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Welcome to this week’s Tale of the Tape as the Syracuse University Orange take on the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
Born on Date
SU: 1879 vs UVA: 1819
Otto’s Edge: UVA… Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and Marshall all played a role in starting UVA, while SU was started by a bunch of Walter Whites.
Speaking of White…
Colors
SU: Orange (sometimes) vs UVA: Blue & Orange
Otto’s Edge: UVA… they actually use their colors
Which makes little sense since…
Team is named
SU: Orange vs UVA: Cavaliers
Otto’s Edge: SU… they also go by the Wahoos
From wahoo to yahoo…
Short Journalist
SU: Bob Costas vs UVA: Katie Couric
Otto’s Edge: SU… this is his time of year
Sticking with news folk…
Fox News
SU: Megyn Kelly vs UVA: Brit Humme, Laura Ingraham
Otto’s Edge: Push… if you like Fox then we are all winners, if you don’t then we are all losers. And if you use social media to get your news then who cares.
While we are on social media news…
Recently fired HC alumn
SU: HCRE vs UVA: Jim Grobe
Otto’s Edge: SU… ours is more recent
Staying with coaches…
Winningest HC
SU: Schwartzwalder vs UVA: George Welsh
Otto’s Edge: SU… Welsh only had one ACC title and one consensus Top 15 finish in his career
Former Parcells assistant
SU: Coughlin vs UVA: Al Groh
Otto’s Edge: SU… future 3 time SB champ
Former assistant turned Dolphins HC
SU: Saban vs UVA: Don Shula
Otto’s Edge: UVA… his career was slightly longer
BBall coach alumn
SU: Boeheim vs UVA: Rick Carlisle
Otto’s Edge: SU… he bleeds Syracuse White
Sticking with BBall…
Center
SU: Seikaly vs UVA: Ralph Sampson
Otto’s Edge: SU… thanks to injuries the DJ has better NBA career stats
Women’s BBaller
SU: Raquel Nurse vs UVA: Dawn Staley
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she had the honor of carrying the US flag at the Olympics
Final Fours
SU: Five vs UVA: Two
Otto’s Edge: SU… and they think they are a basketball school?
You would think they aren’t very smart but…
Edumactation
SU: 61st vs UVA: 26th
Otto’s Edge: UVA… but how is a public school so high?
Oh…
Students
SU: 15k vs UVA: 14.9k
Otto’s Edge: SU… that is tiny for a public university
Those students often pass…
Campus centerpiece
SU: Hendricks Chapel vs UVA: the Rotunda
Otto’s Edge: SU… try to be original and not copy the Pantheon. Jefferson created the Rotunda as a secular centerpiece while Hendricks was created for every religion.
Who are we kidding the real jewel of a campus is the...
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
SU: Dome vs UVA: Scott Stadium 61.5k
Otto’s Edge: UVA… you cannot beat sundresses
Also at the stadium you can find the…
Mascot
SU: Otto vs UVA: Cavalier
Otto’s Edge: SU… can you at least give the guy a name?
The stadiums are located in…
GPS
SU: Syracuse vs UVA: Charlottesville
Otto’s Edge: SU… naming a town after King George’s wife?
It is good to be the king…
ACC Titles
SU: Zero vs UVA: Two (1989 & 1995)
Otto’s Edge: SU… they barely have more than us and we just joined.
We are both better at…
Lax
SU: 11 vs UVA: 5
Otto’s Edge: SU… although it has been awhile since we last won
UVA just won the…
Baseball
SU: a minor league sport vs UVA: current CWS champs
Otto’s Edge: UVA… Ryan Zimmerman played there as well
Sticking with baseball…
Stark
SU: Jayson vs UVA: Melissa
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she covers football which is a better sport
I guess this is a sport…
Wrassler
SU: IRS vs UVA: Virgil
Otto’s Edge: SU… I will refer to The Iron Sheik for this:
VIRGIL IS A DUMB JABRONI, I BREAK HIS BACK MAKE HIM HUMBLE
Although some will say that they are really…
Actors
SU: Neal McDonough vs UVA: Benjamin McKenzie
Otto’s Edge: Push… how many of you recognize the faces and not the names?
