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Ernie Siebert was the roly-poly guy. Come to think of it, is he still with us? Bob Parker was pretty athletic, but not so productive.

Scott Stapleton, if 67 counts as an early, tragic death. Nephew of Jimmy Carter

To be fair, he was good here. Not 44 great, but quite good. I think we didn't use him enough as a ballcarrier. He was also quite good as a pro. He wasn't Moose Johnston, but he was similar as a blocking fullback. The issue is his erratic behavior, not his history as an SU player.

Been there!

Well, it could be because you respect the guy and the good years he had here.

There's no arguing that Syracuse was in a stagnant pattern in the early 2000's. Losing to Rutgers and Temple, having recruits fail to qualify or make it to campus, and those bookend defensive disasters in 2005 were the death knell for Coach P's era. The problem was that AD Gross didn't have a...

Not staying at SU to become the all-time leading rusher!

Despite our lack of style points, we just finished a twenty win season. That's not terrible.

I guess Rocco Pirro has left the building. :)

What an absolute turn-off that our guys are not interested in competing in a post-season tournament. Other personal agendas have overwhelmed the "we want to play" ethic that made SU basketball fun for so many years. Let's hope Red is recruiting competitors and not prima donnas from this point...

He, as much as anyone, knows that the money has corrupted any semblance of fair play in building teams, developing players and dealing with influential boosters. He probably wishes he was back in Syracuse coaching DBs. :)

Ah, Piscataway, on the banks of the old Raritan! I lived there for about five years in the 1980's. I joined the Jaycees, my wife helped start a neighborhood watch group, so a town councilman stopped by and asked if I'd like to be appointed to some board or other. Happily, I was able to say...

No, it's the subjective case when you and Fran are doing something.

Good jumping numbers. I'll guess he runs about a 4.55 forty. Would he be a good prospect at safety?

I would expect Fran and company to be all over that early signing period - and make it to our advantage. We're now proactive and not reactive!

Some of the SU campus' charm in my years ('70s) was that there were still houses and neighborhoods within the campus boundaries. I took courses in old houses on University Place where the Newhouse buildings now stand. The area west of Archbold Stadium was a mix of private housing and...

Fran's or the pointy-toed boots in the foreground?

We need a GM, don't we? Sign him up!

With those unusual and specialized majors, I guess the Big Ten is necessary by default! :rolleyes:

Who does that leave for coach candidates? George Bond, George Redington, Frank Wade, Edwin Sweetland, Jason Parrish, Ancil Brown, DeForest Cummings, Chick Meehan, Pete Reynolds, Lew Andreas, Vic Hanson, Reaves Baysinger and Doug Marrone. Put them all in! Note: A couple of these guys weren't...

SUtomcat dealt with that above. Cal gets to fill a PAC10 ghost spot.

What if you formed a union and discovered there's little demand for your product - thus no pot of gold for your services?

Dennis "Sweet D" DuVal Louie and Bouie Mike and Jimmy Lee Do I show my age?

We oughta recruit a few Navy SEALS for toughness.

I love when the spring game becomes a "reveal" of young talent. My two favorites: The Marvin Graves breakout of 1990 that was paired with a lacrosse game The LaQuint Allen / Justin Lamson breakouts of 2022

He's flawed, but he's our best option this year. Hypothetical: What if we could plug in a Tyler Ennis at PG? Is that what we need?

Who woulda thought that Jesse and Joe would be such big losses in our lineup? And moving Taylor away from the perimeter makes him unable to put up a decent shot? For as flawed as we are, 15-8 isn't that bad. But when we get exploited we get whipped badly.

Let's pull this upset and shock the world!! :rolleyes: The BC juggernaut is going down! ;)

Ha! I thought that was a ranking! :oops: And, his jersey was #4 this year.

The 93rd defensive lineman selected in the 2024 NFL draft is Caleb Okechukwu! Sounds like a free agent signing is in the cards.

We have no idea how our team will perform on the field. Fran and company have proven themselves to be great recruiters. They haven't proven they can organize, game plan, game manage, etc. yet. Excuse me if I don't believe without evidence.

Dino's in a bit of a predicament. He's an offensive coach whose downfall as a head coach was his offense.

Okay, I hear your fear. But what stops any of Fran's recruits from excelling at SU, then portalling to bigger paydays? That's just the world we live in today.

If Sellers stuck with his commitment and turned out to be the real deal, then we'd have won eight or nine games this season, finished up recruiting strong, and most people's big worry would be about how many more years into his sixties Dino could be effective. Alternate histories are fascinating...

Not quite every way!

And Floyd made a tackle from his DB position as well.

That's an unfair criticism after the fact. A year ago the board was praising Dino for landing 3 SEC QB's through the portal. The fact that the first of them got hurt and the other two didn't work out led to Dino's demise, but nobody was mocking our QB room at the time.

Let's hope he can coach, plan and coordinate as well as he recruits.

It was amazing how uninspired Duke was in the first half. We weren't great, but we were hanging with them. Somebody must have straightened them out at halftime and they stopped playing down to our level.

Well, you're absolutely right about that! But the rationale wasn't to make millionaires out of college kids.

Yeah, that was exactly the rationale that was being presented a few years ago. Nobody was saying "We need to legalize big bags of cash from boosters."

Yeah, that sequence just looked odd.

When you lose out on a player twice in two years, then I guess he was never that impressed with us.

Before he gets out of the portal maybe we can intercept him! (Sorry, Luke. You don't deserve that). :rolleyes:

Because it's ingrained in us?

I'm surprised we haven't seen much of Perry on the DL. I thought in the bowl game we'd see what he could do inside, but I don't remember seeing him at all.

The number one reason why winning this game is important is that it gives us a winning season instead of a losing season. That goes on our record for all time!

Watching him warm up before games, it was surprising to see his throwing style. It's all forearm. Kinda weird looking.

There must be a short-term online course we can sign them into now! History of Syracuse or something. ;)