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Perhaps the icing on the cake to the end of the Babers era today: Tommy DeVito, a QB that Syracuse could never create a gameplan for or protect adequately, is throwing for almost 250 yards and 3 TDs in an NFL game.
HUGE win for Syracuse here. Road victory against a ranked team, plus proves that Orange weren't same team in MSG without Frank Howard. Should help come March.
Syracuse had every chance to win here, but:
a) Didn't make any defensive adjustments in the second half
b) Fell in love with the three
c) Every shooter went ice cold at the worst possible time
Don't bother blaming Frank. This team could've won without him today. Just didn't.
Syracuse may not have won yesterday, but the day was far from a loss. The
#disloyalinfant
Aubrey Mattelynn Cassillo (appropriately) arrived on a Fall Saturday. Both her and mom are doing great.
Here's what I'll say about Syracuse men's basketball this year: Team with three guys at 6'10"+ gets out-rebounded most nights, and great college scorer wasted by having no real set offense while no one else can hit shots consistently. Someone has to have answers for why.
Look, I’m not pretending these have been glory years for Syracuse. But despite being clearly worse than they’ve been historically, the Orange have still made four of a possible six tournaments since 2015.
Pitt should definitely hire Sean Miller because he'd fit right in with their decades-long tradition of doing absolutely nothing in the NCAA Tournament.
Like many others, I’ve been scared of contracting a serious case of coronavirus every day for the last year, (I have a pre-existing condition). Today I was vaccinated, & feel an enormous weight has been lifted. Even if you’re not scared for yourself, get vaccinated & wear a mask.
A few things on Syracuse's
@CFBPlayoff
ranking up at No. 19:
- Got credit for playing Clemson to the wire
- Helped by NC State perception by committee
- Two more shots at big wins in (4) Notre Dame, (22) BC
- Legit path to get to access bowl here (need to win out, though)
If Syracuse wasn't leading for most of the game, I'd take a four-point loss to Clemson every time. Despite fourth quarter problems, do have to hand it to this team. Outplayed Tigers for seven of last eight quarters.
Not trying to sugarcoat this loss, but it’s very clear Syracuse hasn’t quit on Babers and there are a lot of great pieces on this team. They need a better O-line and better QB play - not small fixes - but you can see how this team gets back to respectability.
If I could wish anything for younger Syracuse fans it's that being ranked becomes boring again. It was a wonderful thing to take that for granted back in the 1990s. May we do so again soon.
Dungey with a touchdown scramble. He blew a kiss to the BC student section after dropping the ball in the end zone. Syracuse leads 14-7 with 0:46 remaining in Q1.
BREAKING: 2019 3-star Trumbull (CT) St. Joseph QB David Summers (
@David_summers12
) has flipped from Maryland to Syracuse during an official visit with the Orange
Honestly, that loss comes in large part to the coaching staff. And if you wanted to know how Syracuse could wind up firing Babers despite going 5-7 this year, this game probably shows you that path.
Plenty more to come tonight in terms of coverage, and this season in terms of what Syracuse is capable of. But games like tonight's -- a win over a ranked team and clinching bowl eligibility -- is why I invest so much time and emotion into this team. This high makes lows worth it
This NCAA Tournament is already setting itself up to be one of the dumbest on record. So I once again ask (more emphatically than normal): Why not Syracuse?
Kadary Richmond started three games a freshman, all three of which were when Buddy Boeheim was out due to COVID-19 protocol. Per source, Jim Boeheim told Richmond that Joe Girard III is slated to start again next year.
Truly insane. Syracuse’s teams have struggled. The media that covers the team — including
@BrentAxeMedia
— fairly critiques those struggles. They have no obligation to go easy on what’s been a significant rough patch (especially for men’s basketball).
Score one point for my newborn son, who arrived in time (yesterday) for an Orange win.
(daughter was born after the Clemson loss in 2018, but was around for the magical season that followed, so he still has a tall order ahead)
The Ted Lasso Christmas episode is so good that it may have to go into the holiday movie rotation. What a damn uplifting, enjoyable bit of television. Love that this show catches lightning in a bottle over and over again.
Boeheim: “At halftime, I challenged Tyus Battle, ‘When you play like this, you shouldn’t have come back’. He took it to ‘em... Elijah came alive. I told Jalen not to shoot, but he had to shoot that (shot clock) 3 and it went in! This was a great comeback, a great win for us.
That likely does it, barring some unlikely barrage of threes paired with some expert defense. Still, really excellent effort from Syracuse here without Tyus Battle. Bodes well for NCAAs.
I get Syracuse University is a business, but $52K tuition is completely insane given where the university ranks overall (largely static for over a decade) and the very affordable city it's located in. Love my alma mater, but would never send my kid there.