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SU basketball signs three for 2011By Mark Cooper

Syracuse announced Wednesday that three players in the Class of 2011 have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Orange. High school seniors Rakeem Christmas, Michael Carter-Williams and Trevor Cooney have all chosen to play for SU.

Christmas, the No. 1 center and No. 10 player overall for the Class of 2011 according to ESPNU, is a 6-foot-9 center from Philadelphia. He led his school team, the Academy of the New Church, to the Pennsylvania Independent School Athletic Asso-ciation last season. Christmas chose Syracuse over Georgetown, Florida and Rutgers, among others, according to ESPNU.

Carter-Williams is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Hamilton, Mass., who plays for St. Andrew’s School in Rhode Island. He is considered the No. 11 shooting guard and No. 31 player overall in the class. Carter-Williams also garnered interest from Provi-dence, Temple and Virginia Tech before choosing SU.

Cooney, the third SU recruit in the ESPNU Top 100 to choose Syracuse, is the No. 17 shooting guard and No. 57 player overall. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard averaged 17.4 points and 9.4 rebounds for Sanford School last season, and he won the 2010 Delaware State Basketball Player of the Year Award. Cooney chose SU over offers from Villanova, Maryland, Notre Dame and West Virginia.

The three recruits give Syracuse the No. 10 recruiting class for next season, according to ESPNU. It’s the third best in the Big East, behind St. John’s (No. 3) and Louisville (No. 6).

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By Brett LoGiuratoAsst. sports Editor

Mikhail Marinovich knows it’s coming. Right up the gut, downhill, hard-nosed running. The bread and butter of the Connecticut offense.

“They’re going to come out, and it’s no secret what they’re going to do,” said Marinovich, a junior defensive end on Syracuse. “They’re going to run the ball. … That’s what we’re preparing for.”

Being fully ready for Connecticut’s rushing attack will be paramount to Syracuse’s success when the Huskies (5-4, 2-2 Big East) come to the Carrier Dome to take on the Orange (7-3, 4-2 Big East) for a 7 p.m. matchup Saturday.

A win over the Huskies would clinch second place in the Big East for SU in its last conference game of the season. It would also keep the Orange’s dreams alive for a Big East championship and a trip to a BCS bowl. A loss, and things get a little more complicated.

SU head coach Doug Marrone admitted Monday that his team was caught up in the emotions after a 13-9 victory over South Florida on Oct. 9 that, at the time, was the signa-ture win of Marrone’s tenure with the Orange. That led to a 31-point blowout loss to Pittsburgh the next week.

And with the emotions swirling after a bowl-eligibility-clinching victory last weekend at Rutgers, Marrone is trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

“I’ve said before,” Marrone said, “where you can never get too high when you win and you can never get too low when you lose. We’ve had that mentality for every game except for right after South Florida. I expect the players to be ready to play.”

And that starts with the most important matchup of the game — Syracuse’s No. 9-ranked defense vs. the nation’s No. 2 rusher.

That’s where the stability in the Huskies’ attack lies — in junior running back Jordan Todman. Whereas the Huskies have started three different quarterbacks this season — Zach Fraser being the latest to earn his original starting spot back — Todman is their offensive rock. He is first in the Big East and second in the nation in rushing, averaging 147 yards in his nine games played this season.

Todman and the departed Andre Dixon helped run over the Orange in last season’s 56-31 blowout win for the Hus-kies in Connecticut. Todman ran for 123 yards and a touch-down, and UConn had four touchdowns on the ground.

“He has speed, he has power,” SU safety Max Suter said of Todman. “We’re going to have to go out and stop the run-ning game first off, and we’ve been working hard on that from the start of the week here.”

Connecticut’s rushing attack is also predicated on a dominant, bruising offensive line that has paved the way for Todman all season. Suter called it “big and physical.” SU defensive tackle Anthony Perkins called it “terrific.” And Marinovich said the Huskies’ offensive line will “maul you.”

But Marinovich also said the physicality of the bigger,

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mikhail marinovich and the syracuse defense will have the tough task of stopping Connecticut running back Jordan todman saturday. todman is the No. 2 rusher in the nation, with 1,176 rushing yards to go along with nine touchdowns.

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Doug Marrone doesn’t spend time think-ing about which bowl his team will play in at season’s end. He doesn’t lament the

significance of what he, his staff and his players have accomplished at Syracuse this season.

The week-to-week rigors have kept him from doing that. Seemingly every week, the same words are uttered from his mouth: “We just need to keep moving forward with our nose to the grindstone.”

It’s not his nature to sit back and dwell on such things in the midst of competing for the Big East crown. This is the same guy who, during SU’s bye week, finally went back and looked at an album New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton made of a playoff run the Saints went on when Marrone was there four years ago.

“There really isn’t a lot of time to talk to some-one on the phone, e-mail, text or talk about the season, where it is going, what happened, what we’ve accomplished,” Marrone said Monday. “We’re on to the next opponent — win or lose.”

Regardless of what happens Saturday against Connecticut — win or lose — what Mar-rone has restored at SU is quite remarkable, even if he is reluctant to acknowledge it at this

point in the season. This weekend, the Orange can move into a tie for the lead in the Big East standings if it wins and Pittsburgh loses. That’s something few people outside the program ever envisioned back in August.

Marrone’s squad was projected to finish seventh in the conference in the preseason Big East poll. Ten weeks in, the Orange sits in second place in the conference and finished the season 4-0 on the road in the conference. SU has already locked up its best season since 2001 and will be headed to a bowl for the first time since 2004.

Exceeding expectations the way Marrone has this year usually leads to Coach of the Year talk. Though Marrone will undoubtedly balk at the notion, saying he’s just doing his job, he’s no doubt on the verge of getting serious consider-

ation in both the Big East and nationally.“The sense is that I’m happy for the play-

ers, the seniors, people in the community, the faculty and the alumni,” Marrone said. “I try to tell people all the time that I’m really just doing my job. I don’t look at it as being extraordinary. I’m doing what I was brought here to do.”

The fact is, in just his second year at the helm, Marrone is already exceeding outside expectations. As recently as this week, Mar-rone admitted he’s not surprised at the early success. After all, he’s just doing his job.

Part of that is convincing people to buy into what he’s doing at SU. And with each win, his concepts and principles are further solidified among those taking this ride with him.

“Winning is important to him,” fullback Adam Harris said. “But it’s important to him to build an all-around program, both on and off the field. … That’s something we’ve all bought into.”

The veteran players who have been around for the darker years of the program see the dif-ference. Memories of the two-win and three-win seasons aren’t so distant. Perhaps that’s partial-ly why what Marrone has already accomplished is so incredible. The Orange only won seven

games in the previous two years. Nine games in the previous three years. And 14 games over the previous five years.

Since he took over last year, Marrone said he and his staff have been “winning battles” here and there, though it doesn’t always show up in the win column. Now they do.

“Everybody that is around the program, from the strength and conditioning coaches to all the assistant coaches, the equipment guys, it’s everybody in the program who has had a part in turning this program into a winning one,” senior center Ryan Bartholomew said. “It starts with Coach Marrone.”

For the first time in years, the SU commu-nity is still talking about football three weeks into November. Instead of shifting attention to a local basketball team with Final Four aspira-tions, people are talking about a team that still has a chance to go to a BCS bowl.

And all this with two games still remaining. Whether Marrone will admit it or not, that’s

quite remarkable around here.Andrew L. John is the sports editor at The

Daily Orange, where his column appears occasion-ally. He can be reached at aljohn@syr.edu.

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Doug marrone and Syracuse have already ensured they will be going to a bowl this season with last week’s 13-10 win over Rutgers, but there is still more to play for. The Orange are now in the hunt for a Big East title and a trip to a BCS bowl in Marrone’s second season.

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With its blowout loss to Connecticut to close the 2009 season, Doug Marrone forecasted what 2010 would become for the Syracuse football team.

The SU head coach, for once, wasn’t engrossed in the moment of what happened on the fi eld. The staggering loss to the Huskies wasn’t the preferred topic of conversation.

Yes, he needed to answer questions about the 56 points Syracuse gave up, the most points for an SU opponent since 2001. But it was all about foundation as Marrone concluded a 4-8 year in his fi rst season.

It was about what would come next.“We’ve been through a lot of adversity,” Mar-

rone said after the game in East Hartford, Conn. “And hopefully we won’t go through a lot of that in our future, that’s not what our goal is.”

The future, despite what Marrone and sev-eral SU players said following the game, looked bleak. Once again, Syracuse (4-8, 1-6 Big East) failed to muster two wins in Big East play. It would fi nish near the bottom in conference. And another tri-state team embarrassed the Orange to end the season, thanks to the Hus-kies’ 196 yards on the ground from Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Dixon and Todman, though, didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. It was all about the Greg Pauluses and Lavar Lobdells now that Syracuse’s season was over. It was time

to thank them, even though the Orange was blasted by a former SU alumnus in UConn head coach Randy Edsall.

The one-year experiment that was a gradu-ate student at quarterback was over. Paulus concluded his 12-game SU career with a loss on the fi eld. But to Marrone, the former Duke point guard was the ultimate winner. And with the endless praise from his head coach also came SU-best numbers.

Paulus fi nished the year with the program’s single-season record for completions with 193. He also set the SU season record with a 67.7 com-pletion percentage, capped off by a 296-yard, two-touchdown performance against UConn (6-5, 2-4).

Paulus, like Marrone, didn’t care about the past.

“As far as a standpoint of ‘are we satis-fi ed and completely happy with the wins and results’ — no,” Paulus said. “But we’ve set the foundation, the culture we’d like all the teams to have ahead of us.”

With the word “foundation” surfacing for the head coach and quarterback who piloted the team to start a new era, SU’s tone was set. On the fi eld, the Orange’s would-be returnees for the 2010 campaign showed fl ashes, as well. Especially two receivers at the end of 16 of Paulus’ 24 pass completions.

Marcus Sales and Alec Lemon had career

games in front of the 40,000 at Rentschler Field. Lemon went for a surprising 140 yards on the day, hauling in his fi rst touchdown of his career. And Sales went for 89 yards. In all, two quarterbacks — including the Orange’s future starter in Ryan Nassib — and 10 receivers got in on the action.

Nassib’s 64-yard, one-touchdown perfor-mance was another solid, yet abbreviated, audi-tion for his future job. And Delone Carter went over 100 yards for the third time in four games. In the process, he established himself as SU’s premier offensive weapon heading into 2010.

