Rutgers 19 - Syracuse 16 (2 OT): Now Serving...Hot Orange Turnover
by Sean Keeley on Oct 1, 2011 8:27 PM EDT
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PrintYou might want to say that Syracuse should have won their game Saturday against Rutgers but that would be untrue.
You might want to say that Syracuse deserved to win their game Saturday against but that too would be untrue.
Because no one should have won that game and no one deserved to win the game that Rutgers eventually did win, 19-16 in double overtime.
I understand the rules dictate there can no longer be ties in college football (much to Pat Tye's chagrin). That said, the referees should have decided after the first overtime that,clearly, neither team wanted this game badly enough to warrant the continued search for a winner and loser.
In my (and Mookie Jones') mind, we're 3-1-1.
But in the real world, we're 3-2 because we made our final mistake after they made theirs.
There are long games, there are ugly games and then there are long, ugly games and this one was the third one by far. SO long, you guys. SO ugly, you guys. I can't even sit here are do any kind of breakdown, my brain hasn't reformed from the pile of mush it was turned into.
There were at least nine times I thought the karmic revenge of the Toledo call was coming back to bite us (the 827 missed/blocked kicks) and about nine other times that it seemed like whatever luck was carrying us through our roughest patches was going to do so again (the phantom extra down we got in the final regulation drive).
Ryan Nassib had a rough game but I don't know if you can lay it all at his feet. That interception in the endzone was a tipped fluke and the interception on the final regulation drive was due to him forcing it because his receivers weren't doing enough. I'm sure he's going to put the blame on himself, as any leader should, but his stats were not entirely his own.
Today, Antwon Bailey learned the valuable lesson that all the yards and touchdowns in the world don't mean squat if you can't be counted on to hold on to the football.
Mikhail Marinovich was a menace, I just wish Chandler Jones had been there to provide even more pressure. That said, the defense did everything it could.
Dyshawn Davis is your new God. Bow before him, lest he collide with you and severe body parts from your torso.
And so, we're 3-2, which sure as hell ain't 4-1. Plus, we lost yet another Big East game at home, not to mention how critical it was to beat these guys and do it in front a crowded Dome (42K announced). Meh.
Tulane is pretty terrible, so there's that. Focus on that.
Now go watch Doug Marrone, Ryan Nassib and Antwon Bailey look miserable via Syracuse.com.
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I think SU's Defense ...
… Has the right to say they shoulda won.
by DomeStranger on Oct 1, 2011 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Would have too
If Phil Thomas doesn’t boot that pick six. So many missed opportunities in that game. Sigh…
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
There were 3 or 4
balls that should have been picked during that game. I was pulling my hair out
May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.
We out-mistaked them
Neither team deserved a win.
There were far too many mistakes all over the field…turnovers, penalties, dropped INT after dropped INT, coaching errors, missed scoring opportunities, dropped passes, blocked kicks, etc. That was the ugliest game from two teams ive seen in a long time. Just gross.
I wish this program had more playmakers and better skill players. Its tough to move the ball consistently playing ball control offense against a speedy team when you don’t have any speed or playmakers yourself. Such a predictable offense with limited talent is tough to watxh and its even tougher to produce….
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Oct 1, 2011 9:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This was a Dick Juaron special we just were forced to witness
Goose22- "I have a quick first step, I’m so good just go an ask my rep
I look like Tarzan but play like Jane" Aaron May(have)bin
Easily the worst game I've ever sat all the way through
It literallynblew my mind. Every time either team had the ball I could count on neither team doing something well.
Damn that’s convoluted, but we’ve been playing like we needed to get beat. I was just hoping that the USC game would have been it.
"That's no moon..."
"Now you will wittness the fire-power of this fully armed and operational Death Orange..."
For the record
I should have included that we’ve been looking like donkey dick for the whole season. I’ll hand it to the guys for not giving up, and that’s an indication of good coaching, but perhaps the record of getting the kids to play beyond their ability just isn’t something we can expect from this team this year.
"That's no moon..."
"Now you will wittness the fire-power of this fully armed and operational Death Orange..."
by Benny The Red on Oct 1, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
What football game?
Michigan won 58-0, Ohio State almost got shut out by Michigan State, Louisville lost to Marshall, Uconn lost to Western Michigan while my family and my best friend’s family were there (HA!). Syracuse had a bye week.
Don’t mess with my world view.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
SU's D played their guts out, I know that for a fact, I was there for that freaking 4 hour farce of a football game
Our team just simply did not give enough of a shit outside of the D to win that game. The definition of insanity is doing the same damned thing over and over again expecting a different result, after a blocked XP and a FG Doug, with Rutgers running the same FREAKING STUNT on the line during those maybe you should you know, change up the blocking scheme!
Lastly, with the 4th down and inches to go, have the balls to tell your D you trust them and go for it, all Nassib has to do is fall over our Olines legs and we score, we could NOT have gotten any closer without already having a TD. HCDM coached this game so as to not lose it rather than manning up and playing the F’er to win it.
This game leaves a seriously bad taste in my mouth, I feel horrible for making this the first college football game I ever took my nephew too. I might as well have just kicked him in the sack over and over again for an hour or so, he might have felt better about it all then.
Goose22- "I have a quick first step, I’m so good just go an ask my rep
I look like Tarzan but play like Jane" Aaron May(have)bin
Become a real college and stop being a fucking community college
You got naked for the SEC and got rejected, deal with it.
by Nick Petrilli on Oct 2, 2011 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions
If you're that angry
just go home, burn your couch, and leave us alone.
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This guy made me lose a $5 bet.
I was positive no one from West Virginia knew how to use the Internet. Then “VT Sucks” goes and proves me wrong.
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by I miss DIAP! on Oct 2, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Turns out electrons don't give a fuck about the cold that is in Syracuse
but, you probably already knew that Mr. I-have-internet-but-still-no-teeth-in-WV guy
Go Orange(men)!
You really need to ask for a refund from SUck if that is the best you could come up with.
Try coming up with something new and truth full, and maybe quit being such a racist Mr. Arian nation.
Someone from WVU just called you a racist!
That’s a SERIOUS racist. I’m talking the type of racist Charles Lindbergh would be like, “Yo dude, chill out, you’re being pretty racist,” racist. Wow.
Also, VTsucks: “truthful” not “truth full.”
Ah, now WVU getting rejected from the ACC and SEC due to their poor academics is finally making sense.
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hmm
stereotypes – one word again.
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by I miss DIAP! on Oct 2, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
the fact you guys are focusing on spelling on a blog rather than the substance of that comment says two things:
1: you spend a lot of time by yourself on Friday nights
2: you have no intelligent response for the argument presented so you are deflect.
Dude, you're here trolling
And hence do not deserve an intelligent response. Now go away, troll.
Shut up brain or I'll stab you with a Q-tip
Nice of you to conveniently forget that WVU applied to both the SEC and ACC. So you’re only a traitor if someone actually wants you?
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
Baloney
WVU was rejected and you know it. Hence the lame bitterness.
No bitterness just anger at you and your schools lack of class and fortitude, you should
Have grown some institutional balls and said we are leaving rather than back room BJ to the ACC to get in.
How you type/ troll and have your sister suck you off at the same time is amazing...
Its a damn Christmas miracle.
Game should have been iced in the fucking 3rd quarter
2 red zone interceptions, god I’m so pissed off today at lack of execution when it mattered.
It was like watching...
The Bad News Bears, play, The Bad News Bears. I hope at the end of the season we’re not all saying, “If we’d only won that game.”
by Jimbo in Chicago on Oct 2, 2011 5:07 AM EDT reply actions
Had to listen on Sirius radio...
(and you though it was horrible to watch?) Chris Gedney kept saying over & over “Rutgers has 8 in the box, single safety daring SU to throw it” Then bang Bailey into the line for 2 yards, boom, Bailey around end for no gain., 3rd down. incomplete short slant.
HCDM & Hackett offensive guru’s? Puhleeze! That was the worst game plan I have seen at any level.
If Shamarko Thomas & Chandler Jones ever get back on the field the defense will be a beast.
How many blocked kicks were there in the rest of college football altogether yesterday?
