Saturday Pick’em – Week 1

Each week, I’ll be making my picks on some of the better matchups taking place on Saturday. I’ll reserve my prediction for the Syracuse game for last. Being that many of the higher-profile teams are lining their pockets with cheap wins this weekend (or so they think), this will be a thin group of picks. [...]

Daring Predictions That Will Make Me Look Like An Idiot In December (If Not Sooner)

Have you ever been accused of thinking you are always right? Most likely you have because most likely if you’re reading this, you’re a man. Regardless, I find this to be an assinine statement. Who the hell would have opinions that they thought were wrong? Am I alone on this one? I would think not.
In [...]

Top 3 Season Openers of my Orange Fandom

Despite the fact that Cuse football has staggered out of the starting blocks with a loss the past four seasons in a row, there have still been some rather entertaining games played in the last 15-plus years. There have been controversial finishes, blowouts, uninspiring offense, and matador defense, both for and against the Orange. Let’s [...]

Introducing the 2008 Syracuse Football Drinking Game!

Even the most optimistic among us on the outlook for the Orange’s 2008 football campaign are realistic about the fact that there will be games that require us to slip into a different state of consciousness to stomach watching them in their entirety.
With apologies, say hello to the 2008 Syracuse Football Drinking Game. We will [...]

Only You, ESPN, Can Make A Positive A Negative

While tracking the recruits (or lack thereof) that the Orange coaching staff has lured to the Salt City for 2009, I stumbled upon this breakdown of Big East recruiting needs. The article’s authors, Steve Muench and Kevin Weidl, picked three need areas on each team. Now, I can think of plenty of places that the [...]

The Dark (K)night – Syracuse Football 2008

Being the last person in the civilized world to see the critically-acclaimed Batman movie The Dark Knight, I figure it’s probably pretty safe to spoil some of the film at this point. Beyond just the possibly prophetic name of the movie, there are some staggering similarities between this comic-book (naturally) based movie and the recent history of Syracuse Orange football.
As [...]

Opportunity Knocks (Here, kitty kitty…)

With Saturday’s Noon ET kickoff rapidly approaching, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a closer look at the Orange’s first opponent of the season, the Purple Kitty Cats of Northwestern.
But before we look too far ahead, let’s go back all the way to 1984. Cocaine was still legal. Michael Jackson was still black. [...]

Let’s Say We Skip the Pleasantries

As you may be able to tell, this is the first post on my brand-new, still shiny, just out of the wrapper blog. I must say, it’s an exciting time of year to be a fan of college football. Yes, even for those of us who have had the misfortune of enduring some rather painful [...]