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2025 Season Projections

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Let's talk about the 2025 season.

Here's a start from our friend at GaTech:


 
David321 said:
8-4

We lose Clemson, Pitt, Miami, ND.
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heres hoping that come august in the prediction thread I predict somewhere close to this (He says patting himself self congratulatory on the back!).

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Seriously though, before all these off season crazy moves and losing McCord the initial thought was 4-8, if we're lucky. Now.....could be the opposite as you note. As I often say, from our keyboards to God's ears.
 
I'm going to say 7-5

(N) Tenn - L (0-1)
UConn - W (1-1)
Colgate - W (2-1)
@ Clemson - L (2-2)
Duke - W (3-2)
@ SMU - (3-3)
Pitt - W (4-3)
@ Ga Tech - W (5-3)
UNC - W (6-3)
@ Miami - L (6-4)
@ Notre Dame - L (6-5)
Boston College - W (7-5)

I will say I really really think we can go down there and beat Tennessee. What a win that would be.

Swing Games - Duke, @ Georgia Tech, Pitt, UNC: Currently have them winning all. That would be huge.
 
ECE '76 said:
Let's talk about the 2025 season.

Here's a start from our friend at GaTech:


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This guy says SU will kill UNC and then proceeds to count that game as a loss the rest of his video.

Someone should at least watch his videos once to ensure he can count to six properly.

He clearly does not know about JRS and his history.

That said, he is right. The schedule is brutal and there is a lot less experience returning than you want if you are a Syracuse fan.

6 wins would be a great result.
 
ScriptCuse said:
I'm going to say 7-5

(N) Tenn - L (0-1)
UConn - W (1-1)
Colgate - W (2-1)
@ Clemson - L (2-2)
Duke - W (3-2)
@ SMU - (3-3)
Pitt - W (4-3)
@ Ga Tech - W (5-3)
UNC - W (6-3)
@ Miami - L (6-4)
@ Notre Dame - L (6-5)
Boston College - W (7-5)

I will say I really really think we can go down there and beat Tennessee. What a win that would be.

Swing Games - Duke, @ Georgia Tech, Pitt, UNC: Currently have them winning all. That would be huge.
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I think the games outside of Colgate, Clemson, and Notre Dame are all various forms of swing games. There is an advantage to having 5 at home vs 4 on the road in those games. I think we do win one of those four road games, at most two. We will lose a home game, and cannot afford to lose more than two. If the O is good I can see 7-5. But right now I am feeling Dino year 2 vibes, a competitive 4-8.
 
ACC preview: Road to title again figures to go through Clemson

Per ESPN's Bill Connelly, they have us an average of 4.8 wins for 2025 on a recent projection. While that seems a bit ridiculous, a lot of their points are valid and make sense. We have very little production returning on both sides of the ball and not having McCord is pretty big. Fran will certainly outplay their prediction but i'm not sure by how much.

I'm taking my Orange glasses off and I toggle back and forth between 6 and 7 wins but I'm settling with just 6 wins as most likely if i had to make a bet. Schedule is just brutal and I think the team is going to be a tad less talented this year as well as younger/less experienced. We have the least amount of returning production in the ACC. I think 6 wins this season is like 7 wins or probably more like 8 wins with last years schedule.

in ATL Tennessee (L)
vs UConn (W)
vs Colgate (W)
at Clemson (L)
vs Duke (L)
at SMU (W)
vs Pitt (W)
at Georgia Tech (L)
vs UNC (W)
at Miami (L)
at Notre Dame (L)
vs Boston College (W)

6-6 (3-5) I'm fine with 6-6 but I do want more. We need 6 though.

In the big games I think we get a big W in there somewhere and i'll say we pull out a big game at SMU. Was tempted to say Tenn in the opener but with likely new starters at QB, 4 OL spots (most with little experience) and a WR that all have not even practiced with SU yet that seems unlikely to me. Plus Nixon is coming of injury and i don't even know how that is coming along. Anyone know? I have Losses starting out at Tenn which is almost an away game. Also L's in very tough away games against Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame.

And I think we may get an L at GT as that is going to be much harder this season than many think in Brent Keys second season with a senior Haynes King, assuming he is still healthy when we play them. They finished 2024 very strong and had to deal with an injury to King in there. They also had a very strong freshman/transfer recruiting class.

We will do well at home. We get some easier wins against Colgate and Uconn, then we get by Pitt, UNC and BC in home games. But i think we lose one at home and the home game against Duke will be much more difficult than people are giving them credit for as well. They were 9-3 in the regular season last year, all be it against a fairly soft schedule. Could be an L there.

Its a bit of a transition year, but I could also easily see 7 wins here as well with a win against either GT or Duke.
 
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I never do predictions because, despite all common sense, I can only predict running the table. To predict even a single loss seems like bad mojo.

I should point out that adhering to this superstition has never helped our actual outcome even one iota. Still, I have to stick to it. I have no choice.
 
sutomcat said:
This guy says SU will kill UNC and then proceeds to count that game as a loss the rest of his video.

