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Back of the Pack: SU RB Production is Down (DO; D'Abbraccio)
Syracuse’s running backs haven’t scored a touchdown since Aug. 29.
But head coach Scott Shafer raved about the running backs’ willingness to do what-ever Syracuse’s coaches have asked. Offensive coordinator Tim Lester mentioned the puzzle of an offense he has and how these particular pieces fit into it. Asking the running backs to do more, quarterback AJ Long said, would be like “breaking the camel’s back.”
Yet ask the tailbacks themselves and Prince-Tyson Gulley grades his group as doing an “average job” while fellow senior Adonis Ameen-Moore gives a similar assess-ment.
Eight games into the year, Syracuse’s depth at running back has yielded a healthy but underperforming group. The collection of backs hopes to take a step up and re-enact the rushing onslaught Syracuse (3-5, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) laid on North Carolina State last year when the Wolfpack (4-4, 0-4) comes to the Carrier Dome for a 3 p.m. meeting on Saturday.
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Rodman Noel, Brother of Nerlens, Uses Family Background to Excel at Linebacker for NC State (DO; Libonati)
Rodman Noel played basketball in his driveway, touch football with his friends at nearby Everett (Massachusetts) High School and little bit of baseball, too. In some ways, he was a typical kid.
But he and his brothers, Jim and Nerlens, all became Division I athletes. They grew up the sons of Haitian immigrants and blue-collar workers. When they arrived home most nights, the house was empty. Their community helped raise them.
Those experiences growing up in Everett fostered his competitive spirit and taught him to be a leader. Together, Rodman, Jim and Nerlens built each other’s competitiveness on the basketball court and on the football field, which Rodman will apply as a senior linebacker for N.C. State’s when it faces Syracuse for a 3 p.m. game in the Carrier Dome on Saturday.
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Riley Dixon (92)
Riley Dixon Builds Reputation with Punting Consistency, Offensive Exploits (DO; Blum)
Dixon appeared to be hurt in the Clemson game, limped off the field and was worked on immediately after getting off the field late in the game...
Riley Dixon tries to block it all out.
Students recognizing him on campus despite his position. The #DixonForHeisman Twitter campaign that comes after every one of his lengthy, well-placed punts. The jokes and jabs his teammates give him in the locker room.
He’s dealt with it all this season, but doesn’t think too much about it.
“I definitely appreciate the support from anybody who supports me,”Dixon said. “Do I pay attention to it? Not necessarily. My job is to punt the football.”
Dixon has done his job well. The senior’s 43.5 yards per punt rank him just 0.9 yards off the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. His 1,869 punting yards are fourth in the conference. More than one-third of his punts have pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line.
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Updated Injury List for Syracuse (DO; D'Abbraccio)
UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 30, 9:39 p.m.
Last week, Syracuse’s offense was suddenly infused with the re-additions of its top two talents at wide receiver. Now both are back on the shelf.
Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said during his weekly press conference Thursday that H-backs Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime will both be unavailable for Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against North Carolina State. Cornerback Wayne Morgan and offensive tackle Ivan Foy are still out, Shafer added. They have missed time due to lower-body injuries.
The head coach sighed heavily before answering the question about Foy and Morgan.
“Yeah, they’re doing,” Shafer said before sighing again, “they’re doing a good job. They won’t be ready for this weekend.”
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Shafer Scouts NC State QB Brissett, Linebacker Noel (DO; D'Abbraccio)
In the Mid-American Conference, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer had to game-plan his defenses for Ben Roethlisberger, a two-time Super Bowl champion who’s a big, yet still mobile NFL quarterback.
He sees a similar style of play in North Carolina State (4-4, 0-4 Atlantic Coast) quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
“I think before he finishes his career in the ACC that he’ll be one of the better quarterbacks — just my opinion,” Shafer said at his weekly press conference Thursday evening. “He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger.”
Brissett, a 6-foot-4, 231-pound redshirt junior, linebacker Rodman Noel and the rest of the Wolfpack go up against Syracuse (3-5, 1-3) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome.
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Lou Buffalino (left)
Time Machine: Syracuse vs Cornell in 1942 Halloween Matchup (DO; Foster)
Editor’s note: In 1942, before Syracuse hosted North Carolina Pre-Flight, The Daily Orange sent a reporter to the Hotel Syracuse to track down former Cornell running back Lou Buffalino. The photos and caption are from the original story, which ran under the headline “Where Angels Fear to Tread.”
Ever try to keep a drooling hungry bear from his chow? Then you have a hazy mental picture of us blocking Lou Buffalino’s mad sweep around end to dining hall D last night in Hotel Syracuse. With four gold-braided sailors running interference, he would have made a first down if we hadn’t flung ourselves recklessly into his path.
