2009 NCAA - Syracuse
One team with no questions heading into the fall is Syracuse. The Orange fired Greg Robinson after his woeful regime failed to produce much (any?) progress since his hire. Enter Doug Marrone, a Syracuse grad who has been the Saints' offensive coordinator the last three years. Greg Paulus leaves Mike Kryzewszki's basketball program at Duke to use a year of college football eligibility he's got remaining. Paulus threw for 11,700 yards in high school, so there's little doubt that he's the most talented of the 'Cuse QB's.
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Both units ranked below 100 in the nation last year, and the defensive depth took a hit from players who left after Marrone took over. The offensive line, which was supposed to be decent, got outclassed by a woeful Syracuse defensive front in the spring. The only sure thing here is that this is a true rebuilding job for Marrone and his staff. The most interesting thing about Syracuse football this fall is to see what offensive coordinator Rob Spence (last four seasons at Clemson as OC there after leading Toledo's high-scoring MAC offenses earlier in the decade) has up his sleeve for Paulus. |
ASK the bookie - You know you've reached rock-bottom or close to it when schools from other BCS conferences are lining up to get you on the schedule. The Big 10 gets the most credit - the Cuse opens up with Minnesota and Northwestern at home sandwiched around a trip to Penn State. This team will play eight home games this fall because of the non-con slate and the 4-home, 3-away nature of the Big East this year. The big question - how did this team beat Notre Dame and Louisville last fall. It's obviously a big question to the bigwhigs at those schools, too.
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