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Babers Not Focused on Syracuse Report (bcsn.tv; Wagner)
A variety of media outlets, both national and local, indicate Bowling Green State University football coach Dino Babers is a strong candidate to become the next football coach at Syracuse.
There is little certainty that Babers is the favorite because of the difficulty Syracuse media have experienced uncovering credible information on the search.
Syracuse is looking to replace Scott Shafer, who was fired on Nov. 23 with one game left in the Orange’s season. He posted a 14-23 record in three seasons at Syracuse; he was 4-8 this past season, including a 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference mark.
RELATED ARTICLE: Falcons ready for banged-up Huskies
On Tuesday Dan Wolken of USA Today wrote that Ohio State co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach Chris Ash withdrew his name from the Syracuse search, “clearing the way” for Babers to become the next coach for the Orange.
The way has been cleared only because the media is unaware of other potential candidates who may have met with Syracuse administrators.
For his part, Babers has continued his stance to steer clear of comment on coaching vacancies and to focus instead on the Mid-American Conference championship game at Detroit’s Ford Field today.
“I am focused on Bowling Green State University and our goal of winning a MAC Championship Friday night,” Babers said in a statement released by the school Thursday.
Babers led the Falcons’ practice Thursday, a practice that was closed to the media.
Babers was asked Monday if his job focus would change after Friday’s championship game, he replied, “Sure it does.”
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Older Story on Dino Babers From SI: The Baylor of the MAC? Dino Babers and the Reinvention of Bowling Green's Offense (si; Rickman)
Dino Babers is speaking in front of his Bowling Green team, which has just finished its last full practice of the spring on April 3. The next day will bring walkthroughs, and then it’s on to the spring game on April 5. Babers, 52, has held what he calls “Back It Up Thursday” on this (and every) Thursday during spring workouts, in which he takes the script for a practice and reverses the order to shake things up for the players. On this Thursday, the team scrimmage happened first thing in the morning. Individual drills and warmups occurred at the very end.
As the Falcons practice, the thing that stands out is just how fast everything moves. The plays are called fast. The coaches yell fast. The players even drink water fast. With all those reps comes repetition, and with all that repetition comes execution. A siren wails between drills. It’s not an air-raid siren, but it might as well be.
Yet Babers is calm, relaxed even. The school’s first-year head coach spends most of the practice with his arms crossed, chatting with assistants and rarely raising his voice. He’s observing. One gets the feeling that Babers does a lot of people watching when he’s not on the football field. At one point during special teams drills in Bowling Green’s indoor turf room, Babers tells everyone, “You did it one second faster on that hash than you did over there.” Once the team moves back to the original spot and runs the field goal again, Babers blows his whistle. “That’s two seconds faster.”
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Guest Column: SU Football Will Miss Scott Shafer, Who Helped Turn 'Kids' to Men (PS; Praetorius)
Ben's gone. Mac's gone. Paul's gone. And now Shafe is gone.
The Syracuse-vs.-Boston College game was all about Scott Shafer, and about his determined and devoted players getting a "W" for him. The Orange athletes achieved their goal of showing the world what they think of their fired coach.
That may have been a couple of not-so-good teams on display five days ago in the Dome, sure. The best play in the SU passing attack was the yellow flag tossed by the zebras; meanwhile, the Eagles completed one pass all afternoon.One. For nine yards.
Still, all that mattered was the final score. And it was 20-17 in favor of Shafer's side.
Truth be told, that reminded me of the 1971 SU-BC affair we lost in old Archbold Stadium, 10-3. As that mess was played in mud, we affectionately re-named it the "Snooze Bowl."
But I repeat: The good guys won on Saturday in the Dome, and that's all that matters.
I am now going to praise Scott Shafer, an honest, decent man, whose best trait was caring about the kids he coached. I am not going to say the players "liked him" because the world is filled with people who "like" each other. I think Facebook has a billion folks who "like" someone or something.
