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Welcome to this week’s Tale of the Tape where the Syracuse University Orange visit the University of South Florida Bulls. And away we go...
Born on Date
USF: 1956 vs SU: 1870
Otto’s Edge: SU... heck we have Syracusefan members older than their school
GPS
USF: Tampa vs SU: Syracuse
Otto’s Edge: USF… although most people who live in that area are older too
Area known for
USF: sunshine, beaches, and babes vs SU: snow, snow, and more snow
Otto’s Edge: USF... sign me up
Party district
USF: Ybor City vs SU: Armory Square
Otto’s Edge: USF... they built this city on cigars
And sticking with drinking…
Joy of Beer
USF: free samples at Busch Gardens vs SU: actually sold at a CFB stadium
Otto’s Edge: USF... you can’t beat free beer
Staying with stadiums…
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
USF: Raymond James vs SU: Carrier Dome
Otto’s Edge: SU... we have our own place
Inside the stadium you will find the….
Band
USF: Herd of Thunder (HoT) vs SU: SUMB
Otto’s Edge: SU... heard of lame names?
The band plays the...
This is my fight song
USF: Golden Brahman March vs SU: Down the Field
Otto’s Edge: SU… too bad our band won’t be there to play it all day
That song is part of our FB tradition…
1st year of FB
USF: 1997 vs SU: 1889
Otto’s Edge: SU... close, oh wait that is 1997 and not 1897
All Time Ws
USF: 118 vs SU: 707
Otto’s Edge: SU... if my gazintas are right we are 6x better
Head to Head
USF: 6 Ws vs SU: 2 Ws
Otto’s Edge: USF… wait really?
Bowl Games
USF: 4-2 vs SU: 15-9-1
Otto’s Edge: SU... that is more like it
Let the hate flow through you
USF: UCF vs SU: ???
Otto’s Edge: USF… wait a minute they have been a program for less than 20 years and have a rival but we don’t? What? Although they have played their rival a grand total of SIX times!
Conference
USF: AAC vs SU: ACC
Otto’s Edge: SU… unless you take away FSU & Clemson then they are better
Titles
USF: None vs SU: 4 Conference & 1 National
Otto’s Edge: SU… they must have been the one team that didn’t tie in 2012
Speaking of champions...
Wrassler
USF: Terry Bollea vs SU: Mike Rotunda
Otto’s Edge: SU… even the IRS isn’t as bad as racism
Terry is also known as…
MSG Hero
USF: Hulk Hogan vs SU: GMac
Otto’s Edge: SU... an atomic leg drop isn’t as devastating as a GMac bomb. Whatcha gonna do when GMac goes wild on you?
Games at MSG are often aired on…
WFAN
USF: Ann Liguori vs SU: Mark Malusis
Otto’s Edge: SU... are either of them still on?
Sticking with The Fan…
Zero Point Zero (alumnus who didn’t graduate)
USF: Mike Francessa vs SU: Lou Reed
Otto’s Edge: SU… maybe one day DA can be as big as Mike (his career not his waist)
And continuing with sports…
Hockey
USF: Lightning vs SU: Crunch
Otto’s Edge: USF... NHL beats AHL but how does Florida have two NHL teams? It just doesn’t seem right.
Minor League Baseball
USF: Tampa Yanks vs SU: Chiefs
Otto’s Edge: USF... baseball season lasts a month in Syracuse
Horse racing
USF: Tampa Downs vs SU: Vernon Downs
Otto’s Edge: USF... and while you are in the area you can hit the greyhound track too.
Mail used to be brought via horseback aka the Pony…
Express
USF: Serengeti at Busch Gardens vs SU: Elmira
Otto’s Edge: SU... ED was faster
Staying on trains and travel…
Transportation
USF: Streetcars vs SU: Centro
Ottos Edge: USF... trolleys are cool
But they can’t get you to…
Italy
USF: Florida is the boot of America vs SU: named after Siracusa, Sicily
Otto’s Edge: USF... better to be the boot than the ball
While we are on balls…
Lottos
USF: Bolitas vs SU: State run
Ottos Edge: USF... tax free if you win
Sticking with the underworld…
Zoo
USF: Lowry Park vs SU: Burnet Park
Otto’s Edge: USF... where you can also see Henry Hill and Jimmy Conway holding people over the lion cage.
