Archive for the ‘Football Friday’ Category

Football Friday: Friday Edition – Season Predictions

By Zach Lowe Continuing with the Football Friday series, this week will feature season predictions by each of our writers, running Monday through Friday. — After four days of predictions, what more needs to be said? So I’ll at least say it differently.  Continuing in the tradition I started last year, I give you my 2011 [...]

Football Friday: Thursday Edition – Season Predictions

By Tim Schlittner Continuing with the Football Friday series, this week will feature season predictions by each of our writers, running Monday through Friday. — I love this time of year. Tom Sullivan, Dave Cooperman, and I used to e-mail each other our season predictions and now we get to do it on a blog. Pretty cool. [...]

Football Friday: Wednesday Edition – Season Predictions

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: Tuesday Edition – Season Predictions

By Dave Cooperman Continuing with the Football Fridayseries, this week will feature season predictions by each of our writers, running Monday through Friday. — Syracuse has got me going in all different directions.  My opinions on the upcoming season change by the hour.  I’m a basket case.  One minute I look at the offense and can’t [...]

Football Friday: Monday Edition – Season Predictions

By Tom Sullivan Continuing with the Football Friday series, this week will feature season predictions by each of our writers, running Monday through Friday. — Thursday September 1st Wake Forest – 21 Syracuse – 30 Two programs trending in opposite directions. That trend continues in the opener. Fun fact -Wake Forest’s offensive coordinator is named…Steed Lobotzke. [...]

Football Friday: Schedule Analysis

By Tim Schlittner Believe it or not, we are a mere 13 days away from the start of Syracuse’s college football season. Next week everyone here at Otto’s Army will give you their game by game predictions. For the record, I accurately predicted a 7-5 record for the Orange last season in the face of [...]

Football Friday: With Loss of Talent, Coaches Have Their Hands Full

We continue our examination of the 2012 Syracuse football team, with a focus this week on the men who will lead the Orange into battle: the coaching staff.  It was an off-season of change for the staff.  Here’s how it looks now that the dust has settled:. 2012 Syracuse Football Coaching Staff Nathaniel Hackett:     Offensive [...]

Football Friday: Incoming Freshman

By Tom Sullivan Having spent the first two months of summer looking position-by-position at the 2011 version of the Syracuse football team, we usher in the dog days of August with an introduction to the freshmen, post grads and junior college transfers who arrive for the first time on campus as Orangemen. First, the two [...]

Football Friday: Defensive Backs

By Dave Cooperman To the casual observer, it may seem like Doug Marrone has signed quite a few defensive backs since returning to his alma mater in 2009 and to a degree he has.  While some never made it to campus (Dale Peterman) or switched positions (Steve Rene), Marrone has brought in 11 commitments to [...]

Football Friday: Linebackers

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 [...]