Orange Fizz
Posts By Damon Amendolara
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1.1KFeaturedWill Syracuse’s Fast-Paced Offense Slow Down Its Own Defense?
When a football team picks up a first down, the color commentator will sometimes say that the happiest guys on the field...
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1.3KFeaturedDino Babers Bringing Passion Back to Syracuse Football
It has been one of the most talked about topics of the summer. Dino Babers is leading Syracuse football into a new...
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1.1KHoopsCan the ACC/B1G Challenge Help Stir Early College Hoops Interest?
There’s been an emphasis in recent years to create big matchups and stir interest in regular season college basketball. What NCAA and...
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1.5K3FeaturedThe Painful ($) Truth on Why Mark Coyle Left Syracuse
Syracuse was blindsided by the news Wednesday that AD Mark Coyle would be leaving for Minnesota. Jim Boeheim called it “shocking” (and...
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1.7K1FeaturedDA: Pearl May Be Gone, But His Syracuse Impact Lives Forever
We knew it was coming, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Pearl Washington has passed away at just 52 years old....
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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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1.1KFeaturedWhat 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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1.3K1FeaturedCollege 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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1.5KFeaturedThis 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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1.2KFeaturedJim 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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1.0KFeaturedThe 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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1.3KFeaturedRemembering 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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2.4K2FeaturedBig 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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1.4K3FeaturedThe 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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1.6K1FeaturedSyracuse 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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1.5KFeaturedWill 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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1.6K2FeaturedBreaking 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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1.4K7FeaturedShafer’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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1.2KFizz 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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1.0KFeaturedNotre 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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1.4K2FootballLooking 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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1.0KFeaturedReader 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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1.5K4FeaturedThe 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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1.6KFB 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...
