The Pittsburgh Panthers host the Syracuse Orange Saturday in a game that will decide which one of these two teams will be playing in the postseason. The winner would become bowl eligible, while the loser will be staying at home. The Panthers have dominated this series, winning six straight over the Orange. That includes a 45-14 road victory last season as a 2.5-point favorite. Quarterback Tino Sunseri threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns to lead the way for Pitt. Odds makers in Las Vegas have...
Read more about Syracuse at Pittsburgh Spread Cincinnati at Syracuse Line - November 22, 2011The Cincinnati Bearcats are set to host the Syracuse Orange in Big East play this Saturday. While the Orange have no shot at winning the conference with a 1-4 mark inside the Big East, Cincinnati is right in the thick of things despite back-to-back losses Rutgers and Louisville are tired for the lead at 4-2, while Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia are all just a half-game back at 3-2. Not only will the Bearcats be looking to stay in the hunt for the title, they will be out for revenge...
Read more about Cincinnati at Syracuse Line South Florida at Syracuse Line - November 8, 2011The Syracuse Orange will host the South Florida Bulls in a special Friday night Big East matchup. Both of these teams came into the season with the thought that they could surprise and win the Big East, but instead these they sit at the bottom of the conference standings. The Orange dropped to 5-4 overall and 1-3 inside the conference with a 21-28 loss at Connecticut, while the Bulls evened up their record at 4-4 and fell to 0-4 in the Big East with a tough 17-20 overtime loss at Rutgers. Syracuse...
Read more about South Florida at Syracuse Line 2011 Syracuse Basketball Predictions - November 8, 20112010-11 Results: Overall: 26-7 (Home 18-3 Road 8-3 Neutral 1-2 Post Season 2-2) Big East: 12-6 Conference Tournament: Lost in the semifinals to eventual Big East tournament champion Connecticut. Postseason: Lost in the second round of NCAA tournament Jim Boeheim guided Syracuse to a 26-7 record and into the NCAA Tournament last year. Syracuse tied for third in the Big East conference and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. Syracuse got off to a surprising 18-0 start before losing to...
Read more about 2011 Syracuse Basketball Predictions West Virginia at Syracuse Odds - October 17, 2011The 15th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers travel to face the pesky Syracuse Orange Friday night in Big East play. This game will be nationally televised on ESPN at 8:00 EST for all to see. The Mountaineers will be looking for revenge following a stunning 19-14 home loss to the Orange as a 13.5-point favorite last year. WVU had won eight straight in this series before that loss, and odds makers have them as a similar favorite this year. According to the latest spreads, West Virginia is a 14-point...
Read more about West Virginia at Syracuse Odds Rutgers at Syracuse Line - September 27, 2011This Saturday the Syracuse Orange will host the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Big East play. It will be the first conference game for both teams. The Orange improved to 3-1 with a 33-30 overtime win over Toledo on Saturday, while the Scarlet Knights returned from a bye and brought home a 38-26 win over Ohio. Syracuse has won two straight in the series, which included a 13-10 win at Rutgers last season. Taking a look at the week 5 college football lines, oddsmakers currently have the Orange favored...
Read more about Rutgers at Syracuse Line 2011 Syracuse Football Predictions - June 29, 2011The Syracuse Orange came out of nowhere in 2010 to finish 8-5. They went 4-3 in Big East play and capped their season off with a 36-34 win over Kansas State in the Pinstripe Bowl. It was the first time the Orange won at least seven games since going 10-3 in 2001. Head coach Doug Marrone now has the difficult task of getting his team to build off their success from last year. The Orange will bring back 13 starters from their incredible 2010 season, but will have to replace 2010 leading rusher Delone...
Read more about 2011 Syracuse Football Predictions 2011 Big East Football Predictions - June 23, 2011The Big East title came right down to the wire in 2010, as Connecticut, West Virginia, and Pittsburgh each finished tied for the best conference record at 5-2. With wins over both the Mountaineers and Panthers, Connecticut won the tie-breaker and represented the Big East in a BCS Bowl. The Huskies would go on to lose 20-48 against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. This year Connecticut doesn’t figure to be in the title hunt after losing head coach Randy Edsall, but Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Cincinnati,...
Read more about 2011 Big East Football Predictions Final Four Predictions - March 14, 2011When filling out my NCAA tournament bracket I like to start from the Final Four and work backwards. Decide who you think are the best teams in each region and advance them to the Final Four. If you are going to take a chance with upsets, make sure you eliminate teams that you would have probably bounced in the next round anyway. This keeps you from losing points later on in the tournament when each winner is worth more and gives you a better chance of winning your March Madness contests. So...
Read more about Final Four Predictions NCAA Tournament Upset Predictions - March 13, 2011The NCAA Tournament brackets have been set, and over the next few days millions around the country will fill out their brackets, and try and come as close as possible to what actually happens. If you have ever filled out a bracket, you know simply picking the team with the higher seed will not get you far win it comes to winning your office pool. Just like the regular-season, there are upsets all through the course of the tournament, and spotting early upsets is crucial to picking a strong bracket....
Read more about NCAA Tournament Upset Predictions 2011 Big East Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule - March 7, 2011The Big East is the most competitive league in the history of college basketball. That has certainly been the case in 2011 with 10 teams likely headed to the NCAA Tournament and a possible 11th. With the regular season in the books, the Big East Tournament is next. It starts on Tuesday, March 8th with every game being played at Madison Square Garden and the 5-day event lasts through the 12th. Every single game will be nationally televised on either ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPNU so all who are interested...
Read more about 2011 Big East Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule Georgetown at Syracuse - February 9, 2011In a crucial Big East showdown Wednesday, the 11th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas will take on the No. 12 Syracuse Orange in the Carrier Dome. This contest will be nationally televised on ESPN at 7:00 EST for those of you interested in tuning in. The Orange have not lost three in a row at the Carrier Dome since a loss to Georgetown nine years ago. In fact, that was the last time they lost at home to the Hoyas. College basketball spreads for this game show us a line of Syracuse -4.5 over Georgetown with...
Read more about Georgetown at Syracuse Big East College Basketball Power Rankings - February 4, 2011The Big East Conference is a BEAST this year in College Basketball. How many teams with this conference get into the Big Dance? They should get a plenty and trust me it’s well deserved. The Big East could get at least 10 teams in the tournament, possibly 11 or how about even 12 teams in the Big Dance from one conference. It could happen this year but it’s doubtful with all the automatic bids from the weaker conferences. We’ll keep our eyes open down the stretch to see how the bottom of the...
Read more about Big East College Basketball Power Rankings Syracuse at Connecticut - February 2, 2011The Syracuse Orange will try to avoid their longest losing streak in 42 years when they travel to face the Connecticut Huskies Wednesday. After opening the season 18-0, the Orange have went on to drop four straight games. Their previous worst stretch of futility was a 6-game losing streak back in 1969. Syracuse has watched their ranking drop a whopping 14 spots, where they sit as the 17th-ranked team in the land. The seventh-ranked Huskies are looking to bounce back from their first home loss this...
Read more about Syracuse at Connecticut Villanova at Syracuse - January 21, 2011This Saturday The No. 3 Syracuse Orange (18-1, 5-1 Big East) will try to bounce back from their first loss of the season when they host the No. 7 Villanova Wildcats (16-2, 4-1 Big East). Tip-off is set for 12:00 ET at the Carrier Dome and will be televised nationally on ESPN. The NCAA basketball odds for this game have not yet been posted, but are sure to be up shortly. Villanova also comes into the game off a loss, as they lost 61-59 at No. 8 Connecticut on Monday. The Wildcats are now 1-1 on the...
Read more about Villanova at Syracuse 2010 Pinstripe Bowl Picks - December 25, 2010Not only do Kansas State (7-5) and Syracuse (7-5) share identical records this season, each returns to a bowl game after some time off. The Wildcats have not been to the postseason since 2006, and the Orange have not competed in a bowl game since 2004. They’ll both meet in the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl which will be played at Yankee Stadium on December 30. It’s the first college football postseason game in the Bronx in 48 years and certainly each team is happy to be here. College bowl odds show us...
Read more about 2010 Pinstripe Bowl Picks North Carolina State at Syracuse - December 3, 2010This Saturday the seventh-ranked Syracuse Orange will look to remain unbeaten when they host the North Carolina State Wolfpack in non-conference action. The Orange have faced a pretty tough schedule to start the 2010 season, but head coach Jim Boeheim is anything but pleased with the way his team is playing. Boeheim called out his team after a 78-58 win over Cornell on Tuesday. The Orange jumped out to a 21-point lead in the first half, but turned on the cruise control in the second half and really...
Read more about North Carolina State at Syracuse College Football Odds: Syracuse at Rutgers - November 9, 2010This Saturday the Syracuse Orange will look to rebound from a tough loss at home when they go on the road to take on the struggling Rutgers Scarlet Knights. After impressive wins over West Virginia and Cincinnati, the Orange couldn’t get the job done in a 28-20 loss to Louisville. The Scarlet Knights also suffered a heartbreaking loss in their last game, as they fell 28-27 at South Florida. Rutgers has won three straight and four of the last five against the Orange, but Syracuse is coming off...
Read more about College Football Odds: Syracuse at Rutgers Louisville at Syracuse - November 2, 2010This Saturday the Syracuse Orange will look to continue their impressive play when they host the Louisville Cardinals. After getting demolished by Pittsburgh 45-14, the Orange have rolled off back-to-back wins over the West Virginia and Cincinnati to become bowl eligible. The Cardinals met up with that same Pittsburgh team last week, and wound up losing 20-3 for their second loss in their last three games. Louisville took home a hard fought 10-9 win last year when these two teams met up, but the...
Read more about Louisville at Syracuse College Football Picks: Syracuse at West Virginia - October 19, 2010This Saturday the 20th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers will host the Syracuse Orange in Big East action. The Mountaineers come into the game this weekend fresh off a 20-6 win over South Florida last Thursday, while the Orange got beat up at home by Pitt, losing 45-14. The winner of this game receives the Schwartzwalder Troph, and it has belonged to West Virginia for some time now, as the Mountaineers have won eight straight against the Orange, including a 34-13 win at Syracuse last season. If you...
Read more about College Football Picks: Syracuse at West Virginia College Football Picks: Pittsburgh at Syracuse - October 12, 2010The surprising start by the Syracuse Orange actually has them favored over the Pittsburgh Panthers this week according to the latest college football odds. Many picked Syracuse to finish last in the Big East, while the Panthers we a popular pick to win the conference. The Orange (4-1, 1-0) opened up their Big East schedule with a huge 13-9 road win over South Florida last Saturday. The Panthers (2-3, 0-0) have yet to play a conference game, but clearly aren’t the team that everyone thought they...
Read more about College Football Picks: Pittsburgh at Syracuse College Football Odds: Syracuse at South Florida - October 5, 2010This Saturday the South Florida Bulls will host the Syracuse Orange in both teams first Big East game of the 2010 season. Both teams came away 3-1 in non-conference play. The Orange have yet to win against South Florida in the two teams brief history, as the Bulls hold a 5-0 mark against Syracuse. Last year the Orange actually outgained the Bulls, but turned the ball over seven times, and wound up losing 34-20. The Oddsmakers are calling for another big win by South Florida, as the current college...
Read more about College Football Odds: Syracuse at South Florida Syracuse at Washington - September 8, 2010The Washington Huskies face off against the Syracuse Saturday September 11 at 7pm at Husky Stadium. This matchup is sure to be one of the more interesting ones rounding out Week 2 of the season, and the college football odds show the Huskies -13 over the Orange. The teams last met in 2007, with Washington getting the win 42-12. Syracuse spent last season in a rebuilding mode and will look to have those changes pay off this season. Many of those changes were in the “intangibles” since Coach Marrone...
Read more about Syracuse at Washington 2010 Syracuse College Football Predictions - July 29, 2010The Syracuse Orange finished 2009 with a 4-8 record that included wins over Rutgers and Northwestern. Head coach Doug Marrone enters his second season rebuilding a program that once competed for Big East championships on an annual basis. The former offensive coordinator with the New Orleans Saints will call his own plays this season. 15 starters (10 on defense) return to try and lead the Orange back to a bowl game for the first time since the 04’ season. Syracuse cannot afford a setback...
Read more about 2010 Syracuse College Football Predictions Syracuse vs Vermont Line - March 17, 2010The 1-seed Syracuse Orange of the West Region will meet up with the 16-seed Vermont Catamounts for the second time in the NCAA Tournament since 2005. In that year, Vermont pulled off the upset. But according to the college basketball odds, that isn’t likely to happen again. The books have installed a line of Syracuse -17.5 over Vermont. Despite losing their final two games heading into the tournament, the Orange earned a 1-seed after an excellent season which saw them finished at 28-4 and 15-3...
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