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The Mystery of Marvin Harrison: Why Hasn't SU's Great Receiver Ever Come Back to Syracuse? (PS; Mink)
The restaurant is on 25th and Girard, tucked in a brick row of small businesses and homes in a decrepit part of town, and the prevailing thought listening to rhythm and blues playing in the background as two women work the kitchen and counter is how incongruent this two-table soul food joint is to the man sitting in the front window.
He has a neatly trimmed mustache, a clean patch of hair on top and is wearing a white T-shirt, red gym shorts and flip flops. He picks at what looks like eggs, a side of sausage and a cup of maple syrup. It is past 4 o'clock on a humid afternoon in late June. He eats alone.
"Marvin?"
It's not a question. This is a chance to seek answers about what happened to the greatest wide receiver in the history of Syracuse football. He finished school in 1995, played 13 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, quietly retired in 2009 and is living like a recluse in his hometown.
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Recruiting
Sterling Hofrichter Provides Versatile Leg as Class of 2015 Verbal Commit (DO; Schneidman)
When Armwood (Florida) High School was practicing for its state championship game last season, Sterling Hofrichter hit a 55-yard field goal with Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer in attendance.
Shafer told Hofrichter that if he could do it again, he’d offer him a scholarship, Armwood head coach Sean Callahan said. And Hofrichter did.
“And that’s how that went down,” Callahan said.
After verbally committing to the Orange on June 27, the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Hofrichter said he thinks he can be more than just a field-goal kicker who opens eyes in practice. He’s a triple-threat player on special teams who is capable of excelling on kickoffs, punts and field goals, and one that hopes to challenge Ryan Norton and Cole Murphy for a starting spot next year.
In SU’s season opener against Villanova, Murphy, a freshman preferred walk-on, assumed kickoff duties and the junior Norton took field goals. Senior Riley Dixon punted.
“He’s not viewed as a kicker around our school,” Callahan said. “He’s viewed as another player.”
Hofrichter’s ability to do all three, he said, will allow him to pose more of a threat to crack the starting lineup when he arrives on campus next summer.
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College Football
The First Four Poll (PS; Stevens)
About the First Four Poll: Each week during the college football season, our committee of 13 national experts will rank the teams competing for a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff. These rankings will provide a look at how the contenders for the four playoff berths stack up in advance of the release of the first College Football Playoff rankings on Oct. 28 and provide an alternative perspective to those official rankings thereafter. Below is Patrick Stevens' rankings.
First, a little bit of personal philosophy. Out of the many things worth looking at when constructing a weekly ranking, the previous week's ballot (or a collective poll, for that matter) is not one of them.
Out of the preseason top four, two teams (Alabama and Florida State) collected solid victories in the opening weekend. On Saturday, Oregon secured what should be a triumph with long-term value when it handled Michigan State 46-27 at home. Most folks thought the Ducks would be good; they provided some evidence to back that up against one of the nation's best defenses.
High-level road victories at this time in the season are rare. Hence, Southern California (won at Stanford), Texas A&M (routed South Carolina in Columbia) and Virginia Tech (turned back Ohio State in Columbus) all belong in the top 10 based on their accomplishments. The Hokies sit outside the top five largely because Ohio State sans Braxton Miller remains a bit of an unknown.
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The Mystery of Marvin Harrison: Why Hasn't SU's Great Receiver Ever Come Back to Syracuse? (PS; Mink)
The restaurant is on 25th and Girard, tucked in a brick row of small businesses and homes in a decrepit part of town, and the prevailing thought listening to rhythm and blues playing in the background as two women work the kitchen and counter is how incongruent this two-table soul food joint is to the man sitting in the front window.
He has a neatly trimmed mustache, a clean patch of hair on top and is wearing a white T-shirt, red gym shorts and flip flops. He picks at what looks like eggs, a side of sausage and a cup of maple syrup. It is past 4 o'clock on a humid afternoon in late June. He eats alone.
"Marvin?"
It's not a question. This is a chance to seek answers about what happened to the greatest wide receiver in the history of Syracuse football. He finished school in 1995, played 13 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, quietly retired in 2009 and is living like a recluse in his hometown.
...
Recruiting
Sterling Hofrichter Provides Versatile Leg as Class of 2015 Verbal Commit (DO; Schneidman)
When Armwood (Florida) High School was practicing for its state championship game last season, Sterling Hofrichter hit a 55-yard field goal with Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer in attendance.
Shafer told Hofrichter that if he could do it again, he’d offer him a scholarship, Armwood head coach Sean Callahan said. And Hofrichter did.
“And that’s how that went down,” Callahan said.
After verbally committing to the Orange on June 27, the 5-foot-10, 165-pound Hofrichter said he thinks he can be more than just a field-goal kicker who opens eyes in practice. He’s a triple-threat player on special teams who is capable of excelling on kickoffs, punts and field goals, and one that hopes to challenge Ryan Norton and Cole Murphy for a starting spot next year.
In SU’s season opener against Villanova, Murphy, a freshman preferred walk-on, assumed kickoff duties and the junior Norton took field goals. Senior Riley Dixon punted.
“He’s not viewed as a kicker around our school,” Callahan said. “He’s viewed as another player.”
Hofrichter’s ability to do all three, he said, will allow him to pose more of a threat to crack the starting lineup when he arrives on campus next summer.
...
College Football
The First Four Poll (PS; Stevens)
About the First Four Poll: Each week during the college football season, our committee of 13 national experts will rank the teams competing for a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff. These rankings will provide a look at how the contenders for the four playoff berths stack up in advance of the release of the first College Football Playoff rankings on Oct. 28 and provide an alternative perspective to those official rankings thereafter. Below is Patrick Stevens' rankings.
First, a little bit of personal philosophy. Out of the many things worth looking at when constructing a weekly ranking, the previous week's ballot (or a collective poll, for that matter) is not one of them.
Out of the preseason top four, two teams (Alabama and Florida State) collected solid victories in the opening weekend. On Saturday, Oregon secured what should be a triumph with long-term value when it handled Michigan State 46-27 at home. Most folks thought the Ducks would be good; they provided some evidence to back that up against one of the nation's best defenses.
High-level road victories at this time in the season are rare. Hence, Southern California (won at Stanford), Texas A&M (routed South Carolina in Columbia) and Virginia Tech (turned back Ohio State in Columbus) all belong in the top 10 based on their accomplishments. The Hokies sit outside the top five largely because Ohio State sans Braxton Miller remains a bit of an unknown.
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