SU dislikes BC. But not for the reasons you think
It's been delineated, discussed and dissected, ad infinitum, for two days now. Talk of Boston College's decision to spurn the Big East and join the… Read more »
Writer archives: Adam Kilgore
Virginia Tech, Hall smash Syracuse in Blacksburg, Va.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - A punter desires to be unknown. Do your job, and you're a blank face trotting on and off the field every fourth… Read more »
Anderson's throws must match decision making
BLACKSBURG, Va. - To hear R.J. Anderson say it last week was puzzling. After Saturday, though, he looks like a clairvoyant.In the week leading up… Read more »
Rich rivalry to end after Tech defects
Too bad Virginia Tech has to move to the ACC after this season. Its annual Big East game against Syracuse was on its way to… Read more »
Donnelly returns to practice, will play at Tech
No one - not on the Syracuse football team or otherwise - works harder than Joe Donnelly. He led the Orangemen this summer, when almost… Read more »
Whitfield climbs depth chart, earns defensive honors
Three weeks ago, Thomas Whitfield's name didn't even belong on the Syracuse football team's first-string depth chart. Now, it belongs on a plaque.In his second… Read more »
Believe it or not, these Orangemen are for real
Had you argued it before this season began, you'd have been thrown in a football madhouse - perhaps a room with shoulder-padded walls. Even the… Read more »
Toledo proved last week it's to be reckoned with. With a win, Syracuse can do the same.
Admit it. You saw Toledo on the Syracuse football team's schedule and laughed. You scoffed at what a weak opponent the Orangemen would face in… Read more »
Toledo proved last week it's to be reckoned with. With a win, Syracuse can do the same.
Admit it. You saw Toledo on the Syracuse football team's schedule and laughed. You scoffed at what a weak opponent the Orangemen would face in… Read more »
A summer together built the O-Line's trust
As a unit, they stayed in Syracuse all summer. The Syracuse football team's offensive linemen not only conditioned together, they lived together. They learned about… Read more »
Syracuse defense passes test, forces 5 turnovers in victory
It was time, and Rich Scanlon knew it. Time to transform a willowy defense into a unit stout enough to stop one of the nation's… Read more »
Ankle injury limits Rhodes to cheerleader role
Some reasons for Walter Reyes's 241-yard, four-touchdown performance Saturday stand out. The Syracuse football team's offensive line's dominance. Central Florida's fatigue. Reyes's own speed and… Read more »
Wright verbally commits to play for Syracuse next year
Lou DiGironemo knew Josh Wright would play Division I basketball the first time he saw him set foot on a varsity basketball floor for Utica's… Read more »
Dumas hoping to come back against Toledo
Jameel Dumas, standing on the sideline, watching his teammates run onto the Carrier Dome turf, almost cried Saturday.Soon, they might be tears of joy.Dumas, a… Read more »
Perry, Jean out for fall semester
With a new coach, the Syracuse women's basketball team has a fresh start.Problem is, it will be starting without two key players.Shannon Perry and April… Read more »
Smith finding role in troubled secondary
Standing over a receiver he had just decked with the biggest hit of his football life, Anthony Smith couldn't help it. He gave his jersey… Read more »
Video boards make debut tomorrow
Jake Crouthamel - great practitioner of Murphy's Law and Syracuse's athletics director - can't wait to see the Carrier Dome's video-boards debut.Sort of.'I'm excited,' Crouthamel… Read more »
Morant finally flashes vast potential
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - For three years, Johnnie Morant has been nothing but a question. Saturday, in Syracuse's triple-overtime, 49-47 win at North Carolina, Morant… Read more »
Great game, but Carolina not true test for SU
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Blinded by the good it had just accomplished, the Syracuse football team radiated with delight. After all, the Orangemen had just… Read more »
Orangemen open with thrilling 3-overtime win over Tar Heels
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Awash in a sea of ecstasy, Kelvin Smith separated himself from the moment he had created seconds earlier.As a tide of… Read more »
Riddle remains in Syracuse because of academic issues
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Syracuse senior receiver and punt returner Jamel Riddle did not play Saturday in Syracuse's 49-47 win at North Carolina due to… Read more »
SU's chance to reclaim its tradition begins tomorrow
If only the schedule-makers knew. When they marked this one down a couple years ago, they likely thought little of it, just another early-season contest… Read more »
Syracuse secondary finally set for Saturday
A big question this preseason for the Syracuse football team was how the secondary would bounce back from a horrendous 2002. Yesterday, head coach Paul… Read more »
Even in football, bigger isn't always better. Josh Thomas learned the hard way.
When he gets the chance, Josh Thomas likes to sit at his laptop and dabble with creative fiction. If he stopped for a second and… Read more »
