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Starting TE Josh Parris Expected to Return 2 to 4 Weeks (PS; Bailey)
Redshirt sophomore tight end Josh Parris is expected to return from knee surgery in two-to-four weeks, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said on Wednesday.
Parris had cartilage in his knee "cleaned out" earlier on Wednesday by Dr. Todd Battaglia.
"I saw him afterward and he's doing well," Shafer said.
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Marqez Hodge Has Been Busy in the Weight Room
SU Starting MIKE Marqez Hodge Showing Maturity in Camp as First-Time Starter (PS; Mink)
The biggest challenge for sophomore Marqez Hodge as he transitions into a starting role this season has been asserting himself as a vocal presence at middle linebacker.
By all accounts, Hodge started to turn the corner in recent weeks and is rounding into the player the staff hoped he would become following the departure of Marquis Spruill.
"He's really shown a maturity, kind of halfway through that first week he ramped it up and has been really impressive," linebackers coach Clark Lea said.
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Jamal Custis (81)
Depleted Frosh WR Corp Shocking for Jamal Custis and Steve Ishmael (PS; Bailey)
There were supposed to be five. Five freshman receivers with the potential to make an immediate impression on the football field: K.J. Williams, Corey Cooper, Adly Enoicy, Steve Ishmael and Jamal Custis.
Currently, there are two.
Williams is attending Milford Academy and has reopened his recruitment following his failure to qualify academically. Cooper is transferring to play closer to home. And Enoicy is rehabbing from surgery for a lower-body injury.
"It's definitely shocking," Custis said. "That's not what people think about when they first come here."
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DT Marcus Coleman (55)
DC Chuck Bullough Concerned About Lack of Starter at Defensive Tackle (PS; Carlson)
Defensive tackle was a position of worry entering training camp for Syracuse. It remains one with 10 days left until the team's season-opener against Villanova.
Defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said he is concerned, but not panicked, about SU's inability to identify a second starter from its collection of defensive tackles.
"It's a concern because no one has stepped up and taken it," Bullough said. "They're all just kind of the same player."
Last year Jay Bromley was one of the team's difference-makers on defense, turning himself into a third-round draft pick and the team's marquee presence on the defensive line.
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Freshman LB Parris Bennett (30) is the top backup at the Will Position
Update on Linebacker Depth Chart: Who is Playing with the Second Team Right Now? (PS; Mink)
Syracuse has known for months who its three best linebackers are, and Cam Lynch, Dyshawn Davis and Marqez Hodge have further separated themselves from the group in recent days.
No Syracuse fan should feel too concerned about the starting lineup heading into the Aug. 29 season opener against Villanova.
But clarity is not so apparent behind those three. Senior Luke Arciniega is coming off offseason hip surgery, and the staff has exercised caution with him throughout camp. Another veteran, redshirt junior Ollie Vigille, is expected to return to practice soon after suffering a minor injury.
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Scott Shafer on Naesean Howard Suspension: 'You Just Have to Keep That Bar High' (PS; Mink)
Naesean Howard's suspension last week, which stemmed from missing curfew, made for a learning situation that head coach Scott Shafer believes "worked out really well" for the freshman defensive back.
Howard did not travel with the team to Fort Drum last week and stayed back in Syracuse with graduate assistant Siriki Diabate.
"It was a chance for one of our best leaders in years to spend time with a freshman, teach him what it is to be playing for the Orange and being a student at Syracuse, things that will be coming up later in his life," Shafer said. "So went real well. It was a learning situation. Sometimes learning situations are uncomfortable."
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John Miller Plans to Help the Orange as Macky's Successor at Center (PS; Poliquin)
So there was the kid from Redondo Beach who grew up surfing at Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach and Torrance Beach. And there he was, after having been being chosen to play big-time football, getting on a plane and heading off to school. And there he was a few hours later, landing in his new gray world.
Gulp.