Mafia
USF: Santo Trafficante Jr vs SU: Western Michigan Mafia
Ottos Edge: USF... he was rumored to be involved in the Kennedy assassination
Speaking of Kennedy…
JFK link
USF: alum Ruth Paine (friend of Oswald's Wife) vs SU: commencement speaker as a Senator
Otto’s Edge: SU... how can you be friends with a Commie?
We were protected from Commies by soldiers stationed at...
Military Base
USF: MacDill Air Force Base vs SU: Fort Drum
Ottos Edge: Push... we are all winners
Who give us the freedom to choose…
Miss America
USF: Nicole Johnson (1999) vs SU: Vanessa Williams (1983)
Ottos Edge: SU... we have the first African American Heisman winner and Miss America winner.
Some other famous alumni
USF: Tony La Russa, Elayne Boosler, Mark Consuelos (Kelly Ripa hubie)
vs SU: Marty Glickman, John Zogby, Megyn Kelly
Ottos Edge: SU… we can add many more to that list.
Scary Movie
USF: Once Bitten (Lauren Hutton) vs SU: Jaws (Carl Gottlieb)
Ottos Edge: USF... I rather be bitten by Hutton than a shark
And vampires suck just like…
Nick Carter
USF: lived in Tampa vs SU: born Jamestown
Ottos Edge: Push... there are no winners here.
His band did produce a smash hit, speaking of which...
Watermelons
USF: used for smashing (Gallagher) vs SU: used for eating
Ottos Edge: SU... when I recently saw Gallagher on Youtube I got mad at my 10 year old self for finding him funny.
Sticking with food…
Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner
USF: Outback vs SU Dino
Ottos Edge: SU… OSI Restaurant Partners (Carrabbas, Outback) HQ is in Tampa. Which is why the Outback Bowl is in Tampa.
Staying with Bowls…
Major sporting event
USF: Super Bowls vs SU: Sweet 16s
Ottos Edge: USF... it's the biggest event of the year
Another big event…
City holds State Fair of
USF: Florida vs SU: NY
Ottos Edge: SU... NY is the emperor of states
From big events to big tops...
Dome
USF: Sun vs SU: Carrier
Ottos Edge: SU... loud house wins this one. Interesting note the Sun Dome opened in 1980 as well.
Sticking with buildings…
Structure easily seen from highway
USF: Sulphur Springs Water Tower vs SU: Lawrinson
Ottos Edge: SU... one holds something to drink the other people who drink
While we are on dorms…
School known as
USF: commuter school vs SU: communications School
Ottos Edge: SU... 99.9% of the reason to go to college is for the freedom to discover yourself
Not only are they staying home, they don’t seem to be learning much...
Edumactation
USF: 156th vs SU: 61st
Ottos Edge: USF… they have been going up while we have been going down
Getting back to the student body…
Enrollment
USF: 36k vs SU: 15k
Ottos Edge: USF... larger pool of hotties.
Which means they have a larger circulated…
School Paper
USF: The Oracle which was the first student paper to use color vs SU: Daily Orange
Ottos Edge: SU... we are good because of content not pretty colors
Sticking with color…
Orange
USF: what you pick off trees vs SU: what you call your teams
Ottos Edge: USF… we should be men and women
The most famous orange…
Mascot
USF: Rocky the Bull vs SU: Otto the Orange
Ottos Edge: SU... Otto is the best
Mascots can be considered...
Great fictional characters
USF: Drew, Office Space "O Face" guy (Greg Pitts) vs Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller)
Ottos Edge: SU… or Arthur Spooner if you prefer
Sticking with great…
Best Basketball Player
USF: Chucky Atkins vs SU: Dave Bing
Otto’s Edge: SU… I didn’t realize they played basketball.
From basketball to football…
MLS Player
USF: Dom Dwyer vs SU: Alex Bono
Otto’s Edge: USF… they also had Subotic attend there
To the real football…
NY Giants
USF: JPP & Selvie vs SU: Nassib, Pugh, Bromley, Coughlin
Otto’s Edge: Push… let’s give them a hand for beating the Bills
And finally the category of the week...
Sports family
USF: current players Corian & James Hamilton are cousins
vs SU: the MacPhersons
Otto’s Edge: SU… God love ‘em
And there you have it folks the Orange will beat the Bulls 28-20 and remember the numbers never lie.