“Sir,” we panted, as Navy men piled up on the carpet, “Are you happy to return to Syracuse?”
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Ashton Broyld Will Miss the NC State Game
SU Football Could be Without 6 Starters on Offense Against NC State (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse could be without as many as six offensive starters when it hosts North Carolina State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
SU head coach Scott Shafer said earlier on Thursday that wide receivers Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime would not play against the Wolfpack, but the injury report released Thursday night revealed two more potential absences — both of SU's starting guards.
Redshirt junior Nick Robinson is doubtful with a lower-body injury and redshirt junior Rob Trudo is questionable with a lower-body injury. With redshirt sophomore Omari Palmer already moved from guard to tackle in Ivan Foy's absence, junior Michael Lasker would likely be the next man in. Redshirt junior quarterback Terrel Hunt continues to rehab from a fractured fibula.
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PS Writer Picks for Syracuse vs NC State (PS; Staff)
BRENT AXE
Syracuse 24, N.C. State 20
If there is a team that has come along at the right time to help the Syracuse offense cure what ails them, it could be N.C. State. As pointed out by our own Patrick Stevens, N.C. State's four ACC opponents are a combined 36 of 60 (60 percent) on third down. Syracuse has to take advantage of that and a return to its home field to cash in a badly needed win to keep its bowl hopes alive.
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Hot Tickets: SU Football Needs Win Over NC State (D&C; Mandelaro)
After two weeks on the road, the Syracuse University football team returns home to play North Carolina State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
The Orange are 3-5 and desperately need a win to keep alive their dream of playing in a bowl game. A team needs six wins to qualify, and SU has four game remaining: home vs. NC State and Duke, then on the road at Pitt and Boston College.
The Orange couldn’t have found a better time to play the struggling Wolfpack, who have dropped four straight after a 4-0 start. Since scoring 41 points against high-powered Florida State on Sept. 27, they haven’t managed more than 18 in a game. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett is third in the ACC with 16 touchdown passes.
The Orange will have to beat the Wolfpack, because they rarely beat themselves. NC State is 10thnationally in fewest penalties per game (4.25).
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Back of the Pack: SU RB Production is Down (DO; D'Abbraccio)
Syracuse’s running backs haven’t scored a touchdown since Aug. 29.
But head coach Scott Shafer raved about the running backs’ willingness to do what-ever Syracuse’s coaches have asked. Offensive coordinator Tim Lester mentioned the puzzle of an offense he has and how these particular pieces fit into it. Asking the running backs to do more, quarterback AJ Long said, would be like “breaking the camel’s back.”
Yet ask the tailbacks themselves and Prince-Tyson Gulley grades his group as doing an “average job” while fellow senior Adonis Ameen-Moore gives a similar assess-ment.
Eight games into the year, Syracuse’s depth at running back has yielded a healthy but underperforming group. The collection of backs hopes to take a step up and re-enact the rushing onslaught Syracuse (3-5, 1-3 Atlantic Coast) laid on North Carolina State last year when the Wolfpack (4-4, 0-4) comes to the Carrier Dome for a 3 p.m. meeting on Saturday.
...
Rodman Noel, Brother of Nerlens, Uses Family Background to Excel at Linebacker for NC State (DO; Libonati)
Rodman Noel played basketball in his driveway, touch football with his friends at nearby Everett (Massachusetts) High School and little bit of baseball, too. In some ways, he was a typical kid.
But he and his brothers, Jim and Nerlens, all became Division I athletes. They grew up the sons of Haitian immigrants and blue-collar workers. When they arrived home most nights, the house was empty. Their community helped raise them.
Those experiences growing up in Everett fostered his competitive spirit and taught him to be a leader. Together, Rodman, Jim and Nerlens built each other’s competitiveness on the basketball court and on the football field, which Rodman will apply as a senior linebacker for N.C. State’s when it faces Syracuse for a 3 p.m. game in the Carrier Dome on Saturday.
...
Riley Dixon (92)
Riley Dixon Builds Reputation with Punting Consistency, Offensive Exploits (DO; Blum)
Dixon appeared to be hurt in the Clemson game, limped off the field and was worked on immediately after getting off the field late in the game...
Riley Dixon tries to block it all out.
Students recognizing him on campus despite his position. The #DixonForHeisman Twitter campaign that comes after every one of his lengthy, well-placed punts. The jokes and jabs his teammates give him in the locker room.
He’s dealt with it all this season, but doesn’t think too much about it.
