Why Syracuse Will Win

[SWC75]

- This SU team is disgusted they found a way to lose last week’s game after outplaying Pitt in most respects. They’ve spent the week thinking about those 6 inches Scott Shafer always talks about. They will find a way to win this one.


- Williams is great but we have Smith. We also have rising stars George Morris and Devonte McFarland. And Terrel Hunt can run the ball. Man, I wish we would come out in a traditional fullback-halfback-quarterback backfield and use three of them at once. We could give the Eagles some of their own medicine. Maybe we will anyway.


- Terrell Hunt is beginning to figure it out. He threw the ball well against Pitt. If Eskridge had managed to hold onto that ball, we’d be wondering which bowl game we were in. And I like the fact that we got guys like Alvin Cornelius and Quinta Funderburke out there. Those guys may just have something to show the coach in this game.


- We do fine against teams that come right at us. This may be the ultimate test but Mr. Williams is going to have plenty of company in this game. Coach Shafer will enjoy counting the helmets in those pictures he likes to take after plays.



5-6 with 1, (or 2) to do


LET’S GO ORANGE!

 

[Deano]

There was PI on the play to Eskridge along with two others that could have been TD's against Pitt that the ref's swallowed their whistles.

 

[FAL]

There was PI on the play to Eskridge along with two others that could have been TD's against Pitt that the ref's swallowed their whistles.

Unless:

As far as the officiating goes I would have to study the film. The coaches study the film. I suspect that if they would ever have any concerns then they would take those concerns to the proper channels. I in no way believe that the officials are intentionally being unfair to SU. I also know that officials are human and part of that human experience is non-conscious bias. We all experience this form of bias every day of our lives in different situations, and because these processes are implicit we believe no bias is involved. Bias blinds which is to say it shapes our perception so that we see some things and other things we don't see. Football officials are human, and they make complex split-second decisions. I believe the people who manage the officials in any league are well-schooled in the many facets of bias especially the non-conscious implicit processes. This is something they must work on because everyone wants to see fairness on the field. With better awareness officials can learn to reflect better on their own experiences and grow into more open and flexible processing. If any league lacks an understanding of bias then the coaches in that league have the option to work to modify the structure of that monitoring body so that bias is better understood and addressed.