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Syracuse Football Will Return to Fort Drum for a Third Straight Training Camp (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse will spend five days at Fort Drum military base during training camp this year, SU head coach Scott Shafer announced while kicking off ESPN radio's celebrity week on Monday.
This will be the third straight season the Orange spends a portion of its training camp at Fort Drum.
"We're excited about that," Shafer said. "People on our staff have been back and forth a few times and we've had some of the Fort Drum personnel down to see us as well. So we're looking forward to that. We'll go spend five days up at Fort Drum and get a chance to go work with the real, the true warriors out there. The guys who put it out on the line."
In the last two years, players have worked directly with soldiers, using military training exercises to complement on-field practice work. One highlight from last year was a blindfolded team obstacle course in which SU players needed to listen to their teammates to traverse the area.
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Eric Crume (52)
Eric Crume Undergoes Minor Surgery on His Left Knee (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse defensive tackle Eric Crume underwent minor surgery on his left knee last week and expects to miss two or three weeks of summer workouts, the senior said in an interview Tuesday afternoon.
Crume said he had a small portion of his meniscus removed last week and arrived on Tuesday using crutches and wearing an ice pack on the knee.
"It was just aching me a little bit, and i figured I should get it checked out while it was early in the summer," Crume said. "Fortunately, I got it done early so I won't miss any significant time or part of the season."
Crume said he first felt discomfort in his knee toward the end of spring ball, and it continued into summer workouts. Those workouts include regular sprint sessions, as well as hill work with resistance bands and ladder drills.
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Inside the SU Football Scheduling Process: A Look at Contracts for the CMU, LSU and Maryland Series (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse will pay Central Michigan $550,000 to visit the Carrier Dome in 2015, according to the contract signed by the two schools last October.
The contract dictates that Syracuse will travel to Central Michigan in 2014, with the Chippewas coming to the Carrier Dome in 2015 and 2017. The contract for the guarantee game was one of three for future football series made available to syracuse.com via the Freedom of Information Act.
The arrangement is typical by college football standards, where bigger schools pay smaller schools a financial guarantee in exchange for a home game and, traditionally, a relatively easy victory. The bigger school will generally make more than the guarantee as a host, while the visiting school generally earns more money than its home game would produce.
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SU TE Coach Bobby Acosta Sees Similarities Between Terrel Hunt and UCLA's Brett Hundley (PS; Mink)
One is coming off his first year as a starting quarterback, an up-and-down season that featured a six-week stretch without a passing touchdown and an MVP performance in the Texas Bowl. The other enters 2014 as one of Mel Kiper Jr.'s top NFL quarterback prospects, leader of a team many believe will start the season ranked in the top 10.
To a casual college football observer, the gap between UCLA's Brett Hundley and Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt seems more like a chasm, but one Syracuse assistant sees similarities between the two and believes Hunt can one day reach the level of Hundley.
"That's the first thing I said when I was hired," said first-year tight ends coach Bobby Acosta. "He looks like Hundley."
Acosta's thinking is far from wild conjecture. His main coaching influence is UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. The two met at Jets training camp in 2008, and Acosta often flies to Los Angeles to meet with Mazzone and talk ball.
"I saw Hundley from his first day on campus, because I spend a lot of time at UCLA, to where he is now," Acosta said, "and I see the work ethic that Hunt has right now, really wanting to know the offense and the leadership qualities he's developing within the offense. I think he can take his game to the next level, and he has all the physical tools."
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Scott Shafer Studied Scheduling Philosophies in Quest for More On Field Success (PS; Mink)
There is some strategy in crafting a college football schedule, and Syracuse coach Scott Shafer studied the history at Syracuse and the top-branded schools nationally shortly after he got hired in an effort to best replicate success.
Shafer addressed Syracuse's scheduling philosophy Monday afternoon while appearing as a guest for 90 minutes on ESPN radio's "celebrity week."
He indicated an ideal non conference schedule requires a mixture of challenging opponents — for instance, USC, Notre Dame, Penn State and LSU — and balancing those games out with schools from weaker conferences.
"Part of that scheduling process that has worked for so many of the teams that have won nine and 10 games in a season, as opposed to six or seven, was being smart at the beginning of the season," Shafer said.
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Recruiting
Long Snapper Nick Wildberger Drove From San Antonio to Syracuse Football Camp in Hopes of Getting a Scholarship Offer (PS; Mink)
Syracuse is adding long snapper Nathan Hines as a preferred walk-on this year but is continuing to explore its options at the position with the recruitment of Nick Wildberger.
Wildberger, a class of 2015 prospect, drove to camps at Syracuse and Penn State from his hometown of San Antonio with his father last weekend. His on-field work was video taped, and he went into the film room to be evaluated on blocking assignments and football IQ.
His father said Syracuse will inform him in September if it will be able to offer him a scholarship for the 2015 season.
If there is room — which may largely depend on how it projects Hines and the other long snappers in the program — Wildberger's father, Barry, said his son would join the 2015 class.
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Nick Wildberger is ranked as the No. 1 long snapper at Kornblue Kicking.
Caravel's Darnell Savage Verbals to Maryland (delawareonline.com; Myers)
Maryland stuck with Darnell Savage. So Savage is sticking with the Terrapins.
The 5-foot-10, 181-pound cornerback-running back, who is preparing for his senior season at Caravel, said Tuesday that he has given a verbal commitment to continue his football career at Maryland.
"They were the first school to offer me," Savage said. "Even though I got hurt, they stuck there beside me. They still had confidence in me. That was the biggest thing that influenced me in choosing them."
Savage drew nationwide recruiting interest, but some colleges backed off after he suffered a broken femur in the second game of the 2013 season, a 34-15 loss at Episcopal Academy (Pa.) on Sept. 13. He finished his junior season with just 14 carries for 120 yards, two receptions for 57 yards and nine tackles.
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Syracuse Offers Rising Junior OL Nick Krimins of St Josephs HS in central NJ (mycentraljersey.com; Tufaro)
During its first season as a GMC member last fall, the Falcons claimed the White Division championship and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs with an undefeated record. Ransone groomed recently graduated tailback Matt Olivo into the Home News Tribune’s 2013 Offensive Player of the Year, helped tight end Jethro Pepe earn a football scholarship to the University of Delaware and developed rising junior offensive tackle Nick Krimins into a major Division I recruit with offers from the likes of Rutgers and Syracuse.
SU News
Syracuse Football Will Return to Fort Drum for a Third Straight Training Camp (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse will spend five days at Fort Drum military base during training camp this year, SU head coach Scott Shafer announced while kicking off ESPN radio's celebrity week on Monday.
This will be the third straight season the Orange spends a portion of its training camp at Fort Drum.
"We're excited about that," Shafer said. "People on our staff have been back and forth a few times and we've had some of the Fort Drum personnel down to see us as well. So we're looking forward to that. We'll go spend five days up at Fort Drum and get a chance to go work with the real, the true warriors out there. The guys who put it out on the line."
In the last two years, players have worked directly with soldiers, using military training exercises to complement on-field practice work. One highlight from last year was a blindfolded team obstacle course in which SU players needed to listen to their teammates to traverse the area.
...
Eric Crume (52)
Eric Crume Undergoes Minor Surgery on His Left Knee (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse defensive tackle Eric Crume underwent minor surgery on his left knee last week and expects to miss two or three weeks of summer workouts, the senior said in an interview Tuesday afternoon.
Crume said he had a small portion of his meniscus removed last week and arrived on Tuesday using crutches and wearing an ice pack on the knee.
"It was just aching me a little bit, and i figured I should get it checked out while it was early in the summer," Crume said. "Fortunately, I got it done early so I won't miss any significant time or part of the season."
Crume said he first felt discomfort in his knee toward the end of spring ball, and it continued into summer workouts. Those workouts include regular sprint sessions, as well as hill work with resistance bands and ladder drills.
...
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Inside the SU Football Scheduling Process: A Look at Contracts for the CMU, LSU and Maryland Series (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse will pay Central Michigan $550,000 to visit the Carrier Dome in 2015, according to the contract signed by the two schools last October.
The contract dictates that Syracuse will travel to Central Michigan in 2014, with the Chippewas coming to the Carrier Dome in 2015 and 2017. The contract for the guarantee game was one of three for future football series made available to syracuse.com via the Freedom of Information Act.
The arrangement is typical by college football standards, where bigger schools pay smaller schools a financial guarantee in exchange for a home game and, traditionally, a relatively easy victory. The bigger school will generally make more than the guarantee as a host, while the visiting school generally earns more money than its home game would produce.
...
SU TE Coach Bobby Acosta Sees Similarities Between Terrel Hunt and UCLA's Brett Hundley (PS; Mink)
One is coming off his first year as a starting quarterback, an up-and-down season that featured a six-week stretch without a passing touchdown and an MVP performance in the Texas Bowl. The other enters 2014 as one of Mel Kiper Jr.'s top NFL quarterback prospects, leader of a team many believe will start the season ranked in the top 10.
To a casual college football observer, the gap between UCLA's Brett Hundley and Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt seems more like a chasm, but one Syracuse assistant sees similarities between the two and believes Hunt can one day reach the level of Hundley.
"That's the first thing I said when I was hired," said first-year tight ends coach Bobby Acosta. "He looks like Hundley."
Acosta's thinking is far from wild conjecture. His main coaching influence is UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. The two met at Jets training camp in 2008, and Acosta often flies to Los Angeles to meet with Mazzone and talk ball.
"I saw Hundley from his first day on campus, because I spend a lot of time at UCLA, to where he is now," Acosta said, "and I see the work ethic that Hunt has right now, really wanting to know the offense and the leadership qualities he's developing within the offense. I think he can take his game to the next level, and he has all the physical tools."
...
Scott Shafer Studied Scheduling Philosophies in Quest for More On Field Success (PS; Mink)
There is some strategy in crafting a college football schedule, and Syracuse coach Scott Shafer studied the history at Syracuse and the top-branded schools nationally shortly after he got hired in an effort to best replicate success.
Shafer addressed Syracuse's scheduling philosophy Monday afternoon while appearing as a guest for 90 minutes on ESPN radio's "celebrity week."
He indicated an ideal non conference schedule requires a mixture of challenging opponents — for instance, USC, Notre Dame, Penn State and LSU — and balancing those games out with schools from weaker conferences.
"Part of that scheduling process that has worked for so many of the teams that have won nine and 10 games in a season, as opposed to six or seven, was being smart at the beginning of the season," Shafer said.
...
Recruiting
Long Snapper Nick Wildberger Drove From San Antonio to Syracuse Football Camp in Hopes of Getting a Scholarship Offer (PS; Mink)
Syracuse is adding long snapper Nathan Hines as a preferred walk-on this year but is continuing to explore its options at the position with the recruitment of Nick Wildberger.
Wildberger, a class of 2015 prospect, drove to camps at Syracuse and Penn State from his hometown of San Antonio with his father last weekend. His on-field work was video taped, and he went into the film room to be evaluated on blocking assignments and football IQ.
His father said Syracuse will inform him in September if it will be able to offer him a scholarship for the 2015 season.
If there is room — which may largely depend on how it projects Hines and the other long snappers in the program — Wildberger's father, Barry, said his son would join the 2015 class.
...
...
Nick Wildberger is ranked as the No. 1 long snapper at Kornblue Kicking.
Caravel's Darnell Savage Verbals to Maryland (delawareonline.com; Myers)
Maryland stuck with Darnell Savage. So Savage is sticking with the Terrapins.
The 5-foot-10, 181-pound cornerback-running back, who is preparing for his senior season at Caravel, said Tuesday that he has given a verbal commitment to continue his football career at Maryland.
"They were the first school to offer me," Savage said. "Even though I got hurt, they stuck there beside me. They still had confidence in me. That was the biggest thing that influenced me in choosing them."
Savage drew nationwide recruiting interest, but some colleges backed off after he suffered a broken femur in the second game of the 2013 season, a 34-15 loss at Episcopal Academy (Pa.) on Sept. 13. He finished his junior season with just 14 carries for 120 yards, two receptions for 57 yards and nine tackles.
...
Syracuse Offers Rising Junior OL Nick Krimins of St Josephs HS in central NJ (mycentraljersey.com; Tufaro)
During its first season as a GMC member last fall, the Falcons claimed the White Division championship and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs with an undefeated record. Ransone groomed recently graduated tailback Matt Olivo into the Home News Tribune’s 2013 Offensive Player of the Year, helped tight end Jethro Pepe earn a football scholarship to the University of Delaware and developed rising junior offensive tackle Nick Krimins into a major Division I recruit with offers from the likes of Rutgers and Syracuse.
