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SU Football: Terrel Hunt and the Quest for Eight-Plus (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Terrel Hunt entered the 2014 Syracuse Orange football season as the undisputed starting quarterback. His play was spotty but never bad enough to lose grip on that starting job. When he was injured, however, it opened the door for Austin Wilson and AJ Long to prove themselves worthy instead.
They didn't.
Long showed the most promise to be Hunt's usurper but he's been redshirted for 2015, something he was supposed to have done last year until the injury forced him into action. That means Terrel enters the 2015 season as the undisputed starting quarterback once again.
What's going to make this year different for him?
Good question, huh?
Are you just stalling cause you don't know, Sean?
Yep.
The underlying difference between Hunt and Long last year was Hunt's perceived recklessness vs. Long's ability to understand how the game is played off the field. While Hunt was trying a little too hard to seem confident, Long would use his opportunities to actually inspire confidence. That doesn't necessarily make Long better than Hunt, but when added to the lackluster performances, made a good portion of Orange fans turn on the veteran signal-caller and look to the future instead.
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SU Football Ticket Packages On Sale June 1st (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Syracuse Orange football season is still a little under 100 days awaybut it's never too early to think about which ticket plan you're going to consider. Is season tickets too rich for your blood but one game not enough? How about one of these ticket packages that will be available as of June 1?
Two different three-game packs will go on sale June 1. Fans have the option to choose from the 'BlitzPack', which includes tickets to the season-opener vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 4), as well as ACC rivals Pitt (Oct. 24) and Clemson (Nov. 14).
The package guarantees the same seat for every game in the first level of the Carrier Dome and costs $125 per package.
For the first time, Orange fans also have the opportunity to purchase a three-game ticket package to any games they choose, including the highly anticipated matchup with LSU on Sept. 26.
With the 'You Pick 3' ticket package, 'Cuse fans can pick any three home games on the team's schedule and guarantee themselves first level seating inside the Carrier Dome for $150.
The Blitz Package isn't a bad idea. Sure the Rhode Island game isn't attractive, but...
1. It's the season opener
2. It's not like recent Syracuse football games against FCS squads haven't been entertaining*.
*that might not be the right word
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Looking for a Pretty Good Deal? SU Football Ticket Packages Start at $14.14 Per Game (PS; Poliquin)
No, they haven't exactly shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!" But the folks pushing the Syracuse University football team should absolutely bark those six words.
Truth, after all, is truth. And the truth is that SU is once again presenting a remarkable deal featuring ticket prices rooted in a different time.
We're talking supply-and-demand, of course. The Orange has plenty of the former and not as much as it would like of the latter. Still, $14.14 for the chance to watch Power-5 football? Call the neighbors.
Scott Shafer's club will play seven home games this season — vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 4), vs. Wake Forest (Sept. 12), vs. Central Michigan (Sept. 10), vs. Louisiana State (Sept. 26), vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 24), vs. Clemson (Nov. 14) and vs. Boston College (Nov. 28).
And a season ticket for those affairs can be had for $99. That will get you above the end zone in the Carrier Dome's upper deck, sure. But a similarly-placed seat would amount to so much gold at Ohio State and at Notre Dame and at Texas and at a lot of other college football ports of call.
Turns out, Syracuse has a couple of three-game packages available as of June 1, as well:
(1) The "BlitzPack" — vs. Rhode Island, vs. Pittsburgh and vs. Clemson in the Dome's first level for $125 (or $41.70 per).
(2) The "You Pick 3" — vs. any three Orange foes, including LSU, in the Dome's first level for $150 (or $50 per).
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ACC Football
Does the ACC Have a Legitimate College Football Playoff Contender? (BR; Wallace)
Among college football’s Power Five leagues, the ACC is clearly Rodney Dangerfield.
Despite impressive recent success, the league just can’t get no respect, as the late Dangerfield would say.
Two years ago, Florida State tore through college football on its way to an unbeaten season and the league’s first national title since 1999 (when the Seminoles defeated Virginia Tech). Last fall, Jimbo Fisher’s team rolled through the regular season as the only FBS unbeaten, but was only the No. 3 seed in the College Football Playoff before suffering a season-ending rout at Oregon’s hands.
“Our conference is strong. We’ve just got to keep producing results and hopefully y’all will eventually buy into the ACC being as good as any conference as there is out there,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said at the ACC spring meetings, according to Ken Sugiura of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “As coaches, we know we are.”
The ACC also excelled in the 2015 NFL draft. The league had 47 players selected, second-most in its history and second-most this season behind the SEC. Its nine first-round picks tied the Pac-12 for the most in college football.
“The Atlantic Division had more draft picks than any division in college football,” Swinney said. “I don’t hear that being written about anywhere. We’re still going to talk about some other division in college football, this mighty division. The fact of the matter is, this league is incredibly strong.”
