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Recruiting
Andrew Spence HC Coach: 'He Felt Wanted by Syracuse' (PS; Mink)
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Coral Gables cornerback Andrew Spence had been in its plans for months.
Offensive coordinator George McDonald offered Spence in February and envisioned teaming him up with Davante Davis, the physical, long-limbed defensive back who last week announced he would re-examine his recruiting. Like Davis, Spence has ideal size for a cornerback (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and is very good at the line of scrimmage tangling up wide receivers.
That his verbal commitment came one day after Davis decommitted was a matter of happenstance. It was not a case of a spot in the recruiting class suddenly opening up, said Coral Gables recruiting coordinator David Cooney.
"(McDonald) wanted Andrew to be an Orangeman," Cooney said Monday.
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SU News
Athlon Sports Predicts SU Football to Come Up Short of Scott Shafer's 8 Win Goal (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer made it clear in early April that the team's goal for the 2014 season is to win eight games. To do that, the Orange will have to exceed at least one preseason expectation.
Athlon Sports predicted the Orange to go 6-6 in its second season as an Atlantic Coast Conference member on Monday. In the conference lookahead, Syracuse is slotted fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 3-5 mark in conference play, beating out Boston College on a tiebreaker.
Here's the justification Athlon Sports provided for the rankings:
The second tier of the Atlantic Division starts with Syracuse, projected to finish No. 61 nationally. The Orange finished 2013 by winning four of their last six games and return an improving quarterback in Terrel Hunt, along with one of the ACC's top offensive tackles in Sean Hickey. Syracuse is projected to finish No. 4 in the Atlantic, but Boston College and NC State aren't far behind.
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Orange QB Terrel Hunt Could Be the Top Dual-Threat QB in the ACC (RantSports; Kelley)
For Syracuse Orange quarterback Terrel Hunt, making it through the 2013 season must have felt like traversing a mountain range. Hunt was named the starter during the spring then lost the job in training camp to a graduate transfer from the Oklahoma Sooners in Drew Allen. In game three, Hunt won the job back with a strong performance against the Wagner Seahawks and followed it up with a near-perfect performance against the Tulane Green Wave. In those two games, he completed 31 of his 39 passes for 446 yards and seven touchdowns, along with 61 yards and a touchdown on the ground. His performance, after Allen’s struggles, seemed almost miraculous. It appeared that the season had been saved because Hunt had taken over and he seemed to be able to do anything you could ever want from a quarterback.
Then the Clemson Tigers came to town.
The result was a a mauling at the hands of the Tigers. It was clear that Syracuse did not have the talent to compete with the apparent class of the ACC (the Tigers’ own mauling at the hands of the Florida State Seminoles came later). Hunt struggled mightily, but so did everyone else. The receivers were unable to shake Clemson’s defenders and, as a result, Hunt went 8-of-24 passing with three interceptions.
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Get to Kow Your Orangemen #29 Devante McFarlane (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
Name: Devante McFarlane
Position: Running Back
Year: (Redshirt) Sophomore
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 197
Hometown: Wheatley Heights, N.Y.
High School: Half Hollow Hills West High School
2013 Stats: Played in all 13 games last season, running the ball 48 times for 292 yards and a touchdown. Also caught four passes for 40 yards. He made 13 tackles on special teams and returned 10 kicks as well.
2014 Projections: Devante moves up a spot on this year's depth chart (to third), though due to PTG's injury last season, he spent a good amount of time there anyway. Expect him to serve a larger overall role in the offense even without injuries. If last year was any indication, he has a great combination of speed and size that will prove pretty useful out of the backfield.
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Poll: Is SU Sending a Recruit 64 Letters Over the Top? (PS; Axe)
Syracuse University football is recruiting Grayson High School (Loganville, Ga.) linebacker Mohamed Barry.
We know this because Syracuse sent Barry a lot of letters this weekend.
64 of them to be exact.
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Malik Brown (middle) Picked the Wrong Hat
Former SU Football Verbal Malik Brown Now Set to Transfer From Tennessee (PS; Carlson)
Defensive end Malik Brown was one of the big fish that got away during the transition from former coach Doug Marrone to current coach Scott Shafer. Turns out, he's getting away from Tennessee, too.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel reported on Sunday night that Brown was leaving the Volunteers after an injury-plagued redshirt freshman season. The paper reported Brown was plagued by hand injuries and was one of nine defensive ends at Tennessee, including three true freshmen.
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Former Players
Reunited: Macky MacPherson Signs with Buffalo Bills as a Free Agent (PS; Bailey)
Former Syracuse center Macky MacPherson has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Buffalo Bills.
MacPherson reunites with former Orange head coach Doug Marrone at Syracuse West, the Bills announced in a release on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft, MacPherson received only one mini-camp invitation, from the Philadelphia Eagles. Upon completing the tryout May 16-18, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly told MacPherson that they had no room for him with three centers.
