Month: November 2011

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Football

Syracuse bowl eligibility goes through Cincinnati Bearcats

November 23, 2011 Brad Bierman

Throw in the fact that bowl eligibility is no guarantee of an invitation, would that scenario come into play if a 6-6 Syracuse needs the Big East’s help in being placed outside the conference’s contractually-obligated bowl partnerships with Notre Dame (the Champs Sports Bowl’s once-in- four-years selection at 8-3 with a game at Stanford to play), Rutgers, Cincinnati, West Virginia and Louisville already seemingly accounting for 5 of the 6 league’s bowl tie-ins?

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Basketball

NIT Season Tip-Off lacking true test for Syracuse

November 22, 2011 Matt Goodman

Year after year the Syracuse Orange leaves Madison Square Garden after an early season tournament and fans and experts alike usually have some indication of how the team is going to fare for the remainder of the season. This year, however, barring an unforeseen collapse, Syracuse will win and we still won’t know anything about this team.

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Basketball

Southerland leads overwhelming Syracuse press

November 21, 2011 Corey Mallonee

The sequence actually came within a longer one of just over a minute, where the Orange turned the Red Raiders over six times in a row. It began at the 8:51 mark when James Southerland picked off a kickout pass to the corner from Colgate’s Mike Venezia, who found himself swarmed with nowhere to go underneath the basket. Southerland finished the fast break the other way with an open jumper at the top of the key.

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Basketball

Reserves key Syracuse victory over Colgate

November 21, 2011 Wes Cheng

Syracuse’s bench outscored its starters 60-32 in Syracuse’s 92-47 win over Colgate on Saturday. Reserves Dion Waiters led the way with 16 points, followed by James Southerland (14) and CJ Fair (13). Scoop Jardine was the only starter to be in double digits, finishing with 11 points and six assists.

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Basketball

Orange treat Colgate like video game

November 20, 2011 Robbie Gillies

Did you ever play Nintendo with the Game Genie? You’d put in Super Mario Bros. and make Mario invincible and be able to jump five times higher than normal. At first it was one of the most amazing things ever but slowly you started to miss the challenges of the normal game. Without the element of real competition it began to lose its appeal. That’s now how I feel watching Syracuse demolish its opponents.