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SU Football: Terrel Hunt and the Quest for Eight-Plus (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Terrel Hunt entered the 2014 Syracuse Orange football season as the undisputed starting quarterback. His play was spotty but never bad enough to lose grip on that starting job. When he was injured, however, it opened the door for Austin Wilson and AJ Long to prove themselves worthy instead.
They didn't.
Long showed the most promise to be Hunt's usurper but he's been redshirted for 2015, something he was supposed to have done last year until the injury forced him into action. That means Terrel enters the 2015 season as the undisputed starting quarterback once again.
What's going to make this year different for him?
Good question, huh?
Are you just stalling cause you don't know, Sean?
Yep.
The underlying difference between Hunt and Long last year was Hunt's perceived recklessness vs. Long's ability to understand how the game is played off the field. While Hunt was trying a little too hard to seem confident, Long would use his opportunities to actually inspire confidence. That doesn't necessarily make Long better than Hunt, but when added to the lackluster performances, made a good portion of Orange fans turn on the veteran signal-caller and look to the future instead.
...
SU Football Ticket Packages On Sale June 1st (TNIAAM; Keeley)
Syracuse Orange football season is still a little under 100 days awaybut it's never too early to think about which ticket plan you're going to consider. Is season tickets too rich for your blood but one game not enough? How about one of these ticket packages that will be available as of June 1?
Two different three-game packs will go on sale June 1. Fans have the option to choose from the 'BlitzPack', which includes tickets to the season-opener vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 4), as well as ACC rivals Pitt (Oct. 24) and Clemson (Nov. 14).
The package guarantees the same seat for every game in the first level of the Carrier Dome and costs $125 per package.
For the first time, Orange fans also have the opportunity to purchase a three-game ticket package to any games they choose, including the highly anticipated matchup with LSU on Sept. 26.
With the 'You Pick 3' ticket package, 'Cuse fans can pick any three home games on the team's schedule and guarantee themselves first level seating inside the Carrier Dome for $150.
The Blitz Package isn't a bad idea. Sure the Rhode Island game isn't attractive, but...
1. It's the season opener
2. It's not like recent Syracuse football games against FCS squads haven't been entertaining*.
*that might not be the right word
...
Looking for a Pretty Good Deal? SU Football Ticket Packages Start at $14.14 Per Game (PS; Poliquin)
No, they haven't exactly shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!" But the folks pushing the Syracuse University football team should absolutely bark those six words.
Truth, after all, is truth. And the truth is that SU is once again presenting a remarkable deal featuring ticket prices rooted in a different time.
We're talking supply-and-demand, of course. The Orange has plenty of the former and not as much as it would like of the latter. Still, $14.14 for the chance to watch Power-5 football? Call the neighbors.
Scott Shafer's club will play seven home games this season — vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 4), vs. Wake Forest (Sept. 12), vs. Central Michigan (Sept. 10), vs. Louisiana State (Sept. 26), vs. Pittsburgh (Oct. 24), vs. Clemson (Nov. 14) and vs. Boston College (Nov. 28).
And a season ticket for those affairs can be had for $99. That will get you above the end zone in the Carrier Dome's upper deck, sure. But a similarly-placed seat would amount to so much gold at Ohio State and at Notre Dame and at Texas and at a lot of other college football ports of call.
Turns out, Syracuse has a couple of three-game packages available as of June 1, as well:
(1) The "BlitzPack" — vs. Rhode Island, vs. Pittsburgh and vs. Clemson in the Dome's first level for $125 (or $41.70 per).
(2) The "You Pick 3" — vs. any three Orange foes, including LSU, in the Dome's first level for $150 (or $50 per).
...
ACC Football
Does the ACC Have a Legitimate College Football Playoff Contender? (BR; Wallace)
Among college football’s Power Five leagues, the ACC is clearly Rodney Dangerfield.
Despite impressive recent success, the league just can’t get no respect, as the late Dangerfield would say.
Two years ago, Florida State tore through college football on its way to an unbeaten season and the league’s first national title since 1999 (when the Seminoles defeated Virginia Tech). Last fall, Jimbo Fisher’s team rolled through the regular season as the only FBS unbeaten, but was only the No. 3 seed in the College Football Playoff before suffering a season-ending rout at Oregon’s hands.
“Our conference is strong. We’ve just got to keep producing results and hopefully y’all will eventually buy into the ACC being as good as any conference as there is out there,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said at the ACC spring meetings, according to Ken Sugiura of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “As coaches, we know we are.”
The ACC also excelled in the 2015 NFL draft. The league had 47 players selected, second-most in its history and second-most this season behind the SEC. Its nine first-round picks tied the Pac-12 for the most in college football.
“The Atlantic Division had more draft picks than any division in college football,” Swinney said. “I don’t hear that being written about anywhere. We’re still going to talk about some other division in college football, this mighty division. The fact of the matter is, this league is incredibly strong.”
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