It's always Notre Dame

[Bortukal]

Doesn't it seem like we have eligibility issues whenever we play in South Bend? I swear this is like the 4th time something like this has happened. I believe half the team was suspended before a game there in the 90's, and a reserve squad that included Marvin Graves was on standby to play in the place, but the players were reinstated before tipoff. Then Dave Johnson I thought was similarly suspended only to be reinstated. I think there were other incidents over the years too.

The curse of the Irish?

 

[Madbiker]

I think Billy Owens was ineligible too for a game SU played there one year.

 

[orange79]

I believe half the team was suspended before a game there in the 90's, and a reserve squad that included Marvin Graves was on standby to play in the place, but the players were reinstated before tipoff.

It was a Billy Owens team, I believe. I also believe (and I could be wrong on this one) that was the game where we wore our road orange unis and ND came out in neon day-glo green unis. I almost turned the color off on my TV and watched in black and white.

 

[OttoMets]

It was a Billy Owens team, I believe. I also believe (and I could be wrong on this one) that was the game where we wore our road orange unis and ND came out in neon day-glo green unis. I almost turned the color off on my TV and watched in black and white.

Yep, that's right. Ah, Billy Owens - one in a long line of Syracuse players who wouldn't do any coursework.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Well... if God is on their side, who is on ours??

 

[samspann1]

Well... if God is on their side, who is on ours??

JohnSyracuse

 

[kirbivore]

In 1997 SU lost to Notre Dame twice in about a 2 week span in which Todd Burgan was suspended. In the 3rd game at the 1997 BET SU destroyed ND. Those 2 losses against the Irish were huge in a year that SU was on the wrong side of the bubble.

 

[bryanradams]

Yeah, Kirbivore. I specifically bought tix to the BET that year, because I knew that we would not lose to ND with a whole squad. We kicked tail, but then lost to Nova the next day. I don't think we deserved to be dancing that year. We had some bad losses, plus our SOS was weak. When we lost in the first game of that pre-season tourney (?) to Kentucky by 30, we had to play two teams with RPI's in the 300's.

 

[Eric15]

In 1997 SU lost to Notre Dame twice in about a 2 week span in which Todd Burgan was suspended. In the 3rd game at the 1997 BET SU destroyed ND. Those 2 losses against the Irish were huge in a year that SU was on the wrong side of the bubble.

If I remember correctly, we started to turn it around slightly towards the end of the year, but a home loss to Pitt in the regular season finale was the nail in our coffin.

 

[kirbivore]

If I remember correctly, we started to turn it around slightly towards the end of the year, but a home loss to Pitt in the regular season finale was the nail in our coffin.

Yeah I remember that too. That last loss to Pitt dropped SU to an 8 seed in the BET, forcing them to beat ND in the 8/9 game then losing to #1 Villanova. Beat Pitt and they are higher seeded and have a better chance of winning two games in New York.

 

[SU2NASA]

Well... if God is on their side, who is on ours??

I'm willing to make a deal with Satan. After all, it's a sellers market for souls right now.