Born on Date
USF: 1956 vs SU: 1870
Otto’s Edge: SU... heck we have Syracusefan members older than their school
GPS
USF: Tampa vs SU: Syracuse
Otto’s Edge: USF… although most people who live in that area are older too
Area known for
USF: sunshine, beaches, and babes vs SU: snow, snow, and more snow
Otto’s Edge: USF... sign me up
Party district
USF: Ybor City vs SU: Armory Square
Otto’s Edge: USF... they built this city on cigars
And sticking with drinking…
Joy of Beer
USF: free samples at Busch Gardens vs SU: actually sold at a CFB stadium
Otto’s Edge: USF... you can’t beat free beer
Staying with stadiums…
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
USF: Raymond James vs SU: Carrier Dome
Otto’s Edge: SU... we have our own place
Inside the stadium you will find the….
Band
USF: Herd of Thunder (HoT) vs SU: SUMB
Otto’s Edge: SU... heard of lame names?
The band plays the...
This is my fight song
USF: Golden Brahman March vs SU: Down the Field
Otto’s Edge: SU… too bad our band won’t be there to play it all day
That song is part of our FB tradition…
1st year of FB
USF: 1997 vs SU: 1889
Otto’s Edge: SU... close, oh wait that is 1997 and not 1897
All Time Ws
USF: 118 vs SU: 707
Otto’s Edge: SU... if my gazintas are right we are 6x better
Head to Head
USF: 6 Ws vs SU: 2 Ws
Otto’s Edge: USF… wait really?
Bowl Games
USF: 4-2 vs SU: 15-9-1
Otto’s Edge: SU... that is more like it
Let the hate flow through you
USF: UCF vs SU: ???
Otto’s Edge: USF… wait a minute they have been a program for less than 20 years and have a rival but we don’t? What? Although they have played their rival a grand total of SIX times!
Conference
USF: AAC vs SU: ACC
Otto’s Edge: SU… unless you take away FSU & Clemson then they are better
Titles
USF: None vs SU: 4 Conference & 1 National
Otto’s Edge: SU… they must have been the one team that didn’t tie in 2012
Speaking of champions...
Wrassler
USF: Terry Bollea vs SU: Mike Rotunda
Otto’s Edge: SU… even the IRS isn’t as bad as racism
Terry is also known as…
MSG Hero
USF: Hulk Hogan vs SU: GMac
Otto’s Edge: SU... an atomic leg drop isn’t as devastating as a GMac bomb. Whatcha gonna do when GMac goes wild on you?
Games at MSG are often aired on…
WFAN
USF: Ann Liguori vs SU: Mark Malusis
Otto’s Edge: SU... are either of them still on?
Sticking with The Fan…
Zero Point Zero (alumnus who didn’t graduate)
USF: Mike Francessa vs SU: Lou Reed
Otto’s Edge: SU… maybe one day DA can be as big as Mike (his career not his waist)
And continuing with sports…
Hockey
USF: Lightning vs SU: Crunch
Otto’s Edge: USF... NHL beats AHL but how does Florida have two NHL teams? It just doesn’t seem right.
Minor League Baseball
USF: Tampa Yanks vs SU: Chiefs
Otto’s Edge: USF... baseball season lasts a month in Syracuse
Horse racing
USF: Tampa Downs vs SU: Vernon Downs
Otto’s Edge: USF... and while you are in the area you can hit the greyhound track too.
Mail used to be brought via horseback aka the Pony…
Express
USF: Serengeti at Busch Gardens vs SU: Elmira
Otto’s Edge: SU... ED was faster
Staying on trains and travel…
Transportation
USF: Streetcars vs SU: Centro
Ottos Edge: USF... trolleys are cool
But they can’t get you to…
Italy
USF: Florida is the boot of America vs SU: named after Siracusa, Sicily
Otto’s Edge: USF... better to be the boot than the ball
While we are on balls…
Lottos
USF: Bolitas vs SU: State run
Ottos Edge: USF... tax free if you win
Sticking with the underworld…
Zoo
USF: Lowry Park vs SU: Burnet Park
Otto’s Edge: USF... where you can also see Henry Hill and Jimmy Conway holding people over the lion cage.
