- Let's start with the good news -- last year student attendence was beyond anemic, but as you can see from the photo below, yesterday they turned out in droves. Let's keep it up.
- Alec Lemon shook off an early drop to tally 2 touchdown catches. He's been a very steady performer through three games. Likewise Van 'Heisman' Chew put up another impressive performance. The Orange have two very good receivers.
- As detailed in the Post Standard, Nick Provo was heavily involved in the offense and that paid off for the Orange big time. Being able to stretch the middle of the field is key for a team lacking a true burner at the wide out spot.
- You had to be impressed with Ryan Nassib's performance. He continues to get better and I like the way the schedule shakes out this year. He's getting time to really develop before the Big East starts.
- Speaking of the Big East, holy hell the conference is bad this year. So far Louisville's moral victory over Oregon State may be the highlight of the year for the conference. That is not a typo.
- The defense, after struggling mightily in the first half, got its swagger back in the second half.
- While the competition wasn't great, it was good to see Da'Mon Merkerson bounce back after a rough outing against Washington.
- Chandler Jones will play in the NFL - enjoy watching him while he's here. The dude is something special.
- Champ fired up some awesome beer brats at the tailgate. Oh tailgating, how we love you.
- I could watch Maine coach Jack Cosgrove fold laundry and be entertained. The man is insane on the sideline.
- On the downside, we'll start with the opening kickoff -- after getting repeatedly fooled by the Black Bears last year on special teams, Maine opened up with a reverse that went for over 60 yards to start the game. I took a video of it, so we can all re-live the fun.
- I thought Doug Hogue struggled out there. He missed some tackles in the first half and wasn't really a factor when the game was close.
- I'd still like to see Antwon Bailey get more touches. He's a unique talent that needs to be utilized more.
- I know Coach Marrone said Maine was stacking the box and selling out to stop the run, but it's Maine man. I don't care if they put 11 guys in the box, Syracuse should be able to run on them. Yesterday they couldn't. This does not bode well for the future.
- Likewise, we are still waiting for Delone Carter to break a long gain this year.
- It was a rough first half and a solid second half, hopefully the Orange can build off it and really roll Colgate next week. I agree with Axe 100 percent here - Colgate is SU's mulligan, hopefully they take advantage of it.
5 comments:
i've been saying the same thing about bailey on my site. he needs to get some more carries!
It's been a busy week, so I must let loose some opinion on this club.
So, I don't believe this team has made a lot of progress. I see our secondary getting blown up heading into Big East play, Delone Carter choosing to run into defenders instead of into gaps and our Offensive line confused and out-muscled.
You know how much I love our Heisman candidate Van Chew, but he doesn't get that type of separation against more athletic defensive backs at Pitt, USF and WVA. Hearing ppl thinking that "We are back on track?....(uhmmmh Mr. Nunes)makes me think that we are sipping the coolaid a little too soon.
Am I wrong? I surely hope I am.
Poncho - you certainly raise some good points. The first half of football was pretty ghastly. Also, Akron has proven to be terrible and UW was exposed against Nebraska. Given the competition level, I don't really know where this team is right now. We won't know after this weekend either. The South Florida game should be a more telling barometer.
Michael - I checked out your blog - good work.
It's funny - as "elder statesmen" of the 'Cuse blogging community I think some of the "kids" forget the teams in the early and mid 90's. I use that as a barometer, maybe I should let go?
I realize that we are competing for recruits with UCONN, Rutgers and Buffalo (schools that didn't have a shot back then) but it's tough to settle for mediocrity.
Man, it's been a rough patch of football. I'm going to go punch some meat down in my freezer.
Oh I was right there with ya. We watched some great football in the 90s. Who knew all the of the 2000s would be one giant suck fest
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