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SU Football Primer: What to Know For Florida State Week (DO; Schwedelson)
Syracuse (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) rides a four-game losing streak heading into its matchup on Saturday at No. 17 Florida State (6-1, 4-1) at noon, which will be broadcast on ABC. The Orange has lost by a combined nine points in the last two games. Here’s everything you need to know as SU preps to face its third ranked opponent of the season.
Tally-Hassee
FSU received its first tally in the loss column on Saturday against Georgia Tech, 22-16, on a last-play touchdown by the Yellow Jackets. With the game tied and six seconds remaining, the Seminoles lined up for a 56-yard, game-winning field goal. The ball was blocked and GT’s Lance Austin returned it for a touchdown. “What a time to be alive,” the play-by-play announcer said on the broadcast.
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Realistically, When Will Syracuse Next Beat Florida State? (thejuice; Bierman)
Item: Following up on the theme of our preseason prediction for game number eight against now No. 15/17 ranked Florida State (6-1, 4-1) coming up Saturday in Tallahassee (12:00 p.m.ET/ ABC), unless the Orange, early three touchdown underdogs to a team that just suffered its first ACC loss in 28 games dating back to the 2012 season (versus N.C. State), can somehow shock the nation and hand the Seminoles a second straight loss for the first time since 2011, then the frustratingly long seven game losing streak (since 1978) against this now annual division rival will continue for yet another season.
The two teams may be among the seven that make up the ACC’s Atlantic Division, but that’s about where the comparisons come to an end for the Syracuse and Florida State football programs, with the Orange seeking to get back to national relevancy and the Top 25 rankings for the first time since 2001 while turning out a sprinkle of NFL players most years, with the Seminoles eyeing the College Football Playoffs each season while turning out large numbers of future pros, in fact 11 FSU players were selected in last spring’s NFL draft.
Since the lone ‘Cuse win in the series, a 37-21 victory in 1966 at Archbold Stadium in which current special assistant to the athletics director, Floyd Little (1964-66), playing in his final home game as an Orangeman, scored three 24 yard touchdown runs finishing with 195 yards to set the school’s all time rushing mark (since broken by five players), it’s been all Seminoles in the seven games played while SU was an independent, in the Big East, and now ACC, with the average margin 38-18.
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Should the Orange Consider Shutting Eric Dungey Down at Some Point? (TNIAAM; Keeley)
I recognize right off the bat that this will almost assuredly never happen, short of Dungey getting hurt once again. While we’ve made strides as a society in terms of the realities of concussions and injuries and what’s important, football is still football and it’s played by football people and run by football people. You don’t preemptively sit a guy because that simply doesn’t compute. It’s an assumption based on something that you can’t control...so why bother? Football is not about assumptions. It’s about grit and toughness and lunchpail attitudes and hay never being in barns. Eric Dungey would never ask to sit. Coach Shafer would almost certainly never sit him for preventative measures. The school would not actively force Dungey to be sat. It would be the "wussification of America" personified (according to people who unironically say things like "the wussification of America").
College football is not baseball. We’re talking about entirely different sports played by athletes with entirely different agendas and entirely different career timeframes. Baseball eases it’s athletes into the professional ranks. Football forces them to play for their careers pretty much from the get-go and never let up.
A star pitcher can afford to work within the parameters of pitch-count limits and inning limits when he’s young because pitchers have the luxury of thinking longterm. Whether they win or lose a particular game is of little consequence. Whether or not they can maintain a high level of play for 8+ years is more important than winning today.
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Four Things Working Against Scott Shafer Right Now (TNIAAM; Keeley)
There are conversations swirling around Syracuse Orange football right now and I think you know the conversations I mean. From my POV, there seems to be this narrative out there that blogs like this one are the one pushing for a certain head coach to no longer be a certain head coach but from where I sit, I'd just like to point out that that conversation has been jumpstarted by two things:
1. National media who just scan the stats and decided Scott Shafer is probably in the vicinity of a hot seat.
2. Fans on social media and comment sections and message boards venting their frustrations.
Correct me if I'm wrong but no one here has ever said "Scott Shafer should be fired." We've raised concerns. We've provided scenarios. We've asked questions. But we're certainly not leading the charge on this issue.
That said...we are Syracuse fans. Long-time Syracuse fans. We didn't just start caring about SU last year, we've been here for decades. We won't stop caring about SU a few years from now because a personal connection to a team is over, we'll always be here. Not just for football but for basketball and lacrosse and even field hockey. We care about the whole of the university and it's sports teams and part of being a fan is voicing your concerns and wondering whether or not the things people say match the things we see. If they don't, we're not gonna sit here quietly, toe the party line and twiddle our thumbs until we're told it's okay to think something else. Fandom don't work like that.
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Lonnie Allgood (left)
Greatest Receivers, Tight Ends Ever at Jersey Shore (app. com; Edelson)
There are so many factors that go into the performance of a wide receiver or tight end.
Some played in an era, or an offensive system where passes were thrown less frequently, while others enjoyed time in modern attacks where the ball was in the air on seemingly every play.
And receivers are always dependent on the quarterback being able to deliver the ball downfield.
Still, there have clearly been some very talented ends from the Jersey Shore over the years, possessing both the ability and numbers to make opposing defenses, as well as college recruiters, take notice.
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So take a look at some of the best wide outs and tight ends ever to tighten a chinstrap locally, in alphabetical order:
Lonnie Allgood, Red Bank - As a two-way standout on the Bucs undefeated 1971 team, the first of three unbeaten teams coach Bob Strangia would have over a five-year period, Allgood, a 6-1, 190-pound speedster, was one of the country’s most heavily recruited receivers as a senior in 1971.
Allgood eventually chose Syracuse, where he averaged 19.1 yards-per-catch during his three seasons with the Orangemen. Drafted in the ninth round by Cincinnati in 1976, Allgood’s six year NFL career, which included stints with New Orleans and Buffalo, was plagued by knee injuries.
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Dwight Freeney Still Has It
