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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 3721754, member: 4819"]
Good points Jeremy. I rewatched the Army game from last year and the Orange came out slow in that one - seems like every possession in the first half ended with a turnover or a bad shot, followed by a penalty.  Porter was huge and kept things close before the Orange offense figured things out, mostly by inverting the Army d-mids.  Phaup also dominated face-offs.

I am concerned with Army having extra prep, but that is counter balanced by the fact that SU does return a large amount of fifth years and Army does not.  I think having that extra experience should be worth more than two weeks of practice, but I would feel better if SU had more practice time.  Obviously most of the players (minus the freshmen) should be familiar with schemes and strategy, but just worried about fitness levels, especially facing a service academy.

We just haven't seen an Orange team without five weeks of preseason practice, or scrimmages open a season in a very long time, so its hard to know what to expect. Perhaps the team will come out extra motivated since its the first opponent they'll be playing in almost a year? That might be enough to wipe away all the cobwebs.
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