ok boys and girls, it's that time of year again...Preseason Progs

[KaiserUEO]

W northwestern
L usc
W stoney
W minny
W pitt
W rutty
W storz
L sfu
L cincy
L lville
L mizzou
W temple

W Pinstripe Bowl

 

[Frozen]

SU 24 NW 20 (W)
SU 17 USC 38 (L)
SU 42 SB 17 (W)
SU 24 UM 17 (W)
SU 14 Pitt 28 (L)
SU 35 RU 17 (W)
SU 28 UConn 21 (W)
SU 10 USF 31 (L)
SU 17 LVille 28 (L)
SU 10 Mizz 42 (L)
SU 31 Temple 28 (W)

6-6 (3-3)

 

[upperdeck]

can someone show actually plays where macky got run over last year? I know it happened a few times, but it happened to pugh just as many if not more.

 

[nralecuse]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W) 34 - 17

Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L) 14 - 28

Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W) 45 - 24

Syracuse @ Minnesota (W) 32 - 20

Syracuse vs. Pitt (W) 20 - 17

Syracuse @ Rutgers (W) 28 - 24

Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W) 21 - 17

Syracuse @ South Florida (W) 38 - 33

Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L) 20 - 24

Syracuse vs. Louisville (W) 26 - 24

Syracuse @ Missouri (L) 28 - 34

Syracuse @ Temple (W) 42 - 24

OVERALL
9-3 (6-2)
RANKED #18/#15
Champs Sports Bowl, DATE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED, ESPN
Big East No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3, (Played in Orlando, FL)

 

[Cuse2010]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W)

Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L)

Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W)

Syracuse @ Minnesota (W)

Syracuse vs. Pitt (W)

Syracuse @ Rutgers (W)

Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W)

Syracuse @ South Florida (W)

Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L)

Syracuse vs. Louisville (L)

Syracuse @ Missouri (L)

Syracuse @ Temple (W)

OVERALL
8-4 (5-2)

 

[sutomcat]

The last time I did this, I was in a hotel lobby in Akron, about to leave for the stadium and the Internet died just as I was posting my season prediction.

I think there are going to be a lot of really close games. We need to win more than our fair share of them.

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W) 23 - 21​

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Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L) 10 - 34​

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Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W) 31 - 10​

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Syracuse @ Minnesota (W) 21 - 20​

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Syracuse vs. Pitt (W) 24 - 17​

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Syracuse @ Rutgers (W) 14 - 13​

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Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W) 24 - 20​

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Syracuse @ South Florida (L) 17 - 20​

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Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L) 17 - 24​

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Syracuse vs. Louisville (L) 10 - 20​

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Syracuse @ Missouri (L) 17 - 24​

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Syracuse @ Temple (W) 27 - 21​

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7-5 (4-3)​

 

[OttoinGrotto]

So one thing I've eyeballed in this prediction threads is a lot of losses later in the season. Is that a function of the schedule and matchups, or are people thinking we wear down again?

 

[sutomcat]

So one thing I've eyeballed in this prediction threads is a lot of losses later in the season. Is that a function of the schedule and matchups, or are people thinking we wear down again?

Mostly schedule and matchups, we play a bunch of tough teams away late. But fir the record, I think we will wear down some too.

For all the upgrades made to talent, we still are less talented than most of the teams we play. Tough to win on emotion every week.

 

[SoBristol]

Putting aside fandom and Orange-colored glasses: Slow start in Sept (offense struggles with OTs until Pugh is ready to go, and frosh get their feet wet; defense much improved; specials still no good); Marrone goes for FG in OT versus Minn on 4th and inches -- backfires; usual November swoon with starters dinged up.

NW (L) 7-17
USC (L) 7-38
Stony (W) 24-20
@ Minny (L) 17-20 (OT)
Pitt (W) 27-10
@Rutgers (W) 21-0
UConn (W) 24-7
@So Fla (L) 14-31
@ Cincy (W) 24-10
L-Ville (L) 10-24
@ Missouri (L) 14-31
@Temple (L) 17-28

5-7 (4-3)

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Syracuse vs Northwestern L 17 - 20
Syracuse vs So Cal L 10 - 38
Syracuse vs Stony Brook W 45 - 7
Syracuse vs @ Minnesota L 23 - 24
Syracuse vs Pitt L 13 - 24
Syracuse vs @ Rutgers W 21 - 20
Syracuse vs Connecticut W 30 - 17
Syracuse vs @ South Florida L 17 - 34
Syracuse vs @ Cincinnati L 13-24
Syracuse vs Louisville L 21 - 30
Syracuse vs @ Missouri L 13 - 38
Syracuse vs @ Temple W 24 - 21

4-8.. As a Bills fan you aim at the minimum and hope for them to exceed your expectations. Best case scenario is 8-4.

