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Syracuse football recruiting: 3-star RB Markenzy Pierre planning visit after season (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse football has yet to find a bigger running back that has traditionally fit Dino Babers' hurry-up spread offense.
Class of 2016 signee Jo-El Shaw wound up at Lackawanna College. Inherited sophomore Jordan Fredericks has gone from third-string back to short-yardage blocker.
Markenzy Pierre, a Class of 2017 running back from Liberty (Kissimmee, Fla.) High School, could fit that mold.
The 5-foot-11, 205-pound Pierre was offered by the Orange on Wednesday and said he plans on taking a visit to Central New York after finishing his senior season. Pierre, who is currently committed to Western Kentucky, is rated three stars and the No. 103 running back this cycle by 247Sports.com's composite rankings.
He was named to the Florida 7A All-State team last year after rushing for 1,677 yards and 19 touchdowns on 186 carries. He also caught 17 passes for 325 yards and another four scores.
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Dino Babers’s new math for Syracuse football (TNIAAM; Wall)
If you’re like me and you have a child in elementary school, you’ve probably looked in confusion at the new way math is taught. You see the number line and hear terms like “regrouping” and you get this confused look. It looks like a pretty convoluted way to get to the end result, but to the students it’s natural and straightforward. That’s how I imagine lot of people looked at Dino Babers on Saturday afternoon in one particular late-game situation.
The Boston College Eagles had just kicked a field goal and cut the Syracuse Orange lead to 21-20. BC had scored the last 10 points in the contest and with 10 minutes left in the game, momentum was on their side. As you can see below, a Syracuse win, in a game they were dominating statistically, was in danger of slipping away.
A holding penalty on the kick return pushed the Syracuse offense back to the 15-yard line. Since the Orange went three-and-out on their last series, conventional wisdom would dictate that SU would go somewhat conservative to give their defense a rest, to try and gain better field position, and most importantly run some clock.
However, this is Babers’s “New Math” where getting to the end result of a win doesn’t take the approach we’ve grown accustomed to seeing. The Babers approach certainly acts as the polar opposite of “meathead coaching,” of which Steve Addazio is a follower. You see, Addazio, like many others, assumes the Orange are going to run the ball because that’s what coaches do in this situation. He has his defense playing the run as part of his strategy of getting the ball back and going on a clock-eating drive for a game-winning field goal. We’ve seen that approach for a long time at Syracuse, and it doesn’t mean Addazio is a bad coach. It’s just the idea of playing to hold on isn’t a required part of the Babers curriculum.
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Syracuse’s starting lineup is almost post-New York (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Recruiting New York State has always been considered the cornerstone of Syracuse Orange football. Because we traditionally haven’t been able to get into places like Florida or Ohio or Texas, we’ve relied on local talent or at least made sure that any good player from the Empire State knows we’re interested. As recently as the Doug Marrone Era, especially with the MetLife series, that was considered a key to rebuilding the program.
In recent years we’ve seen a distinct shift away from that kind of thinking. Marrone started expanding SU’s recruiting reach into Florida, Georgia, and the Midwest but Scott Shafer’s staff took it to the next level. It’s how we’ve ended up with a quarterback from Oregon and skill players from the South. Dino Babers and his staff appear to be taking that approach and running with it. The days of region-focused recruiting are over.
Always good to be traveling home to my city to hunt for Alphas!
#WhosNext#BeTheAlpha#OrangeIsTheNewFastpic.twitter.com/ZAJZD1S2Rh
— Sean Lewis (@TheOC_CoachLew) October 25, 2016
I bring all this up because of something reader Chris V. mentioned this week in an email.
...with the injury to Omari Palmer, we do not have a single starter from New York State (even including the co-starters at positions like defensive end).
Clearly it's not a Babers thing since other than the true frosh playing at defensive end and in the backfield, all the starters are players recruited by Shafer. So a trend that has been under way for some time. But as a longtime Orange fan, I can't recall when we have never had a starter from NYS.
