The 2016 season could mark a milestone as a turning point for many more likely high first round picks putting their professional aspirations ahead of the program that recruited them to play college football.
Pearl singlehandedly lit up the vaunted Georgetown defense to put SU up four late, before the infamous Andre Hawkins-Michael Graham tussle in which an apparent punch was thrown by Graham.
Orange return specialist Brisly Estime was our third team choice which matched the voters, and we blew it on punter Sterling Hofrichter, placing him one spot behind his third team honor by the voters.
Depending how the SU-Pitt game is going up to that point will likely determine just how many Orange eyeballs will be turning back and forth or just concentrating on Brooklyn hoops.
Wasn’t that a sweet run of Syracuse basketball through the final half of the first half and the early portion of the second half of the season opening 83-55 blitz of Colgate last Friday night?