicts “Mass Exodus” from ACC in Realignment
It’s been nearly a month since the dominos fell with USC and UCLA headed to the Big Ten. Since, everyone has braced for the next set of schools to fall. Is it Oregon and Washington? Will the Big 12 and Pac-12 eventually merge (right now the answer is no)? So far, it’s been quiet. And…
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Syracuse Football Preview: Strength of Schedule
Syracuse has a demanding schedule ahead of them in the ACC this year.¬† The Orange sit just outside of the top 25 toughest schedules in the FBS. Northwestern holds the preseason No. 25 spot, leaving SU with the 26th most difficult slate. Let’s look at the Orange’s football schedule and a couple of crucial matchups.…
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UCLA and USC Just Signaled the Death of the Power Five
While college athletics has been a mutating industry since its dawn (Alabama was once in the SoCon), our current iteration is now dead. The concept of a Power 5 is no longer after USC and UCLA’s decision to flee to the Big Ten. Perhaps that’s for the best since the idea of enough elite football…
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Did Syracuse Strategically Ask For Florida State as a Rival?
The ACC did something extremely smart. It ripped up the old two division format, and created a 3-5-5 scheduling system for football. Instead of a winner coming from the Atlantic and Coastal to meet in the ACC Championship Game, the two best teams in the league will clash. To schedule a one-division league, each team…
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Syracuse Needs 5-Star Ian Jackson to Bring the NYC Swagger Back
The move to the ACC will always be a tortured one for Syracuse fans. Of course, everyone realizes the survival of the program as a Power 5 football school meant it was a necessity. Had the Orange not jumped ship to the ACC it would have been left for dead like UConn, scrambling for a…
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Can Boeheim’s Successor Tap Into The Overflowing Jersey Pipeline?
The New York Times ran a piece Tuesday about the incredible basketball talent pumping out of the Garden State. The story, “‚ÄòJersey Is Taking Over‚Äô: N.J. Hoopers Outshine the Shadow of New York,” highlights all of the top-end recruits playing in New Jersey. “In addition to (Elliott) Cadeau ‚Äî the No. 7 player in the…
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The Syracuse Crystal (Basket)Ball: Joe Girard
Welcome to a new series on Orange Fizz where we break down expectations and reality for the upcoming 2022-2023 campaign for Syracuse Men’s Basketball. With any good team, or team in general, its identity starts at the top (whether it be a leading scorer or an elder statesman). That’s exactly where we will start, with…
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Judah Mintz’s Commitment Helps Boeheim Leave SU on Higher Ground
Jim Boeheim is crusty and cranky. He scoffs at your criticisms, he belittles the critics. He has run Syracuse basketball’s kingdom for nearly 50 years, and he will remind you of it every chance he gets. Boeheim’s record is impregnable. His status as an icon is unmovable. But his effectiveness has seemed to wear thin…
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