Tremendously Disappointing: West Virginia 34, Syracuse 13

by Sean Keeley on Oct 11, 2009 1:18 AM EDT

I'll give you three guesses what Doug Marrone's word of the day was after today's disappointing loss to West Virginia:

I’m disappointed to come up here and to, obviously, play a game of football like that. We opened up with a turnover, which is disappointing and then let them return it 60 yards, which is also disappointing

The Orange didn't look good all day, plain and simple. There were, yes, flashes in the second half but those were after it was already too late. At 2-4 and with the QB situation seemingly up in the air (we'll get to that tomorrow), the Orange suddenly seem right back where they started. There have been improvements this season but the rejuvenation process is most certainly still in its early stages.

Full game review coming shortly. In the meantime, vent...

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welcome back, nfl mindset"

once again, what i suspected, grob ball all over again. u got to play with the cards u are dealt, but i am allready really tired of taking what the defense gives u" and the silly dink bubble screens thrown into a mass of enemy lbs and defense players in general. and despite marrone actually playing on teams, featuring opton looks, once again, its a crude attempt to imitate, quelle surprize, what worked at new orleans. and i reiterate, its not always a custom to fire all co ordinators when taking over new job.u got to ask why the guys from tennesee, clemson, and michigan programs were let go. second, lets be honest, su is playing with a team, cept for say jones and williams, with personall, that is middle of the road mac conference at best. suggestions? either really get serius with rounding up super star hs talent, or at least start recruiting some good juco players. which other schools with winning records do. and stop pretending to be the usc trojans or the new orleans saints. teams like missouri, kansas, wake forest, walked a different path. its sorta like CT, pitt, rutgers with their cloner pro set , smash mouth ground game, statue qbs. that works with 2 a schools and the mac usually, but not a way in the world, vs the real big dogs, like bama, florida,usc.. i bring up the fact, that wvu with white running the opton run attack, won 4 bowl games in row, vs highly respected programs. and i hate to say it, but look at what vt has done in past 2 games vs bc and miami.. opton qb completed 7-10 passes yesterday vs a decent bc team, and won , what?48-14? special teams, opton football, and great defense and run game..

by eiremist on Oct 11, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

frank beam -my living nightmare

with trembling voice and nausea, i have to say: perhaps we should try BEAMER BALL" APPROACH"? seems to be working quite well down in the acc for the past few years.. u know.. option-ooops dual threat qb, swarming defense, and great special teams as well as runnning game.its really tragic, that a school like su, famous for fullbacks , halfbacks and opton qbs, simply cant run the ball.. on any level. again, welcome to nfl mindless and conformist offenses.

by eiremist on Oct 11, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions