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Coach Babers’s Show will be at the new Marriott Syracuse, (the former Hotel Syracuse). The first show will be Wednesday night at 7PM because the game is Friday, (the show will normally be two days before the next game). They will be in Shaughnessy’s Irish Pub, which can be accessed from the street.
This article contains the schedule:
http://cuse.com/news/2016/8/30/football-dino-babers-radio-show-debuts-wednesday.aspx
You can also listen to the show live each week on the Syracuse IMG Sports Network and Cuse.com. Wednesday's show will be on 99.1 FM and 97.7 FM, as well. The show will regularly air on 99.5FM (Syracuse) 99.1 FM (Utica) and 1200 AM.”
You can also get it on: WGVA
There hasn’t been any change in the phone numbers, which last year were 315-424-8599 (local) or 1-888-746-2873. You can call to ask questions or submit them via Twitter at: #AskDino hashtag on Twitter
Or through Cuse.com, (the SU Athletic website):
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
You can listen to a podcast of the show, probably the next day, at: Search results for babers
I’ve been asked to continue doing the summaries, even by people who listen to the podcasts. I may focus on the major points, rather than trying to record everything.
My Question(s)
“Coach, In the early days of football Harvard had a diminutive team manager whose Rudy-like dream was to get to play in a game. They were having trouble denting the Yale line at the goal line so Coach Percy Haughton told the manager to put on a jersey and huddled with the rest of the team. The manager was placed behind the quarterback with two big guys to either side. The QB handed the ball to the manager. The two big guys them picked him up and threw him over the goal line.
That must have been strange but it’s also strange to see an empty backfield at the one yard line. Do we have a running package we can use at the goal line?”
The Show
(I sometimes re-arrange the comments so that statements made on the same subject are reported together, even if they came at different points of the show.)
(They were still in the Cavalier Room. They will move to Shaughnessy’s when it is finished. )
Matt played part of the now-famous locker room clip. Coach said it wasn’t necessarily a typical scene: “When we win we do something like that. If we lose we do other things.”
He said that Virginia Tech was playing 9 guys who have 20 or more starts. They’d crushed UNC in the same weather, (worse, actually), that SU played Wake Forest in. “We wanted to go right after them. We ran two specialty plays and scored on each one of them.” He marveled at the pass Donte Strickland threw, “A dime right on the numbers- we may try him at quarterback!... It was good planning by the coaches and better execution by the players.“ Matt said our non-quarterbacks now have a passer rating of 403. Babers: “They didn’t have to think.” (Strickland has completed an 84 yard pass, Estime a 23 yarder and Phillips a 10 yarder. Moe Neal is 0 for 1. Shame on him.)
Coach laughed at my story. In answer to may question, he said that we do have a running package at the goal line but “We really have to evaluate how we want to attack people Their D-Line is legit and strong and they were fresh. Between plays 86 and 93 they got tired. One guy gave on Strickland’s run because he was so tired. Tonight you’ll find out just exactly how good their defense is. “ (As I write this they are up 16-9 at halftime on Miami.)
Matt talked about evaporating leads and how Tech tied it up 17-17, saying they “went right down the field in the third quarter”. (Our quarterly breaks are now 67-61 / 61-73 / 23-37 / 34-54) “They were fresh and when they are fresh, they are very hard to handle. They have some serious cats.“
Their players are older and they have been to 23 straight bowl games. I felt like they were going to make a charge. They used a lot of energy, a lot of their juice to get back in the game. We matched them on the next possession. I knew it wasn’t enough. Time management and clock management was on our side.”
Liam in Pompey, as usually, wanted to know about the officiating. He asked about the interference that wasn’t called on Tech, saying “he had his hand on one of our players”. As I recall, he leveled one of our players before the ball got there. Babers noted that it was a 3rd and 12 play and stopped one of our drives at a key point in the game. “After the game we turned the play in to the league officials and they admitted it should have been an interference call. I told the guy he missed and said I’m going to write it up. He came to me after the game and said he didn’t have a good angle and that he should throw the flag if he didn’t have a good angle. (I was at the top the top of section 117 and had a great angle.) I told him I’m going to write it up anyway and I did. They will make mistakes. We just want them to be consistent so we can adjust to the way they are calling the game. “
Breanna in Liverpool asked if the coach had any pregame rituals. “Not really. I just spend some time alone in my room, getting my mind right. Then I shake hands with the starting quarterback, then the rest of the circle.” (I’m not sure what he meant by the “circle”, unless it was the starting line-up. Does he only do it with the offense?)
Tom in Syracuse complained that “bad weather conditions seem to remove too much of our arsenal”. He suggested a quick passing game to get us going in such conditions. HCDB: “A quick passing game minimizes sacks and gets the quarterback a lot of quick completions. We need runs after the catch. Against Virginia tech Steve, Etta, Erv and Bris got us 5, 6, 7, yards on 2, 3, 4 yard throws. They did an excellent job. In wind and rain, the issue is trying to get your feet set. You have to pick and choose how you want to attack. You can’t disregard the weather.
John in Baltimore said that the City of Syracuse doesn’t need coffee any more- they have Baber’s speech. John suggests using a 6-5 guy in goal line situations. He could go up and get the fade pass. Coach said “Height is important but the release is more important with the fade. The receiver has got to get downfield.” (I presume he meant the receiver ‘releasing’ form the line of scrimmage and getting to the corner of the end zone, not the quarterback’s release of the ball when he passes it – getting off the line may be Custis’ and Enoicy’s trouble.)
John also asked about Dino’s use of time outs. DB: “On the blocked field goal we wanted to run it down to 1 second and then I was going to call a time out. But the snapper didn’t wait.” Dino has also had to call time-outs because key players had lost their helmets. Parris Bennett lost his on third down and he wanted him in there for the fourth down play. Two offensive linemen also lost their helmets and in one case they would have had to use their third center with Emerich out. If the coach calls a time out, the player doesn’t have to miss a play. “I’d like to conserve my time outs, if I can.”
Boston College is “a very hungry football team Coach Addazio and Coach P want to keep you inside the box and take on their big, tough guys”, according to the coach. Matt said “There was a time when Syracuse was like that –try to run and stop the run.” DB: “They have that quarterback from Kentucky and that big running back, Jones, (Davon, 5-10 214: about the same size as Jordan Fredericks) and they sue 3 tight ends. Their offensive line is like trees. That’s the sort of line we want in 2-3 years, that size and girth. They’ve also had two weeks to break us down on film.” (They had last week off.) Matt went over the size of the Boston College starting offensive linemen: “The left tackle is 6-7 305, the elft guard is 6-5 310. The center, who is hurt is 6-3 3000 and his back-up is 6-7 302. The right guard is 6-1 and almost 300. The right tackle is 6-4 290.” (Per our depth chart for BC, Lasker is 6-5 312, Roberts 6-4 280, Byrne 6-5 312, Adams 6-6 333 and McGloster 6-7 328. Our guys are bigger than their guys. (averages: 6-5 301 for them and 6-5 313 for us. Why do want to be like them in 2-3 years? That might be my question for the next show, which will be on November 3rd.)
The injury report is the same as last week: Cordell Hudson will still be out. Matt said “You’ve hung in there.” Coach said “I’ve already knocked on wood.” Then he said “Coach Wood is doing a fantastic job. I mean Coach Ward. Gee- I can’t even remember the name of my defensive coordinator!” Cody Conway played about every third play against Tech. DB: “Big guys taper off.”
They talked about Daivon Ellison, who is an emerging star. He’s only 5-8 177 but is the hardest hitter on the team. “he throw his body around and knocks the heck out of them . He gets the other players to follow his example. That’s great leadership.” (He sounds like the injured Antwan Cordy, who is 5-8 175 and was drawing similar raves last year. Cordy is a junior and perhaps could red-shirt and Ellison a sophomore.) Ellison’s number is 19 and Matt suggested Steeley Dan’s “Hey 19” could be a theme song.
Coach Tom Kauffman, (not “Coughlin”)is our special teams and linebacker’s coach. He had coached previously at Mississippi State, Kansas and Texas but joined Coach Babers at Eastern Illinois and moved on to Bowling Green and then Syracuse. “He demanded the special teams job”, said Babers. “He’s hard to say ‘No’ to.”
Kauffman: “We had some issues but we fixed some of them. We’re trying to get the right mix of the right guys in the right spots. Some of these guys are only on the bus because of Special Teams. Cole Murphy missed some long ones but he made one. Sterling Hofrichter has been really good. He’s had a couple he wanted back but he’s got a real warrior mentality.
Among linebackers, Zaire Franklin and Parris Bennett have bene excellent. “They are both extremely coachable. Zaire is more vocal and loves learning football. “ He agreed that Daivon Ellison was our hardest hitter. “The Virginia Tech game was the first game I’ve ever been a part of where we never missed any tackles. We had a couple of guys out of positon but when there was contact, we made the tackle every time.”