"I was a mid-year transfer and I came in January, so it was the brunt of winter," the kid recalled earlier this week of his arrival in our frosty town 19 months ago from Los Angeles Harbor College. "My first day, it was negative-6. So that made me questions things a little bit."
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ACC Coverage
Early Bowl Madness Has SU Headed to Shreveport (PS; Stevens)
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TIER TWO GAMES
Detroit Lions (Detroit): Georgia Tech. Somebody's got to go to Detroit, and Pittsburgh took the plunge last year. The Yellow Jackets will get their usual seven or eight victories, and since they seem to be the ACC's de facto bowl sampler (they've had nine different postseason destinations in the last 10 years), this pairing only seems appropriate.
Independence (Shreveport): Syracuse. The Orange makes sense for the Pinstripe Bowl at 8-4 and figures to be attractive for the Military Bowl if it gets to six victories. So those are possibilities in addition to getting sent to a game sponsored by the company that's the subject of "Duck Dynasty."
Military (Annapolis): Duke. You can make a case for the Blue Devils to go to Charlotte (thanks to geography) or to New York (the Duke basketball team treats that metropolitan area like a home away from home). But preseason injuries to linebacker Kelby Brown and tight end Braxton Deaver cast further doubt into Duke's ability to successfully defend its Coastal Division title. It should finish with a winning record, and a trip to the D.C. area is still a viable landing spot.
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Only Obvious Coaching Hot Seat in League is in Charlottesville (PS; Stevens)
There could be coaching tumult in the ACC after the 2014 season, if only because instability is the hallmark of college football. But on the surface, there don't seem to be many coaches in the league facing an imminent dismissal this year.
There are two new coaches in the league, Louisville's Bobby Petrino and Wake Forest's Dave Clawson, so changes shouldn't be expected there (though with Petrino, one never knows).
There's a collection of three second-year coaches (Boston College's Steve Addazio, N.C. State's Dave Doeren and Syracuse's Scott Shafer) who won't be going anywhere.
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Recruiting
Top NJ LB Jordan Fox Lists Orange in His Final Four (PS; Bailey)
Troubled Rutgers Program Again Not Involved with a Top 10 Player from NJ
St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.) linebacker Jordan Fox has trimmed his recruitment to four schools: Syracuse, Stanford, Miami and Virginia,according to NJ.com.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Fox also has offers from Boston College, Georgia, Louisville, Nebraska, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin and others.
"Recruiting is going pretty well for me," Fox told NJ.com after a scrimmage on Tuesday. "I'm looking at four schools right now. In no particular order, I'm down to Stanford, Miami, Syracuse and Virginia."
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Former Players
Welcome to the NFL: Jay Bromley Preaching Patience, Humility as Giants Rookie (PS; Bailey)
There's no question that Jay Bromley was the backbone of the Syracuse defensive line last season. If his team-leading 10 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss weren't enough, just ask defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough about the void he left.
But now, working with proven veterans such as Jason Pierre-Paul, Mathias Kiwanuka, Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson every day, Bromley has had to adjust to being the new guy on the block as a rookie with the New York Giants.
"Not being the top dog anymore, to an extent, you just want to learn from everybody else," Bromley said in a phone interview on Wednesday. "Sometimes you're not going to like that, being a rookie and doing the things you have to do, but you just have to have humility and see things for what they are. Everybody goes through this."
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Other
NFL Wants Coldplay, Katy Perry or Rihanna to Pay to Play Super Bowl Halftime Show (PS; Herbert)
When a music artist plays a concert in front of 100 million people, who deserves to make money off the performance?
The NFL wants Super Bowl halftime show acts to pay to play, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. In the past, headliners performed for free because the worldwide exposure meant a huge boost in record sales and concert tickets sold, but will that change?
The NFL has allegedly narrowed its choices for the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show to three potential artists: Coldplay, Katy Perry and Rihanna. (Sorry, "Weird Al" Yankovic.)