 

[orangenirvana]

Northwestern 30...Syracuse 23 (0-1)
USC 42...Syracuse 13 (0-2)
Syracuse 34...Stony Brook 12 (1-2)
Syracuse 31...Minnesota 26 (2-2)
Syracuse 28...Pitt 17 (3-2, 1-0)
Syracuse 38...Rutgers 22 (4-2, 2-0)
Syracuse 27...UConn 17 (5-2, 3-0)
USF 31...Syracuse 13 (5-3, 3-1)
Syracuse 27...Cincinnati 24 (6-3, 4-1)
Syracuse 40...Louisville 28 (7-3, 5-1)
Missouri 35...Syracuse 27 (7-4, 5-1)
Syracuse 42...Temple 17 (8-4, 6-1)

BIG EAST CHAMPIONS

 

[orangenirvana]

4-8.. As a Bills fan you aim at the minimum and hope for them to exceed your expectations.

Speak for yourself. Not all Bills fans have that loser's mentality.

 

[IthacaMatt]

All right all you Karnacs and sooth seeers lets give it a whirl and put yourself out on the line with how you think this upcoming season will play out. For the first time since we've been doing this (10 years?) there will actually be a prize for the winner.

Here's how it'll work...predict each game with scores for SU and the opponent. If it's like in years past there will be multiple winners in the W-L part of it so we'll go to a tie breaker with closest point prediction totals. Meaning the poster who has the best and closest predictions numbers wise amongst the W-L winners wins a $50 Dino BBq gift certificate.

To keep tabs on progress I'll be sure to keep refreshing this thread every week through out the season (and no changing things once the games start in week one like the old poster ONasty tried to pull back in the day thinking nobody would notice).

So here goes mine.

SU 31 NW 17 All the new wrinkles in the O and for the first time few injury losses in preseason combined with a
newly invigorated Dome environment both structurally and amongst the fans helps the teams start

USC 38 SU 27 There aint no stopping Barklay, Lee or Woods. Doesn't help half the crowd of this "home" game is
routing for USC

SU 41 Stoneybrook 24 Yeah we play an FCS game too. But the opponent is championship caliber with some FBS
kids there. Nasssib shines but game is once again closer than any of us would like.

SU 28 Minn 27 Slashton Broyld get comfortable with the scheme and shows us what we can expect in the future
winning this one with great plays

Pitt 30 SU 20 Pitt essentially has 3 weeks to prepare for us, we have a let down after a good overall start.

SU 24 RU 21 We're heading up (ACC), they're heading down. Revenge factors in for a game we essentially gave
away has kids hypermotivated for this one.

SU 30 UConn 20 The Paul Pasqualoni curse is officially closed (over).

USF 28 SU 24 Sr. BJ Daniels has a great day and we're in Fla. vacation mode after another decent 5-2 start.

Cincy 21 SU 16 GD Munchy and we're starting another late season swoon after injuries rear their ugly head.

Lvill 27 SU 24 Another mobile qb gives us fits. Fear of another end of season disaster is feared...but

SU 24 Missou 23 No way another 5 game slide. This team has too much talent. Helps that Missou has two tough
SEC foes before us, overlooks us as a northeast team that can't be good. LIke us in '87
with Auburn and WVU against Georgia and other SEC foes the northeast boys show they can
compete AND win.

SU 38 Temple 13 We can say it again...we're Syracuse, they're Temple. Nuff said

So there it is 7-5 and the program is on it's way back, with another Pinstripe bowl fiesta for 'Cuse fans (from my keyboard to Gods ears).

7-5 back to the Pinstripe Bowl. I see a split with the Big 10 teams (lose to N'western, win vs. Minny), win vs. Stony Brook, losses to USC and Mizzou, 5-2 in conference, with the losses against Louisville and Cincinnati.

 

[Stevenson]

Syracuse vs Northwestern - L
Syracuse vs USC - L
Syracuse vs SB - W
Syracuse @ Minnesota - L
Syracuse vs Pittsburgh - L
Syracuse @ Rutgers - L
Syracuse vs Uconn - L
Syracuse @ USF - L
Syracuse @ Cincinnati - L
Syracuse vs Louisville - L
Syracuse @ Missouri - L
Syracuse @ Temple - W

2-10

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Syracuse vs Northwestern - L
Syracuse vs USC - L
Syracuse vs SB - W
Syracuse @ Minnesota - L
Syracuse vs Pittsburgh - L
Syracuse @ Rutgers - L
Syracuse vs Uconn - L
Syracuse @ USF - L
Syracuse @ Cincinnati - L
Syracuse vs Louisville - L
Syracuse @ Missouri - L
Syracuse @ Temple - W

2-10

Man, and I was worried about being a pessimist.

 

[Crusty]

Man, and I was worried about being a pessimist.

Didn't see your forecast Otto. - did I miss it?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Didn't see your forecast Otto. - did I miss it?

First page. It's easy to find because there's an image of the Human Torch yelling "Flame on!"

