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3-Star Massachusetts TE Sean McKeon Chooses Michigan Over Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse tight end target Sean McKeon verbally committed to Michigan on Monday, he announced on Twitter.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Shepherd Hill (Dudley, Mass.) Regional High School junior is rated three stars by 247Sports.com's composite rankings and the 64th-best tight end in the country. He holds 19 total scholarship offers, most recently adding Virginia Tech on Saturday.
McKeon visited SU twice within a span of eight days a few weeks ago and has consistently named Michigan, Syracuse, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Virginia his top five since then.
McKeon took an unofficial visit to UM on Saturday before attending the Wolverines' camp on Monday. He becomes the first tight end in their Class of 2016.
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Jim Brown
Orange Watch: SU Football Uniforms Had Long, Colorful History Before Nike (sujuiceonline.com; Bierman)
More than ever over the last decade, with the advent of specific websites and message board communities covering the various aspects of sports uniforms both in explicit detail and around the periphery of the topic, along with the marketing and design splash by the major apparel manufacturers and the organizations, in this case Nike and its long partnership with the SU athletic department donning the orange/blue and sometimes garish garments in multi-million dollar collaborations, the uniforms ‘Cuse athletes wear today makes news and often is a must discussed topic no matter a particular game’s final outcome.
While Syracuse has been in the national uniform spotlight several times over the last year or so, including the complete football makeover in April 2014, SU football program has actually had a very colorful uniform history with its unique primary color of orange.
» Related: What can we expect from Tim Lester’s offense at Syracuse?
During its glory run (six bowls in 13 seasons in which there were only six-seven total games) beginning with the first bowl game appearance in 1952, Syracuse football, like Georgia Tech and LSU today, used to wear white jerseys at home at Archbold stadium. From ‘52-1966, coach Ben Schwatzwalder, with his military background and always looking for an edge, thought white jerseys made his players look bigger, faster and stronger, while he also experimented his first three seasons (1949-51) and in 1958 with an all orange look, to better camouflage the football in the Orangemen’s explosive rushing attack.
In fact, from the national championship season in 1959 through the 1966 campaign, there were only three games in which SU wore its rarely seen blue jerseys, twice against Miami, the 1960 regular season finale at the Orange Bowl, and the 1961 Liberty Bowl at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium, the last game in a Syracuse uniform for Ernie Davis, weeks after he won the Heisman Trophy, and the groundbreaking 1965 Sugar Bowl game against LSU which we wrote about in our last column.
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Watch Timelapse Video of Carrier Dome Field Turf Replacement Project
SU News
3-Star Massachusetts TE Sean McKeon Chooses Michigan Over Syracuse (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse tight end target Sean McKeon verbally committed to Michigan on Monday, he announced on Twitter.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pound Shepherd Hill (Dudley, Mass.) Regional High School junior is rated three stars by 247Sports.com's composite rankings and the 64th-best tight end in the country. He holds 19 total scholarship offers, most recently adding Virginia Tech on Saturday.
McKeon visited SU twice within a span of eight days a few weeks ago and has consistently named Michigan, Syracuse, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Virginia his top five since then.
McKeon took an unofficial visit to UM on Saturday before attending the Wolverines' camp on Monday. He becomes the first tight end in their Class of 2016.
...
Jim Brown
Orange Watch: SU Football Uniforms Had Long, Colorful History Before Nike (sujuiceonline.com; Bierman)
More than ever over the last decade, with the advent of specific websites and message board communities covering the various aspects of sports uniforms both in explicit detail and around the periphery of the topic, along with the marketing and design splash by the major apparel manufacturers and the organizations, in this case Nike and its long partnership with the SU athletic department donning the orange/blue and sometimes garish garments in multi-million dollar collaborations, the uniforms ‘Cuse athletes wear today makes news and often is a must discussed topic no matter a particular game’s final outcome.
While Syracuse has been in the national uniform spotlight several times over the last year or so, including the complete football makeover in April 2014, SU football program has actually had a very colorful uniform history with its unique primary color of orange.
» Related: What can we expect from Tim Lester’s offense at Syracuse?
During its glory run (six bowls in 13 seasons in which there were only six-seven total games) beginning with the first bowl game appearance in 1952, Syracuse football, like Georgia Tech and LSU today, used to wear white jerseys at home at Archbold stadium. From ‘52-1966, coach Ben Schwatzwalder, with his military background and always looking for an edge, thought white jerseys made his players look bigger, faster and stronger, while he also experimented his first three seasons (1949-51) and in 1958 with an all orange look, to better camouflage the football in the Orangemen’s explosive rushing attack.
In fact, from the national championship season in 1959 through the 1966 campaign, there were only three games in which SU wore its rarely seen blue jerseys, twice against Miami, the 1960 regular season finale at the Orange Bowl, and the 1961 Liberty Bowl at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium, the last game in a Syracuse uniform for Ernie Davis, weeks after he won the Heisman Trophy, and the groundbreaking 1965 Sugar Bowl game against LSU which we wrote about in our last column.
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Watch Timelapse Video of Carrier Dome Field Turf Replacement Project
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