Category: Syracuse Orange Football

Tomahawk Nation and SB Nation’s Bud Elliott came up with a pretty interesting metric a few years back. The blue-chip ratio, as he calls it, measures how many more 4- and 5-star recruits you sign than 2- and 3-star recruits in a four-year cycle. The point of the measurement is to determine who actually has a realistic shot at winning... more

One of the more lighthearted moments of the day came when Vice Chancellor for Veteran and Military Affairs Dr. Mike Haynie took the podium to discuss the future football series with Army. In recognizing how far off it is until the two program will meet, Haynie quipped that Babers will likely be coming off a string of winning seasons and... more

Syracuse football is inching closer to game week. The team will shift its focus to its season-opening opponent, Colgate, starting Thursday, meaning the depth chart is largely set heading into the final practices of fall camp. There were several players not dressed for practice Monday morning, though coach Dino Babers has previously declined to provide specifics on the nature of... more

Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (TWCSC) will air a variety of Syracuse football-related programming across New York state this season. The network’s Orange football coverage begins on Thursday, Aug. 25 with the “2016 Syracuse Football Preview.” Read More at Cuse.com more

As of now, the 2016 Syracuse University football season opener against Colgate will not be on television. The Syracuse-Colgate game is currently scheduled for broadcast on ACC Network Extra (ESPN 3), which is a stream of the game available online or through the ESPN App. Read More at Syracuse.com more

For the Syracuse football defensive ends, the question is not who will play, but how much will each athlete will play. SU head coach Dino Babers said all of the Orange’s edge rushers, including three true freshmen, are expected to see time this year. The full defensive end group includes redshirt sophomore Chris Slayton, who will also play inside, redshirt... more

Back in February, we wrote up an article similar to this one. Based on some pretty simple “returning starters” metrics, SB Nation’s Bill Connelly determined that Syracuse was the third-most experienced team in the nation — an exciting fact for us, even if several opponents were close by as well. Read More at NunesMagician.com more

Batten did not play in a game during his three seasons for the Orange and was not seen at any practices during preseason camp or spring ball. more

The excitement is building for the start of the 2016 Orange football season and Syracuse Athletics is marking the start of the Dino Babers era with a 6 p.m. pep rally on the Quad prior to Syracuse’s opener against Colgate on Friday night at 7:00 pm inside the Carrier Dome… ORANGE GAME WEEK COVERAGE ONLINE: – Read about Pregame Festivities on... more

Syracuse fans who clamored for orange jerseys when Syracuse’s new uniforms debuted two season ago, won’t have to wait long to see the football team clad in their preferred color. The football team announced on Wednesday night that it will wear the orange uniforms during its season-opener against Colgate on Friday night, pairing them with blue helmets and blue pants.... more

The Syracuse Orange (1-0) defeated the Colgate Raiders (0-1) 33-7 in the team’s season opener Friday night to usher in the Dino Babers era on a positive note. While Syracuse got off to rough start, allowing a touchdown on Colgate’s opening drive, the Orange quickly regrouped and rattled off 33 consecutive points en route to their season-opening win. Read More... more