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Recruiting
Andrew Spence HC Coach: 'He Felt Wanted by Syracuse' (PS; Mink)
...
Coral Gables cornerback Andrew Spence had been in its plans for months.
Offensive coordinator George McDonald offered Spence in February and envisioned teaming him up with Davante Davis, the physical, long-limbed defensive back who last week announced he would re-examine his recruiting. Like Davis, Spence has ideal size for a cornerback (6-foot-2, 180 pounds) and is very good at the line of scrimmage tangling up wide receivers.
That his verbal commitment came one day after Davis decommitted was a matter of happenstance. It was not a case of a spot in the recruiting class suddenly opening up, said Coral Gables recruiting coordinator David Cooney.
"(McDonald) wanted Andrew to be an Orangeman," Cooney said Monday.
...
SU News
Athlon Sports Predicts SU Football to Come Up Short of Scott Shafer's 8 Win Goal (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer made it clear in early April that the team's goal for the 2014 season is to win eight games. To do that, the Orange will have to exceed at least one preseason expectation.
Athlon Sports predicted the Orange to go 6-6 in its second season as an Atlantic Coast Conference member on Monday. In the conference lookahead, Syracuse is slotted fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 3-5 mark in conference play, beating out Boston College on a tiebreaker.
Here's the justification Athlon Sports provided for the rankings:
The second tier of the Atlantic Division starts with Syracuse, projected to finish No. 61 nationally. The Orange finished 2013 by winning four of their last six games and return an improving quarterback in Terrel Hunt, along with one of the ACC's top offensive tackles in Sean Hickey. Syracuse is projected to finish No. 4 in the Atlantic, but Boston College and NC State aren't far behind.
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Orange QB Terrel Hunt Could Be the Top Dual-Threat QB in the ACC (RantSports; Kelley)
For Syracuse Orange quarterback Terrel Hunt, making it through the 2013 season must have felt like traversing a mountain range. Hunt was named the starter during the spring then lost the job in training camp to a graduate transfer from the Oklahoma Sooners in Drew Allen. In game three, Hunt won the job back with a strong performance against the Wagner Seahawks and followed it up with a near-perfect performance against the Tulane Green Wave. In those two games, he completed 31 of his 39 passes for 446 yards and seven touchdowns, along with 61 yards and a touchdown on the ground. His performance, after Allen’s struggles, seemed almost miraculous. It appeared that the season had been saved because Hunt had taken over and he seemed to be able to do anything you could ever want from a quarterback.
Then the Clemson Tigers came to town.
The result was a a mauling at the hands of the Tigers. It was clear that Syracuse did not have the talent to compete with the apparent class of the ACC (the Tigers’ own mauling at the hands of the Florida State Seminoles came later). Hunt struggled mightily, but so did everyone else. The receivers were unable to shake Clemson’s defenders and, as a result, Hunt went 8-of-24 passing with three interceptions.
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Get to Kow Your Orangemen #29 Devante McFarlane (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
Name: Devante McFarlane
Position: Running Back
Year: (Redshirt) Sophomore
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 197
Hometown: Wheatley Heights, N.Y.
High School: Half Hollow Hills West High School
2013 Stats: Played in all 13 games last season, running the ball 48 times for 292 yards and a touchdown. Also caught four passes for 40 yards. He made 13 tackles on special teams and returned 10 kicks as well.
2014 Projections: Devante moves up a spot on this year's depth chart (to third), though due to PTG's injury last season, he spent a good amount of time there anyway. Expect him to serve a larger overall role in the offense even without injuries. If last year was any indication, he has a great combination of speed and size that will prove pretty useful out of the backfield.
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Poll: Is SU Sending a Recruit 64 Letters Over the Top? (PS; Axe)
Syracuse University football is recruiting Grayson High School (Loganville, Ga.) linebacker Mohamed Barry.
We know this because Syracuse sent Barry a lot of letters this weekend.
64 of them to be exact.
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Malik Brown (middle) Picked the Wrong Hat
Former SU Football Verbal Malik Brown Now Set to Transfer From Tennessee (PS; Carlson)
Defensive end Malik Brown was one of the big fish that got away during the transition from former coach Doug Marrone to current coach Scott Shafer. Turns out, he's getting away from Tennessee, too.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel reported on Sunday night that Brown was leaving the Volunteers after an injury-plagued redshirt freshman season. The paper reported Brown was plagued by hand injuries and was one of nine defensive ends at Tennessee, including three true freshmen.
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Former Players
Reunited: Macky MacPherson Signs with Buffalo Bills as a Free Agent (PS; Bailey)
Former Syracuse center Macky MacPherson has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Buffalo Bills.
MacPherson reunites with former Orange head coach Doug Marrone at Syracuse West, the Bills announced in a release on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
After going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft, MacPherson received only one mini-camp invitation, from the Philadelphia Eagles. Upon completing the tryout May 16-18, Eagles head coach Chip Kelly told MacPherson that they had no room for him with three centers.
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