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Starting TE Josh Parris Expected to Return 2 to 4 Weeks (PS; Bailey)
Redshirt sophomore tight end Josh Parris is expected to return from knee surgery in two-to-four weeks, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said on Wednesday.
Parris had cartilage in his knee "cleaned out" earlier on Wednesday by Dr. Todd Battaglia.
"I saw him afterward and he's doing well," Shafer said.
...
Marqez Hodge Has Been Busy in the Weight Room
SU Starting MIKE Marqez Hodge Showing Maturity in Camp as First-Time Starter (PS; Mink)
The biggest challenge for sophomore Marqez Hodge as he transitions into a starting role this season has been asserting himself as a vocal presence at middle linebacker.
By all accounts, Hodge started to turn the corner in recent weeks and is rounding into the player the staff hoped he would become following the departure of Marquis Spruill.
"He's really shown a maturity, kind of halfway through that first week he ramped it up and has been really impressive," linebackers coach Clark Lea said.
...
Jamal Custis (81)
Depleted Frosh WR Corp Shocking for Jamal Custis and Steve Ishmael (PS; Bailey)
There were supposed to be five. Five freshman receivers with the potential to make an immediate impression on the football field: K.J. Williams, Corey Cooper, Adly Enoicy, Steve Ishmael and Jamal Custis.
Currently, there are two.
Williams is attending Milford Academy and has reopened his recruitment following his failure to qualify academically. Cooper is transferring to play closer to home. And Enoicy is rehabbing from surgery for a lower-body injury.
"It's definitely shocking," Custis said. "That's not what people think about when they first come here."
...
DT Marcus Coleman (55)
DC Chuck Bullough Concerned About Lack of Starter at Defensive Tackle (PS; Carlson)
Defensive tackle was a position of worry entering training camp for Syracuse. It remains one with 10 days left until the team's season-opener against Villanova.
Defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough said he is concerned, but not panicked, about SU's inability to identify a second starter from its collection of defensive tackles.
"It's a concern because no one has stepped up and taken it," Bullough said. "They're all just kind of the same player."
Last year Jay Bromley was one of the team's difference-makers on defense, turning himself into a third-round draft pick and the team's marquee presence on the defensive line.
...
Freshman LB Parris Bennett (30) is the top backup at the Will Position
Update on Linebacker Depth Chart: Who is Playing with the Second Team Right Now? (PS; Mink)
Syracuse has known for months who its three best linebackers are, and Cam Lynch, Dyshawn Davis and Marqez Hodge have further separated themselves from the group in recent days.
No Syracuse fan should feel too concerned about the starting lineup heading into the Aug. 29 season opener against Villanova.
But clarity is not so apparent behind those three. Senior Luke Arciniega is coming off offseason hip surgery, and the staff has exercised caution with him throughout camp. Another veteran, redshirt junior Ollie Vigille, is expected to return to practice soon after suffering a minor injury.
...
Scott Shafer on Naesean Howard Suspension: 'You Just Have to Keep That Bar High' (PS; Mink)
Naesean Howard's suspension last week, which stemmed from missing curfew, made for a learning situation that head coach Scott Shafer believes "worked out really well" for the freshman defensive back.
Howard did not travel with the team to Fort Drum last week and stayed back in Syracuse with graduate assistant Siriki Diabate.
"It was a chance for one of our best leaders in years to spend time with a freshman, teach him what it is to be playing for the Orange and being a student at Syracuse, things that will be coming up later in his life," Shafer said. "So went real well. It was a learning situation. Sometimes learning situations are uncomfortable."
...
John Miller Plans to Help the Orange as Macky's Successor at Center (PS; Poliquin)
So there was the kid from Redondo Beach who grew up surfing at Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach and Torrance Beach. And there he was, after having been being chosen to play big-time football, getting on a plane and heading off to school. And there he was a few hours later, landing in his new gray world.
Gulp.
"I was a mid-year transfer and I came in January, so it was the brunt of winter," the kid recalled earlier this week of his arrival in our frosty town 19 months ago from Los Angeles Harbor College. "My first day, it was negative-6. So that made me questions things a little bit."
...
ACC Coverage
Early Bowl Madness Has SU Headed to Shreveport (PS; Stevens)
...
TIER TWO GAMES
Detroit Lions (Detroit): Georgia Tech. Somebody's got to go to Detroit, and Pittsburgh took the plunge last year. The Yellow Jackets will get their usual seven or eight victories, and since they seem to be the ACC's de facto bowl sampler (they've had nine different postseason destinations in the last 10 years), this pairing only seems appropriate.
Independence (Shreveport): Syracuse. The Orange makes sense for the Pinstripe Bowl at 8-4 and figures to be attractive for the Military Bowl if it gets to six victories. So those are possibilities in addition to getting sent to a game sponsored by the company that's the subject of "Duck Dynasty."
Military (Annapolis): Duke. You can make a case for the Blue Devils to go to Charlotte (thanks to geography) or to New York (the Duke basketball team treats that metropolitan area like a home away from home). But preseason injuries to linebacker Kelby Brown and tight end Braxton Deaver cast further doubt into Duke's ability to successfully defend its Coastal Division title. It should finish with a winning record, and a trip to the D.C. area is still a viable landing spot.
...
Only Obvious Coaching Hot Seat in League is in Charlottesville (PS; Stevens)
There could be coaching tumult in the ACC after the 2014 season, if only because instability is the hallmark of college football. But on the surface, there don't seem to be many coaches in the league facing an imminent dismissal this year.
There are two new coaches in the league, Louisville's Bobby Petrino and Wake Forest's Dave Clawson, so changes shouldn't be expected there (though with Petrino, one never knows).
There's a collection of three second-year coaches (Boston College's Steve Addazio, N.C. State's Dave Doeren and Syracuse's Scott Shafer) who won't be going anywhere.
...
Recruiting
Top NJ LB Jordan Fox Lists Orange in His Final Four (PS; Bailey)
Troubled Rutgers Program Again Not Involved with a Top 10 Player from NJ
St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.) linebacker Jordan Fox has trimmed his recruitment to four schools: Syracuse, Stanford, Miami and Virginia,according to NJ.com.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Fox also has offers from Boston College, Georgia, Louisville, Nebraska, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin and others.
"Recruiting is going pretty well for me," Fox told NJ.com after a scrimmage on Tuesday. "I'm looking at four schools right now. In no particular order, I'm down to Stanford, Miami, Syracuse and Virginia."
...
Former Players
Welcome to the NFL: Jay Bromley Preaching Patience, Humility as Giants Rookie (PS; Bailey)
There's no question that Jay Bromley was the backbone of the Syracuse defensive line last season. If his team-leading 10 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss weren't enough, just ask defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough about the void he left.
But now, working with proven veterans such as Jason Pierre-Paul, Mathias Kiwanuka, Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson every day, Bromley has had to adjust to being the new guy on the block as a rookie with the New York Giants.
"Not being the top dog anymore, to an extent, you just want to learn from everybody else," Bromley said in a phone interview on Wednesday. "Sometimes you're not going to like that, being a rookie and doing the things you have to do, but you just have to have humility and see things for what they are. Everybody goes through this."
...
Other
NFL Wants Coldplay, Katy Perry or Rihanna to Pay to Play Super Bowl Halftime Show (PS; Herbert)
When a music artist plays a concert in front of 100 million people, who deserves to make money off the performance?
The NFL wants Super Bowl halftime show acts to pay to play, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. In the past, headliners performed for free because the worldwide exposure meant a huge boost in record sales and concert tickets sold, but will that change?
The NFL has allegedly narrowed its choices for the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show to three potential artists: Coldplay, Katy Perry and Rihanna. (Sorry, "Weird Al" Yankovic.)
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