Vic Beasley leads a Clemson defense that may be the best Syracuse faces all season. He's a terror to opposing backfields, which SU head coach Scott Shafer joked about Tuesday in his teleconference. Read more »
Trey Brown, in his first year coaching Wilkes, has implemented a no-huddle offense and a one-word play-calling system. On Sept. 20, the Colonels set a Division III record with 113 plays in one game. Read more »
Syracuse (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) and North Carolina State (4-4, 0-4) will kick off at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, the ACC announced Monday morning.… Read more »
Syracuse lined up defensive linemen Micah Robinson, Ron Thompson and Robert Welsh to block on the goal line, and it turned into the Orange's only offensive touchdown of the day. Read more »
Syracuse offensive coordinator Tim Lester didn't pinpoint a list of positives for freshman quarterback AJ Long, but he did say that the offense was better on third down than in weeks past. Read more »
Syracuse true-freshman quarterback AJ Long threw for 171 yards and rushed for a touchdown, but struggled in some aspects of his decision making. Read more »
Three reasons why Syracuse beat Wake Forest, 30-7, in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday. The win is the Orange's first in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Read more »
Mitch Kimble elevated to the No. 2 spot at quarterback in Syracuse's latest depth chart, indicating that Austin Wilson won't be available at Wake Forest on Saturday. Read more »
With Syracuse running out of quarterbacks, Scott Shafer joked about the element of surprise his team may be able to spring on Wake Forest if AJ Long and Mitch Kimble go down. Read more »
But as the offense shuffles through personnel changes, deals with injuries and makes tac-tical adjustments, the other side of the ball remains a steady, almost quiet constant — with the front four leading the way in recent weeks. Read more »
Carl Torbush thought he was retied, until an opportunity to build a program again at East Tennessee in his home state arose. Now he's locked into bringing football back to a school that once saw financial problems drive the sport out. Read more »
E.J. Scott doesn't keep in close contact with Virginia after spending much of four years there on the bench. He hasn't looked back, and is a top receiving threat for Wake Forest in his last chance for college football success. Read more »
As Syracuse and Wake Forest find themselves sitting near the bottom of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference, they do so with true freshman quarterbacks currently leading their offenses. Read more »
Ivan Foy is battling two separate lower-leg injuries, SU head coach Scott Shafer said during the ACC coaches' teleconference Wednesday morning. Read more »