Scott Shafer Archives - Page 4 of 10

What are Syracuse basketball’s biggest issues so far?

December 12, 2014 Steve Auger

Syracuse’s offense struggled to score last season. Despite finishing second in league play to Virginia, the Orange’s offense ranked tenth out of 15 teams at 68.2 PPG.

Orange Watch: How long until Syracuse football gets back into the Top 25?

December 2, 2014 Brad Bierman

The Orange and Indiana are the only Power 5 conference programs (64 total) NOT to have appeared in the Top 25 polls since 2005.

Syracuse suffers another injury during postgame interviews — the podium

November 10, 2014 Judy Salamone

Shafer pounded his right fist onto the podium, splintering the wood as he continued.

Orange Watch: Syracuse football will only become relevant again by winning. Period.

November 4, 2014 Brad Bierman

Remember the enthusiastic summertime talk of the Orange eyeing a rare 3-0 start? Now, unless SU knocks off No. 22/24 Duke this week, it will be the first season ever in which there were zero home victories against FBS opposition.

Syracuse's crowd at the Carrier Dome holds up signs during a timeout

Orange Watch: November a big month for Syracuse basketball, football

October 31, 2014 Brad Bierman

We’ve always looked forward to the one crossover month of the year (once in a while you can throw in December) when both Cuse football and hoops are (usually) playing meaningful games for different reasons, in this instance football in its challenging stretch run to become bowl eligible, and basketball to fine tune its rotation with three new (fulltime) starters against an equally testing early schedule.

Syracuse football’s season a mixed bag of tricks and treats

October 30, 2014 Steve Auger

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.

How has Syracuse football’s offense fared in the Scott Shafer era?

October 29, 2014 Jim Stechschulte

Long has also shown some inexperience, throwing a foolish interception against Florida State and eating the ball four times against Clemson when he cited the need to get rid of the ball quickly leading up to the game.

Orange Watch: For Syracuse football, is a minimum 4-2 finish realistic this season?

October 14, 2014 Brad Bierman

Scott Shafer’s original pre-summer goal seems far-fetched with six games to play, now losers of four straight the Orange would certainly settle for a goal of a third consecutive bowl appearance for the first time since 1997-99, but it’s going to take at least four top efforts in the last six games to accomplish that feat.

Orange Watch: New Syracuse quarterback, new offensive play caller, HUGE challenge

October 7, 2014 Brad Bierman

The Dome record for points scored by one team is 70 by Syracuse in its Donovan McNabb-directed 70-14 blitz of Rutgers in 1998, featuring an Orange offense that resembled an out-of-control video game racing up and down the field, and included 42 points scored by halftime. After FSU put up 59 on the Orange a year ago, is that mark in jeopardy indoors Saturday?

Orange Watch: From 0-2 to 2-0, what a difference a year makes for Syracuse football

September 16, 2014 Brad Bierman

With a rookie head coach on any level comes on-the-job training, even for a nuance as small as changing communication location from high atop the field as a defensive coordinator, to roaming up and down the sideline as the boss.