Schiano specifically targeted their program and said as much. Then he started beating them. Theyโve never recovered. Now we are so in their head they have a more than a decade long running thread on us. Psychotic.
OT: Syracuse Football
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This entire thread is stupid
we suck
they suck
neither fanbase should be saying anything
with that said โฆ.
History has shown that this will likely be the only Syracuse related thread on this board. It will be active for a week or so. Contain less than 100 posts and then die out .
Theirs?
decades long with several thousand pages.
their fanbase is truly obsessed with all things Rutgers
itโs sad
I can honestly tell you that outside of this thread - it never even occurred to me to think about Syracuse football .
we suck
they suck
neither fanbase should be saying anything
with that said โฆ.
History has shown that this will likely be the only Syracuse related thread on this board. It will be active for a week or so. Contain less than 100 posts and then die out .
Theirs?
decades long with several thousand pages.
their fanbase is truly obsessed with all things Rutgers
itโs sad
I can honestly tell you that outside of this thread - it never even occurred to me to think about Syracuse football .
Know Rival lists Syracuse as our 3rd biggest rival behind Penn State and Maryland. I would actually think Syracuse is above Maryland if we still played every year. This is based on an advanced poll of each teamโs fans and how they score their hatred 1-10. Anyone can take the survey:
knowrivalry.com
Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Know Rivalry
knowrivalry.com
Thinking about Syracuse is a sad place to be
Ah, the old days. Will never forget, (remember when this used to happen?) the STs blocked a FG attempt and were returning it down the Syracuse sideline for a TD. As they ran past the HC, you could clearly his lips as he said "Every f****** year".
We have rivals? When did that happen?
Yeah, it's On3 now!
New York is a sad place to be - for football.
Schools are dropping football all over.
Some are combining with other schools and some are trying 8-man.
America families left NYS and foreigner borns were catered too
Then there's the concussion hysteria that's still operating in the medicated suburbs
Big push to have ladies touch football inserted (not an accident)
SU used to recruit a lot of the suburbs and exurbs
A USA TODAY analysis suggests that participation numbers in the Empire State are on the decline, as statewide participation has dropped just under 33% since 2008 โ from 38,354 to 25,874 in 2024. That comes despite New York gaining roughly 400,000 in population during that same time.
"Low participation leads to NY high school football team canceling season opener"
"YONKERS, New York (WABC) -- The city of Yonkers may have eight high schools, but the number of football teams is now down to two.
Yonkers high school football teams merge due to dwindling participation"
Yonkers high school football teams merge due to dwindling participation
The merger reflects the nationwide trend of declining participation in youth football because of concerns over concussions.
abc7ny.com
"Long Island high school football players are down 30% in a decade. Here's why."
Long Island high school football players are down 30% in a decade. Here's why.
Long Island's decline is nearly nine times the rate in high school football participation nationally.
www.newsday.com
One of the schools above losing its team (Hastings) produced All Pro Ali Marpet a guard on Brady's Super Bowl winning Bucs.
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In 2+ seasons as a head coach, Fran has accomplished the following...
Somehow we haven't accomplished anything close in the past 20 years combined. But the OP is correct in that Cuse appears to be floundering -- and we can enjoy!!!
- finished a season ranked in top 20
- 3 or 4 top 25 victories
- a 10 win season
- wins (regular season) over blue bloods Miami and Clemson
Somehow we haven't accomplished anything close in the past 20 years combined. But the OP is correct in that Cuse appears to be floundering -- and we can enjoy!!!
Long Island football is poor. Very few good players as parents wonโt allow kids to play. Many concentrate on basketball or Lacrosse.New York is a sad place to be - for football.
Schools are dropping football all over.
Some are combining with other schools and some are trying 8-man.
America families left NYS and foreigner borns were catered too
Then there's the concussion hysteria that's still operating in the medicated suburbs
Big push to have ladies touch football inserted (not an accident)
SU used to recruit a lot of the suburbs and exurbs
A USA TODAY analysis suggests that participation numbers in the Empire State are on the decline, as statewide participation has dropped just under 33% since 2008 โ from 38,354 to 25,874 in 2024. That comes despite New York gaining roughly 400,000 in population during that same time.
"Low participation leads to NY high school football team canceling season opener"
"YONKERS, New York (WABC) -- The city of Yonkers may have eight high schools, but the number of football teams is now down to two.
Yonkers high school football teams merge due to dwindling participation"
Yonkers high school football teams merge due to dwindling participation
The merger reflects the nationwide trend of declining participation in youth football because of concerns over concussions.