“I definitely appreciate the support from anybody who supports me,”Dixon said. “Do I pay attention to it? Not necessarily. My job is to punt the football.”
Dixon has done his job well. The senior’s 43.5 yards per punt rank him just 0.9 yards off the Atlantic Coast Conference lead. His 1,869 punting yards are fourth in the conference. More than one-third of his punts have pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line.
...
Updated Injury List for Syracuse (DO; D'Abbraccio)
UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 30, 9:39 p.m.
Last week, Syracuse’s offense was suddenly infused with the re-additions of its top two talents at wide receiver. Now both are back on the shelf.
Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said during his weekly press conference Thursday that H-backs Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime will both be unavailable for Saturday’s 3 p.m. game against North Carolina State. Cornerback Wayne Morgan and offensive tackle Ivan Foy are still out, Shafer added. They have missed time due to lower-body injuries.
The head coach sighed heavily before answering the question about Foy and Morgan.
“Yeah, they’re doing,” Shafer said before sighing again, “they’re doing a good job. They won’t be ready for this weekend.”
...
Shafer Scouts NC State QB Brissett, Linebacker Noel (DO; D'Abbraccio)
In the Mid-American Conference, Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer had to game-plan his defenses for Ben Roethlisberger, a two-time Super Bowl champion who’s a big, yet still mobile NFL quarterback.
He sees a similar style of play in North Carolina State (4-4, 0-4 Atlantic Coast) quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
“I think before he finishes his career in the ACC that he’ll be one of the better quarterbacks — just my opinion,” Shafer said at his weekly press conference Thursday evening. “He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger.”
Brissett, a 6-foot-4, 231-pound redshirt junior, linebacker Rodman Noel and the rest of the Wolfpack go up against Syracuse (3-5, 1-3) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Carrier Dome.
...
Lou Buffalino (left)
Time Machine: Syracuse vs Cornell in 1942 Halloween Matchup (DO; Foster)
Editor’s note: In 1942, before Syracuse hosted North Carolina Pre-Flight, The Daily Orange sent a reporter to the Hotel Syracuse to track down former Cornell running back Lou Buffalino. The photos and caption are from the original story, which ran under the headline “Where Angels Fear to Tread.”
Ever try to keep a drooling hungry bear from his chow? Then you have a hazy mental picture of us blocking Lou Buffalino’s mad sweep around end to dining hall D last night in Hotel Syracuse. With four gold-braided sailors running interference, he would have made a first down if we hadn’t flung ourselves recklessly into his path.
“Sir,” we panted, as Navy men piled up on the carpet, “Are you happy to return to Syracuse?”
...
Ashton Broyld Will Miss the NC State Game
SU Football Could be Without 6 Starters on Offense Against NC State (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse could be without as many as six offensive starters when it hosts North Carolina State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
SU head coach Scott Shafer said earlier on Thursday that wide receivers Ashton Broyld and Brisly Estime would not play against the Wolfpack, but the injury report released Thursday night revealed two more potential absences — both of SU's starting guards.
Redshirt junior Nick Robinson is doubtful with a lower-body injury and redshirt junior Rob Trudo is questionable with a lower-body injury. With redshirt sophomore Omari Palmer already moved from guard to tackle in Ivan Foy's absence, junior Michael Lasker would likely be the next man in. Redshirt junior quarterback Terrel Hunt continues to rehab from a fractured fibula.
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PS Writer Picks for Syracuse vs NC State (PS; Staff)
BRENT AXE
Syracuse 24, N.C. State 20
If there is a team that has come along at the right time to help the Syracuse offense cure what ails them, it could be N.C. State. As pointed out by our own Patrick Stevens, N.C. State's four ACC opponents are a combined 36 of 60 (60 percent) on third down. Syracuse has to take advantage of that and a return to its home field to cash in a badly needed win to keep its bowl hopes alive.
...
Hot Tickets: SU Football Needs Win Over NC State (D&C; Mandelaro)
After two weeks on the road, the Syracuse University football team returns home to play North Carolina State on Saturday at 3 p.m.
The Orange are 3-5 and desperately need a win to keep alive their dream of playing in a bowl game. A team needs six wins to qualify, and SU has four game remaining: home vs. NC State and Duke, then on the road at Pitt and Boston College.
The Orange couldn’t have found a better time to play the struggling Wolfpack, who have dropped four straight after a 4-0 start. Since scoring 41 points against high-powered Florida State on Sept. 27, they haven’t managed more than 18 in a game. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett is third in the ACC with 16 touchdown passes.
The Orange will have to beat the Wolfpack, because they rarely beat themselves. NC State is 10thnationally in fewest penalties per game (4.25).
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