Still, the truth was that the Huskies pulled away for a 25-point win. It may have been the low point in another losing season.

And like any team limping to the fi nish line, the Orange took solace in next year. The only difference for Marrone and SU linebacker Doug Hogue was that next year, they promised, would be different.

It would be the year of building on what was SU football in 2009. It all ended with optimism forced from a devastating loss in East Hartford.

“We’re Syracuse,” Hogue said. “We always play hard, and going into next year, this game will probably be inspirational for us to work even harder, and we’re going to come back next year better than we were before.”

— Compiled by Tony Olivero, asst. sports editor, aolivero@syr.edu

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stronger UConn offensive line can be negated by SU’s superior technique on defense.

“I think technique will help even the playing field,” he said. “Even if the guy’s bigger, as this offensive line looks on paper — a lot bigger and totally stronger — technique can neutralize a lot of that. A lot of teams get away from what they usually do to try to cope with the physical aspect of UConn’s offensive line.”

Todman and Connecticut’s line has been instrumental in the Huskies’ last two victories, which have surged the team back into the con-ference picture. After an embarrassing 26-0 loss at Louisville three weeks ago in which Todman only had 80 yards — his lowest output of the season — UConn has stormed back against two of the Big East’s bests.

The first was at home against West Virginia on Oct. 29, when Todman had an astounding 33 carries for 113 yards and a touchdown. Dave Teggart’s 27-yard field goal in overtime won the game for the Huskies.

And last weekend at home, UConn shocked Pittsburgh, which was previously unbeaten in Big East play. Again, Todman carried the load, this time rushing 37 times for 222 yards.

“We just have to fill our holes and try to stop the run,” Syracuse safety Shamarko Thomas said. “They are a great team. You see what they did with Pitt.”

Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall saw, too. And he has no plans to fix what isn’t broke. Syracuse avoided the Big East’s second-leading and the nation’s No. 5 rusher in Bilal Powell when Louisville came to the Dome two weeks ago. But SU won’t be as fortunate this time around. And the Orange might have to deal with even more.

Edsall said in his weekly press conference Tuesday that he plans on going with what works. Whether that means a surprisingly effi-cient pass attack or another 30-plus-carry game from Todman.

“It all depends on how Jordan is doing and how the game is going,” Edsall said, when asked about the likelihood of Todman getting 30-plus carries again this week. “Jordan knows who he is and what he can do. If it takes that many car-ries from Jordan or if we need to use two guys, we’ll see how it goes.”

Todman’s arrival to the Dome comes a week after the Orange struggled mightily with Rut-gers’ unorthodox rushing attack, which was pri-marily in the Wild Knight formation. Operating as the “quarterback” in the formation, Jeremy Deering ran for 166 yards and a touchdown.

And Todman’s arrival comes two weeks after Louisville’s Jeremy Wright picked up the slack for the absent Powell, rushing for 98 yards and scoring twice.

One of those performances led to an SU loss. One was a missed field goal away from perhaps leading to the same fate. And with bigger goals in mind than just a bowl appearance now in sight, the SU defense knows it can’t happen again.

“He’s a great athlete, a really great athlete,” Thomas said. “We just have to try to stop him.”

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TONY OLIVEROConnecticut 13

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The closest margin Syracuse has come to Connecticut in its past

three contests, all losses.

Yards per game, on average, for Connecticut running back Jordan Todman, good for second in the nation and fi rst in the Big East.

Yards per game, on average, given up by the Syracuse pass defense, its

best mark since the 1989 season.

Different quarterbacks Connecticut has started this season.

Yards the Huskies average on kick returns, which places the team eighth in the nation and fi rst in the Big East.

Despite the emotional high of becoming bowl eligible

last weekend, SU avoids the letdown.

Another ugly game. Scott Shafer’s defense comes

up big again late, and SU avoids a winless home

Big East season.

Todman and Co. scored enough last week to beat the best scoring offense

in the Big East. Against a reeling SU offense, it’ll

be enough again with the help of the Huskies’

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The Syracuse defense knows it. Connecticut will pound the ball down SU’s throat, with the nation’s No. 2 rusher at its disposal. Hogue and Derrell Smith need to lead the counterattack against Todman.

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Connecticut’s running game all starts in the trenches with a superb offensive line. Lewis, Anthony Perkins and Bud Tribbey — assuming he plays — will need to be strong up front and take up blockers for their linebackers to make tackles at the second level.

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Nassib has struggled against top-50 pass defenses in West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers, Pittsburgh and South Florida. Connecticut is another. And Joseph leads the Huskies with 6.5 sacks and also has 9.5 tackles for loss.

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Provo has quietly caught a pass in 10 consecu-tive games. He has had three straight games of four catches or more, and he’s becoming more of an option for Nassib. He had four receptions for 60 yards against Rutgers.

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The Huskies are a perfect 5-0 at home but have failed to win a single road game this season. By contrast, SU has not won a home game in two tries in Big East play.

Herm Edwards, who Marrone worked under while with the New York Jets, will be the color announcer for the game, which is televised on ESPNU.

