The LEGEND of Garret Shrader begins

[Chip]

If people don’t come out to watch this show against BC at 3:30 next week then they have no idea what they’re missing.

 

[smartman]

Shrader has gotten better every week

Can you imagine when the passing game really clicks? wow.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Just need a Dungey/Sharder year after year.

Methinks Dungey never Sharded himself

 

[Orangezoo]

Shrader, Tucker and Alford. Who becomes the 4th weapon and then finally when does a TE show up as a pass catcher?

 

[OrangeFoo]

Shrader, Tucker and the D will make this team must see tv for the next 2 seasons. I don’t understand the play calling… the second 2.5 quarters or so seemed like a completely different offense than the first 1.5 quarters. What gives?

 

[RF2044]

Shrader, Tucker and Alford. Who becomes the 4th weapon and then finally when does a TE show up as a pass catcher?

Don't forget about Jackson.

 

[sufandu]

Not to kick the departed but Tommy would have been in Intensive Care after the sack as well.

When a guy is the size of Larry Czonka, he has the guts to stand in there and make the throw. Incredible game for the bearded man.

And along those same lines, VPI's QB was clearly hurt and was making plays.

 

[David321]

My profile picture has been updated accordingly.

 

[OrangeDW]

Ordering Killabrew wings to go with a Mangia Macrina’s wood oven pie with exotic toppings (buffalo milk cheese, etc.) from across the parking lot is a Mohawk Valley cheat code. You’ve even got Seneca Liquors right there to complete the trifecta oasis of gluttony.

Haha, nice! I used to go to Macrina’s food truck back before they even had a store. Now I think they’ve got multiple locations. Good pizza and ready in a matter of minutes! Can’t beat it.

 

[creatorsgam]

So true. Btw, I’m typing this with my left hand because my right fingers are covered in Killabrew everything wing sauce.

Nice! Crushed some wings there late at night, this past summer. Love their wings.

Jealous. Haven’t been there in about 5-7 years.

 

[capeorange]

A fellow fan described Eric as having the heart of a Lion.

Shrader has both

I loved his response when he got off the ground.

 

[CA Monk]

Don't forget about Jackson.

He’s become our possession receiver. Love to see the growth.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Methinks Dungey never Sharded himself

He wet himself once in HS.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

He wet himself once in HS.

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[orangecuse]

Said it before, and I’ll say it again. Syracuse University’s best way, if not only way it can win (at least consistently) is with a legit dual threat QB. It’s no coincidence that we have been good to very good when having one. From McPherson, Graves, McNabb, Dungey and potentially now with Schrader.

Considering where we have typically fallen on the national recruiting front, along with consistently landing towards the very bottom of the ACC, it really is a no brainer IMO.

Great win today! Go Orange!

 

[Cuseregular]

Said it before, and I’ll say it again. Syracuse University’s best way, if not only way it can win (at least consistently) is with a legit dual threat QB. It’s no coincidence that we have been good to very good when having one. From McPherson, Graves, McNabb, Dungey and potentially now with Schrader.

Considering where we have typically fallen on the national recruiting front, along with consistently landing towards the very bottom of the ACC, it really is a no brainer IMO.

Great win today! Go Orange!

I'll allow the "potentially'' word to slide today, but when we finish 7-5 ya gotta nuke it!

 

[sufandu]

Shrader, Tucker and the D will make this team must see tv for the next 2 seasons. I don’t understand the play calling… the second 2.5 quarters or so seemed like a completely different offense than the first 1.5 quarters. What gives?

I'm not sure why this is misunderstood every week. When the defense starts focusing more on Tucker we have to do other things to make them back off. They never really backed off, which is why Tucker had less room to run after his initial success. We need to keep improving with the passing game to make teams pay for focusing on him.

 

[raf4488]

This guy generally does a good job with the TIAAM blog, but I think it's time to take a break from the football takes

 

[SURules]

Said it before, and I’ll say it again. Syracuse University’s best way, if not only way it can win (at least consistently) is with a legit dual threat QB. It’s no coincidence that we have been good to very good when having one. From McPherson, Graves, McNabb, Dungey and potentially now with Schrader.

Considering where we have typically fallen on the national recruiting front, along with consistently landing towards the very bottom of the ACC, it really is a no brainer IMO.

Great win today! Go Orange!

Agreed, we are getting back to SU football. This is who we are.

 

[qdawgg]

Really impressive game today in pretty much everything. Running, pocket presence, throwing (“impressive” being solid throwing compared to previous games), and just overall decision making.

You can’t quantify just having “it”. I said it last year, some QB’s are just winners and TD just isn’t. Got a lot of heat for that, you can probably guess who didn’t like that. I said this year, GS is just a winner. Some guys win games, it doesn’t matter how it looks (today it looked great). Same thing in business. Some people just get crap done and you have no idea how it all falls together for them all the time. But it does and GS just has it.

Every game moving forward is winnable b/c he’s the QB.

 

[CIL]

Shrader, Tucker and Alford. Who becomes the 4th weapon and then finally when does a TE show up as a pass catcher?

If we a running, Mang and Elmore are in. Benson really, really struggles at blocking.

 

[CIL]

This guy generally does a good job with the TIAAM blog, but I think it's time to take a break from the football takes

Idiot. Ask Louisville how that worked with Lamar, or Baylor with RG3, or even UM a few years back with Denard Robinson.

If you have a weapon back there you don’t lock him down in the pocket and suddenly hope he turns into Tom Brady.

 

[bcubs9497]

Can’t coach balls; either got ‘em or don’t. Shrader and Dungey have huge cast iron balls, the size of a big block 496.

 

[OrangeDW]

Said it before, and I’ll say it again. Syracuse University’s best way, if not only way it can win (at least consistently) is with a legit dual threat QB. It’s no coincidence that we have been good to very good when having one. From McPherson, Graves, McNabb, Dungey and potentially now with Schrader.

Considering where we have typically fallen on the national recruiting front, along with consistently landing towards the very bottom of the ACC, it really is a no brainer IMO.

Great win today! Go Orange!

Yup. We even had decent-good seasons with RJ Anderson and Terrell Hunt - who were average college QB’s at best, but who could effectively move the chains with their legs and punch it into the end zone. For a program who rarely has an NFL caliber Olinemen or game breaking WR or RB, we need that added dimension to score points.

 

[syrBossHogg]

This guy generally does a good job with the TIAAM blog, but I think it's time to take a break from the football takes

I don't think Tucker has 1,000+ yards without Shrader's presence in the pocket, his legs give the defense something else to account for.

If SU wants to be top 25 good again, I think they will need Shrader to become a better passer but we're only concerned about having a winning season for now. He's only a Sophomore and has shown he can hit some throws.