Syracuse vs. Rutgers: Pitting Endicottians Against One Another

by Sean Keeley on Nov 9, 2010 12:56 PM EST

Endicott, NY. It's a village of about 13,000 folks in Broome County, right in the middle of the New York-Pennsylvania border. It also boasts a decent collection of football-playing alumni. Former NFLer Isaiah Kacyvenski grew up there, as did former SU and current Ravens lineman Arthur Jones. His younger brother, Chandler, is now a star for the Orange and he too came from Union-Endicott High School.

Lining up across from Chandler this weekend will be Rutgers running back Jordan Thomas. Thomas grew up in Endicott, which is must closer to Syracuse than it is to New Brunswick. Still, Thomas says he never even considered SU when making his decision on where to attend school. Rutgers, moreso than Syracuse, felt like home.

"The reason why I came here is because it felt like home," Thomas said. "I had the feeling that I was comfortable here and that overtook my decision."

Fair enough. Dude also grew up a Penn State fan, so, I guess that explains his lack of affinity for the Orange. That said, he clearly doesn't like something about SU. Maybe we didn't recruit him? I'm not sure, but he's apparently got something to prove this weekend.

"You have a chip on your shoulder when you go out there," he said of the prospect of facing Syracuse.

In other Rutgers news, expect freshman Chas Dodd to start for the Knights. That means the Orange will have faced a Chazz and a Chas within two weeks of one another. Big East Football!

Delone Carter must be excited at the prospect of facing the Rutgers defense this weekend. The Scarlet Knights have allowed five opposing running backs to top 100 yards in the last four games. South Florida’s Mo Plancher ran for 135 last week. Also adding to it is that Delone didn't have a great game last year (67 yards), though he didn't really need to in the blowout win.

Now its time for a history lesson...

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As Awesome As It Would Be To Clinch At Home...

winning and becoming bowl eligible by beating Rutgers would be oh so sweeet. Beating Rutgers in football and seeing their banner flipped is almost as exciting as beating Georgetown at basketball…almost but with bowl eligibility on the line, this one time it could be more exciting.

by Orange Chuck on Nov 9, 2010 1:03 PM EST reply actions

Wow

that girl is straight out of the jersey shore. Well, Im glad they are embracing it.

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by ryanwk628 on Nov 9, 2010 1:06 PM EST reply actions

How

exactly, do you figure that? She’s black…

by Ceebs on Nov 9, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

Is she?

haha I only saw a dark complexion and slick hair. wow those people (guidos not African Americans) tan out of control.

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by ryanwk628 on Nov 9, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

Grew up in Binghamton

I remember Jordan Thomas’ Section Title game in I think it was 2006, 2007, somewhere around his Sophomore season. Absolutely ridiculous game against Binghamton, won the game single handedly, had about 250 all purpose yards, and at one point straight up hurdled a standing Binghamton player. Put so much into the game he threw up all over the sideline. Kid’s a beast, I was really shocked to hear he went to Rutgers over Syracuse, and I don’t know how New Brunswick feels more like home than Syracuse when you live in Endicott, Endicott may as well be a transplanted neighborhood from Syracuse. Not to mention how often Endicott plays CBA and Corcoran.

by Nick Petrilli on Nov 9, 2010 1:16 PM EST reply actions

Well, that level of play

possibly brain damaged him.

Lets see, Ernie Davis-home-town-hero-alma mater with years of great history and an awesome dome to play in or…

Rutgers.

DAMN UUUUUU GROB! This is how bad you were.

by Pinker on Nov 9, 2010 1:28 PM EST reply actions

ummmmmmmmm

endicott is not elmira. they’re more than an hour way from each other.

by tazphan23 on Nov 9, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

Are you sure?

They both start with E and are almost in Pennsylvania.

And yes, I definitely mixed them up hahahaha.

by Pinker on Nov 9, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

And

Damn that GRob anyways.

by Pinker on Nov 9, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Elmira

Is not more than an hour from Endicott, they’re both in the same Section (Section 4) for High School sports, and the All-Star game for Section 4 is called the Ernie Davis Classic. For the love of god, the Ernie Davis Classic is played on Endicott’s home field at Ty Cobb Stadium!

by Nick Petrilli on Nov 9, 2010 2:27 PM EST up reply actions

Shouldn't it be History of Rutgers Football, not Athletics?

Also, Princeton cannot possibly be happy that Rutgers constantly affiliates the two schools…

by JoshWrightisMyHero on Nov 9, 2010 1:38 PM EST reply actions

OMG

They are still using the chop wood BS? I cannot believe that they actually bring a tree stump around. How sad. That was so 2006 they are just living in the past man. Some tradition.

by KingOttoIII on Nov 9, 2010 1:44 PM EST reply actions

Elmira IS NOT part of the Greater Binghamton area.

The only place worse than Elmira is Utica.

What a shit-hole.

I’m actually in Endicott right now…

The 'Cuse is in tha house, oh my God oh my God.

by StrawHatGuy on Nov 9, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions

they never even thanked daryl gross for getting them ray rice!

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by orngfan on Nov 9, 2010 2:52 PM EST reply actions

I covered Rutgers training camp

this season as an intern for a newspaper in Trenton and saw a lot of talent out of Thomas. I’m not sure how they’ve used him so far this season, but in the preseason he made big plays out of the backfield and as a receiver, albeit against the Rutgers defense. Outside of the obvious Sanu, he’s probably their biggest offensive threat.

Dodd looked absolutely dreadful when I saw him in camp in a few scrimmages, but apparently he’s played well enough to unseat Savage. His arm looked pretty weak to me and he was very shaky in the pocket when pressured, so if they can get to him, I think the Orange can create some turnovers.

And, for the record, it’s pronounced “Chase,” which makes it all the more frustrating.

by nickfeely8 on Nov 9, 2010 3:21 PM EST reply actions

Another Union-Endicott Orange notable

Sonny Spera, a 6-5 guard who spent two years backing up Gene Waldron, and his final two years (co-captain his senior year) on the bench behind Pearl Washington.

The orangehoops.org entry for Spera refers to a “half court shot” he hit at the end of the first half against the Jordan-led #1 North Carolina in the Dome in December 83. He actually took the inbounds pass and heaved the ball from behind the opposite free throw line, making it at least a “three-quarter court shot.”

by ForthCountry on Nov 9, 2010 6:51 PM EST reply actions