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[Orangeyes]

Syracuse's Jones to enter NFL draft

Syracuse's Jones declares for NFL Draft

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Jones leaving SU for NFL Draft

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Notre Dame fan calls out Brian Kelly

OOC Opponent

Ballard runs Mississippi State past Wake

Around The Big East

West Virginia top rusher hurts knee, out of bowl

Rutgers tops Iowa State in Pinstripe

Around The Nation

And our Jones is turning proOh Lord
Outland winner Jones returning to Alabama

Former Players

BRINKLEY READY: Ryan Mathews (calf) and Mike Tolbert (hamstring) have not participated in a full practice this week. Head Coach Norv Turner hopes they can be ready to play in the season finale Sunday but said Curtis Brinkley will be ready if one or both can’t go.

Brinkley, who has split time between the practice squad and the active roster, has played nine games as the team’s third running back this season, gaining 78 yards and one touchdown on 18 offensive touches.
“(Brinkley) got a lot of reps in practice the last two days, so we’ll see where we are and make a decision Sunday,” Turner said.
C.C

DO pass with Tony Fiammetta in the game.
Jason Garrett does not hide his intentions quite as well as he should, and this is manifested in his play-calling from specific formations and personnel packages. When fullback Tony Fiammetta is in the game, for example, the Cowboys pass the ball just 25.3 percent of the time.
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Fantasy

If Mathews is shut down, look to Curtis Brinkley to take on a sizable workload in this game. The Raiders have allowed the eighth-most fantasy points to running backs
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Around The Nation

PSU hopes to give next coach time to recruit

Late BYU TD wins Armed Forces Bowl

Va. Tech down another kicker for off-field issue

Blogs

2012 NFL Draft: Shamarko Thomas Of Syracuse Will Return For 2012 ...

Syracuse SS Shamarko Thomas Will Return For Senior Season

College Football's Biggest Bloopers of 2011

 

[OrangeFreek]

Awesome news about Shamarko! Happy he stays betters himself as a player and gets graduates... Awesome!!!

 

[Orangeyes]

The play call was for Fiammetta to contain Jason Pierre-Paul enough to spring Felix to the outside. I'm pretty sure the train of thought was the old adage that you run right at the elite pass rusher, something that team's used to try to do to DeMarcus Ware. It didn't work.




JPP discarded FB Tony Fiammetta and was able to stuff Felix before he got to the outside. It appears that there was a crease to the inside of the block, but JPP just made a man's play. With Dez taking the CB down the field and Miles taking on the safety, the left side would have been wide open if Fiammetta was just able to get a slightly better block on the emerging defensive stud. Instead, a gain of zero. Successful playcall thwarted by a great player and a below average block.
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[upperdeck]

good thing for kelly ND has a higher moral standing than Liverpool or mutes all the games so the board doesnt hear the bad words..

 

[JD]

That ND Fan video is the funnest thing I ever saw. I think he should spend a little less time venting and a little more time with the Clearasil though.