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NJ DE Brandon Simon to Visit SU Before Making Decision (PS; Bailey)
Don Bosco (Ramsey, N.J.) Preparatory High School defensive end Brandon Simon will visit Syracuse on Saturday, a source told Syracuse.com on Monday, and plans on announcing a verbal commitment next Monday.
The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Simon is rated three stars and the No. 68 weak-side defensive end in the Class of 2016 by 247Sports.com's composite rankings. He has offers from Syracuse, Iowa, Boston College, Connecticut and Army, among others, per 247Sports.com.
Simon will make his second trip to SU this year after visiting for the spring scrimmage on April 4. He also took a trip to Iowa this weekend and left with a strong impression.
Simon is teammates at Don Bosco with Syracuse defensive back signee Daivon Ellison and incoming preferred walk-on linebacker Kyle Kleinberg.
The Orange currently has eight players verbally committed to its Class of 2016, including one defensive end in 2015 holdover Brandon Ginnetti.
Three Takeaways From Syracuse AD Mark Coyle's Introduction (sujuiceonline.com; Cheng)
Mark Coyle, Syracuse’s new athletic director, held his introductory press conference on Monday morning at Manley Field House. Here are three takeaways from the press conference:
1. Football scheduling. Coyle said that he will shape the football schedule in a way that allows for post-season success. This to me is one of the biggest keys from the press conference. The football program is still attempting to rebuild its brand and credibility after the Greg Robinson era. Getting pummeled on national television by Notre Dame or USC isn’t going to help change that brand. The Orange has four non-conference games per season, and it sounds like Coyle will want to schedule winnable games, which would allow for the Orange to have to just win 2-3 ACC games to make a bowl game. Going 6-6 with a bowl game and playing teams outside of the Power 5 sounds much more palatable than going 4-8 and seemingly losing all momentum that Doug Marrone had built.
» Related: Boise State’s Mark Coyle named Syracuse athletic director
2. Basketball successor. Coyle noted that he had spoken with head basketball coach Jim Boeheim prior to the press conference, and would continue to have further dialogues about his successor. It seems hard to imagine that Coyle would cut against Boeheim’s presumed heir apparent, Mike Hopkins. This is especially true given Coyle’s record with the Broncos. When Coyle had to hire a replacement for football coach Chris Petersen at Boise State, Coyle went with Bryan Harsin, a Boise State alum who also was on Petersen’s coaching staff from 2001-2010. That all bodes well for Hopkins.
3. The Dome. Coyle said that the Carrier Dome should be used as an advantage in recruiting and would keep the turf green. This would’ve been an interesting gimmick if Coyle, like was done at Boise State, hinted at changing the color of the Dome turf to orange. Then again, all he would need to do to change his mind is to look at the orange turf on a television screen for about five seconds.
3 Star RB Tre Bryant Visiting SU on Tuesday (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse will host Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.) College High School.running back Tre Bryant on an unofficial visit on Tuesday, Bryant tweeted on Monday.
The 5-foot-10, 195-pound Bryant is rated three stars and the 56th-best running back in the Class of 2016 by 247Sports.com's composite rankings. He has offers from Syracuse, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Kansas State, among others, per 247Sports.com, after carrying the ball 107 times for 1,052 yards and 20 touchdowns as a junior, according to HSGameCenter.com.
Bryant, who took visits to Vanderbilt and Northwestern earlier this month, listed the Orange as one of his top five schools in early May.
With Syracuse running back commit Robert Washington being promised hat he would be the only running back in Syracuse's 2016 class, it's likely Bryant is being recruited for the hybrid position in SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester's new offense.
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NY Prison Escape: Hunting Camp Where Prisoners Hid Owned by Corrections Officers (PS; Healy)
According to reports, a hunting camp in Owls Head, N.Y., where authorities believe escapedkillers Richard Matt and David Sweat may have been hiding is owned by a group of correction officers.
The Press-Republican says a break-in and sighting of a man on Saturday at the camp causedpolice to search in the Upstate New York hamlets of Mountain View and Owls Head.
The area is located about 20 to 25 miles fromClinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, the maximum-security prison from which the men escaped on June 6.
Beth Bellinger, who co-owns Belly's Mountain View Inn, points out to the Buffalo News that there are many prisons in the area. She cautions those jumping to conclusions that the correctional officer who own the camp are employed at Clinton Correctional.
"You've got correctional facilities everywhere, two in Malone, Ray Brook, there's a federal prison in Ray Brook too," Bellinger explains. "There are a lot of facilities."
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