 

[BayonneOrange]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern W 31-30
Syracuse vs. So. Cal. L 17-40
Syracuse vs. Stony Brook W 38-7
Syracuse @ Minnesota W 24-14
Syracuse vs. Pitt W 28-27
Syracuse @ Rutgers W 17-10
Syracuse vs. Connecticut W 30-13
Syracuse @ South Florida L 10-23
Syracuse @ Cincinnati L 20-21
Syracuse vs. Louisville W 27-24
Syracuse @ Missouri L 20-21
Syracuse @ Temple W 28-10
8-4 and undefeated at the Carrier Dome.

 

[Crusty]

SU 14 NW 31 (L)
SU 17 USC 48 (L)
SU 20 SB 17 (W)
SU 20 UM 24 (L)
SU 10 Pitt 20 (L)
SU 13 RU 7 (W)
SU 14 UConn 28 (L)
SU 10 USF 31 (L)
SU 10 LVille 35 (L)
SU 17 Mizz 30 (L)
SU 24 Temple 14 (W)

Overall 3-9. Not drinking the Kool-Aid as there are the same issues that have plagued this team for years, one of the main ones being winning games in the last half of the season.

You only have 11 games - Cincy missing.

 

[Crusty]

SU 24 NW 20 (W)
SU 17 USC 38 (L)
SU 42 SB 17 (W)
SU 24 UM 17 (W)
SU 14 Pitt 28 (L)
SU 35 RU 17 (W)
SU 28 UConn 21 (W)
SU 10 USF 31 (L)
SU 17 LVille 28 (L)
SU 10 Mizz 42 (L)
SU 31 Temple 28 (W)

6-6 (3-3)

Only 11 games - missing NW

 

[Crusty]

The consensus with 36 respondents is:
7 Wins 5 Losses
Points For 24.7 (2011= 24.2) Points Against 22.5 (2011= 28.5)

It looks like we are expecting the same results from the offense and a big improvement in the defense from last year..

Consensus
Opponent Opponent SU
Cincinnati 22.8 22.5Loss
Louisville 27.4 20.6Loss
Minnesota 19.9 24.8Win
Missouri 28.5 20.3Loss
Northwestern 21.5 26.5Win
Pittsburgh 21.2 22.5Win
Rutgers 14.8 23.5Win
Stony Brook 13.9 37.3Win
Temple 17.7 31.6Win
UConn 16.9 26.6Win
USC 37.2 17.3Loss
USF 26.6 22.6 Loss
Grand Total 22.4 24.7 7-5
It is interesting that we show more respect to Cincy, Louisville, and USF than we do to the B1G teams, which is probably warranted.

 

[SWFLCUSE]

Cuse 31 vs Northwestern 21 W
Cuse 27 vs USC 35 L
Cuse 45 vs Stony Brook 17 W
Cuse 24 @ Minn 20 W
Cuse 34 vs Pitt 27 W
Cuse 21 @ Rutgers 17 W
Cuse 38 vs 17 UConn W
Cuse 20 @ 35 USF L
Cuse 34 @ 24 Cinn W
Cuse 21 vs 38 L'ville L
Cuse 24 @ 21 Missouri W
Cuse 42 @ 24 Temple W

9-3 (5-2)

 

[rrlbees]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W) 24 - 21

Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L) 13 - 31

Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W) 38 - 10

Syracuse @ Minnesota (W) 20 - 13

Syracuse vs. Pitt (W) 24 - 21

Syracuse @ Rutgers (W) 24 - 17

Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W) 27 - 20

Syracuse @ South Florida (L) 20 - 27

Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L) 17 - 24

Syracuse vs. Louisville (L) 16 - 20

Syracuse @ Missouri (L) 21 - 28

Syracuse @ Temple (W) 30 - 15

7-5


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[RF2044]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W) 27 - 21

Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L) 16 - 38

Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W) 41- 16

Syracuse @ Minnesota (W) 24 - 21

Syracuse vs. Pitt (W) 27 - 17

Syracuse @ Rutgers (W) 23 - 10

Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W) 24 - 23

Syracuse @ South Florida (L) 20 - 35

Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L) 16 - 30

Syracuse vs. Louisville (L) 24 - 30

Syracuse @ Missouri (L) 21 - 28

Syracuse @ Temple (W) 24 - 16

7-5, and we go bowling!


Let's Go Orange!!!

 

[orange79]

Syracuse vs. Northwestern (W)

Syracuse vs. So. Cal. (L)

Syracuse vs. Stony Brook (W)

Syracuse @ Minnesota (L)

Syracuse vs. Pitt (W)

Syracuse @ Rutgers (W)

Syracuse vs. Connecticut (W)

Syracuse @ South Florida (L)

Syracuse @ Cincinnati (L)

Syracuse vs. Louisville (L)

Syracuse @ Missouri (L)

Syracuse @ Temple (W)

6-6, and SU squeaks into a bowl