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Scouting Connecticut with Adam Harris

By Andrew L. JohnSPORTS EDITOR

Adam Harris began his collegiate football career as a linebacker at Cornell. After transfer-ring to Syracuse prior to the 2009 season, Harris walked on to the football team and switched to the fullback position during spring practice in 2010. Now the starter at the position, Harris has played in all 10 of SU’s games this season and has helped pave the way for running back Delone Carter, who has 938 yards rushing on the season. On Saturday, the Orange offense faces a challenge in Connecticut, a team that beat West Virginia and Pittsburgh in its previous two games and beat SU 56-31 last season. The Daily Orange spoke to Harris this week to discuss how the unit is preparing for the Connecticut defense:The Daily Orange: This Connecticut defense was able to neutralize both West Virginia and Pittsburgh in the running game, so what do you guys need to do to have success against them?

Harris: No. 1, we just need to protect the ball. That’s the biggest thing. We can’t turn the ball over. Last week we had some turnovers and, fortunately, we still came out on top. But one thing that we always talk about is we have to be positive in the turnover ratio. That will be one of the biggest keys this week — win the turnover ratio and picking up your assignments when they bring pressure.

If you were to pinpoint some of the key play-ers and positions on this Connecticut defense from watching fi lm, whom would you say you need to focus on this week?

I know they have some real experienced linebackers — four- and three-year starters. They’ve got a couple linemen that have been there for a couple of years, too, so we know they’ll be stout against the run, and they’re really good up front.Some teams have had some success bringing pressure against you guys. Do you expect Connecticut to construct a similar strategy this week?

Yeah, I defi nitely think they’ll bring a decent amount of pressure at us. The main thing for us is to get into the books this week and make sure everybody knows their assignments and whom they have to block.Against several Big East teams this season, you guys have been able to stay in the game by managing the clock though not necessar-ily putting a lot of points on the board. How key is getting points on the board against this Connecticut team that has been successful shutting down offenses at times this season?

It’s really important. Time of possession is always huge in a ball game. If you can keep their offense off the fi eld as long as possible, obviously they can’t put up points. If we can sustain long drives and put up some points, our defense can usually keep us in the game.What are some things that Connecticut was able to do successfully against West Virginia and Pittsburgh that you guys have taken notice of?

It goes back to the turnovers. I know against Pittsburgh they intercepted a couple balls and forced some fumbles on kickoff returns. When

you fumble the ball on your 20-yard line, they only have to go 20 yards to score. Their defense really helped their offense out a lot.Heading into this week, looking to close out the season strong, how important is it for this Syracuse offense to continue improving?

I think everybody still feels hungry because I don’t think we’re done yet. There’s still a lot more that everybody wants to do with this season. After already securing bowl eligibility, what is the mentality of this Syracuse team head-ing into this game? Is the pressure off, and is the sense of urgency still there?

Nobody wants to be complacent right now. Everybody is still hungry for this game and we just have to keep preparing like maybe we didn’t make the bowl game. When you start get-ting comfortable and start looking ahead, that’s when you get beat.

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matthew ziegler | staff photographerADAM HARRIS has played in all 10 games, including nine starts at the full-back position. He’ll help pave the way for SU running back Delone Carter Saturday.

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Q&A with SU center Macky MacPherson

matthew ziegler | staff photographermacky macpherson (59) snapped the ball for Ross Krautman’s game-winning field goal against Rutgers. He is the grandson of former SU head coach Dick MacPherson.

By Tony OliveroASSt. SPoRtS EDitoR

Syracuse freshman offensive lineman Macky MacPherson would have been the one to snap the ball to clinch Syracuse’s bowl eligibility. After all, he is the grandson of former SU head coach Dick MacPherson. The grandson did so last week with just more than a minute left in SU’s 13-10 win over Rutgers Saturday, as fellow fresh-man Ross Krautman converted a 24-yard kick. This week, The Daily Orange caught up with MacPherson days after to relive the moment and what it means to SU and his family:The Daily orange: Take me through — as you are kind of the center of it all — what’s going through your head. you know the game could rest on this snap, bowl hopes could rest on all of this. as a freshman, what goes through your mind?

MacPherson: Somewhere around five min-utes left in the fourth quarter, I was like, “OK, this could come down to a field goal.” And during that drive right there, I was just taking snaps. I was very confident in both Rob and Ross. It was, “Put the ball near the spot, and Rob would take care of it, and Ross would put it through the uprights.”how worried were you about the rutgers field-goal rush? rob Long said saturday he adjusted with what he was doing with more quick release line-drive kicks. For you, is there any element of an adjustment, as well?

As a snapper, you can’t really change any-thing you are going to do. You can’t think like, “I am going to snap this ball faster.” It’s not going to work. You are going to end up putting it way over his head or outside, and you have just got to shake off whatever it is and have faith in Rob or Ross that they will hold it down and get the kick off. And that’s what they did.There was a photo that ran on the back page of The D.o. monday that was an image of the final kick. yet it was a moment between your snap and the kick going through the uprights. In the photo, the football appears to be mere feet from your hands, and it appears that you are looking directly at the football. here is the photo. can you describe to me what is going through your head here at this exact moment?

I put the ball right at Rob’s knee. So where his knee is, is where the ball hit the ground. And he had a great hold, and he snapped it up, and he put it right on the spot. And Ross came through real quick, which helped a lot because they really came with the heat. In my mind, I was just hoping to hear the kick of the ball because Ross puts it so high I would have been shocked if anyone blocked it. And that guy (pointing to the Rutgers defender directly next to MacPherson in the photo), I was just hoping to push him as far sideways as I could. I remember snapping and looking up, and there was a guy, and I was just trying to push him out of the way.your grandfather, former sU head coach Dick macpherson, was there. how soon after the game did he get to you? and what did he say, and what was the emotion like for grandfa-

ther and grandson, having just snapped sU to a bowl?

It was cool. I actually didn’t get to see him. He didn’t come to the locker room, but I did see him on the plane. I couldn’t stop because there were about 30 guys behind me who were trying to get to their seats. There was his thumbs up, and he winked. He was happy I went to see him after we landed. He was thrilled, he was happy that we finally got to the team-goal seven wins, going to a bowl game now.Lastly, have you ever thought about how ironic it is that, here you are literally the center of it all, snapping the ball as you guys clinch a bowl bid. at any point do you or coach marrone ever think “this might be meant to be” or “this is crazy, here is another macpherson on this last play,” seeing that there is so much lineage in this program?

Coach Marrone has been preaching all year that it’s kind of a team of destiny. We have played better, we have executed better, and really everyone has bought into what Coach Marrone has been telling us. It does seem kind of funny. Coach Marrone has been telling us that in 1985 — I think he said — when he went to a bowl game, his first bowl game, when my grandfather was the coach, their seventh win came in Rutgers Stadium, and it was kind of ironic and seemed like it was destiny that our seventh win came in Rutgers Stadium, just like it was for him.

aolivero@syr.edu

dailyorange.com

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Around the nation

No. 14 Virginia Tech at No. 24 Miami (Fla.)Two weeks into the season, the Hokies were down and out. Losses to Boise State and James Madison had many people writing the season off. Yet Virginia Tech has responded. The Hokies have won eight consecutive games and have a chance to win the ACC’s Coastal Division title Saturday. It’s a perfect chance for Virginia Tech to salvage the season against a banged-up Miami squad that will be without starting quarterback Jacory Harris.

GAMES OF THE WEEKTwo weeks into the season, the Hokies were down and out. Losses to Boise State and James Madison had many people writing the season off. Yet Virginia

consecutive games and have a chance to win the ACC’s Coastal Division title Saturday. It’s a perfect

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 21 IowaThis game means everything to the Buck-eyes. If they can earn the win on the road against the Hawkeyes, they will be just one win away from at least a share of the Big Ten conference title. A loss would just about end the team’s fi ve-year run as conference cham-pion. The game won’t be easy for OSU by any means. Ohio State has struggled on the road this season, with a slow start against a weak Illinois team and a loss to Wisconsin in which the team fell behind 21-0. It’s time for Terrelle Pryor to put the team on his back like he did early on in the season.

Cameron Newton, QB, AuburnNewton continues to put up phenomenal numbers despite all of the off-fi eld controver-sy surrounding his name. Last week against Georgia, Newton threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for 151 yards and two more scores. His 1,297 rushing yards is the nation’s fourth highest total, and his quar-terback rating of 183.6 is second best in the country. Although he threw his fi rst intercep-tion in more than a month against Georgia, he still completed 80 percent of his passes against the Bulldogs last week.

Kellen Moore, QB, Boise StateNine games into the season, Moore still has just four interceptions. Boise State’s southpaw quarterback’s 191.2 quarterback rating this year is more than seven points higher than anyone else’s. His 24 touchdown passes this season is tied for seventh most in the country. Overall, Moore is arguably the nation’s best pure passer at the quarterback position. He has guided a Bronco’s offense to six straight games of 40 points or more. Two weeks ago against Hawaii, he threw for 507 yards and three touchdowns.

LaMichael James, RB, OregonJames continues to be the only tailback with a chance to win this year’s Heisman. Even though last week’s 91-yard performance was his lowest of the season, he still leads the country in rushing yards with 1,422. He and Newton are tied for the NCAA lead with 17 rushing touchdowns. James will face a tough test this weekend when Oregon takes on Ari-zona, a team with the 15th best rush defense in the country.

Andrew Luck, QB, StanfordSince the team’s loss to Oregon on Oct. 2, Luck has helped his team regroup with fi ve straight wins. Last week against Arizona State, Luck was held without a touchdown pass for the fi rst game all season but still racked up nearly 300 yards. Luck ranks in the Top 10 nationally in quarterback rating and completion percentage. He has thrown for 2,511 yards and 22 touchdowns so far this season.

No. 13 Arkansas at No. 22 Mississippi StateThis matchup is one of the season’s more ironic. It features two teams ranked in the Top 25, yet neither has a chance to win its conference title. The Razorbacks and Bulldogs sit fourth and fi fth, respectively, in the SEC West. That half of the conference has already been locked up by Auburn, which means this game is more about bowl position than anything else. It is perhaps more impor-tant for the Bulldogs, which, with a win, will surpass the .500 mark in conference play this season.

No. 9 Nebraska at No. 18 Texas A&MThe Aggies are winners of four straight games for the fi rst time since 2006. Win No. 5 will be by far the toughest when the Corn-huskers come to town on Saturday. Nebraska, also a winner of four straight, can capture a spot in the Big 12 championship game with a win this weekend. Regardless of who wins, points will come in bunch-es in this game. Both offenses are averaging 35 points per game and rank in the Top 25 in yards per game and total points scored.

—Compiled by Michael Cohen, asst. copy editor, mjcohe02@syr.edu

For his 400th career win, Joe Paterno received a unique honor: He was honored by Congress. Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn Thompson, whose district encompasses State College, Pa., sponsored the bill. It was signed by 31 other representatives, including all 18 representatives from Pennsylvania. Paterno earned No. 400 with a come-back victory against Northwestern two weeks ago, and the bill honored his monumental achievement.

The University of Washington has approved a $250 million renovation of its home football stadium after the 2011 season. The current plans will lower the fi eld and bring fans closer

to the playing surface. Capacity is pro-jected to stay around the current level of 72,500. The project is being paid for with 30-year bonds. The school also hopes to raise $50 million in private donations. The last game for the Hus-kies at Husky Stadium is scheduled for Nov. 5, 2011, against Oregon State.

The Big Ten has offi cially inked a deal with Fox Sports to carry the league’s conference title game beginning in 2011. That is also the year in which Nebraska will join the conference as it expands to 12 total teams. The deal, reportedly worth $20 million to $25 mil-lion, will last six years. The inaugural conference title game will take place

at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, but a permanent site has not yet been decid-ed on. Early reports say the conference is considering rotating the site of the game, as well.

Much like the NFL, college football is cracking down on shots to the head. The WAC suspended Idaho safety Shiloh Keo for the fi rst half of this week-end’s game after his hit on Boise State’s backup quarterback Mike Coughlin. Keo was originally suspended for the full game, but it was reduced after an appeal. Keo led with his helmet in his hit on Coughlin during a 52-14 blowout loss on Nov. 12.

RANK TEAM RECORD1 Oregon (38) 10-02 Auburn (12) 11-03 Boise State (9) 9-04 TCU (1) 11-05 LSU 9-16 Wisconsin 9-17 Stanford 9-18 Ohio State 9-19 Nebraska 9-110 Alabama 8-211 Michigan State 9-112 Oklahoma State 9-113 Arkansas 8-214 Virginia Tech 8-215 Missouri 8-216 Oklahoma 8-217 South Carolina 7-318 Texas A&M 7-319 Nevada 9-120 USC 7-321 Iowa 7-322 Mississippi State 7-323 Arizona 7-324 Miami (Fla.) 7-325 Utah 8-2

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Around the Big East

1Syracuse7-3 (4-2)

Pittsburgh

2

5-4 (3-1)

West Virginia

3

6-3 (2-2)

South Florida

4

6-3 (3-2)

Cincinnati

5

3-6 (1-3)

Connecticut

6

5-4 (2-2)

Louisville

7

5-5 (2-3)

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Rutgers4-5 (1-3)

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Pittsburgh (5-4, 3-1) at south Florida (6-3, 3-2)Noon, ESPN2A matchup with Big East title implications takes place in Tampa, Fla., on Saturday, as South Florida looks for its fourth straight Big East victory against current confer-ence leader Pittsburgh. The Panthers are coming off a two-point loss at Connecti-cut but won’t have time to dwell on that against a tough Bulls team. USF quar-terback B.J. Daniels has stepped up his game in USF’s three straight wins, throw-ing five touchdowns to one interception.

West Virginia (6-3, 2-2) at louisVille (5-5, 2-3)Noon, ESPN3Louisville is looking to become bowl eligible at home for the second straight week, after failing to do so in an overtime loss to South Florida a week ago. The Cardinals are just 2-3 at home against FBS teams this season. West Virginia snapped a two-game losing streak by blowing out Cincinnati 37-10 last week, and the Moun-taineers are still in the Big East title hunt. WVU has won the last three meetings between the two teams.

—Compiled by Mark Cooper, asst. copy editor, mcooperj@syr.edu

GAMES OF THE WEEKSaturday, Nov. 20

Player Team ComP-aTT. PCT. yards Td InT.Zach Collaros CIN 164-270 60.7 2139 20 6Tino Sunseri PITT 161-242 66.5 1892 13 6Geno Smith WVU 178-273 65.2 1870 19 6Ryan Nassib SYR 154-277 55.6 1777 16 6Adam Froman LOU 132-218 60.6 1633 11 4

Player Team aTT. yards avg. Td longJordan Todman CONN 211 1176 5.6 9 66Bilal Powell LOU 184 1207 6.6 9 85Delone Carter SYR 179 938 5.2 7 46Noel Devine WVU 161 770 4.8 5 50Ray Graham PITT 110 760 6.9 8 79

Player Team reC. yards avg. Td longArmon Binns CIN 57 826 14.5 9 62D.J. Woods CIN 48 775 16.1 7 69Jon Baldwin PITT 39 641 16.4 5 61Van Chew SYR 36 563 15.6 5 48Tavon Austin WVU 44 528 12.0 5 41

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rutgers (4-5, 1-3) at CinCinnati (3-6, 1-3)7:30 p.m., ESPN3The two teams tied for last in the Big East battle it out Saturday night, with each team still clinging to a shred of hope that it can qualify for a bowl. Cincinnati, the defending Big East champ, has to win its final three games to even become bowl eligible. It’s unlikely, considering that the Bearcats have given up at least 27 points in seven of their nine games. Rutgers has the opposite problem: The Scarlet Knights can’t score. Head coach Greg Schiano has yet to settle on a quarterback who can guide his offense down the field.

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NO NAME POS HT WT CLASS1 Dwayne Difton WR 5-11 173 SO2 Gilbert Stlouis CB 5-11 182 FR4 Michael Box QB 6-3 209 FR4 Twyon Martin DT 6-2 292 JR5 Blidi Wreh-Wilson CB 6-0 191 SO7 Mike Lang DB 5-11 181 SO8 Lawrence Wilson LB 6-1 226 SR9 Andrew Opoku OLB 6-4 224 FR10 Zach Frazer QB 6-4 231 SR11 Scott McCummings QB 6-2 227 FR12 Cody Endres QB 6-4 232 JR13 Chad Christen K/P 6-1 203 FR14 Leon Kinnard QB 5-9 182 FR15 Jerome Junior S 6-1 215 SO16 Byron Jones DB 6-1 176 FR17 Blaise Driscoll QB 6-0 193 FR17 Frank Guardi WR 6-0 175 FR18 Johnny McEntee QB 6-3 223 SO19 Kijuan Dabney DB 6-1 192 JR20 Tevrin Brandon CB 5-10 176 FR21 Gary Wilburn CB 5-11 195 JR22 Kelmetrus Wylie TB 5-10 224 JR23 Jordan Todman TB 5-9 193 JR24 Dwayne Gratz CB 6-0 187 SO24 D.J. Shoemate TB 5-11 218 JR25 Harris Agbor S 5-11 183 JR26 Marcus Campbell DE 6-3 232 JR28 Emmanuel Omokaro OLB 5-10 210 JR28 Jory Johnson OLB 6-1 227 SO29 Taylor Mack CB 5-9 170 FR30 Matt Edwards OLB 6-0 193 SO31 Nick Williams WR 5-10 183 SO32 Scott Lutrus LB 6-3 245 SR33 Yawin Smallwood LB 6-2 227 FR34 David Kenney OLB 6-0 199 FR35 Chris Lopes CB 5-10 192 FR36 Michael Osiecki LB 6-1 226 FR37 Jonathan Jean-Louis TB 6-0 199 JR38 Dave Teggart K 6-0 207 JR38 Alex Kantor CB 5-9 191 FR39 Bret Manning FB 5-11 260 SR39 Mark Hinkley LB 5-11 226 SO40 Ty-Meer Brown S 6-0 184 FR40 John Yurek S 6-0 201 JR41 Brandon Steg LB 6-2 214 FR42 Jordan Huxtable TB 5-8 183 FR43 Lyle McCombs RB 5-8 163 FR44 Robbie Frey TB 6-0 203 JR45 Martin Hyppolite OLB 6-0 214 FR46 Sio Moore LB 6-1 230 SO

NO NAME POS HT WT CLASS47 Reuben Frank FB 6-3 229 FR48 Trevardo Williams DE 6-1 225 SO49 Anthony Sherman FB 5-11 240 SR50 Tyler Bullock OG 6-4 301 FR51 Tim Willman DT 6-3 274 FR52 Patrick Wilson DE 6-2 237 FR53 Ryan Wirth DT 6-2 272 SO54 Alex Polito DT 6-6 280 SR55 Jerome Williams LB 5-11 233 SO56 Angelo Pruitt DT 6-2 295 FR57 Moe Petrus C 6-2 292 JR58 Jonathan Louis DE 6-5 241 FR59 Shamar Stephen DT 6-5 300 FR61 Stephen Brown OT 6-6 290 FR62 Ben Chapman C 6-2 274 SO63 Adam Masters OT 6-4 283 SO64 Joseph Danielson OG 6-2 276 FR64 Teddy Baker OG 6-4 237 FR65 Gus Cruz OG 6-4 274 FR66 Mathieu Olivier OG 6-6 294 SR67 Adam Mueller LS 6-1 208 FR68 Bryan Paull C 6-3 290 FR69 Steve Greene OG 6-4 309 FR70 Gary Bardzak C 6-3 292 JR71 Mike Ryan OT 6-5 333 JR72 Jimmy Bennett OT 6-8 290 SO76 Mark Hansson OT 6-5 245 FR77 Kevin Friend OT 6-5 289 FR78 Zach Hurd OG 6-7 325 SR79 Greg McKee OT 6-6 290 FR80 Michael Smith WR 6-0 202 JR81 Corey Manning TE 6-5 249 SO82 Kashif Moore WR 5-9 180 JR83 Isiah Moore WR 6-1 190 JR84 Tebucky Jones WR 5-11 180 FR85 Geremy Davis WR 6-3 200 FR86 Cole Wagner WR/P 6-2 198 FR86 Nasir Abudu WR 6-0 194 FR88 Gerrard Sheppard WR 6-2 209 SO89 John Delahunt SO 6-3 244 TE 90 Alex Kaiser SR 6-5 241 TE 91 Jesse Joseph SO 6-3 255 DE 93 Derek Chard SR 6-3 237 LS 94 Ryan Griffi n SO 6-6 243 TE 95 Greg Lloyd SR 6-2 259 DE 96 A.J. Portee SO 6-4 237 DE 97 B.J. McBryde FR 6-5 262 DT 98 Ted Jennings SO 6-5 247 DE 99 Kendall Reyes JR 6-4 298 DT

