Doug Marrone Monday Press Conference: Return Of The Nice

by Sean Keeley on Sep 7, 2010 9:30 AM EDT

Doug Marrone held his weekly press conference on Monday. That means only one thing...Wordle Cloud Time!

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More importantly, the Akron win reminded us about Doug's favorite word of the 2010 so far. NICE. And it made a tremendous return this week.

NICE (8)

"We’ve worked on it for a very long period of time, meaning starting after the 2009 season, about learning how to win. I thought we did a nice job of that."

"During the course of the game, I thought we did a nice job coming out strong on offense."

"Offensively, (wide receiver) Van Chew did a nice job for us."

"Our coverage teams did a nice job."

"I think it was execution. I think we did a nice job and we left some of them out there."

"When you’re at 80-percent and you’re putting people in those types of situations, you have a chance to be successful. So those guys did a nice job."

"They did a nice job against the pressures, picking some things up where we were truly one-on-one where we couldn’t get some of the pressure we wanted. So they did a nice job."

STANDPOINT (1)

From that standpoint, one of our goals of first-down efficiency, our defense was at 80-percent.

TREMENDOUS (0)

This is the second week in a row HCDM's presser was tremendous-less. Dare I say an era has ended?

I dare not just yet. But if we go three-straight weeks...well...that's unprecedented territory.

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This is the second week in a row HCDM’s presser was tremendous-less. Dare I say an era has ended?

I just think his wife is reading the blogs and she told him he’s using “tremendous” too much. So he’s told himself to reserve it for only truly tremendous situations. Like when Syracuse upsets Alabama in the National Championship game later this year.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Sep 7, 2010 1:46 PM EDT reply actions

If that happens

I will tattoo “TREMENDOUS” across my neck, thug style.

And I would do it gladly.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Sep 7, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I am holding you to that, my friend.

And I want a Syracuse football national championship more than ever.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Sep 7, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

'Bama?

I dunno, looks far more likely that Boise State will shoehorn their way in this year after last nights win over VT. Merely typing that just made me puke a little bit.

GO ORANGE

by bloodyyank44 on Sep 7, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

wait...i'm confused

did syracuse do a nice job against akron?

perhaps the real turnaround early this season comes can be attributed to switching from ‘tremendous’ to ‘nice’? nice guys finish last, but maybe nice teams finish first?

by PoorSports on Sep 7, 2010 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs