Louisville beat writer: ‘Last team with the ball wins’
Syracuse (4-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) visits Louisville (6-4, 3-4) on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff from Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The Orange is coming off three consecutive losses, while UofL has...
View ArticleSyracuse football opponent preview: What to know about Louisville
With a five-win resume appearing to be insufficient for reaching a bowl game this year, Syracuse (4-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) is essentially in must-win territory when it travels to Louisville (6-4, 3-4...
View ArticleSyracuse football game day: What to know about the Louisville matchup
Syracuse (4-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast) visits Louisville (6-4, 3-4) for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday. The Orange, off a loss to Wake Forest, likely needs to win each of its final two games to ensure bowl...
View ArticleSyracuse bowl hopes likely disappear, other fast reactions to SU’s 56-10 loss...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The fireworks behind the North end zone at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium were practically set to automatic. Backed by reigning Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, Louisville torched...
View ArticleLamar Jackson and Louisville drain what’s left of Syracuse’s bowl hopes in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A week ago, Dino Babers asked a room full of reporters when they had last seen a quarterback perform as well as Wake Forest’s John Wolford had in his 500-yard game against Syracuse....
View ArticleCareer nears end for Zack Mahoney, junior college walk-on turned late-season...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Zack Mahoney didn’t make his first start under center until the end of the 11th grade. He was asked to become the backup quarterback that year at Lyons Township (Illinois) High School...
View ArticleGallery: Syracuse’s bowl chances slip away in 56-10 loss at Louisville
Syracuse (4-6, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) needed to win Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky, to keep its bowl hopes alive. However, the Orange failed, falling to Lousiville (7-4, 4-4), 56-10. Cardinals...
View ArticleStock watch: Devin C. Butler up, just about everything else down down
Bowl aspirations are as good as dead for Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) after a 56-10 demolition at the hands of Louisville (7-4, 4-4) at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium on Saturday evening. Without...
View ArticleDino Babers: ‘I wouldn’t bet’ on Eric Dungey playing against Boston College
Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) head coach Dino Babers said that it seems unlikely that starting quarterback Eric Dungey will play Saturday against Boston College (6-5, 3-4). Dungey has sat out the...
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How ‘Gentle Giant’ Jamar McGloster grew to be a key cog on Syracuse’s...
Out of the corner of his eye, Pat Perles spotted a large shadow. It belonged to Jamar McGloster, a senior who was visiting the main office to drop off an attendance form for his 12th grade math class...
View ArticleSyracuse football injury report: Dungey and Strickland questionable again for...
Eric Dungey and Dontae Strickland, as they were a week ago when they did not play against Louisville, are listed as questionable for Syracuse’s (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) final game of the season...
View ArticleBeat writers split on predictions for Syracuse’s season finale against Boston...
Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) tangles with Boston College (6-5, 3-4) Saturday at 12:20 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. Last season, the Orange beat the Eagles, 28-20, on the road in Chestnut Hill,...
View ArticleSyracuse football opponent preview: What to know about Boston College
Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) returns to the Carrier Dome to host Boston College (6-5, 3-4) to close out its 2017 season. SU hasn’t won a game in November since the 2015 finale against BC and will...
View ArticleWhy Syracuse can’t make a bowl game even with 5 wins
Syracuse (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast) will play Boston College (6-5, 3-4) in the Carrier Dome on Saturday with a chance to earn its fifth win. Five wins, sometimes, can be enough to get a team to a bowl...
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‘My Brother’s Keeper’ Syracuse’s Devin M. Butler driven by his brother’s...
The first time Devin M. Butler visited his brother in the hospital, nobody had told him exactly what happened. Nobody knew much about the previous night, on Columbus Day 2008, when Devin’s older...
View ArticleBoston College kicker transitions to new sport in final year of eligibility
Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel drained his soccer eligibility with three seasons at Saint Leo University and one at Boston College in which he led the team in goals, with seven. With two classes left to...
View ArticleAJ Dillon has his way, other fast reactions to Syracuse’s 42-14 loss to...
Without its starting quarterback and running back for the second straight game, Syracuse got blown out at home, 42-14, in its final game of the 2017 season. Boston College (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast), a...
View ArticleFan reactions to Syracuse’s 42-14 loss to Boston College
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View ArticleSyracuse skids across season’s finish line with 42-14 loss to Boston College
Zaire Franklin strolled out of the tunnel in the northwest corner of the Carrier Dome, an entrance unlike the rush he and his Syracuse teammates usually make when taking the field every home game. This...
View ArticleSteve Ishmael breaks two program records in his career finale
From Section 128, row nine, Blessed and Darlene Ishmael watched their son play in the Carrier Dome for the first time. His father chuckled as he looked back to Steve’s early years, when a tall skinny...
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