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Syracuse Schedule About To Go To Eleven

First things first, the new polls are out and Syracuse moves up to #8  in both of them.  That the Orange are so high and that they're a Cleveland State buzzer-beater away from probably being #3 or #4 in the country right now is still "mind-bottling."

But of course, everything that's happened this season has been a prelude to what happens next.  Here's what the next month looks like on the schedule:

1/14 - @ #9 Georgetown

1/17 - #13 Notre Dame

1/19 - @ #1 Pittsburgh

1/25 - #20 Louisville

1/28 - @ Providence

2/4 - #25 West Virginia

2/7 - @ #23 Villanova

2/11 - @ #4 UConn

2/14 - #9 Georgetown

2/22 - #23 Villanova

Sweet sassy molassy.  Have you ever seen a gauntlet like that before in a regular season?  Even the one non-ranked opponent we play, Providence, is going to be tough.  I mean, there's going to be tens and tens of Friar fans there for the Black Out, you guys.  Scary stuff!

Of course, it's not wise to look ahead, especially with the Hoyas lurking on Wednesday.  If ever there was a week that you needed to check HoyaSuxa on an hourly basis, this is it.  Already, Glaude has posted proof that Shakespeare hated Georgetown and tthe connection between being a Georgetown fan and the ability to interact well with others.  He's even referencing M. Night Shyamalan movies:

Stop.

I’m serious.  This ridiculousness needs to stop right now.  If you choose to support the light and truth — Syracuse University — you have one archenemy: Georgetown University. 

This is the law of literature; every protagonist needs a solitary antagonist.  Granted, there may exist other foils, but the protagonist can only exist if a resolute antagonist operates as the protagonist’s thorn.  If you prefer moving pictures over books, just remember M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable: Elijah Fields needs David Dunn; they’re at opposite ends of the spectrum, and one does not maintain relevance without the other.

The Hoyas played Providence last week and just in case you need to brush up on your Hoya History, Friar Blog went to the trouble of aggregating it for you.  Sweetly scented, my ass!

Of course, most of this is just fun banter (don't tell that to Glaude).  But if you want a completely justifiable and disgusting reason to hate Georgetown, how bout the fact that they're having Moammar Gaddhafi, the man who refused to extradite the terrorists responsible for the Pan Am 103 attack that killed 273 people, including 35 Syracuse students, speak at the university via teleconference.  You stay classy, Georgetown.

(Okay, I think I've hit my political quotient for the day.  More poop jokes ahead...)

So I know I said we shouldn't look ahead, but, well just this once...  Ten games, 9 of which are against teams currently ranked.  Tough to say how the Orange will react.  They've done what they had to do so far.  But they haven't had to do anything like they'll have to do in the next month.  So how will they do?

 

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How many wins will Syracuse have in their next ten game?
9 - 10
28 votes
7 - 8
146 votes
5 - 6
119 votes
3 - 4
11 votes
0 - 2
4 votes

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Wait, so are you saying

Muammar al-Gaddafi = typical Georgetown fan? because I’m ok with that if you are.

by Otis Hill on Jan 12, 2009 4:20 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If 6-7 wins was an option

I would’ve put that. So instead I took the optimistic route & picked 7-8.

by MrPlow99 on Jan 12, 2009 4:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I took the pessimistic version of that

and picked 5-6. My theory is that losses to teams significantly worse than us in the minds of the media (say #20 or below) and wins over teams significantly better than us (#5 or better) will cancel out, and we’ll split against teams about the same as us (#6-#19).

by drothgery on Jan 12, 2009 5:04 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And I’m clearly the class pessimist as I went with 3-4, although I wanted 4-5. I really want to like this team, and I think they could be great. But I’ve been burned by so many Syracuse teams in the past…

by Orange22 on Jan 12, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think we will win

ND
Louisville
@Prov
WV
@Nova
Gtown home
Nova home

7/10 with 2 road wins aint bad

by brendoh on Jan 12, 2009 8:52 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

After watching ND-Louisville for the full 45 minutes

I’m confident they’ll win both of those games like you said.

by Jameson_Fleming on Jan 12, 2009 9:23 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ND

They play 6 deep, they got no chance to contend in the B.E.

Louisville seems like a minor league verson of uconn

by brendoh on Jan 12, 2009 11:14 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Didn't we do that last year...

… and still managed about .500 in-conference?

by drothgery on Jan 13, 2009 9:53 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sticking with M. Night Shamablah movies

syracuse football would be The Happening. The movie starts off bad, you know its going to be bad, the whole thing is about everyone killing themselves and you start to contemplate it, its awful to watch… but for some reason you keep watching i hopes that there is a decent ending. Then you get blown out by Cincy.

by ryanwk628 on Jan 13, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Then you get blown out by Cincy.

WHAT A TWIST!

by voteprime on Jan 13, 2009 10:03 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I totally saw that coming

I swear! I told my friend, “I bet we get blown out by Cincy in the end” and then BOOM, we did.

by NunesMagician on Jan 13, 2009 11:52 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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