Someone should at least watch his videos once to ensure he can count to six properly.

He clearly does not know about JRS and his history.

That said, he is right. The schedule is brutal and there is a lot less experience returning than you want if you are a Syracuse fan.

6 wins would be a great result.
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Now you’re gonna get it.
 
sutomcat said:
This guy says SU will kill UNC and then proceeds to count that game as a loss the rest of his video.

Someone should at least watch his videos once to ensure he can count to six properly.

He clearly does not know about JRS and his history.

That said, he is right. The schedule is brutal and there is a lot less experience returning than you want if you are a Syracuse fan.

6 wins would be a great result.
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While he seems like a reasonable guy and he has some good things to say about Syracuse, his video is a really superficial “box score analysis” that really only looks at yards and TD’s.

He probably spent 30 minutes looking at last year’s yardage totals, who has left the team, and next year’s schedule before turning the camera on and starting to riff.

He says he thinks our top receiver will be a true freshman simply because no one on the returning roster produced more than 200 yards receiving (which is incorrect).

We had four upperclassmen combine for 300 receptions and 3500 yards. After Gill, there wasn’t exactly a lot of targets to go around.

I think the overall talent of Ross, Hornsby, and Tremble is far above the group we lost - to say nothing of Gill, Ross- Simmons, Hatcher, etc.

I’m still optimistic we have at least an 8 win team against this schedule, and we’ll be 3-1 after the Clemson game.
 
After I see how we handle Tennessee in the trenches I will make a prediction. It could be anywhere from 4-8 to 9-3, but that game will tell a lot about our floor and ceiling.

QB and receivers will produce with Nixon as OC, and our dbs will struggle with all the good QBs we face in the road games, so line play will be the key.
 
CbusCuse said:
ACC preview: Road to title again figures to go through Clemson

Per ESPN's Bill Connelly, they have us an average of 4.8 wins for 2025 on a recent projection. While that seems a bit ridiculous, a lot of their points are valid and make sense. We have very little production returning on both sides of the ball and not having McCord is pretty big. Fran will certainly outplay their prediction but i'm not sure by how much.

I'm taking my Orange glasses off and I toggle back and forth between 6 and 7 wins but I'm settling with just 6 wins as most likely if i had to make a bet. Schedule is just brutal and I think the team is going to be a tad less talented this year as well as younger/less experienced. We have the least amount of returning production in the ACC. I think 6 wins this season is like 7 wins or probably more like 8 wins with last years schedule.

in ATL Tennessee (L)
vs UConn (W)
vs Colgate (W)
at Clemson (L)
vs Duke (L)
at SMU (W)
vs Pitt (W)
at Georgia Tech (L)
vs UNC (W)
at Miami (L)
at Notre Dame (L)
vs Boston College (W)

6-6 (3-5) I'm fine with 6-6 but I do want more. We need 6 though.

In the big games I think we get a big W in there somewhere and i'll say we pull out a big game at SMU. Was tempted to say Tenn in the opener but with likely new starters at QB, 4 OL spots (most with little experience) and a WR that all have not even practiced with SU yet that seems unlikely to me. Plus Nixon is coming of injury and i don't even know how that is coming along. Anyone know? I have Losses starting out at Tenn which is almost an away game. Also L's in very tough away games against Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame.

And I think we may get an L at GT as that is going to be much harder this season than many think in Brent Keys second season with a senior Haynes King, assuming he is still healthy when we play them. They finished 2024 very strong and had to deal with an injury to King in there. They also had a very strong freshman/transfer recruiting class.

We will do well at home. We get some easier wins against Colgate and Uconn, then we get by Pitt, UNC and BC in home games. But i think we lose one at home and the home game against Duke will be much more difficult than people are giving them credit for as well. They were 9-3 in the regular season last year, all be it against a fairly soft schedule. Could be an L there.

Its a bit of a transition year, but I could also easily see 7 wins here as well with a win against either GT or Duke.
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As it relates to season openers and our new roster... that goes both ways. In 2005, GRob lost to West Virginia 15-7. I think that was before Pat White became fulltime QB. And they would finish 11-1. If 10-37 GRob could keep it close in his first game ever... I am thinking we can catch Tennessee down in an opener too. Maybe they will be starting the wrong QB for half the season.

2013 Syracuse lost to Penn State in NJ. Drew Allen, who would not last at QB, had the ball with a few minutes to go and a chance to drive for a winning TD. Game-ending interception. While that was a team that would go bowling, it also gave up 212 points in losses to NW, Clemson, Ga Tech, and Florida (scoring 44). Shafer's first game.

I think beating Tennessee is definitely on the table. I think it is the MOST winnable of the non-home games because it is an opener and neutral, and they do not have much film to go off of on us. Of course, neither do we. And if we come out flat... that will not end the season either.
 
OttoinGrotto said:
I'll feel really good if we're bowl eligible before BC.

I don't care for the idea of that BC game being make or break for a bowl.

I know, I know, the bowls don't matter.

