Trueblue25
Cali Award Magistrate; 2023 Cali Award Rushing Yds
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Have to apologize to the Football Board. This thread’s well overdue. Happy to say though I had a timely, and positive, change in career that’s taken up a lot of my time since last Fall. Helped take my mind off the pain of just missing the bowl season again, but hey we like to look on the bright side here on the Cali Board.
The bright side is, much of what’s ailed us over the past couple seasons has been addressed aggressively. AD John Wildhack has opened the athletic programs wallet increasingly, and has continued to grant Dino his trust.
This has resulted in the additions of Coaches Anae, Beck, Ligashesky, Johnson and others into the fold.
The AD has provided the program with the means to compete with the P5. Now its time to see if Dino’s blend of herbs and spices is as delectable as the Colonels.
I won’t dwell too much on last season. It was hard to watch. I’d sum it up as a lot of missed opportunities. To me, it was clear that Syracuse’s offense lacked a true identity. Looking back on our cali predictions, it’s clear there was no cohesive plan/structure for last years offense and we really owe the wins we had to our defense and the grit of players on O like Shrader and Tucker.
Though we had the top running back in the nation, it still seemed like we kept the training wheels on for much of the season. This resulted in inexcusable losses to Rutgers, FSU and yes I’ll say it… Clemson.
We were a bowl team limited by unimaginative, vanilla, bad playcalling from the O. I don’t think it earns any sugar coating. It was bad.
With that said, lets get to the awards..
*drumroll*
First category was Yards passing. The board heavily favored the prodigal son, Tommy DeVito. Tommy, though a good teammate and gifted, never quite panned out and we witnessed his career at Syracuse fizzle out with a whimper. I wish him well at Illinois. From the end of Tommy’s time arose the soft spoken lion from North Carolina. Garret Shrader.
Shrader led our team in passing with 1,445 yards. This wont light up the stat sheet, and at times was downright painful to watch. He did hit some big throws (Tech) in big moments though.
This Cali Award goes to orangeinohio having guessed Shrader for 2,101 yards. He narrowly beat me in this category, but I will allow it since I won an iggy this year and will settle for being a genius in one sport. Congratulations sir, and may Shrader find himself on the higher side of your prediction this year.
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Next Category is passing touchdowns. Again, the board was just disgustingly inaccurate for the most part. Shrader led again here with just 9 passing touchdowns.
We should all feel bad and Im sure most of us do.
You know who doesn’t feel bad? orangeinohio and suorange08 . Both contributors were the closest in this category. Each having guessed Shrader for 12.
This will force us to go to the tie breaker. Neither of the two foresaw Wake being the most attended home game, both guessed Clemson. This Cali will then go to suorange08 as his figure (32,440) was closest to the actual figure (36,670) for the Clemson game. Congratulations sir!
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Next category is Yards Rushing
WOOOHOOOOOO
Our lord and savior Tucker blazed over the regular season with 1,496 yards on the ground. Not one prediction had him over 1,300. Forgive us Sean, we will never underestimate you again. We are pleased with your performance.
This award will go out to JackBauer44 as he guessed 1,288 yards. Jack’s a long time contributor who has some great takes/contributions each season. Its no surprise he picks up the hardware here. Congrats!
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The next three categories will not be awarded this year, as not one prediction even guessed the correct player. Not shocking as, again, our offense lacked any visible identity or cohesiveness.
Rushing Touchdowns: Shrader 14 (believe he set the record for a QB here at Syracuse)
Receiving Yards: Jackson 389
Receiving Touchdowns: Jackson 3
With a new year comes renewed hope. We pray to you Coach Anae. Please bring us some form of an acceptable air attack. Help us Obi Wan, you’re our only hope.
Cali Awards to be continued later…
The bright side is, much of what’s ailed us over the past couple seasons has been addressed aggressively. AD John Wildhack has opened the athletic programs wallet increasingly, and has continued to grant Dino his trust.
This has resulted in the additions of Coaches Anae, Beck, Ligashesky, Johnson and others into the fold.
The AD has provided the program with the means to compete with the P5. Now its time to see if Dino’s blend of herbs and spices is as delectable as the Colonels.
I won’t dwell too much on last season. It was hard to watch. I’d sum it up as a lot of missed opportunities. To me, it was clear that Syracuse’s offense lacked a true identity. Looking back on our cali predictions, it’s clear there was no cohesive plan/structure for last years offense and we really owe the wins we had to our defense and the grit of players on O like Shrader and Tucker.
Though we had the top running back in the nation, it still seemed like we kept the training wheels on for much of the season. This resulted in inexcusable losses to Rutgers, FSU and yes I’ll say it… Clemson.
We were a bowl team limited by unimaginative, vanilla, bad playcalling from the O. I don’t think it earns any sugar coating. It was bad.
With that said, lets get to the awards..
*drumroll*
First category was Yards passing. The board heavily favored the prodigal son, Tommy DeVito. Tommy, though a good teammate and gifted, never quite panned out and we witnessed his career at Syracuse fizzle out with a whimper. I wish him well at Illinois. From the end of Tommy’s time arose the soft spoken lion from North Carolina. Garret Shrader.
Shrader led our team in passing with 1,445 yards. This wont light up the stat sheet, and at times was downright painful to watch. He did hit some big throws (Tech) in big moments though.
This Cali Award goes to orangeinohio having guessed Shrader for 2,101 yards. He narrowly beat me in this category, but I will allow it since I won an iggy this year and will settle for being a genius in one sport. Congratulations sir, and may Shrader find himself on the higher side of your prediction this year.
______________
Next Category is passing touchdowns. Again, the board was just disgustingly inaccurate for the most part. Shrader led again here with just 9 passing touchdowns.
We should all feel bad and Im sure most of us do.
You know who doesn’t feel bad? orangeinohio and suorange08 . Both contributors were the closest in this category. Each having guessed Shrader for 12.
This will force us to go to the tie breaker. Neither of the two foresaw Wake being the most attended home game, both guessed Clemson. This Cali will then go to suorange08 as his figure (32,440) was closest to the actual figure (36,670) for the Clemson game. Congratulations sir!
______________________
Next category is Yards Rushing
WOOOHOOOOOO
Our lord and savior Tucker blazed over the regular season with 1,496 yards on the ground. Not one prediction had him over 1,300. Forgive us Sean, we will never underestimate you again. We are pleased with your performance.
This award will go out to JackBauer44 as he guessed 1,288 yards. Jack’s a long time contributor who has some great takes/contributions each season. Its no surprise he picks up the hardware here. Congrats!
_______________
The next three categories will not be awarded this year, as not one prediction even guessed the correct player. Not shocking as, again, our offense lacked any visible identity or cohesiveness.
Rushing Touchdowns: Shrader 14 (believe he set the record for a QB here at Syracuse)
Receiving Yards: Jackson 389
Receiving Touchdowns: Jackson 3
With a new year comes renewed hope. We pray to you Coach Anae. Please bring us some form of an acceptable air attack. Help us Obi Wan, you’re our only hope.
Cali Awards to be continued later…