Orange Fizz
Posts By Damon Amendolara
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1.1KFeaturedESPN Projects Syracuse as #17 in “Way Too Early Top 25”
ESPN.com likes to put out an annual preseason rankings before the body is cold on the existing season. Villanova is the champion,...
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1.0KFeaturedWhat Would a Win by the Syracuse Women Over UConn Mean?
While the Syracuse men’s team will always have top billing on the Hill (like almost any school in America), the impact of¬†what...
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1.4K1FeaturedHow Will the ’16 Orange Be Remembered in Syracuse History?
Painfully, the Cinderella run came to an end Saturday night, but not before this team did what so few have in program...
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1.4K2FeaturedThis Week at the Final Four: The Bristling Ballad of Jim Boeheim
Syracuse fans have a unique relationship with their head coach. Jim Boeheim is Syracuse basketball. He’s an upstate New York native. He played...
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1.2K1FeaturedCollege Hoops Writer: Syracuse Had “One of Toughest Roads” to Houston
Last night I had USA Today’s Scott Gleeson on the show. While some have scoffed at Syracuse’s easy road to Houston, he...
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1.4KFeaturedThis is Karmic Payback for All The Painful Syracuse Exits
This Syracuse team was left for dead by almost all of us. They looked outgunned in its slog through the end of...
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1.1KFeaturedJim Boeheim is Laughing All the Way to the Sweet 16
You know it burned Jim Boeheim, because we know him for forty years. When the critics, including Doug Gottlieb, suggested Syracuse didn’t...
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997FeaturedThe Fizz is Live at ACC Tourney: Follow The Game With Us!
The Fizz is at the ACC Tournament. Follow along! Staff writer Logan Grossman is in D.C. courtside, while the rest of Team...
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1.2KFeaturedRemembering the Marrone Era via “Teach Me How To Dougie” Shirts
When we are all a bit older, long after Dino Babers has led Syracuse football to three ACC Titles, two appearances in...
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2.3K2FeaturedBig Ass Offense: Dino Babers BBQ Can Win at Syracuse
The official reports have surfaced, Bowling Green’s Dino Babers will become the next head coach at Syracuse. This has to be seen...
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1.2KFeaturedDid Tom Herman’s Extension Just Seal Dino Babers to Syracuse?
Dino Babers statement today doesn’t seem to change much in Syracuse Football Land, where he’s expected to be named the head coach...
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1.7K5FeaturedPros & Cons of Dino Babers as the Next Head Coach at Syracuse
Once reports started to surface Wednesday that Chris Ash had taken himself out of the running for the Syracuse job, Orange social...
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1.8K4FeaturedSun Burn: Syracuse Loses Scott Frost to UCF, So Who’s Next?
The news is jarring. Scott Frost will take the UCF job instead of Syracuse’s (assuming Mark Coyle offered it to him). I...
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1.3K3FeaturedThe Scott Frost-to-Syracuse Reports are Exciting, Here’s Pros & Cons
I have advocated for an up-tempo, spread offense in the controlled conditions of the Carrier Dome for years. This is the perfect...
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2.5K10Featured“Torture” Comments By Scott Shafer’s Wife Are Ridiculous
Editor’s Note: A few readers have suggested Missy Shafer’s comments were merely a light-hearted joke. I was not present when she said...
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1.5K1FeaturedSyracuse Coaching Search: Cross Off Edsall, Dave Warner is Intriguing
When I wrote yesterday about Syracuse’s potential coaching candidates, I didn’t include Randy Edsall. But we should address him here. I don’t...
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1.4KFeaturedWill Syracuse Hoops Be A Holiday Gift or Straight to the Return Bin?
Syracuse basketball is off and running, and it’s still far too early to say how dangerous the Orange will be in March....
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1.5K2FeaturedBreaking Down the Syracuse Football Coaching Candidates
Syracuse made the right move in firing Scott Shafer, as I wrote Monday. So how do we break down the now emerging...
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1.4K2FeaturedSyracuse Makes Right Move in Firing Scott Shafer
Syracuse made the right decision in firing Scott Shafer. He was in over his head as a coach at the power 5 level, but...
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1.3K7FeaturedShafer’s Clock Management Comments Make Little Sense
When Scott Shafer defended his decision to not allow Pitt to score in the waning minutes of Saturday’s loss I had a...
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1.1KFizz NationAfter Pats/Colts is the Integrity of the NFL Truly Damaged?
While we’re all college football fans here, the NFL is obviously king. And some wondered whether college pigskin might actually start eating...
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996FeaturedNotre Dame vs. Clemson Should’ve Been a Huge ACC Tilt
There’s plenty of people upset that Notre Dame plays by its own rules. While the Irish aren’t in a conference, they’re playing...
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1.3K2FootballLooking Back: Syracuse Lost the Game, But Earned Respect
As LSU prepared to visit the Carrier Dome, most Syracuse fans feared the worst. The Tigers were huge favorites on the road...
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991FeaturedReader Doug in Chicago Rocking His “Teach Me How to Dougie” Shirt
We put up the Bat Signal to our readers a few weeks ago, and Doug in Chicago responded! We just found a...
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1.4K4FeaturedThe Fizz Needs Your Help! What Do We Do With The Marrone Shirts?
A few years ago, at the height of the Marrone Optimism on the Hill, we at the Fizz decided to help fly...
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1.6K1FeaturedSyracuse “Hot Head” Eric Devendorf Is Still A Handful
We all remember Eric Devendorf as the fiery, controversial, combative player who always seemed on the edge of self-combusting. He hasn’t seemed...
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1.4K2FB RecruitingSyracuse Gets Verbal From Penn State Target Isaiah McDuffie
Syracuse has added a second member to its football class of 2017 Рthe first being Daewood Davis - as Buffalo, New York...
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1.4K2FeaturedLike It Or Not Zaire Franklin Is Syracuse’s Leader on Defense in 2015
The Syracuse coaching staff chose two players to represent the program at Sunday–Tuesday‚Äôs ACC Media Days. There were no surprises when it...
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1.4K2FeaturedSyracuse Vet Calls Tyler Lydon “A Gem” & Potential One-And-Done
With their first game in The Basketball Tournament on Saturday, Boeheim’s Army decided to get a warm-up in by playing some pick...
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1.5KFB RecruitingSyracuse Football Scholarship Crunch: Creativity With Adam Giordano
The NCAA has a strict limit on the number of commitments a football team can accept each year. Syracuse has reached the...
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1.1KFeaturedHere’s How Syracuse Will Find Scholarship Space for Tyus Battle
It’s huge that Tyus Battle decided to commit to SU. But everyone is wondering about that elephant in the room. How can the...
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1.5K1FeaturedAll-Star Hangover? Here’s The Syracuse Basketball ‚ÄúAll-Sanctions‚Äù Team
The sanctions on Syracuse’s men’s basketball team were handed down over four months ago, which means we can now have at least a...
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1.6KFB RecruitingSU Needs to Be Careful With Cycoby Burch, Learn From Past Mistakes
Following the path of 2015 signee Jake Pickard, defensive back Cycoby Burch will visit Syracuse after being turned away by the Wisconsin...
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1.3KBB RecruitingTop 5 Quotes From Tyus Battle’s SNY Profile “Battle Plan”
The verbal commitment of 2016 five-star standout Tyus Battle has Orange hoops fans buzzing, and he’ll be helping fill the Carrier Dome...
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1.1KBB RecruitingThree Biggest Positives From Tyus Battle’s Commitment to Syracuse
It was a momentous Monday, as one of the best guards in the country declared on Twitter that he’ll be coming to...