"Long Island high school football players are down 30% in a decade. Here's why."
Long Island high school football players are down 30% in a decade. Here's why.
Long Island's decline is nearly nine times the rate in high school football participation nationally.www.newsday.com
One of the schools above losing its team (Hastings) produced All Pro Ali Marpet a guard on Brady's Super Bowl winning Bucs.
Yeah, it's amazing what can happen when Kyle McCord transfers down from Ohio State to an ACC program like Syracuse. An outstanding QB can paper over a lot of faults with your offense. Cuse has returned to their level, as we can all see.
Yes well that's the problem with concussion hysteria. They used to have different levels of head impact but it was made into one. A motorcycle rider knocked unconscious from bouncing his head off the pavement and a girl hit with a volleyball became the same concern. We had a local school with 1100 students and 100 were on concussion protocol which was ridiculous.
The main "study" used to start the hysteria only involved a few dead NFL players and it was never peer reviewed but was taken straight to media. Excessive drug and alcohol use as well as sugar consumption could cause same proteins blamed for neurological damage. Junior Seau was big drug/alcohol abuser but he became the face of concisions. Sports injury research associations issued statements that high school football was never shown to be a serious risk
I am 100% certain the concussion thing was hyped-up on purpose. There are now millions being sought for "concussion" issues. There are medical people now hyping "tests" they can do on a living person. I know exactly how easy it is to market Americans into grabbing their ankles using bogus studies. I am also sure that the factions who hate football as examples of "masculine hegemony" want football gone. Of course now girl's flag football is on the rise while boys tackle football ends. I feel bad for boys with such lame parents (and its white moms making sons quit football while dads do zip.).
Six Flags Closes Its X2 Roller Coaster After Brain-Injury Lawsuits
Six Flags Closes Its X2 Roller Coaster After Brain-Injury Lawsuits
Six Flags Magic Mountain in California permanently closed the roller coaster after allegations of brain injuries.
time.com
Or, you know ... not that at all:Yes well that's the problem with concussion hysteria. They used to have different levels of head impact but it was made into one. A motorcycle rider knocked unconscious from bouncing his head off the pavement and a girl hit with a volleyball became the same concern. We had a local school with 1100 students and 100 were on concussion protocol which was ridiculous.
The main "study" used to start the hysteria only involved a few dead NFL players and it was never peer reviewed but was taken straight to media. Excessive drug and alcohol use as well as sugar consumption could cause same proteins blamed for neurological damage. Junior Seau was big drug/alcohol abuser but he became the face of concisions. Sports injury research associations issued statements that high school football was never shown to be a serious risk
I am 100% certain the concussion thing was hyped-up on purpose. There are now millions being sought for "concussion" issues. There are medical people now hyping "tests" they can do on a living person. I know exactly how easy it is to market Americans into grabbing their ankles using bogus studies. I am also sure that the factions who hate football as examples of "masculine hegemony" want football gone. Of course now girl's flag football is on the rise while boys tackle football ends. I feel bad for boys with such lame parents (and its white moms making sons quit football while dads do zip.).
Six Flags Closes Its X2 Roller Coaster After Brain-Injury Lawsuits
Six Flags Closes Its X2 Roller Coaster After Brain-Injury Lawsuits
Six Flags Magic Mountain in California permanently closed the roller coaster after allegations of brain injuries.
Eleven-player football registered a 1.4 percent increase with another 14,128 participants and now stands at 1,043,716 โ by far the most popular sport for boys or girls. The sport is continuing to rebound from the pandemic and posted its highest mark since the 2016-17 season.
Led by Girls Flag Football and Girls Wrestling, High School Sports Participation Increases for Fifth Consecutive Year
Led by the growth in girls flag football & wrestling, high school sports hit 8.4M participants in 2025-26.
nfhs.org
Or, you know ... not that at all:
Eleven-player football registered a 1.4 percent increase with another 14,128 participants and now stands at 1,043,716 โ by far the most popular sport for boys or girls. The sport is continuing to rebound from the pandemic and posted its highest mark since the 2016-17 season.
Led by Girls Flag Football and Girls Wrestling, High School Sports Participation Increases for Fifth Consecutive Year
Led by the growth in girls flag football & wrestling, high school sports hit 8.4M participants in 2025-26.