What Shafer had was a bunch of young men who respected him, honored him, looked up to him. Read the news reports about the athletes referring to Scott as a "father figure." Any surrogate parent, teacher or coach who earns that term has accomplished an extraordinary feat.
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SU Verbal Lindsey Scott Named Gatorade Player of the Year for Louisiana (theadvocate.com; Fambrough)
Some players would say winning the Gatorade’s Louisiana Football Player of the Year award signals their arrival to elite status. For Zachary High quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr., it’s a destination along the way.
“It’s a great award … a big honor and winning it means a lot,” Scott said. “What it tells me is I’m on the right track and I need to keep working. Good things happen for people who work hard. I believe that.”
The 5-foot-11, 205-pound Scott has made believers out of plenty of people in three seasons as the Zachary quarterback. He is the first ZHS football player to win the Gatorade award won by quarterback Warren Easton’s DeShawn Capers-Smith last year.
LSU running back Leonard Fournette of St. Augustine won it in 2013. Winning the state award makes Scott eligible to win the Gatorade National Player of the Year award that will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Lindsey Scott is an outstanding athlete,” Catholic coach Dale Weiner said in the Gatorade news release. “He hurts opponents with his running and his passing. They won a few down-to-the-wire games this season. I don’t think they win those without him.”
Scott leads the second-seeded Broncos (12-1) into a Class 5A semifinal game against Parkway (12-1) on Friday night at ZHS.
Scott has completed 149-of-227 passes for 2,674 yards and 29 touchdowns and rushed for 1,607 yards and 23 touchdowns. He has accounted for 17 TDs in Zachary’s first three playoff games.
The Gatorade award also factors in academics and community service. Scott, who is a Syracuse commitment, has a 3.77 grade point average. He is a member of the Zachary Beta Club, volunteers as a youth mentor as part of multiple community-service initiatives through his church.
“He’s special,” Zachary coach David Brewerton said of Scott. “When I called him in to tell him about this award, I told him he’d probably need to do some interviews.
“Lindsey told me he had to get in his morning workout and be with the offensive guys first. He said he’d be back. That’s the kind of thing that sets him apart.”
ACC Football News: Miami Hires Richt, Syracuse May Have Man Too (acc.sportswar.com; Cates)
Mark Richt Has Everything Under Control
Richt is the new man in charge at his alma mater and will look to bring the kind of consistent, upstanding success he had at Georgia down to Coral Gables. The ACC’s Coastal Division is generally wide-open, though North Carolina and Pittsburgh may have something to say about that in the coming years and Virginia Tech and Duke aren’t too far behind.
Something to keep in mind is that Miami had the fourth ranked recruiting class in the conference according to and the 23rd best group in the nation. Richt had the No. 5 class on the same list at Georgia, and one recruit to keep an eye on is stud quarterback Jacob Eason. The 5-star player checks in at 6’5″, 207 pounds and throws the ball extremely well. He’s been a Georgia commit for a long time, but has a close relationship with Richt.
Mark Richt won’t coach Georgia in the bowl game, so he’s recruiting full-time while assembling his new staff. Wait and see if Richt can add a big-name or two the the Hurricanes’ class.
Syracuse Likes Babers
Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash removed his name from consideration for the Syracuse job leaving Dino Babers as the most likely candidate. Babers is the head coach at Bowling Green where this season he’s gone 9-3, including a 7-1 mark in conference play which has them in the MAC Championship Game against Northern Illinois Friday night.
In two seasons at Bowling Green, Babers has compiled a 17-9 record after taking over when Dave Clawson left Bowling Green State University for Wake Forest. Before that, Babers was in charge at Eastern Illinois where he went 19-7 in two seasons including a 12-2 mark in 2013 that saw the Panthers rise to No. 4 in the FCS polls.
He’s got a strong track record with other guy’s players, the question is will he receive an offer to fill a bigger opening like Missouri or South Carolina? Givien the timing of his next game, word of an agreement with Babers could well come out over the weekend with an official announcement early next week for whoever hires him.
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