We are less than two weeks away from the college football season and can now leave the shadowy depths of our basements whereupon we were forced to endure slogging through the doldrums of sports television.
The biggest storyline in this group is the loss of star DE Chandler Jones, who was picked 21st overall by the New England Patriots. Also gone are Mikhail Marinovich and reserve Torrey Ball.
In front of an announced “crowd” of 37,828, SU hangs on to nip the Volunteers 30-28 after Ross Krautman’s 33-yard FG with 4:11 left stands up as the winning margin following a final two minute Orange “D” stop on a fourth down play by the Vols with no timeouts remaining for either team.
Tyler Ennis, considered to be one of the top point guards in the 2013 class, committed to Syracuse on Thursday night, he announced via video on the website of his AAU team, CIA Bounce.
Every Tuesday over the summer, we’re going to highlight individual players on the 2012-13 Syracuse football team. This week, we feature linebacker Dan Vaughan.