Measuring football participation increases since the pandemic is not an accurate way to measure anything. Plus I specified New York. Girls football is up and boys is down in NY and other northeastern states. Rural states still play football, southern states still play football, traditional states still play football. If a state still knows what boys are then there is an excellent chance they still play football.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns as participation in the sport continues to decline across the state.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns.
www.cbsnews.com
WaPo (2023) lays out the exact mindset behind attack on football and its not medical despite the pretense
The changing face of Americaโs favorite sport
How race, politics, culture and money are shaping which kids abandon tackle football -- and which keep risking its toll.
But viewed from a wider lens, high school football is in steep, steady decline. Participation has fallen 17 percent since 2006, when more than 1.1 million boys played the sport, a larger decline than any of the other top 10 most popular boysโ sports. Data in the sprawling and unregulated youth sports industry is less reliable, but regular participation in tackle football among kids ages 6 to 12 fell 13 percent from 2019 to 2022, according to annual survey data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).โThere seems to be a very disturbing possibility,โ said Andrew M. Lindner, associate professor of sociology at Skidmore College who has studied the demographics of football participation, โthat who your dad voted for [in the presidential election] could influence your risk for a very serious [football-related] ailment or injury.โ
So the most recent data available identifying the exact number you're talking about isn't an accurate measure of anything? Got it. Because that's what that is, not a measurement since the pandemic, just the annual number of participants - highest in nearly a decade.Measuring football participation increases since the pandemic is not an accurate way to measure anything. Plus I specified New York. Girls football is up and boys is down in NY and other northeastern states. Rural states still play football, southern states still play football, traditional states still play football. If a state still knows what boys are then there is an excellent chance they still play football.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns as participation in the sport continues to decline across the state.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns.
WaPo (2023) lays out the exact mindset behind attack on football and its not medical despite the pretense
The changing face of Americaโs favorite sport
How race, politics, culture and money are shaping which kids abandon tackle football -- and which keep risking its toll.
But viewed from a wider lens, high school football is in steep, steady decline. Participation has fallen 17 percent since 2006, when more than 1.1 million boys played the sport, a larger decline than any of the other top 10 most popular boysโ sports. Data in the sprawling and unregulated youth sports industry is less reliable, but regular participation in tackle football among kids ages 6 to 12 fell 13 percent from 2019 to 2022, according to annual survey data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).
โThere seems to be a very disturbing possibility,โ said Andrew M. Lindner, associate professor of sociology at Skidmore College who has studied the demographics of football participation, โthat who your dad voted for [in the presidential election] could influence your risk for a very serious [football-related] ailment or injury.โ
Your own source has the annual participation peak at 1.1 mil (so does mine) ...56K less than the current number. Not exactly "boys tackle football ending".
And no, you weren't talking specifically about NY in the post I quoted. You were speaking (over)broadly about the NFL, concussion studies, lawsuits, etc. You even linked an example from California ...about rollercoasters.
You were nearly as far away from NY as you were reality.
WaPo. Thatโs all I needed to know.Measuring football participation increases since the pandemic is not an accurate way to measure anything. Plus I specified New York. Girls football is up and boys is down in NY and other northeastern states. Rural states still play football, southern states still play football, traditional states still play football. If a state still knows what boys are then there is an excellent chance they still play football.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns as participation in the sport continues to decline across the state.
Dwindling rosters force 5 Massachusetts high school football teams to forfeit games
A growing number of Massachusetts high schools have been forced to forfeit football games in recent weeks, with many citing dwindling rosters and player safety concerns.
WaPo (2023) lays out the exact mindset behind attack on football and its not medical despite the pretense
The changing face of Americaโs favorite sport
How race, politics, culture and money are shaping which kids abandon tackle football -- and which keep risking its toll.
But viewed from a wider lens, high school football is in steep, steady decline. Participation has fallen 17 percent since 2006, when more than 1.1 million boys played the sport, a larger decline than any of the other top 10 most popular boysโ sports. Data in the sprawling and unregulated youth sports industry is less reliable, but regular participation in tackle football among kids ages 6 to 12 fell 13 percent from 2019 to 2022, according to annual survey data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA).
โThere seems to be a very disturbing possibility,โ said Andrew M. Lindner, associate professor of sociology at Skidmore College who has studied the demographics of football participation, โthat who your dad voted for [in the presidential election] could influence your risk for a very serious [football-related] ailment or injury.โ
Syracuse was in last place in the ACC last year and are now last in the ACC this year.
St. Anthony's remains a strong program as we pulled both Duff and Strong from there. But agree with you.
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