Other people you have probably heard of…
Some people who think they are important
SU: Mark Emmert, Donna Shalala, Joe Biden, Dave Bing
vs UVA: Ted Kennedy, RFK, Thurgood Marshall, Robert Mueller, FDR Jr, Woodrow Wilson
Otto’s Edge: UVA… I guess they are more famous
Some people who were instrumental in the NFL…
AFL/NFL Owner
SU: Al Davis vs UVA: Ralph Wilson
Otto’s Edge: SU… just win baby
Speaking of which…
All Time Ws
SU: 707 vs UVA: 639
Otto’s Edge: SU… quite a few more
Despite the same…
1st year of FB
SU: 1889 vs UVA: 1888
Otto’s Edge: Push… really what is one year?
More info on football…
Head to Head
SU: 2 Ws vs UVA: 2 Ws
Otto’s Edge: Push… both games in Charlottesville were blowouts with each winning team once
ACC Division
SU: Atlantic vs UVA Coastal
Otto’s Edge: SU… since joining our division has never lost an ACC CG
Bowls
SU: 15-9-1 vs UVA: 7-11
Otto’s Edge: SU… we need to beat UVA to add to this number
QB
SU: McNabb, Nassib vs UVA: Schaub, Aaron Brooks, Don Majkowski
Otto’s Edge: SU… poor Majkowski got Wally Pipped
10,000 yard rusher
SU: Jim Brown vs UVA: Thomas Jones
Otto’s Edge: SU… can’t believe Jones had that many yards in his career
Used to be the school’s all time leading rusher
SU: Csonka vs UVA: Terry Kirby
Otto’s Edge: SU… ask the Dolphins who was better
WR Moore
SU: Rob (51st all time yards) vs UVA: Herman (53rd all time yards)
Otto’s Edge: Push… both had similar careers although Rob led the league in yards one year while Herm never finished higher than 3rd.
Tight End
SU: John Mackey vs UVA: Heath Miller
Otto’s Edge: UVA… since he won that award for best college TE
OL
SU: Pugh vs UVA D’Brickasaw Ferguson
Otto’s Edge: SU… the Jets are a JV team
DL
SU: Bromley, Freeney vs UVA: Chris Long, Chris Canty, Patrick Kerny
Otto’s Edge: UVA… with all that talent how did they not win more?
LB
SU: Bulluck vs UVA: Chris Slade, James Farrior
Otto’s Edge: UVA… poor Slade left the Pats a season too soon
Non NFL Great
SU: Tony Gabriel (CFL) vs UVA: Darryl Hammond (Arena League)
Otto’s Edge: SU… it is closer to real football
Speaking of real football…
Goalie
SU: Bono vs UVA: Tony Meola
Otto’s Edge: UVA… they also had Bruce Arena coach, players John Harkes and Claudio Reyna, and have 7 national titles.
Real football is often enjoyed with…
Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner
SU: Buffalo Wings vs UVA: Virginia Ham
Otto’s Edge: SU… that along with beer
Sticking with hams…
Female comedian
SU: Lisa Lampanelli vs UVA: Tina Fey
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she is most famous for the movie Beer league
Fey is also a…
Writer
SU: Stephen Crane vs UVA: Edgar Allan Poe
Otto’s Edge: UVA… the famous Simpsons writer
Eddie surely could have written about…
Let the hate flow through you
SU: um yeah vs UVA: UNC
Otto’s Edge: UVA… the South’s oldest rivalry has been played continuously since 1919
While we are on dislikes…
VA Tech
SU: sucks ass vs UVA: sucks balls
Otto’s Edge: Push… we are all winners here
While beating VA Tech you can hear the…
This is my fight song
SU: Down the Field vs UVA: the Cavalier Song
Otto’s Edge: SU… I thought that was a Led Zeppelin song
And finally the category of the year...
Sports Family
SU: Art & Chandler Jones vs UVA: Tiki & Ronde Barber
Otto’s Edge: SU… poor Tiki is the only one without a ring
And there you have it folks the Cuse will win this 27-16. Remember the numbers never lie. Until next week!