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Roundtable: Will Syracuse make a bowl game? (TNIAAM; Staff)
At 4-4 going into the bye week, the Syracuse Orange are at an interesting point in Dino Babers’s first season. The remaining schedule’s tough, and the team’s had some struggles. We didn’t really expect success in terms of wins and losses in year one. And yet, they’re just a win or two away from bowl eligibility.
So can they pull it off?
We ask the TNIAAM staff for their opinions below...
Nick Petraccione
Yes, I think Syracuse will make a bowl this season. Babers said earlier in the year that it takes a while for players to adapt and accept a new system under a new staff. After the Virginia Tech win, this team has bought into Babers and you can see it through their play. Dungey ranks as the second-best QB in the FBS in terms of passing yards, and the defense has stepped up allowing SU to win back-to-back ACC games for the first time since 2013.
They are so close to a bowl game and I think they will reach it. If they will go to the Independence Bowl (which they won back in 1979 beating McNeese State). I can even see them getting into a bowl like the Quick Lane Bowl at 5-7 because of APR ratings.
Claudia Ceva
Ever the optimist, I think the Orange will make a bowl this year with a win against NC State, Pitt, or both. With our APR being pretty high, we could definitely be one of the 5-7 bowl teams. I'm not banking on us winning against the Wolfpack on November 12 or the Panthers on November 26, and I know better now than to chalk the games against Clemson and FSU up as losses because college football is crazy. I also realize that two upsets in one season is a lot, especially for a rebuilding program that seems to have finally found its groove over the past couple of weeks. 5-7/6-6 is my final answer.
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Riley Dixon waits for next trick play, talks duck hunting, his old number for Syracuse football (PS; Mink)
Riley Dixon made his Monday Night Football debut earlier this week in the Denver Broncos' 27-9 victory against the Houston Texans.
The former Syracuse football punter won the starting job out of the preseason and is averaging 46 yards per punt as a rookie for the defending Super Bowl champions.
Dixon, a Blossvale, N.Y. native who played for Christian Brothers Academy before his time at Syracuse University, was recently the subject of a Q&A with the Denver Post.
In it, Dixon talks duck hunting in Upstate New York, the reason he wore No. 92 in college and his most memorable trick play.
On wearing No. 92 at Syracuse:
I didn't get to pick it. I was a walk-on my freshman year and they called me up on the phone and said, 'Hey what number do you want?' And I was like, "What do you got?" He said, "How does 92 sound?" I said, "Can I get a different number?" He said, "Nope, you're 92." I said, "So why did you ask?!"
On his love for the outdoors:
Oh yeah. I was home last weekend in upstate New York and went duck hunting with my cousin and a couple of his buddies. Good times. It's one of my favorite things to do.
It's not bad (in Denver) at all. I do more water fowl up there. And obviously I don't know the land out here. So I haven't hunted out here yet. I have to take care of my business first. When I get some free time, hopefully I'll look into it.
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Students build, launch weather balloon from Syracuse football field to Atlantic Ocean (PS; McMahon)
A group of students at Syracuse's Danforth Middle School built and launched a weather balloon from their football field today -- and it keeps going up, up and away.
Middle school students participating in the "C-Camp" at Danforth built the 20-foot contraption, loaded it with devices like a GoPro camera and inflated the balloon until it took off Wednesday. Other students from the school came out to the football field to watch.
Technology teacher Joe Dottolo oversaw the project and runs the C-Camp program. Through the program, students study science, technology, engineering and math. They have mentors from the engineering firm O'Brien and Gere, which helped cover the cost of some supplies for the launch. The school district purchased the basics of the weather balloon kit.
As of 2 p.m., Dottolo said the balloon was still soaring through the earth's atmosphere. He tracked the balloon to the Atlantic Ocean past New York City and Long Island.
The balloon's path is entirely dependent on the weather. Dottolo hopes the balloon pops over land, so his team can recover it and the data it is collecting. If anyone on Long Island find the contraption, mail it to 309 W. Brighton Ave. in Syracuse.
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