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Everyone who was supposed to sign their LOI did.

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Syracuse basketball recruits Chris McCullough, Kaleb Joseph, officially commit to Orange | syracuse.com

McCullough, recently dismissed from Brewster Academy for violating school rules, is still looking for a new school. He can sign his NLI without being enrolled, but he needs to find a school soon to help him complete the NCAA-mandated academic requirements for incoming freshmen.

Rob Brown, actor who played SU legend Ernie Davis, sues Macy's for racial profiling | syracuse.com

Brown was arrested and accused of using a fake credit card to buy an expensive watch.

‘What better time than now?’: Syracuse defense looks to pressure, rattle No. 2 Florida State star Winston | The Daily Orange

"What better time than now?" Bromley said. "Thanksgiving’s in a couple weeks."

Should college basketball players be paid? Syracuse, ACC athletes weigh in | syracuse.com

"I wish it wouldn't be a conflict as far as if you wanted to sell your autograph or your jersey or somebody wants to take you to dinner or something like that," he said. "I can't see the university paying you, but why is there a rule restricting me from making money off my autograph? That's like a student here that's a rapper. He can sell his CDs."

Dyshawn Davis (and others) knows that Florida State presents both a challenge and an opportunity | syracuse.com

"Yeah, they're good," he allowed earlier this week. "Yeah, they're fast. Yeah, they're athletic. But at the end of the day, we all strap on the pads and put on our helmets the same way. At the end of the day, we're going to play football. You know, we get scholarships, too."

Syracuse coach Scott Shafer preparing for Jameis Winston to play despite police investigation | syracuse.com

"We'll just play the guys that are on the field," Shafer said Thursday morning at his weekly press conference. "I'm sure he'll be ready to go."

Syracuse's Scott Shafer on Florida State: "We've got no chance in hell according to the stat books" | syracuse.com

"This is what it's all about," head coach Scott Shafer said at his press conference Thursday. "Win, lose or draw you have an opportunity to go play a football game, the game you love, the game you love to coach, in an environment that you've watched since you were a little kid. The big horse running out there and throwing the thing in the grass and all the pomp and circumstance that you got fired up about.

Devonta Freeman, Durell Eskridge are bonded brothers - ESPN

Eskridge is nearly six inches taller than Freeman, but when they would scrape together enough for a shopping trip, they were careful to buy clothes and shoes that fit them both. They had different classes, so no one noticed when they would swap sneakers or T-shirts, doubling their wardrobe to keep a clean look on a tight budget.

Syracuse’s Trevor Cooney aims for breakout year

Simply put, Coach Jim Boeheim expects Cooney to fill (at least to a degree) some of the largest shoes that any Syracuse player has had to fill in recent memory.  Brandon Triche graduated last season playing the most games ever in an Orange uniform and anchoring a highly successful run during his time at ‘Cuse.