By Steve Schaefer Everybody knows the Syracuse connection to Super Bowl 42, when Orange alum David Tyree hauled in a miracle from Eli Manning to save the game and keep the Giants quest for a title alive. But there’s another ‘Cuse connection from that game still around four years later, with Tyree in retirement, and [...]
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Orange Squeeze Out OT Win Over Wake Forest
September 2nd, 2011 
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No Comments By Steve Schaefer Late in the third quarter of Thursday night’s Syracuse game I found myself typing out the beginnings of this story on my phone. To that point things hadn’t been pretty. From the spotty ESPN3 signal at the bar to the lethargic play of the Orange, (52 total yards in the first half) [...]
Wake Forest Looks To Chop Down The Orange In Syracuse
September 1st, 2011 Steve Schaefer No Comments By Steve Schaefer There is a lot to look forward to at the dawn of another season of Syracuse football. The stink of the Greg Robinson era is fading away, Doug Marrone is on a number of coaches to watch lists and a number of returning starters seem hungry to take the program’s next step. [...]
Football Friday: Wednesday Edition – Season Predictions
August 24th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 1 Comment By Steve Schaefer Continuing with the Football Friday series, this week will feature season predictions by each of our writers, running Monday through Friday. — Through two days the gang here at Otto’s Army has given you a rational look at the Syracuse season that is hardly cause for a parade. Tom Sullivan is calling for [...]
Football Friday: Linebackers
July 22nd, 2011 Steve Schaefer 8 Comments By Steve Schaefer It’s said that when life closes a door it opens a window, which is an apt cliche for the state of the the Syracuse linebacking corps. In my last Football Friday story, on running backs, the primary theme was the departure of a high-impact senior and what the team will need to [...]
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Tags: Football Friday, linebackers, Syracuse, syracuse football 8 Comments »Four For The Fourth: Syracuse Basketball Mount Rushmore
July 6th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 4 Comments By Steve Schaefer The rich tradition of Syracuse basketball dates back decades, but to me the path toward Orange hoops becoming a national title contender and turning the Hill into more of a hoops school than a football school began when a bespectacled young man with a stern demeanor and loud pants took the reins [...]
Football Friday: Running Backs
June 17th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 3 Comments By Steve Schaefer Delone Carter rushed for 1,233 yards last season and averaged 5.3 yards per carry. Delone Carter ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns in the Pinstripe Bowl. Delone Carter was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round. To paraphrase the opening argument of Kevin Bacon’s character in A Few Good [...]
Posted in Football Friday, Steve Schaefer Tags: running backs, Syracuse, syracuse football 3 Comments »Orange Great Pearl Washington: Crossover King
May 27th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 1 Comment By Steve Schaefer The New York Times published a cool little video on Thursday about the crossover. Despite its heavy Allen Iverson/Georgetown component — he learned the move from a walk-on during his time there — Syracuse fans get a treat with an appearance from Orange great Pearl Washington. Aside from some face time during [...]
Chopping Down Sycamores First Step On Orange Brick Road
March 17th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 2 Comments By Steve Schaefer It’s been a maddening roller coaster season for the Syracuse men’s basketball team. Challenging to watch as a fan to be sure, and I’d bet the Maalox bill for Jim Boeheim’s coaching staff is through the roof. But from the depths of a brutal midseason losing streak to the late-season charge this [...]
Fab Melo, A Goose Egg And A Story Squandered
March 15th, 2011 Steve Schaefer 2 Comments By Steve Schaefer I had it all teed up. After his surprising 12-point, 4-rebound outing against St. John’s Thursday, all I needed was something resembling a competent effort from Fab Melo against UConn Friday night. The story was in place: after losing a big man in the 2010 Big East Tournament (Arinze Onuaku), the Orange [...]
