While the star ranking system is fun for the fans and the drama of NLI Day unleashes eternal optimism for the upcoming season, class rankings are best left to be evaluated once the player finishes his collegiate career.
Despite the offensive struggles, the staff shake-up, the four-headed monster of Notre Dame, Louisville, Florida State and Clemson, and the specter of the NCAA, miraculously, a bowl berth is still possible for the Orange.
Impressively, with the NFL’s 95th season in full swing, no other school or league has produced more of the on-field leaders of the league’s 32 teams than Syracuse and its two year old conference home.
If the Syracuse Orange football team is looking for bulletin board material for the upcoming season, the past month has provided a few gems of motivation worthy of taping on every locker.
hris McCullough’s dismissal from Brewster, where he played with current Syracuse freshman Ron Patterson last season, comes at a terrible time in the year with the fall semester beginning to wind down and basketball season just now gearing up.
By the time Isaiah Briscoe would get to campus, St. John’s would be thin in the backcourt — guards D’Angelo Harrison and Phil Greene IV will have graduated and top freshman Rysheed Jordan may be in the NBA.