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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Syracuse beats Louisville: Five Thoughts
In what is being coined "The Biggest Upset in Big East History" by those that saw it. Syracuse upset Louisville 38-35. Luckily for me the game was carried locally here on the abc station. I guess us New England Orange alum still have some pull. Onto the five thoughts:
1) Syracuse could not stop any pass in between the linebackers and secondary. Why Louisville ran the ball or passed up the sidelines is beyond me especially late in the game. I am sure Steve Kragthorpe is going to get torched locally in Louisville.
2) As an alum, I was proud to get the win but Syracuse did everything they could to give this game away, including Andrew Robinson doing his best Jerome Bettis impression in the Louisville red zone when the game was set to be iced.
3) The announcers were right, it was unrealistic to hope for a national championship from a team with a secondary like Louisville's. If I played Fantasy College Football I'd start whatever quarterback played them each week. South Florida especially should whoop on them too.
4) "The Ville" is a lame nickname for a city, especially when so many towns and cities end in "ville". KFC buys advertising at Papa John's stadium. I don't know what the obesity rate is in Louisville but I'm guessing its above the national average.
5) Syracuse football is newsworthy for the first time since switching nicknames to "The Orange". So it'll be fun to see what media outlets are slow to come around. Espn.com has already screwed this up (Update: ESPN has figured out their error, less likely from this blog, more likely from the 1500 alumni who work there)
As you can imagine the people at Card Chronicle aren't taking it well and my friends at Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician are taking it probably too well
1) Syracuse could not stop any pass in between the linebackers and secondary. Why Louisville ran the ball or passed up the sidelines is beyond me especially late in the game. I am sure Steve Kragthorpe is going to get torched locally in Louisville.
2) As an alum, I was proud to get the win but Syracuse did everything they could to give this game away, including Andrew Robinson doing his best Jerome Bettis impression in the Louisville red zone when the game was set to be iced.
3) The announcers were right, it was unrealistic to hope for a national championship from a team with a secondary like Louisville's. If I played Fantasy College Football I'd start whatever quarterback played them each week. South Florida especially should whoop on them too.
4) "The Ville" is a lame nickname for a city, especially when so many towns and cities end in "ville". KFC buys advertising at Papa John's stadium. I don't know what the obesity rate is in Louisville but I'm guessing its above the national average.
5) Syracuse football is newsworthy for the first time since switching nicknames to "The Orange". So it'll be fun to see what media outlets are slow to come around. Espn.com has already screwed this up (Update: ESPN has figured out their error, less likely from this blog, more likely from the 1500 alumni who work there)
As you can imagine the people at Card Chronicle aren't taking it well and my friends at Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician are taking it probably too well
What I'm Watching (or Listening to): Week 4
(I apologize Thursday's "Pumpin for Thursday" didn't get posted, but if you bet off of it, there's no need for me to apologize, I had Texas ATM and the Under) onto Saturday...
12:00pm Syracuse vs. Louisville (Sirius 126)- I really hope someday I have my son on my knee telling him about the days Syracuse was a 36.5 point underdog and NOT on free television and his eyes will open wide in disbelief, I hope. Florida International isn't even a 36.5 point underdog this week.
3:30pm South Carolina vs. LSU (CBS)- Steve Spurrier against arguably the best team in the country easily trumps the "Winged Helmet" vs. the "White Helmet" on ABC. LSU has yet another chance to make a case for being the best team in America against a quality opponent.
8:00 Iowa at Wisconsin (ABC)- Nobody knows how good this Wisconsin team really is especially when they let The Citadel hang with them for three quarters, if Penn State beats Michigan, then the Big Ten is a three team race between Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State.
10:28 Washington vs. UCLA (FSN)- Its like the Super Bowl except this time the black head coach that loses this game spends the rest of the season on the Hot Seat.
12:00pm Syracuse vs. Louisville (Sirius 126)- I really hope someday I have my son on my knee telling him about the days Syracuse was a 36.5 point underdog and NOT on free television and his eyes will open wide in disbelief, I hope. Florida International isn't even a 36.5 point underdog this week.
3:30pm South Carolina vs. LSU (CBS)- Steve Spurrier against arguably the best team in the country easily trumps the "Winged Helmet" vs. the "White Helmet" on ABC. LSU has yet another chance to make a case for being the best team in America against a quality opponent.
8:00 Iowa at Wisconsin (ABC)- Nobody knows how good this Wisconsin team really is especially when they let The Citadel hang with them for three quarters, if Penn State beats Michigan, then the Big Ten is a three team race between Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State.
10:28 Washington vs. UCLA (FSN)- Its like the Super Bowl except this time the black head coach that loses this game spends the rest of the season on the Hot Seat.
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