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CDRW, last Friday, showed a lot of symptoms of a guy in his own head. By his mannerisms, you can tell he is jittery and wants to succeed SO bad. Coaching definitely is in play here. He threw the ball so differently (a lot more lobs over the middle of the field) than we have seen in the...

Alford playing, no Jones

Thank God for the early fair catch. Definitely returnable

Can't replace Rhino. He's a unicorn. Big loss, replacement will be indirect. It's either Mang/Mahar (Mahar got more run in the 2nd half) or it is one of the WR's stepping up. Confident the offensive staff can come up with a new plan to take advantage of the new primary personnel grouping.

Hey Blizz, was only responding to the 2x2 screen game part of the post. Horizontal game should have been better with guys like Trishton and Taj running slants and crossing patterns as well.

IMO, this went away because there was no outside blocking and there was a distinct lack of physicality from the WR's, to the point they were physically overpowered by DB's. Went from a specimen in Custis, a physical Butler and Taj (with a physical Ravian Pierce) to Courtney and Taj w/ Luke...

Lamson is the second early QB commit of the Babers era. Sellers becomes the 3rd. Devito was the 1st. Not saying your take is incorrect and we have no idea where they stand now, but the expectations for Lamson and Morgan (who most fans incorrectly wrote off when he committed, most were far...

Were those head coaches there? Those were likely assistant coaches who had that area, which does happen and did happen for Syracuse this year. People are specifically complaining about Babers not going to a local game, which is ridiculous.

I don't agree. Your head coach is your closer. Not many head coaches get out to local games. When I recruited in college baseball, my job was to go to all the games and have the head guy build the relationship once I got the recruit on campus that I liked. During the season, you really...

Per Bailey at 247 (free NSD Live Update article) and McAllister (SI free clicking on every player), the following are early enrollees: LB Mekhi Mason - 247 and SI DB Dom Foster - 247 and SI DB Cornell Perry - 247 and SI Transfer S Bralyn Oliver - 247 DE Denis Jacquez - SI WR Donovan Brown...

For the record, I don't want to relay what I thought of Donovan Brown off of his junior tape...

Correct. Recruiting rankings resolve around immediate impact (5* are strong immediate impact, 4* are impact starters). If Chestnut was a 5-star (which I think is a reasonable argument when he is a Freshman AA), the class would not be 60th and would reverse the trend to what I responded with...

This was exactly where I landed.

Pretty good when, in your 60th ranked class, you got a freshman All American as a 3 star. Yep, rankings are definitely what I would use to evaluate the class.

With how Syracuse offers, I wouldn't be surprised if the # of transfer offers is close to 75 or 80 and subject to go higher. Not every transfer portal guy was like Taj (who tweeted offers). Would bet more are like Tommy (never tweeted an offer) and visit under the radar. Most transfers...

Cam East signed with Ole Miss

And a January enrollee.

Clemson literally hired 2 guys internally (quicker process) and each are making less than a million dollars. I'd be pissed if I was a Clemson fan and you replaced the best DC in football with co-coordinators whom combined barely equal Venables salary. And their new defensive playcaller hasn't...

Without going in depth at other schools, players typically leave for opportunity, especially if younger talent is ahead of them. I personally think people make too big of a deal on most of the players leaving. The guys that hurt were: Taj left due to offensive system change and was a huge...

My question is, is Syracuse actually a development school in football? I know fans think Syracuse is, but I don't know that Syracuse is. It seems the freshman and redshirt freshman that play are the guys that stay playing and get better (more recruiting than development, IMO). Not sure we...

Exactly. Syracuse should strive to have an offensive line the caliber of Western Kentucky!

One of the great myths of Babers on the football board is that he hasn't recruited well for an ACC Syracuse. He hasn't developed the offensive talent well, but the recruits typically provide reason to be excited before stepping on campus, especially last years class.

I agree with the above to a point. I think last year's class did some very nice things at WR/DL. I think our complaints on the dire needs (WR and DL) can be more attributed to previous misses (and mostly huge misses) and 1 notable defect that lead to putting some tough expectations on younger...

The other interesting guy here is Umari Hatcher actually made appearances in 2 games offensively from what I noticed (including Clemson) and played in 4 overall to preserve the redshirt. Was my favorite WR recruit of the last 2 classes and, his inclusion to the mix at Clemson suggests the staff...

Going to be fascinating to see how it finishes and the effect of a portal on a coaches hot seat (are portal transfers more likely to not want to come to Cuse due to using their free transfer, does the security of the portal for a commit to utilize in the event of a coaching change matter on the...

What plays you want to run? You mention, the pass rushes have been getting there, that the WR's can't block. So, you can't run any long developing routes (pass rush, without even getting into WR separation and QB down field ability) and you can't run short routes because you can't block them...

I agree. I want to see the jump pass again with his frame at the goal line.

I think the DL is designed to be invisible against the run. I could be wrong, but I think the purpose of them is to take a double teams and let LB's fly into their lanes to get the stops. Unsung heroes if you will. You saw McKinley blow up a few plays with his initial "get" off the ball. I...

