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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1291253, member: 27"] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000]SU News[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://imgick.syracuse.com/home/syr-media/width960/img/post-standard/photo/2013/01/-145b4e0bc4231603.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL='http://www.syracuse.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2015/02/doug_marrone_insists_he_did_not_quit_on_the_buffalo_bills.html']Doug Marrone Insists He Did Not Quit on the Bills (PS; Fairburn)[/URL][/B] [I]Doug Marrone didn't quit the [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/buffalo-bills']Buffalo Bills[/URL]. Well, at least that's what he wants people to think. Sure, Marrone opted out of his contract as the Bills' head coach on Dec. 31 and took his guaranteed $4 million salary for 2015 with him. After two seasons as the Bills' head coach, he decided to leave. Marrone won't deny that, but when he was introduced as the Jacksonville Jaguars' offensive line and assistant head coach in a press conference broadcast on the team's official website Thursday, he took issue with the idea that he quit. "It is perception that's out there," [URL='http://www.jaguars.com/media-gallery/videos/Marrone-Back-to-the-line/02516f97-b044-475e-a8ea-69d529e9547d']Marrone said Thursday[/URL]. "The coaches that we were with, the players, I don't agree that they feel that way. That was put out there. " ... [IMG]http://gamedayrcom.c.presscdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/syracuse-orange-new-football-uniforms-2014-2.jpg[/IMG] [/I] [B][URL='http://www.wsj.com/articles/missing-a-bowl-game-and-the-ncaa-tournament-1423175590']When Football is Bad and Basketball is Worse (wjs.com; Diamond)[/URL][/B] [I]Syracuse’s decision to self-impose a postseason ban on its men’s basketball team this spring signals the final chapter of a disappointing athletic year. The Orange’s football team went 3-9 in 2014, making them one of 16 programs from the five power conferences not to play in a bowl game. Now, as part of its case pending before the NCAA committee on infractions, they won’t appear in the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time since 2008. It could be worse. Since 2000, this is only the third time Syracuse has been shut out of a bowl game and the NCAA tournament in the same academic year. Compared with some other schools around the country, this makes them a venerable powerhouse. Washington State has endured this fate eight times during that span, tied with Baylor for the most among major-conference teams. And it is about to get even worse for the Cougars: After going 3-9 in football in 2014, they entered Thursday’s matchup against Oregon State with a 10-11 record in basketball. Baylor, meanwhile, has turned its athletics around in recent years: The Bears have made four of the last seven tournaments and appeared in bowl games in the last five seasons, including a Cotton Bowl loss to Michigan State on Jan. 1. ...[/I] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff8000]Local News[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [IMG]http://imgick.syracuse.com/home/adv-hssn-media/width620/img/Syracuse.com/news/47579dfde6a1b877886b478046e049ac/JohnPhillipsandfamily1.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3]CBA offensive lineman John Phillips, here with his parents, is one of two players in New York to sign with Boston College[/SIZE] [B][URL='http://highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-373753503029252157/wheatley-signs-with-michigan-though-its-a-fairly-bleak-year-for-new-york-football-recruiting/']Wheatley Signs with Michigan, Fairly Bleak Year for NYS HS Recruiting (PS; Webb)[/URL][/B] [I]How bad is the recruiting landscape for Division I football in New York? Consider the Wednesday national letter-of-intent signing day produced just 16 players that signed with Division I programs, [URL='http://www.newyorksportswriters.org/blog/2015-02-04-greece-athena-jay-sarkis-all-state-basketball-guard-broken-arm.shtml#.VNPTYXuoM8I']according to the New York State Sportswriters Association[/URL]. There are probably that many players in some counties in high school football hotbeds in the south or California. Syracuse signed only three players from New York, though it's unknown how many the Orange may have actually pursued - or not pursued. Two players in Section III signed with Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I) teams. Syracuse signed neither, and may not have recruited them. CBA offensive lineman John Phillips signed with Boston College and Baldwinsville running back Cameron Skipworth signed with Buffalo. A couple of Henninger defensive linemen signed with Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA) teams. Considering how hard it is to find those players, you can help but wonder what kept them from joining Division I programs. Former Fayetteville-Manlius High School player T.J. Wheatley signed, as expected, with the University of Michigan, his dad's alma mater. Wheatley transferred to Canisius after his father, Tyrone Wheatley, took an assistant coaching job with the Buffalo Bills. ...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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