By Tim Schlittner “Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations We are still months away from the opening of the college football and basketball seasons. But in examining Syracuse’s prospects for 2011-2012, I keep coming back [...]
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Great Expectations
May 12th, 2011 
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Tags: 2011 syracuse football season, Doug Marrone, Syracuse, syracuse football 1 Comment »Boeheim’s Postseason Record Over the Last 8 Years: Bad
March 21st, 2011 Tim Schlittner 32 Comments By Tim Schlittner Well here we are again the day after an embarrassing loss in the NCAA tournament. This is not me going off the reservation. This is not me saying Jim Boeheim is past his prime or it is time for him to retire. It is simply me pointing out the facts. Let me start [...]
Posted in Tim Schlittner Tags: jim boeheim, NCAA Tournament, Syracuse, syracuse vs. marquette 32 Comments »An Open Letter To Fab Melo
March 11th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 7 Comments Dear Fab, I hope we can still be friends. I know we’ve been hard on you this year. We said you are redefining the overhyped freshman. We said you should pull up a chair. We said if Dashonte Riley weren’t hurt, you’d be third on the depth chart. We said you should keep Mookie Jones [...]
Posted in David Cooperman, Tim Schlittner Tags: big east tournament, fab melo, jim boeheim, Syracuse 7 Comments »Syracuse Looks to Lock Up Double-Bye With Win Over Hapless DePaul
March 4th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 2 Comments By Tim Schlittner Look how far we have come. There were talks of the NIT in November and then again in January. Some questioned whether Syracuse basketball is a fraud. We discussed ugly home losses to Seton Hall, Villanova, and Georgetown. But Syracuse has found a way to quietly turn what at times felt like [...]
Has Syracuse Turned A Corner?
February 28th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 8 Comments By Tim Schlittner In our February 4 edition of Ask the Army, we posed the question whether Syracuse’s win in UCONN saved their season. That victory stopped a brutal four game losing streak and quieted the NIT rumbles. In response to that question, Dave Cooperman wrote: “Based on what I saw and have seen over [...]
Trips to Los Angeles, New Orleans Highlight Syracuse 2011 Football Schedule
February 25th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 3 Comments By Tim Schlittner The Syracuse football program officially announced its 2011 schedule this afternoon. It is highlighted by trips to Los Angeles and New Orleans, a season opener against Wake Forest, and a Friday night national TV bout with South Florida. Some thoughts: (1) Which is the better road trip, USC (9/17) or Tulane (10/8)? On [...]
Scoop Should Come Off The Bench
February 14th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 6 Comments By Tim Schlittner Syracuse is 2-6 in their last 8 games. They are continually digging themselves into deep holes, the latest a 20 point deficit in Louisville on Saturday. Something has to change. It is time to adjust. And it should start tonight against West Virginia. It is time move Scoop Jardine to the bench [...]
Get A Clue Telefund
February 11th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 5 Comments By Tim Schlittner Austin Freeman had just scored to give Georgetown a two point lead with under four minutes to go. Then my phone rang. Was it a fellow Otto’s Army columnist wishing to comment on the game? Was it my father telling me to take a deep breath? No. The call came from 315-443-3599. [...]
Boeheim Finds His Rotation In Time For Georgetown
February 9th, 2011 Tim Schlittner 3 Comments By Tim Schlittner I’ve been trying to come up with the overarching storyline of what was Syracuse’s monumental week as Otto’s Army previews tonight’s enormous game against Georgetown. I think it is this—after 24 games, Jim Boeheim has found his rotation. This discovery—which often comes in February—is typically when the Orange start to play their [...]
Southerland’s Guilt by Association?
February 1st, 2011 Tim Schlittner 1 Comment By Tim Schlittner Why hasn’t anyone in the local or national media gotten an answer as to why James Southerland didn’t play on Saturday against Marquette? Was he injured? Did Mookie Jones have a string of great practices to take his spot in the rotation? How does someone go from a starter on Wednesday to [...]