Regarding Boston College: “They have a very capable, athletic offensive line. They have bigger backs but sometimes bigger backs can’t move as well. Smaller backs are not as physical but can move better.”
This article contains the schedule:
http://cuse.com/news/2016/8/30/football-dino-babers-radio-show-debuts-wednesday.aspx
You can also listen to the show live each week on the Syracuse IMG Sports Network and Cuse.com. Wednesday's show will be on 99.1 FM and 97.7 FM, as well. The show will regularly air on 99.5FM (Syracuse) 99.1 FM (Utica) and 1200 AM.”
You can also get it on: WGVA
There hasn’t been any change in the phone numbers, which last year were 315-424-8599 (local) or 1-888-746-2873. You can call to ask questions or submit them via Twitter at: #AskDino hashtag on Twitter
Or through Cuse.com, (the SU Athletic website):
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
You can listen to a podcast of the show, probably the next day, at: Search results for babers
I’ve been asked to continue doing the summaries, even by people who listen to the podcasts. I may focus on the major points, rather than trying to record everything.
My Question(s)
“Coach, In the early days of football Harvard had a diminutive team manager whose Rudy-like dream was to get to play in a game. They were having trouble denting the Yale line at the goal line so Coach Percy Haughton told the manager to put on a jersey and huddled with the rest of the team. The manager was placed behind the quarterback with two big guys to either side. The QB handed the ball to the manager. The two big guys them picked him up and threw him over the goal line.
That must have been strange but it’s also strange to see an empty backfield at the one yard line. Do we have a running package we can use at the goal line?”
The Show
(I sometimes re-arrange the comments so that statements made on the same subject are reported together, even if they came at different points of the show.)
(They were still in the Cavalier Room. They will move to Shaughnessy’s when it is finished. )
Matt played part of the now-famous locker room clip. Coach said it wasn’t necessarily a typical scene: “When we win we do something like that. If we lose we do other things.”
He said that Virginia Tech was playing 9 guys who have 20 or more starts. They’d crushed UNC in the same weather, (worse, actually), that SU played Wake Forest in. “We wanted to go right after them. We ran two specialty plays and scored on each one of them.” He marveled at the pass Donte Strickland threw, “A dime right on the numbers- we may try him at quarterback!... It was good planning by the coaches and better execution by the players.“ Matt said our non-quarterbacks now have a passer rating of 403. Babers: “They didn’t have to think.” (Strickland has completed an 84 yard pass, Estime a 23 yarder and Phillips a 10 yarder. Moe Neal is 0 for 1. Shame on him.)
Coach laughed at my story. In answer to may question, he said that we do have a running package at the goal line but “We really have to evaluate how we want to attack people Their D-Line is legit and strong and they were fresh. Between plays 86 and 93 they got tired. One guy gave on Strickland’s run because he was so tired. Tonight you’ll find out just exactly how good their defense is. “ (As I write this they are up 16-9 at halftime on Miami.)
Matt talked about evaporating leads and how Tech tied it up 17-17, saying they “went right down the field in the third quarter”. (Our quarterly breaks are now 67-61 / 61-73 / 23-37 / 34-54) “They were fresh and when they are fresh, they are very hard to handle. They have some serious cats.“
Their players are older and they have been to 23 straight bowl games. I felt like they were going to make a charge. They used a lot of energy, a lot of their juice to get back in the game. We matched them on the next possession. I knew it wasn’t enough. Time management and clock management was on our side.”
Liam in Pompey, as usually, wanted to know about the officiating. He asked about the interference that wasn’t called on Tech, saying “he had his hand on one of our players”. As I recall, he leveled one of our players before the ball got there. Babers noted that it was a 3rd and 12 play and stopped one of our drives at a key point in the game. “After the game we turned the play in to the league officials and they admitted it should have been an interference call. I told the guy he missed and said I’m going to write it up. He came to me after the game and said he didn’t have a good angle and that he should throw the flag if he didn’t have a good angle. (I was at the top the top of section 117 and had a great angle.) I told him I’m going to write it up anyway and I did. They will make mistakes. We just want them to be consistent so we can adjust to the way they are calling the game. “
Breanna in Liverpool asked if the coach had any pregame rituals. “Not really. I just spend some time alone in my room, getting my mind right. Then I shake hands with the starting quarterback, then the rest of the circle.” (I’m not sure what he meant by the “circle”, unless it was the starting line-up. Does he only do it with the offense?)