Born on Date
SU: 1879 vs UVA: 1819
Otto’s Edge: UVA… Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and Marshall all played a role in starting UVA, while SU was started by a bunch of Walter Whites.
Speaking of White…
Colors
SU: Orange (sometimes) vs UVA: Blue & Orange
Otto’s Edge: UVA… they actually use their colors
Which makes little sense since…
Team is named
SU: Orange vs UVA: Cavaliers
Otto’s Edge: SU… they also go by the Wahoos
From wahoo to yahoo…
Short Journalist
SU: Bob Costas vs UVA: Katie Couric
Otto’s Edge: SU… this is his time of year
Sticking with news folk…
Fox News
SU: Megyn Kelly vs UVA: Brit Humme, Laura Ingraham
Otto’s Edge: Push… if you like Fox then we are all winners, if you don’t then we are all losers. And if you use social media to get your news then who cares.
While we are on social media news…
Recently fired HC alumn
SU: HCRE vs UVA: Jim Grobe
Otto’s Edge: SU… ours is more recent
Staying with coaches…
Winningest HC
SU: Schwartzwalder vs UVA: George Welsh
Otto’s Edge: SU… Welsh only had one ACC title and one consensus Top 15 finish in his career
Former Parcells assistant
SU: Coughlin vs UVA: Al Groh
Otto’s Edge: SU… future 3 time SB champ
Former assistant turned Dolphins HC
SU: Saban vs UVA: Don Shula
Otto’s Edge: UVA… his career was slightly longer
BBall coach alumn
SU: Boeheim vs UVA: Rick Carlisle
Otto’s Edge: SU… he bleeds Syracuse White
Sticking with BBall…
Center
SU: Seikaly vs UVA: Ralph Sampson
Otto’s Edge: SU… thanks to injuries the DJ has better NBA career stats
Women’s BBaller
SU: Raquel Nurse vs UVA: Dawn Staley
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she had the honor of carrying the US flag at the Olympics
Final Fours
SU: Five vs UVA: Two
Otto’s Edge: SU… and they think they are a basketball school?
You would think they aren’t very smart but…
Edumactation
SU: 61st vs UVA: 26th
Otto’s Edge: UVA… but how is a public school so high?
Oh…
Students
SU: 15k vs UVA: 14.9k
Otto’s Edge: SU… that is tiny for a public university
Those students often pass…
Campus centerpiece
SU: Hendricks Chapel vs UVA: the Rotunda
Otto’s Edge: SU… try to be original and not copy the Pantheon. Jefferson created the Rotunda as a secular centerpiece while Hendricks was created for every religion.
Who are we kidding the real jewel of a campus is the...
No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around
SU: Dome vs UVA: Scott Stadium 61.5k
Otto’s Edge: UVA… you cannot beat sundresses
Also at the stadium you can find the…
Mascot
SU: Otto vs UVA: Cavalier
Otto’s Edge: SU… can you at least give the guy a name?
The stadiums are located in…
GPS
SU: Syracuse vs UVA: Charlottesville
Otto’s Edge: SU… naming a town after King George’s wife?
It is good to be the king…
ACC Titles
SU: Zero vs UVA: Two (1989 & 1995)
Otto’s Edge: SU… they barely have more than us and we just joined.
We are both better at…
Lax
SU: 11 vs UVA: 5
Otto’s Edge: SU… although it has been awhile since we last won
UVA just won the…
Baseball
SU: a minor league sport vs UVA: current CWS champs
Otto’s Edge: UVA… Ryan Zimmerman played there as well
Sticking with baseball…
Stark
SU: Jayson vs UVA: Melissa
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she covers football which is a better sport
I guess this is a sport…
Wrassler
SU: IRS vs UVA: Virgil
Otto’s Edge: SU… I will refer to The Iron Sheik for this:
VIRGIL IS A DUMB JABRONI, I BREAK HIS BACK MAKE HIM HUMBLE
Although some will say that they are really…
Actors
SU: Neal McDonough vs UVA: Benjamin McKenzie
Otto’s Edge: Push… how many of you recognize the faces and not the names?
