Syracuse opens -1 over Minnesota...

[Blaster]

I would have been more optimistic if i heard there 2 top kick returners were missing the game. Thats just me tho.

 

[Shenexon]

Wow. Lots of optimism here from a team that got boat-raced by a disinterested USC team that had travelled across 3 time zones to play, not to mention the 'Cuse hasn't even left the state of NY to play a game yet.

Unfortunate post from a Minnesota fan. You could have come in peace and participated in a good debate with a superb group of educated sports fans, but you didn't. If you were just trying to flame and hope for nasty reactions, go home. Ohhh...as an FYI, on most maps New Jersey isn't part of New York, though Rutgers fans might argue that point.

Many of us are optimistic for this year as our offense is the best we've had in a decade or more and hope our defense and special teams will play better than they have so far. We've played pretty well this year though we're 1-2 and hope to play Minnesota tough, but that's why the games are played. We may be 1-2 but have a good team. We're not so sure about Minnesota.

Though you are 3-0, your victories are underwhelming, i.e. a triple overtime win over winless UNLV to go with your wins over New Hampshire and Western Michigan. The only common elements in our schedules so far is that teams we've beaten have both beaten Central Connecticut State. I don't think that piece of trivia helps much to predict the outcome on Saturday. In my reading of your fan forums, many Minnesota fans still don't think you'll get to 6 wins so they aren't convinced by being 3-0 either.

 

[javadoc]

Here is how I know that this is a troll post in disguise.

The poster's name is a clever, thinly-veiled, inexact but appropriate play on the title of a Benny Mardones song.

Benny is Syracuse's boy.

QED.

 

[690West]

Here is how I know that this is a troll post in disguise.

The poster's name is a clever, thinly-veiled, inexact but appropriate play on the title of a Benny Mardones song.

Benny is Syracuse's boy.

QED.

Ahh, good call

Troll'd

 

[orangecuse]

Grey's injury is factored in. I am taking Syracuse out of the gate. Even if Grey was healthy, Syracuse would still beat them but we wouldn't be laying points. I think Syracuse turns the corner with this game.

Well, maybe since we are a road favorite against a B1G opponent...we already have. When is the last time we have been a favorite on the road against an FBS opponent?

 

[BlackKnight76]

I kinda wish we were playing Gray. He's like a lobotomized BJ Daniels.


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[PhatOrange]

Wow. Lots of optimism here from a team that got boat-raced by a disinterested USC team that had travelled across 3 time zones to play, not to mention the 'Cuse hasn't even left the state of NY to play a game yet.

Besides, it looks like the Cuse defense gives up yards indiscriminantly, both running the ball and through the air.

yards given up:
337 northwestern
445 usc
311 stony brook

Passing Yards:
213 northwestern
187 usc
94 stony brook

Rushing yards:
124 northwestern
258 usc
217 stonybrook

avg
364 total
165 pass
200 rush

 

[Taime Downe]

Unfortunate post from a Minnesota fan. You could have come in peace and participated in a good debate with a superb group of educated sports fans, but you didn't. If you were just trying to flame and hope for nasty reactions, go home. Ohhh...as an FYI, on most maps New Jersey isn't part of New York, though Rutgers fans might argue that point.

Many of us are optimistic for this year as our offense is the best we've had in a decade or more and hope our defense and special teams will play better than they have so far. We've played pretty well this year though we're 1-2 and hope to play Minnesota tough, but that's why the games are played. We may be 1-2 but have a good team. We're not so sure about Minnesota.

Though you are 3-0, your victories are underwhelming, i.e. a triple overtime win over winless UNLV to go with your wins over New Hampshire and Western Michigan. The only common elements in our schedules so far is that teams we've beaten have both beaten Central Connecticut State. I don't think that piece of trivia helps much to predict the outcome on Saturday. In my reading of your fan forums, many Minnesota fans still don't think you'll get to 6 wins so they aren't convinced by being 3-0 either.

Yikes! Thin-skinned bunch apparently.

Lighten up, Francis. I made a joke, then provided a little clarity to the injury situation. The original comment sounded as though the impression was that the O-Line injury was a new one, line in flux, etc. I said it was a few weeks old.

I have no idea who wins this game. The posts I've read here just seem excessively sure of a win for a team that has typically been a lower tier Big East team playing their first game on the road, that's all.

The Gophers are a probably a year away or more, way too many underclass men playing major minutes. Nassib seems competent, no doubt. He'll get his yards against the Gophers, I'm sure of that. The key will be getting it in the end zone. I think it does help the Gophers that they've been preparing for and playing against wide open spread, no-huddle offenses for several weeks already, even if ones not quite as talented as Syracuse.

But the QB that will play Saturday appears to be the real deal. Gray would have been a much easier QB for Syracuse to prepare for as most teams they've played haven't had to respect his ability to pass. With the backup, they should be able to move it on the ground and in the air, and like I said, not a lot of film on him. He's played 9 series, thrown 4 TDs, 6 drives of 45 yards or more, and one 3-and-out. He will not be the reason the Gophers lose.

I think both teams will score, almost at will. I'm guessing the team that wins the turnover and special teams battle wins the game.

My two cents...

 

[Taime Downe]

Here is how I know that this is a troll post in disguise.

The poster's name is a clever, thinly-veiled, inexact but appropriate play on the title of a Benny Mardones song.

Benny is Syracuse's boy.

QED.

Ummmm... Try lead singer from Faster Pussycat.

 

[sutomcat]

no it means youve turned the corner out of your section then turned the corner out of the Dome and you are headed to your car with 8mins to go in the 4th with the game still on the line.

The Dome has 8 sides, so if we want to go in the opposite direction from where we were going, I believe we need to turn the corner 4 times.

No wonder is it so hard to turn a football program around. Especially one with a stadium with 8 sides.

 

[orangecuse]

Ummmm... Try lead singer from Faster Pussycat.

TCF Bank Stadium becomes the Gophers "House of Pain" on Saturday night.

 

[PalmBeachOrange]

Syracuse opened at +2, now pickem at most sportsbooks. +1 at others

 

[Upstate]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1339468-virtual-simulation-stimulation-week-4/page/7

NCAA '13 simulation calls for a 30-0 SU victory.

 

[PalmBeachOrange]

Wynn in Vegas moved their line 3 points in SU direction yesterday...from +2 to -1. All their action came in Orange.

 

[Rocco]

Wynn in Vegas moved their line 3 points in SU direction yesterday...from +2 to -1. All their action came in Orange.

That is what i thought it would move to by game time.

Love being a favorite on the road to a big10 team who is 3-0.

 

[PalmBeachOrange]

SU now 2.5 favorite.