Mafia
USF: Santo Trafficante Jr vs SU: Western Michigan Mafia
Ottos Edge: USF... he was rumored to be involved in the Kennedy assassination
Speaking of Kennedy…
JFK link
USF: alum Ruth Paine (friend of Oswald's Wife) vs SU: commencement speaker as a Senator
Otto’s Edge: SU... how can you be friends with a Commie?
We were protected from Commies by soldiers stationed at...
Military Base
USF: MacDill Air Force Base vs SU: Fort Drum
Ottos Edge: Push... we are all winners
Who give us the freedom to choose…
Miss America
USF: Nicole Johnson (1999) vs SU: Vanessa Williams (1983)
Ottos Edge: SU... we have the first African American Heisman winner and Miss America winner.
Some other famous alumni
USF: Tony La Russa, Elayne Boosler, Mark Consuelos (Kelly Ripa hubie)
vs SU: Marty Glickman, John Zogby, Megyn Kelly
Ottos Edge: SU… we can add many more to that list.
Scary Movie
USF: Once Bitten (Lauren Hutton) vs SU: Jaws (Carl Gottlieb)
Ottos Edge: USF... I rather be bitten by Hutton than a shark
And vampires suck just like…
Nick Carter
USF: lived in Tampa vs SU: born Jamestown
Ottos Edge: Push... there are no winners here.
His band did produce a smash hit, speaking of which...
Watermelons
USF: used for smashing (Gallagher) vs SU: used for eating
Ottos Edge: SU... when I recently saw Gallagher on Youtube I got mad at my 10 year old self for finding him funny.
Sticking with food…
Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner
USF: Outback vs SU Dino
Ottos Edge: SU… OSI Restaurant Partners (Carrabbas, Outback) HQ is in Tampa. Which is why the Outback Bowl is in Tampa.
Staying with Bowls…
Major sporting event
USF: Super Bowls vs SU: Sweet 16s
Ottos Edge: USF... it's the biggest event of the year
Another big event…
City holds State Fair of
USF: Florida vs SU: NY
Ottos Edge: SU... NY is the emperor of states
From big events to big tops...
Dome
USF: Sun vs SU: Carrier
Ottos Edge: SU... loud house wins this one. Interesting note the Sun Dome opened in 1980 as well.
Sticking with buildings…
Structure easily seen from highway
USF: Sulphur Springs Water Tower vs SU: Lawrinson
Ottos Edge: SU... one holds something to drink the other people who drink
While we are on dorms…
School known as
USF: commuter school vs SU: communications School
Ottos Edge: SU... 99.9% of the reason to go to college is for the freedom to discover yourself
Not only are they staying home, they don’t seem to be learning much...
Edumactation
USF: 156th vs SU: 61st
Ottos Edge: USF… they have been going up while we have been going down
Getting back to the student body…
Enrollment
USF: 36k vs SU: 15k
Ottos Edge: USF... larger pool of hotties.
Which means they have a larger circulated…
School Paper
USF: The Oracle which was the first student paper to use color vs SU: Daily Orange
Ottos Edge: SU... we are good because of content not pretty colors
Sticking with color…
Orange
USF: what you pick off trees vs SU: what you call your teams
Ottos Edge: USF… we should be men and women
The most famous orange…
Mascot
USF: Rocky the Bull vs SU: Otto the Orange
Ottos Edge: SU... Otto is the best
Mascots can be considered...
Great fictional characters
USF: Drew, Office Space "O Face" guy (Greg Pitts) vs Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller)
Ottos Edge: SU… or Arthur Spooner if you prefer
Sticking with great…
Best Basketball Player
USF: Chucky Atkins vs SU: Dave Bing
Otto’s Edge: SU… I didn’t realize they played basketball.
From basketball to football…
MLS Player
USF: Dom Dwyer vs SU: Alex Bono
Otto’s Edge: USF… they also had Subotic attend there
To the real football…
NY Giants
USF: JPP & Selvie vs SU: Nassib, Pugh, Bromley, Coughlin
Otto’s Edge: Push… let’s give them a hand for beating the Bills
And finally the category of the week...
Sports family
USF: current players Corian & James Hamilton are cousins
vs SU: the MacPhersons
Otto’s Edge: SU… God love ‘em
And there you have it folks the Orange will beat the Bulls 28-20 and remember the numbers never lie.
