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http://blog.syracuse.com/orangefootball/2009/08/syracuse_university_football_t_7.html
Subtract three more players from the Syracuse University football team.
First-year head coach Doug Marrone opened the team's annual football media day Monday in the Carrier Dome by announcing that junior walk-on fullback Dan Collier of Auburn, sophomore defensive end Zary Stewart and redshirt freshman defensive end Romale Tucker were no longer on the roster. The team has now bid farewell to 16 scholarship players since Marrone was hired.
"I've always told everyone I'll be up front and honest," Marrone said, "and today we'll field a team and we'll be missing three players who are no longer part of the roster. I always say I don't comment on people who aren't with the team, but there are many different reasons people are not with our football team anymore."
Collier was listed on the preseason depth chart as the first-string fullback, Stewart as a second-team end behind junior Jared Kimmel and Tucker buried behind redshirt freshman Chandler Jones, sophomore Mikhail Marinovich and sophomore Chad Battles on the other side.
Marrone also said freshman Rishard Anderson continues to have NCAA Clearinghouse issues and did not report Sunday.
"We don't have direct communication (with the player)," Marrone said. "It's usually between the parents and the NCAA. They've called back to the school today and have asked for more information, so we're in the process of that. I'll keep everyone up to date."
x. Junior offensive tackle Andrew Tiller was listed on Monday's roster at 6-foot-6, 382 pounds. As Marrone said in the days leading up to camp, Tiller is a mountain of a man.
"He's in the top three," center Jim McKenzie said when asked if he's played with anyone so big. "The others were a couple of 400-pounders in my league in high school. But their guts had guts. It's not that way with Andrew. He's just huge."
x. Marrone's decision to hold media day and the team's first practice inside the Dome turned out to be the right one when a strong thunderstorm rolled through the area shortly after the proceedings got under way.
"Hey, he's already 1-0," said athletic director Daryl Gross, who was in attendance.
x. As expected, there was little for the media to see during the first 30 minutes of practice before it was asked to leave. Special teams, calisthenics and some quarterback drills (no passing) ... Kimmel practiced with a brace on his left knee, which was surgically repaired in the off-season.
Subtract three more players from the Syracuse University football team.
First-year head coach Doug Marrone opened the team's annual football media day Monday in the Carrier Dome by announcing that junior walk-on fullback Dan Collier of Auburn, sophomore defensive end Zary Stewart and redshirt freshman defensive end Romale Tucker were no longer on the roster. The team has now bid farewell to 16 scholarship players since Marrone was hired.
"I've always told everyone I'll be up front and honest," Marrone said, "and today we'll field a team and we'll be missing three players who are no longer part of the roster. I always say I don't comment on people who aren't with the team, but there are many different reasons people are not with our football team anymore."
Collier was listed on the preseason depth chart as the first-string fullback, Stewart as a second-team end behind junior Jared Kimmel and Tucker buried behind redshirt freshman Chandler Jones, sophomore Mikhail Marinovich and sophomore Chad Battles on the other side.
Marrone also said freshman Rishard Anderson continues to have NCAA Clearinghouse issues and did not report Sunday.
"We don't have direct communication (with the player)," Marrone said. "It's usually between the parents and the NCAA. They've called back to the school today and have asked for more information, so we're in the process of that. I'll keep everyone up to date."
x. Junior offensive tackle Andrew Tiller was listed on Monday's roster at 6-foot-6, 382 pounds. As Marrone said in the days leading up to camp, Tiller is a mountain of a man.
"He's in the top three," center Jim McKenzie said when asked if he's played with anyone so big. "The others were a couple of 400-pounders in my league in high school. But their guts had guts. It's not that way with Andrew. He's just huge."
x. Marrone's decision to hold media day and the team's first practice inside the Dome turned out to be the right one when a strong thunderstorm rolled through the area shortly after the proceedings got under way.
"Hey, he's already 1-0," said athletic director Daryl Gross, who was in attendance.
x. As expected, there was little for the media to see during the first 30 minutes of practice before it was asked to leave. Special teams, calisthenics and some quarterback drills (no passing) ... Kimmel practiced with a brace on his left knee, which was surgically repaired in the off-season.