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SYRACUSE ROSTER 2010

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class1 Phillip Thomas FS 6-0 189 So.2 Olando Fisher SS 5-11 198 Jr.3 Delone Carter RB 5-10 215 Sr.4 Malcolm Cater LB 6-1 212 Fr.5 Marcus Sales WR 6-0 177 Jr.6 Da’Mon Merkerson CB 6-1 184 Sr.7 Jonny Miller QB 6-1 210 Fr.8 Cody Catalina TE 6-3 231 Sr.9 Ri’Shard Anderson CB 6-0 185 So.10 Dorian Graham WR 5-11 190 So.11 Marquis Spruill LB 6-2 223 Fr.12 Ryan Nassib QB 6-2 224 So.13 Deon Goggins DL 6-3 280 Jr.14 John Kinder QB 6-2 182 Fr.15 Alec Lemon WR 6-2 196 So.16 Dom Anene CB 6-1 209 So.16 James Jarrett QB 6-2 204 So.17 Charley Loeb QB 6-4 208 So.18 Keon Lyn DB 6-1 188 Fr.18 Nick Raven QB 6-3 218 Fr.19 Ryan Lichtenstein K 5-10 155 So.20 Brice Hawkes LB 6-0 216 Fr.21 Shamarko Thomas SS 5-10 200 So.22 Adrian Fleming WR 6-3 198 Fr.23 Prince-Tyson Gulley RB 5-9 178 Fr.24 Max Suter SS 5-11 191 Sr.25 Derrell Smith LB 6-1 232 Sr.26 Kevyn Scott CB 5-11 207 Jr.28 Jeremi Wilkes DB 5-9 177 Fr.29 Antwon Bailey RB 5-8 192 Jr.30 Steve Rene WR 5-7 167 Fr.31 Clay Cleveland FB 6-0 218 Fr.31 Colin Reno WR 5-10 182 So.32 Doug Hogue LB 6-2 226 Sr.33 Dan Vaughan LB 6-2 214 So.34 Tombe Kose FB 5-9 253 Jr.35 Mike Holmes CB 5-11 182 Sr.36 George Mayes CB 5-8 182 Sr.37 Ross Krautman K 5-7 154 Fr.38 Ryan Ahern FS 6-0 198 Sr.39 Ricky Azzoto RB 5-9 203 Jr.40 Zachary McCarrell S 5-11 195 Fr.40 Joe Nassib CB 5-9 141 Fr.41 Ryan Gillum LB 5-11 219 Jr.42 Shane Kimmel FB 6-1 242 So.43 Mario Tull LB 6-0 206 Fr.45 Jerome Smith RB 6-0 210 Fr.46 Robert Nieves FB 5-11 221 Sr.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class47 Rob Long P 6-3 190 Sr.48 Carl Cutler FB 6-2 240 Jr.49 Adam Harris FB 6-2 232 Jr.50 Femi Aliyu LB 5-11 204 Fr.51 Andrew Lewis DT 6-2 285 Sr.52 Ollie Haney NT 6-2 292 Sr.53 Chad Battles DE 6-2 230 Jr.54 Mikhail Marinovich DE 6-5 245 Jr.55 Anthony Perkins DT 6-4 282 Sr.56 Cory Boatman DT 6-2 256 So.57 Max Leo LS 5-11 210 Sr.58 Lewellyn Coker LB 6-1 210 Fr.59 Macky MacPherson C 6-2 256 Fr.60 Sean Hickey OL 6-5 292 Fr.62 Andrew Phillips OT 6-6 280 Fr.65 Jarel Lowery OG 6-3 299 So.66 Andrew Tiller OT 6-5 338 Jr.67 Justin Pugh OG 6-5 287 Fr.69 Robert Welsh DL 6-4 259 Fr.70 Ryan Bartholomew C 6-2 298 Sr.71 Adam Rosner OG 6-5 326 Sr.72 Nick Lepak C 6-4 336 Jr.73 Nicholas Pedrotti OL 6-4 296 Fr.74 Michael Hay OT 6-4 290 Jr.75 Zack Chibane OG 6-5 298 So.76 Ian Allport OT 6-4 320 Jr.78 Austin Lane OL 6-6 300 Fr.80 Nick Provo TE 6-4 241 Sr.81 Cody Morgan WR 5-8 182 So.82 Van Chew WR 6-1 170 Jr.83 Kyle Ishman WR 6-1 170 Fr.84 Michael Acchione WR 5-10 164 Jr.85 Jose Cruz TE 6-5 250 Sr.86 David Stevens TE 6-2 219 So.87 Aaron Weaver WR 6-2 220 Sr.88 Jarrod West WR 6-3 190 Fr.89 Thomas Trendowski TE 6-1 238 Jr.90 Jared Kimmel DE 6-6 250 Sr.91 Brandon Sharpe DE 6-2 233 So.92 Charlie Copa TE 6-6 246 Fr.93 Micah Robinson DL 6-3 259 Fr.94 Bud Tribbey DT 6-0 290 Sr.95 Torrey Ball DE 6-3 247 Jr.96 Jay Bromley DE 6-3 273 Fr.97 Beckett Wales TE 6-3 233 Fr.98 Max Beaulieu DE 6-4 255 Fr.99 Chandler Jones DE 6-5 251 So.

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