But it kinda does.
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I feel ya on the bowl game but an Extra month of practice and the team together. I know with the portal it's as less meaningful as before but still for the guys coming back that extra month can be huge!
 
HRE Otto IV said:
I think the games outside of Colgate, Clemson, and Notre Dame are all various forms of swing games. There is an advantage to having 5 at home vs 4 on the road in those games. I think we do win one of those four road games, at most two. We will lose a home game, and cannot afford to lose more than two. If the O is good I can see 7-5. But right now I am feeling Dino year 2 vibes, a competitive 4-8.
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The funny thing is that even Clemson and ND are not certain losses either. We occasionally play up to Clemson's level there. And if GRob could beat ND at the end of the year, anyone can. Who knows what kind of injuries are impacting things by the end of the year. We might find Miami down to the 3rd QB and Mario on the hot seat. Meanwhile, Belichick might defy logic and common sense... and roll through the ACC on the back of some nice pro-UNC officiating.
 
I think we are more talented across the board. Also most likely much more inconsistent. We might hit more Home run passes and drop far more passes. Who knows

WR we had Meeks a super consistent Physical kid who no-one expected
WR we had Gadsden
WR we had Pena a very precise route runner we could rely on

QB we had a very accurate kid who knew how to read D and not afraid to check it down, but who also trusted the WRs in the 1on1 throws

WR this year

Gill who showed good glimpses in less chances
Ross-Simmons who probably showed more HR threat than anyone knew because he was hurt all year
Hatcher who evolved

Then we have several young kids who look the part

Our big 3 caught a ton and avg like 12 yds a catch with a long of 39-50

Our next up kids avg 20+ yds a catch with longs pf 53-55-67
 
Archbold44 said:
As it relates to season openers and our new roster... that goes both ways. In 2005, GRob lost to West Virginia 15-7. I think that was before Pat White became fulltime QB. And they would finish 11-1. If 10-37 GRob could keep it close in his first game ever... I am thinking we can catch Tennessee down in an opener too. Maybe they will be starting the wrong QB for half the season.

2013 Syracuse lost to Penn State in NJ. Drew Allen, who would not last at QB, had the ball with a few minutes to go and a chance to drive for a winning TD. Game-ending interception. While that was a team that would go bowling, it also gave up 212 points in losses to NW, Clemson, Ga Tech, and Florida (scoring 44). Shafer's first game.

I think beating Tennessee is definitely on the table. I think it is the MOST winnable of the non-home games because it is an opener and neutral, and they do not have much film to go off of on us. Of course, neither do we. And if we come out flat... that will not end the season either.
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I understand Tenn will have a new QB as well and I agree on first game stuff with a new QB and maybe not knowing what offense will be run. But I don't expect things will be drastically different for SU with Angeli other than we may run more. I think it goes more against us as I feel like we have so many questions on the OL and some at WR and TE to go along with the QB situation. We certainly have a chance to win that game as well but I still the odds are against us more than for us a bit.
 
upperdeck said:
I think we are more talented across the board. Also most likely much more inconsistent. We might hit more Home run passes and drop far more passes. Who knows

WR we had Meeks a super consistent Physical kid who no-one expected
WR we had Gadsden
WR we had Pena a very precise route runner we could rely on

QB we had a very accurate kid who knew how to read D and not afraid to check it down, but who also trusted the WRs in the 1on1 throws

WR this year

Gill who showed good glimpses in less chances
Ross-Simmons who probably showed more HR threat than anyone knew because he was hurt all year
Hatcher who evolved

Then we have several young kids who look the part

Our big 3 caught a ton and avg like 12 yds a catch with a long of 39-50

Our next up kids avg 20+ yds a catch with longs pf 53-55-67
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#1 in the country in long pass plays last year.

32 TD passes, school record.

WTH are you talking about?
 
Archbold44 said:
The funny thing is that even Clemson and ND are not certain losses either. We occasionally play up to Clemson's level there. And if GRob could beat ND at the end of the year, anyone can. Who knows what kind of injuries are impacting things by the end of the year. We might find Miami down to the 3rd QB and Mario on the hot seat. Meanwhile, Belichick might defy logic and common sense... and roll through the ACC on the back of some nice pro-UNC officiating.
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This isn’t the same Notre Dame program. When we played them then, they were at their low point of the past 20 years.

Notre Dame has won 29 consecutive games against ACC opponents. And the game is being played near the end of the season, when their advantage in depth is most meaningful.

Anything is possible but of all the games we have on the schedule, IMHO, this one is the most unlikely to result in a win.
 
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Why not?
 
sutomcat said:
This isn’t the same Notre Dame program. When we played them then, they were at their low point of the past 20 years.

Notre Dame has won 29 consecutive games against ACC opponents. And the game is being played near the end of the season, when their advantage in depth is most meaningful.

Anything is possible but of all the games we have on the schedule, IMHO, this one is the most unlikely to result in a win.
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Whatever low point Notre Dame had... by the end of GERG we were far lower. But I tend to agree with you regarding the least likely win of the season. Clemson is next.
 

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