Tom in Syracuse complained that “bad weather conditions seem to remove too much of our arsenal”. He suggested a quick passing game to get us going in such conditions. HCDB: “A quick passing game minimizes sacks and gets the quarterback a lot of quick completions. We need runs after the catch. Against Virginia tech Steve, Etta, Erv and Bris got us 5, 6, 7, yards on 2, 3, 4 yard throws. They did an excellent job. In wind and rain, the issue is trying to get your feet set. You have to pick and choose how you want to attack. You can’t disregard the weather.
John in Baltimore said that the City of Syracuse doesn’t need coffee any more- they have Baber’s speech. John suggests using a 6-5 guy in goal line situations. He could go up and get the fade pass. Coach said “Height is important but the release is more important with the fade. The receiver has got to get downfield.” (I presume he meant the receiver ‘releasing’ form the line of scrimmage and getting to the corner of the end zone, not the quarterback’s release of the ball when he passes it – getting off the line may be Custis’ and Enoicy’s trouble.)
John also asked about Dino’s use of time outs. DB: “On the blocked field goal we wanted to run it down to 1 second and then I was going to call a time out. But the snapper didn’t wait.” Dino has also had to call time-outs because key players had lost their helmets. Parris Bennett lost his on third down and he wanted him in there for the fourth down play. Two offensive linemen also lost their helmets and in one case they would have had to use their third center with Emerich out. If the coach calls a time out, the player doesn’t have to miss a play. “I’d like to conserve my time outs, if I can.”
Boston College is “a very hungry football team Coach Addazio and Coach P want to keep you inside the box and take on their big, tough guys”, according to the coach. Matt said “There was a time when Syracuse was like that –try to run and stop the run.” DB: “They have that quarterback from Kentucky and that big running back, Jones, (Davon, 5-10 214: about the same size as Jordan Fredericks) and they sue 3 tight ends. Their offensive line is like trees. That’s the sort of line we want in 2-3 years, that size and girth. They’ve also had two weeks to break us down on film.” (They had last week off.) Matt went over the size of the Boston College starting offensive linemen: “The left tackle is 6-7 305, the elft guard is 6-5 310. The center, who is hurt is 6-3 3000 and his back-up is 6-7 302. The right guard is 6-1 and almost 300. The right tackle is 6-4 290.” (Per our depth chart for BC, Lasker is 6-5 312, Roberts 6-4 280, Byrne 6-5 312, Adams 6-6 333 and McGloster 6-7 328. Our guys are bigger than their guys. (averages: 6-5 301 for them and 6-5 313 for us. Why do want to be like them in 2-3 years? That might be my question for the next show, which will be on November 3rd.)
The injury report is the same as last week: Cordell Hudson will still be out. Matt said “You’ve hung in there.” Coach said “I’ve already knocked on wood.” Then he said “Coach Wood is doing a fantastic job. I mean Coach Ward. Gee- I can’t even remember the name of my defensive coordinator!” Cody Conway played about every third play against Tech. DB: “Big guys taper off.”
They talked about Daivon Ellison, who is an emerging star. He’s only 5-8 177 but is the hardest hitter on the team. “he throw his body around and knocks the heck out of them . He gets the other players to follow his example. That’s great leadership.” (He sounds like the injured Antwan Cordy, who is 5-8 175 and was drawing similar raves last year. Cordy is a junior and perhaps could red-shirt and Ellison a sophomore.) Ellison’s number is 19 and Matt suggested Steeley Dan’s “Hey 19” could be a theme song.
Coach Tom Kauffman, (not “Coughlin”)is our special teams and linebacker’s coach. He had coached previously at Mississippi State, Kansas and Texas but joined Coach Babers at Eastern Illinois and moved on to Bowling Green and then Syracuse. “He demanded the special teams job”, said Babers. “He’s hard to say ‘No’ to.”
Kauffman: “We had some issues but we fixed some of them. We’re trying to get the right mix of the right guys in the right spots. Some of these guys are only on the bus because of Special Teams. Cole Murphy missed some long ones but he made one. Sterling Hofrichter has been really good. He’s had a couple he wanted back but he’s got a real warrior mentality.
Among linebackers, Zaire Franklin and Parris Bennett have bene excellent. “They are both extremely coachable. Zaire is more vocal and loves learning football. “ He agreed that Daivon Ellison was our hardest hitter. “The Virginia Tech game was the first game I’ve ever been a part of where we never missed any tackles. We had a couple of guys out of positon but when there was contact, we made the tackle every time.”
Regarding Boston College: “They have a very capable, athletic offensive line. They have bigger backs but sometimes bigger backs can’t move as well. Smaller backs are not as physical but can move better.”
