That's So Raven

by Sean Keeley on Dec 29, 2009 11:54 AM EST

90's ~~Nickelodeon~~ Disney references? I haz'm.

Nick Raven, who played QB for Milford Academy this past season, will be joining Syracuse as a "preferred walk-on," much to the chagrin of the hopeless walk-on. (via Donnie Webb)

"I'm really excited," Raven said. "The coach has the program moving in the right direction and it's close to home. I feel really good. I feel I can help the team and I feel that I can do some good there."

In his senior year, Raven threw for 1,750 yards and 12 touchdowns for the [North Pocono High School] Trojans. But he didn't receive a great deal of interest from Football Bowl Subdivision schools.

So he chose to attend Milford Academy and coach Bill Chaplick in New Berlin, N.Y.

Raven also received interest from Maryland but after recently meeting with the man, the myth, the Marrone for 30 minutes, he was sold.

"He just told me that they are looking for a drop back quarterback who can run the offense and know how defenses work."

Raven didn't play too much this season due to a shoulder injury. In what time he did have, he was 25-73 for 259 yards, 6 TDs and 11 INTs. He's got some work to do if he wants to one-day match Greg Paulus' kind of efficiency. Raven joins other Milford alums Mikhail Marinovich and Jake Smith on the SU roster.

Let's rock out to some Raven highlights after the jump:

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It's a 2000s Disney reference

You embarrass SB Nation.

by Mike Rutherford on Dec 29, 2009 11:58 AM EST reply actions

In a way...

doesn’t that make me a better person?\ for not knowing that?

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by Sean Keeley on Dec 29, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions

In every way

by Mike Rutherford on Dec 29, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions

I love kids like this

sure he could have been a 4 year starter at a D3 school, or gotten money at a 1AA school… but he goes for the BCS school as a walk on. Gotta show love for the walk on. It pisses me off when kids from my High School choose to go to Holly Cross and play as a freshman, rather than a BE school and work your way up, or turn down a partial offer from Michigan as a kicker/ATH to go to Marist and play WR…. maybe its the lax’ed drug testing in the lower tiers of college sports.

by ryanwk628 on Dec 29, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions

Who knows

he might Lichtenstein his way to stardom

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by Sean Keeley on Dec 29, 2009 1:16 PM EST up reply actions

Holy Cross Education for Free>SU education as a walk on.

by noro on Dec 29, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions

Amount of money that kid spends annually on recreational drug use >>> my student loans.

by ryanwk628 on Dec 29, 2009 2:41 PM EST up reply actions

non comprendos?

he also mentioned that after talking with marrone, morrone stated he wanted a drop back “qb with the ability to manage the game, or some other such drivel. isnt that what we just had for 4 long years with the grobster? if marrone thinks he is gonna out recruit schools like usc, or ou, for the typical power football i formation sthick.. along with nfl type drop back statues who manage” the game, i dont think so. pitt and rutgers are only gonna go so far with that approach. maybe i am wrong, and wannstead is gonna have pitt play in the bcs, and look like the marino and dorsett teams, but ohio state and michigan found out long ago, mostly they are gonna come up empty vs usc or SEC teams.with a school like syracuse, u gotta play a innovative" ie opton type game.as in ory-gun" ducks.. navy.. wvu.. player for player, u are never at su , gonna run with the big dogs, player for player, aint gonna happen. so i hope marrone forgets pronto about any vision of turning su into a typical little league nfl team with a controlled" passing attack, some clumsy awkward drop back type. the only reason cinci is winning with their limited compared to bcs teams, is that kelly is a genius and he is running a wide open spread pass opton.

by eiremist on Dec 29, 2009 2:17 PM EST reply actions

spread passing game (OU, Oregon State, Kansas, Mizzu) is a lot different than the pistol or power I (especially when the guys dont lift weights anymore)

by ryanwk628 on Dec 29, 2009 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

Drop back passer

who can read defenses= scout team quarterback. Bonus to have a different type of quarterback on the roster to run the scout team during weeks SU faces that type of team- and not have to waste a scholarship in the process. If he develops into something more so be it.

by FireMikeVeley on Dec 29, 2009 3:34 PM EST reply actions

Man... that is brilliant

Recruiting players to be walk-ons to mimic other team’s players (Savage). I like it.

by ezcuse on Dec 30, 2009 8:53 AM EST up reply actions

Well to start

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody is better and the more the better in terms of getting good QBs in the Cuse. Just having seen our first decent one in years does open the eyes for hope.

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by agentdp009 on Dec 29, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions

i wish i didn't know this, but

last time i babysat my cousin, i saw that zack and cody are now 16 or 17 and they’re working on a cruise ship on the show (it has a different name now) and wearing skinny jeans