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Meet the 2015 SU Football Team: Adly Enoicy (sujuiceonline.com; Cheng)
On Thursdays over the summer, The Juice Online is going to highlight individual players on the 2015 Syracuse football team. This week, we’re profiling wide receiver Adly Enoicy.
There wasn’t much offense to speak of at Syracuse’s 2015 spring game this season.
That is to say, there was only one touchdown pass the entire afternoon.
But that pass, a 36-yard strike from backup quarterback Austin Wilson, was to wide receiver Adly Enoicy, and provided a glimpse into the future of the Syracuse receiving core.
“Adly Enoicy made a couple of nice catches in there,” Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said after the game.
At 6’5″, 227 pounds, Enoicy will be a big target (literally, and hopefully, metaphorically) for quarterback Terrel Hunt this season.
» More SU football: Meet LB Zaire Franklin
The combination of Eniocy and sophomore Steve Ishmael (6’2″, 200 pounds) could help sure up a passing game that threw for just 184.1 yards per game last season, which was 105th in the NCAA. Ishmael also had a nifty 30-yard reception, and he finished the spring game leading all receivers with 59 yards on four receptions.
The two should allow Hunt to take more chances down field, something that was rarely attempted last season with injuries across the board.
“We’re looking forward to opening it up and getting the ball down field this year,” Shafer said.
“I’m pleased with the kids’ progress. They (Enoicy and Ishmael) are some big targets. Both kids have the opportunity to go up and get the ball.”
Inside slant: You can’t coach height, and Enoicy has plenty of it. The redshirt freshman oozes potential, and if he can realize some of it, Syracuse can open up the field in the way Shafer envisions.
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How Scheduling Could've Altered the Last Decade for the Orange (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
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2005-2008
These teams weren't making bowl games because GERG. Not even worth diving in, since any result that yielded a winning season could mean an extension and your worst nightmares coming true.
2009
In real life, Doug Marrone's first season resulted in a more competitive product and a promising 4-8 finish -- all this despite a former Duke guard (Greg Paulus) at the quarterback position and three Big Ten teams to start the schedule. But, if we used common sense and subbed those three B1G squads for some cupcakes... the Orange finish Saint Doug's first year at 6-6 and get an invite to the International Bowl. They face Western Michigan, which featured a TON of familiar faces for Orange fans, winning a close one to go 7-6 on the year. Instead of the real-life moral victory, we'll take the actual victories of this fictional campaign, thanks.
2010
In real-life, Syracuse played "7-5 or bust" by scheduling two FCS squads in 2010, but pulled it off and still won eight games and a Pinstripe Bowl. But that was with a road game at Washington and a home game vs. Boston College to close things out. You don't schedule two FCS teams unless you're positive you have enough wins on the schedule to get to seven without issue. So, by removing UW and BC, and replacing them for lesser squads, it's reasonable to think that the 2010 group ACTUALLY goes 10-3, including a win in the Florida Citrus Bowl. This Orange team would have the Big East's best overall record, but a head-to-head loss to UConn eliminates them from contending for the conference crown. Still, several weeks as a ranked program, 10 wins and a second straight bowl victory will suffice.
2011
USC was the only tough team on the non-conference slate, but replacing them turns this season around from 5-7 to 6-6 and yet another bowl game under Marrone. The Orange get their first Pinstripe Bowl bid in this reality, and their first win too -- a strong romp over an underwhelming Iowa State squad. The season will still reek of what could've been following that West Virginia demolition derby and a top-25 ranking (which would've been the case here as SU would've been 6-1 afterward). But at least it ended in the postseason instead of at home.
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Riley Dixon, Life for Life and Other 'Good Works' by SU Football (TNIAAM; Keeley)
We talk a lot about "the business" of college amateur athletics but it's important to recognize all of the charitable and community effortsSyracuse Orange athletes provide as well.
Riley Dixon, favorite to win the Heisman Trophy (and reason we plan to throw the Ray Guy Award into a river) has been named to the watch list for the 2015 Wuerffel Trophy. Named for Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, the award is presented annually to the FBS player that best combines community service with athletic and academic achievement. When he's not busy rewriting the history of punting in football, Dixon is an eight-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member, part of the Lift For Life movement and much more.
Speaking of Lift For Life, they're inviting fans Syracuse fans to help raise awareness and funds for an important cause at the Syracuse Chapter of Uplifting Athletes annual Lift for Life event on Saturday, July 25 at Coyne Stadium. The fundraiser will raise awareness and research dollars in support of anapestic astrocytoma, the chapter's chosen disease in honor of former SU punter Rob Long, who is in his fourth year of being cancer-free.
The Lift for Life will include small teams of 8 to 10 student-athletes competing in relay races featuring bag jumps, prowler pushes, and tire flips, in addition to the traditional bench press, cone drills and agility races. The event will culminate with a tug-of-war competition. Following the event, fans are invited to interact with the student-athletes on the field to take selfies and get autographs.
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QB Alek Torgersen is More Than a Weird Name
Former SU OL John Reagan Enters His First Season as OC of the Penn Football Program (thedp.com; Adler)
With dual-threat quarterback Alek Torgersen back for more in 2015, along with a healthy and reloaded supporting cast, Penn football’s offense could once again be among the Ivy League’s best.
After finishing sixth in the Ancient Eight in points per game in 2014, Torgersen and the Penn offense will enter their first season under the direction of Offensive Coordinator John Reagan, who spent the last four years in the same role at Kansas (2014) and Rice (2011-2013).
Reagan, a former three-year starter on the offensive line at Syracuse who has coached the college game since 1994, is seeking a quick turnaround for an offense that was young last season but enters 2015 with experience and poise.
Reagan and Torgersen did not wait long to get to work, spending time together throughout the spring and part of the summer. Reagan says the passer is “ready to go” for his upcoming junior season, which will be his second full season as Penn’s starting quarterback.
Despite an injury-plagued season for the offense last year — especially for the running back corps — Torgersen believes the unit is healthy now and will stay that way for the entire season. A threatening running game will free up the passing game, he said, as last year defenses began to key in on the pass.
Due to the injuries, Torgersen actually ended up finishing as the Quakers’ leading rusher, with 405 yards gained on the ground and four touchdowns, with most of the yardage coming via scrambling.
“He limits his to times when it’s absolutely necessary, or certain situations where we find it advantageous for him to be carrying the football,” Reagan said.
With another year working with the same offensive line, the Huntington Beach, Calif. native expects his rushing total to go down naturally, as he believes he will not need to escape the pocket as often.
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