To be fair, that rushing total counted sacks. Tucker had a pretty strong line at that point of the game. The biggest thing is, when you have a strong running game, you do have to take some 2 and 3 yard runs early. You are trying to tire the defense so those same 2-3 yard runs become 6 and 7...

This is correct and is the only ACC player to have national deals at the time of preseason. Would expect Tucker to get some offers in the off-season nationally. Most of your national deals get brokered off a "what you did for me last year" type of deal. Hard to get to those terms during a...

There is definite talent here. Those guys outside and then guys like Courtney and Trebor in the slot, the future is bright at the WR position. Alford will be the next Custis. Dude has some deficiencies, but he has straight line speed and is learning to go up and get the football. Those are...

I think it is a different offense and its playing for a bowl game. If Shrader gets hurt for multiple weeks, I can see it. I hope it doesn't happen.

Morgan may be the #2 on the depth chart, but I think Lamson is the guy if Shrader goes down for a prolonged period of time to burn a redshirt. Lamson is very similar to Shrader with what looked like a better arm from his recruiting film. Not sure either Morgan or Markiewicz provide much of a...

Called route trees had just been introduced with Gilbert. Dino loves option routes. It is why you see so many badly thrown incompletions, QB and WR are seeing different things and WR is running a different route then the QB expects. The 3-3-5 defense has become significantly more popular due...

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What are you basing Carter was the rover on? Every depth chart (doesn't mean it is right) had Hanna as the starting rover. I know Carter blitzed more once Cisco went down, but I imagine all things being equal, they will move Carter back to the strong safety spot he occupied while Cisco was...

Nunn is the frontrunner to start opposite G. Williams. IMO, I would be very surprised if neither Folk (Rover) or Chestnut (FS) are starting as true freshman. Both are early enrollees, both have wide open avenues to playing right away, both were specifically recruited for Tony White's defense...

This is where I fall. Too many people saying Dino wants a new QB or Garrett will be a Day 1 starter. QB Room needed a guy that could play that is not a true freshman next year. Shrader does that, while bringing an intriguing run element. I have no idea how good Shrader is in this system...

This year, where injuries ravaged everything and Cincy has one of their best teams? No. Any other year, where Cincy and Boise State are their typical 20-25 ranked team, yes I think Syracuse would win 5 of 10. Either way, I was merely commenting that the way you want to find a coach is exactly...

For next year, it is Chestnut and Folk. One spot on the field that is itching for competition and both are early enrollees, following in the footsteps of Cisco and Jones to take a starting spot by doing so. For overall upside once it is said and done is Cruz, Hatcher and Lamson.

Both programs you list above have the most overall talent in their conference and have been the powers. It is much harder to do in a P5 conference when the teams you are chasing have NFL talent all over the field and the depth chart vs. taking over a G5 program that is the class of their...

Ward's defense obviously valued pass rushing from their ends and they valued that attribute when recruiting, taking long and lanky DE's they could grow into ACC caliber DE's. Valued length and pass rush over size outside. White's defense obviously values more gap protection from the front 3...

Would not say DC's figured out the offense. Would say the biggest advantage this offense offers (tempo) has gradually become easier to prepare for since everyone runs some sort of tempo offensively nowadays. This offense, like every other offense run since the history of time, needs better...

This is where I fall. Most of the routes when Tommy was healthy were vertical routes (I remember numerous times him missing downfield and a 2nd WR comes into the pictures, also running a vertical) or shots at a big play. Even the plays Gilbert installed (Benson wheel route comes to mind) were...

Men's sports can't fund themselves without having a women sport counterpart. Men's gymnastics would have to be offset somewhere or another women's sport expanded in #'s.

I don't have enough information to throw anything out there, as I have the same references of information everyone else has (no practice info from previous years and definitely nothing this year). Staff, through recruiting, believes they can convert a player to center. I haven't done the...

I think this is the type the staff has pursued on the interior, but has struggled to develop them for one reason or another. White, Tisdale, Ilaoa all profiled as road grading interior lineman in terms of recent recruit when I watched their HS film (haven't watched this years crop yet). It...

If you are a power 5 coach, you have typically put somebody in the NFL. Curious who you credit to Cavanaugh? Figure all the Oregon State guys, but 4 guys from 2005-2014 (from the SU coaching page) isn't very strong. Nebraska, can see Gates, but Lewis and Sterup were seniors in '15 Inherited...

Looking at available film on 247 and comparing his 2019 film with his 2020 film, one of the bigger reasons is he actually has defensive film on there. Comparing the two films, speed improved substantially to the eye test. Started to consistently run away from the small school (smallest...

Pat Davis didn't start against UNC, he's been hurt all year. Pg. 7 of the PDF from the below for the participation report that day: https://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/2020/09/syracuse-football-box-score-at-north-carolina.html In my opinion, OL struggles come down to coaching. The...