Holiday Bowl Postgame

[tptcuse]

not what i saw at all...their coach gave Fran a huge hug...dude was emotional and said something like talk soon.

That interim coach seems like a good dude.

 

[SouthernCuse]

 

[Cuse4455]

#63 Carter Clark should get the NIL deal lol he's the one that got plastered with Nogg

 

[DomeHolmes]

I told everyone early on that we eat cougars on Saturday nights.

That’s what she said

 

[Dinkyspond]

Surprised you don't have '92 on there. We finished ranked higher than '91, had the exciting game against Miami, and beat a great Colorado team in the Fiesta Bowl.

96 was good too, I remember thoroughly enjoying that New Year's Day 41-0 beatdown of Clemson, I think it was the Gator Bowl

 

[buffalorange]

The best part of that broadcast was the footage from the 1979 game in Orchard Park. Where did they unearth that from? There was nobody in the stands, makes you appreciate what that 1979 team of nomads did. Made and won a bowl by never playing a real home game, all on road or neutral sites...i.e., Buffalo, Meadowlands, Ithaca, etc...

SU played two games at Rich. I attended one. I don't remember the opponent or the score. I remember two things. SU won. The ushers were the Buffalo Jills in uniform.

 

[SuFTW]

not what i saw at all...their coach gave Fran a huge hug...dude was emotional and said something like talk soon.

Special teams?

 

[hungrychuck]

The best part of that broadcast was the footage from the 1979 game in Orchard Park. Where did they unearth that from? There was nobody in the stands, makes you appreciate what that 1979 team of nomads did. Made and won a bowl by never playing a real home game, all on road or neutral sites...i.e., Buffalo, Meadowlands, Ithaca, etc...

Yup. I was in the press box that day. Also at the Meadowlands and Ithaca that season. And then Shreveport.

That was really Band on the Run.

 

[Cheriehoop]

SU played two games at Rich. I attended one. I don't remember the opponent or the score. I remember two things. SU won. The ushers were the Buffalo Jills in uniform.

A friend of mine was a Buffalo Jill while she was a student at Niagara University.

 

[Idiocuse22&]

Special teams?

Haha, i actually hope so.

 

[JustPherU]

Yeah I mean can't have a different opinion I guess.

Just thought calling the guy an arse was a bit much.You’re free to have your opinion

 

[David321]

Honest question that maybe should be its own poll…

Which 3 loss finish would you rather have had? SMU or Cuse?

dominant Holiday Bowl victory and a 10-3 finish.

Or losing a heartbreaker in the conference championship and essentially getting smoked in the first playoff game?

Call me crazy but the vibes right now are damned near perfect. Finishing the way SMU did wouldn’t feel nearly as good, even though they do get to say they made the playoff. We get to say we are building and are finishing on a run with momentum heading into the offseason and starting spring ball in a few weeks.

I'd rather win a top tier ACC bowl then lose in the CFP in the first round personally.

But that's me and I prefer bowls over the newer expanded playoff.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Fran just shouted out the following in an interview with Matt Park: Keith Bulluck, Dwight Freeney, Donovan McNabb, Blaise Winter, Tim Green (he mentioned the old Four Wheel Drive front 4 from the 80s that included Green and Winter!) John Wildhack and Joe Burton from Orange United.

 

[JustPherU]

I'd rather win a top tier ACC bowl then lose in the CFP in the first round personally.

But that's me and I prefer bowls over the newer expanded playoff.

You prefer the Holiday bowl over being in the playoffs?

 

[SUforme]

Just thought calling the guy an arse was a bit much.You’re free to have your opinion

Well an eye roll doesn't seem good guy to me so that's what I said

 

[Dinkyspond]

Yup. I was in the press box that day. Also at the Meadowlands and Ithaca that season. And then Shreveport.

That was really Band on the Run.

I'd love to read stories about that team. I've got a subscription to Newspapers.com, I've got to read the Post-Standard and Herald-Journal archives from that year.

 

[David321]

You prefer the Holiday bowl over being in the playoffs?

I prefer bowls over the playoffs model in general.

I prefer this game over getting blown out in the first round. I'm not saying that's what would have happened, but that's the presupposition I was responding to.

Obviously the CFP appearance would be better for the program, but this was a great experience for them. And that's what bowls are about. This bowl was the perfect example of that.

The NFL lite model doesn't care about stuff like that and that is sad to me.

 

[Digger]

We've reached the mountaintop

 

[Dinkyspond]

SU played two games at Rich. I attended one. I don't remember the opponent or the score. I remember two things. SU won. The ushers were the Buffalo Jills in uniform.

Nice

 

[kuethstheman]

Well an eye roll doesn't seem good guy to me so that's what I said

I didn't see any eye roll. Watched it five times.

 

[Idiocuse22&]

A friend of mine was a Buffalo Jill while she was a student at Niagara University.

Was it between 1996-2000?
Asking for a friend.

 

[hungrychuck]

Very good offensive team led by Bill Hurley. Defense had some issues.

Just needed to best a poor BC team in last game to make the old Tangerine Bowl and completely laid an egg.

Shreveport was the booby prize but a win.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Was it between 1996-2000?
Asking for a friend.

No it was (gulp) in the ‘70’s. That is 1970’s though.

 

[hungrychuck]

Very good offensive team led by Bill Hurley. Defense had some issues.

Just needed to best a poor BC team in last game to make the old Tangerine Bowl and completely laid an egg.

Shreveport was the booby prize but a win.

Sorry, meant as reply to Dinkyspond

 

[OrangeXtreme]

SU played two games at Rich. I attended one. I don't remember the opponent or the score. I remember two things. SU won. The ushers were the Buffalo Jills in uniform.

Played Washington St and Miami

1979 Football Schedule - Syracuse University Athletics

The official 1979 Football schedule for the Syracuse University Orange

cuse.com

 

[Idiocuse22&]

No it was (gulp) in the ‘70’s. That is 1970’s though.

Oh wow nice...I was friends with 2 Jills while we were all going to Niagara. My brother went to Niagara in the late 80s and the little city was nice...when I was there 10 years later NF was a crack infested dump. But the University was still nice.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Question to San Diegans: Does the marine layer they say rolls in at night affect the ball carrying at night at Padres games in Petco and makes it harder to hit homers? I know they always said Oakland was like that, it was harder to hit homers at night at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum because of the marine layer.