ESPN: B1G bowl opponent primer: Syracuse

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

Key matchup: Minnesota's offensive line against Bromley and the Syracuse defensive front seven. The Orange can get into the backfield -- they're tied for 19th nationally in tackles for loss (7.3 per game) -- and sack the quarterback (2.75 sacks per game, tied for 22nd). Minnesota's passing issues are well documented, and if the Gophers are behind the chains and have to throw the ball, they'll be in trouble. The offensive line took a significant step forward in last year's Texas Bowl and needs another strong performance to spark underrated running back David Cobb, who finished the regular season with 1,111 yards and seven touchdowns on 219 carries.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/91436/b1g-bowl-opponent-primer-syracuse

Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherinPhilly]

They forgot this important info about Suckacuse!

In the last 50 years, Syracuse University has only produced TWO Natl Champions outside of the sport of Lacrosse.

Their Men's Crew team won a Natl Title in 1978, and their Men's BB team won the Natl Title in 2003 as we are all well aware of.



Meanwhile, outside of the sport of Ice Hockey, in the last 50 years the Univ of Minnesota has won Natl Titles in Men's Wrestling, Men's Golf, Men's Baseball and gotten Women's VB and Womens BB teams to the Final Four. Our Dance Team is a dynasty that's won 8 Natl titles. Our Men's Gymnastics team has finished #2 in the nation.


We've put more players into the NFL than SU has.
We've put more players into the NBA than SU has.
We've put more players into MLB than SU has.
We've put more players into the NHL than SU has.

We've put twice as many players into the Cfb HOF than SU has.
We've put more players into the Naismith HOF than SU has.
We've put more players in the Baseball HOF than SU has.
We've put more players into the Hockey HOF than SU has.

We've had more players win Gold Medals in the Olympics than SU has.

We invented Cheerleading.


And what has Syracuse ever done for us?? We gave them future HOF coaches Biggie Munn and Ossie Solem(Helms HOF).



SU never made the cfb Top 10 or 20 before WWII, so to be nice, comparing our 2 programs since WWII, here is their Top 5 rankings vs ours.

1-4-6-8-10
vs
1-6-8-9-10


not a big difference.


And in head to head action, they've lost 3 straight to us.

 

[Dr.Don]

Suckacuse is good but I just prefer Syrasuck.

 

[PartoPitinosPosse]

Syrasucks and is a poor suckacuse of a fb team.