Category: Syracuse Orange Football

Syracuse football is in its fourth season of ACC competition, and if there’s one thing its fans could always count on, it was a victory against Wake Forest. Syracuse is 3-0 vs. Wake Forest since the Orange joined the conference in 2013 and has won four straight in five total meetings. Can the Orange make it five in a row... more

Dino Babers is undertaking the biggest rebuilding job of his head-coaching career. But seven years before Babers arrived here, back when he was at Baylor beginning to learn the offensive system he would one day bring to try to resurrect this program, a different coach was undertaking his own Syracuse football rebuild project. Read more at Syracuse.com MORE ORANGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE:... more

He is a man who could just as well hold his media briefings while sitting on a porch swing with iced tea in hand and a slight breeze brushing up against his face. Dino Babers’ immediate predecessors — beginning with Dick MacPherson and trundling though Paul Pasqualoni, Greg Robinson, Doug Marrone and Scott Shafer — were wholly unlike this guy. Read... more

Syracuse opened as a 17-point home underdog for next Saturday’s game against Virginia Tech, according to the website VegasInsider.com. The Orange will be seeking its first win against a ranked opponent since joining the ACC in 2013. The Orange (2-4, 0-2 ACC) will return to the Carrier Dome after three straight games at road/neutral sites next Saturday at 3:45 p.m.... more

Syracuse is 2-4 and has lost four of its last five games. First-year head coach Dino Babers has repeatedly said that this season will be a process as his players acclimate to the new schemes SU is running. Syracuse football beat writers Tomer Langer, Chris Libonati and Jon Mettus grade the Orange and award superlatives midway through the season. Read More... more

The Syracuse Orange had a rough time this past Saturday, dropping an ugly game to Wake Forest, 28-9. Now at 2-4 (0-2) on the season, SU returns to the Carrier Dome to try to right the ship against… the Virginia Tech Hokies. Tech’s no pushover this year, ranked 17th in the country with a 4-2 (2-0) record. So what will... more

For the first time since mid-September, the Syracuse football team (2-4, 0-2 ACC) returns to the Carrier Dome to host No. 17 Virginia Tech (4-1, 2-0 ACC) on Saturday, Oct. 15. Kickoff is slated for 3:45 p.m. on ESPNU. Syracuse is searching for its third win of 2016 and its first against a ranked opponent since 2012. The Orange are... more

Surrounded by fans who stormed the field after Syracuse knocked off #17 Virginia Tech on Saturday night, Head Coach Dino Babers told ESPN just how important this game was for his team. Acknowledging the early struggles and close losses, he said “To get this game, right now, at this time, at this moment, this is big.” The win marked the... more

The Syracuse football team hits the road for the fourth time in five games when it takes on Boston College on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is slated for 12:30 p.m. in Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Read More MORE ORANGE FOOTBALL ONLINE: – How does Dino Babers compare to famous Hollywood football speeches? – Last look at Syracuse football’s upset win... more

Syracuse football travels to Boston College on Saturday afternoon to rekindle its northeast rivalry with a former Big East foe. Get to know Boston College in advance of Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. kick from Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Read More at Syracuse.com MORE ORANGE FOOTBALL COVERAGE ONLINE: – 3 things Dino Babers said during the ACC teleconference before Syracuse plays... more

Josh Black only started playing defense as a senior in high school. One year later, he’s a starting defensive end in a Power 5 conference. When Kayton Samuels went down with an injury early in the third game of the season against South Florida, Josh Black was where he had been all season up to that point — waiting on... more

The Syracuse Orange (3-4, 1-2) pulled off a thrilling upset over Virginia Tech last week, as you well know. But now they get back on the road to take on the rival Boston College Eagles (3-3, 0-3). Plenty of narratives at play here. Does Syracuse suffer from post-Tech letdown? Will Steve Addazio be a dead man walking if BC loses?... more

Syracuse (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) heads back out on the road to travel to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to take on the Boston College Eagles (3-3, 0-3). It’s one of two bus trips the team will take this year (including the Notre Dame game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey). SU is coming off a big upset over Virginia... more