Tennessee Week Articles and Videos | Page 2 | Syracusefan.com

Tennessee Week Articles and Videos

cuse62 said:
Mark Packer used to give us props; and he loved Coach Fran. He is gone now. I think, unless we get ranked, we are not going to be seeing much of Cuse Athletics.
Expand...
cuse62 said:
Mark Packer used to give us props; and he loved Coach Fran. He is gone now. I think, unless we get ranked, we are not going to be seeing much of Cuse Athletics.
Expand...
Yep still remember when Fran was hired and shortly thereafter I met Packer on a flight from Miami to Charlotte and he gushed over Fran and his recruiting chops. Super nice guy and well grounded, legit thought Fran was a monumental out of the box hire
 
SU91 said:
Not sure where to post this, so I’ll post it here.

ACC SU coverage, or lack thereof, still amazes me.

I just watched ACC PM on ACC network on the Monday before the full season opener weekend. A Syracuse team coming off a 10 win season and about to play ranked Tennessee, gets barely a mention. They gave Wake Forest as much airtime as Cuse. They covered all the other ranked matchups with their proper due and covered VT vs SC more than SU vs Tenn. It’s remarkable.

I get that we’ve lost a lot and have a tough schedule, so they don’t expect much from us, but the ACC conspiracy against Cuse might actually have merit. It’s unbelievable. It was a full 35 min into the program before SU got a simple passing mention. Nothing more.

On the prior program with Roddy Jones and EJ Manuel, you’d think that northeast football doesn’t even exist. It’s crazy.

It’s disappointing because I remember looking forward to getting ACCN to receive more and better SU coverage but it’s never materialized, even after Fran has made Cuse a compelling story.

Have we gotten a bit more coverage? Sure, but not in proportion to our success and certainly not in proportion to our week one matchup. They’re more interested in Duke still. Just bs.
Expand...
Roddy Jones and EJ Manuel should be relegated to third string at best
 
Dick_in_MI said:
A couple of things I noticed in the articles today.

Dave Jacobs is teaching Fran's son how to snap. Dave always got a lot of crap on the board and some said "he never gave back". Putting aside for the moment that he gave back on the field, he also worked with a number of our kickers through the years. You don't know about that because he never felt it necessary to shine a spotlight on himself for helping with the team the way that some do...

But he has helped.

The other thing was the guy...new maybe?...who said that for the past 40 years, SU was a basketball school. It is true that JB's success was legendary, but apparently the guy missed the 15 year period starting with 1987.

We had one 11-win season, four 10-win seasons, three 9-win seasons, and two 8-win seasons. We also went to 12 bowls in an era where you didn't get a bowl bid simply for having a pulse, a .500 record, and no other plans for December.

That was a truly golden era for SU football, it featured many of the true greats, and lengthy success that was only duplicated in Ben's years before he fell off a cliff.

While true that he haven't done much lately, to act like the entire last 40 years was a washout is not true.
Expand...
Well said, sir. Well said.
 
IMG_6487.jpeg
 
Frozen said:
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta used a dolphin to predict the winner of Saturday’s game. Spoiler: it picked Tennessee. I’ll see this dolphin in hell, or my next tuna sandwich.

WATE 6 On Your Side
Expand...
It is a fantastic aquarium though, if people traveling down are looking for other things to do while in town. The Whale Sharks are pretty impressive.
 
SU91 said:
Not sure where to post this, so I’ll post it here.

ACC SU coverage, or lack thereof, still amazes me.

I just watched ACC PM on ACC network on the Monday before the full season opener weekend. A Syracuse team coming off a 10 win season and about to play ranked Tennessee, gets barely a mention. They gave Wake Forest as much airtime as Cuse. They covered all the other ranked matchups with their proper due and covered VT vs SC more than SU vs Tenn. It’s remarkable.

I get that we’ve lost a lot and have a tough schedule, so they don’t expect much from us, but the ACC conspiracy against Cuse might actually have merit. It’s unbelievable. It was a full 35 min into the program before SU got a simple passing mention. Nothing more.

On the prior program with Roddy Jones and EJ Manuel, you’d think that northeast football doesn’t even exist. It’s crazy.

It’s disappointing because I remember looking forward to getting ACCN to receive more and better SU coverage but it’s never materialized, even after Fran has made Cuse a compelling story.

Have we gotten a bit more coverage? Sure, but not in proportion to our success and certainly not in proportion to our week one matchup. They’re more interested in Duke still. Just bs.
Expand...

orangefog said:
It's an uphill battle in this crap conference, but Fran will get us there.
Expand...
New to the board but want to weigh in on this. I feel like any fan base always plays the lack of respect card. SU fans are no different. I’m a football season ticket holder and I’m going to ATL for the game. If Syracuse wins would it surprise anyone if they came out the next week for UCONN and there was 35,000 in the stands and a half empty student section??
If we want respect we got to prove we’re a BIG TIME. program in every respect. People pay attention to things like full stadiums and travel to away games. No one will give us props if we can’t fill a small stadium on a regular basis.
There is a reason people still consider SU a basketball school. They remember when hoops used to outdraw football!!
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Frozen said:
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta used a dolphin to predict the winner of Saturday’s game. Spoiler: it picked Tennessee. I’ll see this dolphin in hell, or my next tuna sandwich.

WATE 6 On Your Side
Expand...
Like most 21 year olds, that dolphin thinks he knows everything, but he actually knows very little.
 
Anyone see that graphic going around from the website we can't share from (is that still a thing?) that ranks Cuse #34 most talented roster in nation. Tenn is 16th.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
173,959
Messages
5,123,223
Members
6,083
Latest member
OttoVA

Share this page

Online statistics

Members online
201
Guests online
1,686
Total visitors
1,887
Totals may include hidden visitors.


...
Top Bottom