Other people you have probably heard of…
Some people who think they are important
SU: Mark Emmert, Donna Shalala, Joe Biden, Dave Bing
vs UVA: Ted Kennedy, RFK, Thurgood Marshall, Robert Mueller, FDR Jr, Woodrow Wilson
Otto’s Edge: UVA… I guess they are more famous
Some people who were instrumental in the NFL…
AFL/NFL Owner
SU: Al Davis vs UVA: Ralph Wilson
Otto’s Edge: SU… just win baby
Speaking of which…
All Time Ws
SU: 707 vs UVA: 639
Otto’s Edge: SU… quite a few more
Despite the same…
1st year of FB
SU: 1889 vs UVA: 1888
Otto’s Edge: Push… really what is one year?
More info on football…
Head to Head
SU: 2 Ws vs UVA: 2 Ws
Otto’s Edge: Push… both games in Charlottesville were blowouts with each winning team once
ACC Division
SU: Atlantic vs UVA Coastal
Otto’s Edge: SU… since joining our division has never lost an ACC CG
Bowls
SU: 15-9-1 vs UVA: 7-11
Otto’s Edge: SU… we need to beat UVA to add to this number
QB
SU: McNabb, Nassib vs UVA: Schaub, Aaron Brooks, Don Majkowski
Otto’s Edge: SU… poor Majkowski got Wally Pipped
10,000 yard rusher
SU: Jim Brown vs UVA: Thomas Jones
Otto’s Edge: SU… can’t believe Jones had that many yards in his career
Used to be the school’s all time leading rusher
SU: Csonka vs UVA: Terry Kirby
Otto’s Edge: SU… ask the Dolphins who was better
WR Moore
SU: Rob (51st all time yards) vs UVA: Herman (53rd all time yards)
Otto’s Edge: Push… both had similar careers although Rob led the league in yards one year while Herm never finished higher than 3rd.
Tight End
SU: John Mackey vs UVA: Heath Miller
Otto’s Edge: UVA… since he won that award for best college TE
OL
SU: Pugh vs UVA D’Brickasaw Ferguson
Otto’s Edge: SU… the Jets are a JV team
DL
SU: Bromley, Freeney vs UVA: Chris Long, Chris Canty, Patrick Kerny
Otto’s Edge: UVA… with all that talent how did they not win more?
LB
SU: Bulluck vs UVA: Chris Slade, James Farrior
Otto’s Edge: UVA… poor Slade left the Pats a season too soon
Non NFL Great
SU: Tony Gabriel (CFL) vs UVA: Darryl Hammond (Arena League)
Otto’s Edge: SU… it is closer to real football
Speaking of real football…
Goalie
SU: Bono vs UVA: Tony Meola
Otto’s Edge: UVA… they also had Bruce Arena coach, players John Harkes and Claudio Reyna, and have 7 national titles.
Real football is often enjoyed with…
Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner
SU: Buffalo Wings vs UVA: Virginia Ham
Otto’s Edge: SU… that along with beer
Sticking with hams…
Female comedian
SU: Lisa Lampanelli vs UVA: Tina Fey
Otto’s Edge: UVA… she is most famous for the movie Beer league
Fey is also a…
Writer
SU: Stephen Crane vs UVA: Edgar Allan Poe
Otto’s Edge: UVA… the famous Simpsons writer
Eddie surely could have written about…
Let the hate flow through you
SU: um yeah vs UVA: UNC
Otto’s Edge: UVA… the South’s oldest rivalry has been played continuously since 1919
While we are on dislikes…
VA Tech
SU: sucks ass vs UVA: sucks balls
Otto’s Edge: Push… we are all winners here
While beating VA Tech you can hear the…
This is my fight song
SU: Down the Field vs UVA: the Cavalier Song
Otto’s Edge: SU… I thought that was a Led Zeppelin song
And finally the category of the year...
Sports Family
SU: Art & Chandler Jones vs UVA: Tiki & Ronde Barber
Otto’s Edge: SU… poor Tiki is the only one without a ring
And there you have it folks the Cuse will win this 27-16. Remember the numbers never lie. Until next week!