How hard is it to officiate a college football game (with re-play even) & why can’t they find people with a basic level of competence?
Nothing Is Fool proof if you have the right fools.
interesting about Sirius radio
because Bailey ended up with 120 yards rushing and Nassib had no time for anything but a three step drop thus all the slants. And yes, everyone knew they were coming. The pressure was too much to even have Bailey slip outside for a screen because he was needed for pass protection. Hence the screens to Stevens- which didnt work at all. I think the Gulley injury (broken collarbone, off the field incident and out for the year) really hurt them. He was very good at draw plays against Toledo which would have worked very well yesterday. I also think Marrone is very scared about the QB sneak behind a small center.
I feel like I have puke in my mouth
and the lack of posts here today tells me that many others feel the same. I don’t even feel like thinking about it anymore. Let’s just get to Tulane.
tough one to take.
we were toeing a dangerous line for a while and we finally stumbled. It sucks. The o-line was absolutely atrocious. Again. D actually played well for the first time all season. I think we can rebound, but this game has gave me much to worry about. With what we did yestreday, and against freaking Rhode Island next week is no gimme either.
I mean
Tulane lost in West Point 45-6. If we lose to Tulane, I might have to commit seppuku.
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I'll be right behind you.
Literally….we’ll use the same sword.
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
by StealthTurkey on Oct 3, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Can TNIAAM get Donnie Webb to write .....
the truth about what is going on with this team. Maybe he can use a pseudonym like Webbie Don.
What is going on with this team
They played a really bad game and lost. It’s not too big of a mystery.
Any word on what exactly happened to Prince Tyson Gully?
I heard broken collarbone, out for season, non-football related. I’m curious what non-football related consists of.
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by I miss DIAP! on Oct 2, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
As in specifically what he did to injure himself?
Don’t count on Marrone to tell us anything – that’ll come from Gully if he feels like sharing – otherwise it means exactly what it says. It was an injury sustained while not playing football or football related activities such as practice or conditioning.
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
Nice game defense.
I’m sorry the rest of the team didn’t show up to the Carrier Dome with you. That was just ugly. Ugly, ugly, ugly. Tulane just got housed by Army, so there really can’t be any excuses after next week.
Ugh.
Clear eyes, full bologna sandwiches!
When we watch the tape
there will be a lot of nice things to take from this game. Clean up the mistakes and capitalize on one or two missed opportunities and we would have won this game by two scores.
Also, we need to stop with the third and long situations. Mackey does fine in pass protection, but he cant move his man to make holes in the middle which essentially stuffs two gaps. That means no 6 yard runs on first down – leading to second and third and long.
Spruill is carrying this defense. He saves so many plays that are out of his zone, makes shoe string tackles that cover up for other guys. I can see why the coaches moved him to the middle…. the guy covers the whole field. It reminds me of when Jeter was in his prime and he would never have the best fielding percentage – only because he would have errors trying to make plays other short stops could never even get to. Sprull is the best player on the field for our D and I sure am glad we have him.
May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.
by ryanwk628 on Oct 3, 2011 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Well
Whatever the situation with the team, it is up to the offensive coordinator to call plays that minimizes the weaknesses of our team and maximizes the opportunity against the opponent. There is no law that says we have to run two gaps.
Dictated, but not read.
I think he does
even though th syracuse.com people think he should be coaching pop warner haha. We dont run up the middle because we cant. Last year we had Bart and DC3. This year is Macky and AB. Next year Mack will be bigger and we will have a 240 lb bowling ball. It helps because if one DT can stuff two gaps, they can drop their MLB into coverage and take away the middle of the field passes which eliminates all of Ryan’s easy dink and dunk crossing routes and forces Hacket to scheme every thing outside the tackles. I wish we had one or two big WR’s. A Mike Williams or Sanu type. That way we could spread the field more and isolate them. This would open up the running game and better suit Mackey. But our WRs are little possession guys who get their catches because they run good routes and Ryan fits the ball into some really tight windows. Yes he went all Brett Favre on us yesterday, every qb has those days.
May Doug Marrone bless you and keep you.
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