Orange Fizz
Posts By Damon Amendolara
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975BB RecruitingBig One! How the SU Fans Helped Land 7-Footer Peter Carey
Congrats to the hard core faithful who made the trip to the Dome on Friday night. While you were there to root...
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854FootballThe ACC Has Just Become Syracuse’s Best Friend
“If you were a chick, who’s the one guy you would sleep with?” “John Stamos!” “What?! Did we just become best friends?!”...
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1.1KUncategorizedCan Syracuse Dream of a Bowl Game After 3-1 Start?
The numbers don’t lie. There are 11 ACC specific bowl games, there are 14 ACC teams. That does not include the College...
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923BB RecruitingRanking Syracuse’s Competition for 2022 Big Man Peter Carey
As Syracuse looks to bolster the Class of ’22 after Kamari Lands decommitted, this weekend holds plenty of potential. Two of SU’s...
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793BB RecruitingCould Zion Cruz End Up At Illinois After This Wild Ride?
As documented by the Fizz numerous times throughout the summer, Zion Cruz’s recruitment has more plot twists than a Christopher Nolan film....
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881FB RecruitingCrap, Schiano and Rutgers May Have Already Passed Syracuse
Saturday was ugly for a lot of reasons, but perhaps the most damning had nothing to do with the standings. Syracuse’s offense...
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1.4KBB RecruitingJust How Good Is “High Interest” Syracuse Target Simeon Wilcher?
The first priority for Syracuse is to finalize the Class of ’22. After losing Kamari Lands, SU needs to keep Justin Taylor...
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1.0KFootballWhy This Was the Perfect Weekend for Syracuse Football
If you read any preseason preview or listened to any college football analyst, Syracuse was destined for a lost campaign. The talent...
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1.2KBB RecruitingWhy Emoni Bates’ Commitment to Memphis is Great News for Syracuse
Syracuse was never involved in the Emoni Bates recruitment. Bates had long been wooed by different power brokers in college hoops, and...
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Zion Cruz’s Recruitment is Getting Weird
For years the college basketball world has salivated over Zion Cruz. He’s got size: 6’5″. He’s got the rankings. He’s got offers...
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716BB RecruitingIs Ultra Confident Chris Bunch Headed to Rutgers?
Ever since the de-commitment of Kamari Lands, Syracuse has been looking to fill the void. A recruiting class of Justin Taylor and...
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923FB RecruitingHere’s Why Babers Had to Start DeVito Even If He’s Not the Best QB
Football can be politics. Look at the departure of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC. The maneuvering was done behind closed doors,...
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1.2KBB RecruitingSyracuse Should Sell JJ Starling on Being the Big Dog
The news of Kamari Lands’ decommitment splashed cold water on the excitement over Syracuse’s Class of ’22. The Orange had stacked a...
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575FootballSyracuse Football ’21: The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable
Kickoff of the season is just over a week away, and Syracuse fans don’t know quite how to feel. Last year’s one-win...
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788BB RecruitingIs Syracuse Sunk if Chance Westry Commits to LSU After Kamari Lands News?
Kamari Lands was the focal point of an elite Class of ’22 for Syracuse. His decommittment rocked the Orange recruiting efforts. Now...
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915BB RecruitingJustin Taylor & Quadir Copeland are Playing Chess, ACC is Playing Checkers
Look at the chess moves Justin Taylor and Quadir Copeland are playing. On Sunday Taylor, 4-star shooting guard, announced his plan to...
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739BB RecruitingSyracuse Soars into Top 5 for the Class of 2022 Rankings
First it was Kamari Lands. Then it was Justin Taylor. Now it’s Quadir Copeland. What does it mean? It’s a top 5...
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1.1KBB RecruitingJustin Taylor Says He Wants to Create a Syracuse Super Class
Kamari Lands was the first domino to fall for Syracuse’s Class of ’22. When he committed in April all signs pointed to...
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781BB RecruitingCould Zion Cruz Join Dior Johnson at Oregon?
The recruitment of elite guard Zion Cruz has seen plenty of blue-bloods attempt to stake their claim. Originally it looked like Syracuse...
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648BB RecruitingIs Filipowski’s Commitment Proof the Duke Train Keeps Rolling?
Coach K has turned Duke into the surest bet in sports. While the Blue Devils had a legacy of solid college hoops...
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749BB RecruitingIs LSU Picking Up Steam for Elite Prospect Chance Westry?
Syracuse has swung for the fences this summer. In addition to landing Kamari Lands and Justin Taylor, the Orange have been shopping...
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947HoopsWho is Tyrese Rice, the Boeheim’s Army Hero of TBT Opener?
Boeheim’s Army opened up TBT with a win over Forces of Seoul, and it was a non-Orange who led the way. Tyrese...
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656FeaturedThank Goodness Syracuse Left for the ACC as Texas/Oklahoma Shake NCAA Again
Leaving the Big East sucked. We all wax nostalgic about the best basketball tournament ever created, the Old Big East, a week...
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1.4KBB RecruitingIs Penny Hardaway About to Steal #1 Recruit Jalen Duren for Memphis?
For many years Emoni Bates was considered the crown jewel of the Class of ’21. The prep star had feature length profiles...
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1.2KBB RecruitingIs Kamari Lands Even More Dominant Than We Thought?
The commitment of Kamari Lands in April set the course of Syracuse’s ’21 into smooth waters. Locking down a top 25 recruit...
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Syracuse Becomes First ACC School to Offer Rising 7-Footer Peter Carey
Sensational big man Kyle Filipowski may be headed elsewhere. He’s being courted by Duke, and a slew of other power programs across...
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Is Zion Cruz Headed to North Carolina, His “Dream School?”
The recruitment of Zion Cruz has been an exciting, and at times mysterious, one. He’s undoubtedly one of the best guards in...
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1.1KBB RecruitingSyracuse Staff Wants J.J. Starling to Be Part of Monster ’22 Class
J.J. Starling knows the Syracuse hoops program well. He knows what the Dome looks like when 30,000 make it the loudest college...
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2.1KBB RecruitingIs Syracuse Favorite Quadir Copeland the Nation’s”Best Kept Secret?”
The summer has been good to Syracuse. Kamari Lands started it off right, as a top 25 player nationally committed back in...
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1.3KBB RecruitingJustin Taylor Will Help Recruit Filipowski and Copeland to Syracuse
The summer has already been a win for Syracuse. Four-star sharpshooter Justin Taylor has committed, forming a lethal combination in the Class...
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Clingan/Filipowski Situations Make Lands/Taylor Commitments Even More Crucial
Donovan Clingan has chosen UConn, and analysts believe Kyle Filipowski is heading to Duke. Both were top targets for Syracuse. Orange fans...
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1.1KBB RecruitingHow Did Syracuse Steal Charlottesville’s Justin Taylor from ACC Powers?
This has been an incredible recruiting cycle for Syracuse. While the saga of Dior Johnson left Orange fans smarting after last year,...
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804FootballCBS Sports is Wrong on the Syracuse Win Total
It’s been an ugly offseason for Syracuse. Every publication is picking them to lose a ton of games. Opposing coaches are shredding...
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1.2KFB RecruitingTop 100 Linebacker DeAunte Hunter Calls Visit to Syracuse “Amazing”
DeAunte Hunter is being recruited by a school that played in the Peach Bowl, is a preseason Top 10 squad, and a...
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1.2KBB RecruitingFilipowski Enjoyed Hanging With Syracuse Teammates on Official Visit
The Summer of Flip is in full swing, as dynamic 6’10” Kyle Filipowski has risen up recruiting rankings, flashed dominance on the...
