Schiano specifically targeted their program and said as much. Then he started beating them. Theyβve never recovered. Now we are so in their head they have a more than a decade long running thread on us. Psychotic.
Schiano specifically targeted their program and said as much. Then he started beating them. Theyβve never recovered. Now we are so in their head they have a more than a decade long running thread on us. Psychotic.
We have rivals? When did that happen?![]()
Thinking about Syracuse is a sad place to be
Long Island football is poor. Very few good players as parents wonβt 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 β 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"
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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."
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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.In 2+ seasons as a head coach, Fran has accomplished the following...
- 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 wonβt allow kids to play. Many concentrate on basketball or Lacrosse.
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.).
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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:
Eleven-player football registered a 1.4 percent increase with another 14,128 participants and now stands at 1,043,716 β 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.
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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
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.
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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 Americaβs 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 boysβ 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).
βThere seems to be a very disturbing possibility,β said Andrew M. Lindner, associate professor of sociology at Skidmore College who has studied the demographics of football participation, βthat who your dad voted for [in the presidential election] could influence your risk for a very serious [football-related] ailment or injury.β
WaPo. Thatβs 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.
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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 Americaβs 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 boysβ 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).
βThere seems to be a very disturbing possibility,β said Andrew M. Lindner, associate professor of sociology at Skidmore College who has studied the demographics of football participation, βthat who your dad voted for [in the presidential election] could influence your risk for a very serious [football-related] ailment or injury.β
Syracuse was in last place in the ACC last year and are now last in the ACC this year.In 2+ seasons as a head coach, Fran has accomplished the following...
- 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!!!
Syracuse was in last place in the ACC last year and are now last in the ACC this year.
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.Long Island football is poor. Very few good players as parents wonβt allow kids to play. Many concentrate on basketball or Lacrosse.
He wo t be availableThereβs talk Fran wonβt be around after this season after all the talk how great he was the first year. He will be available for Rutgers if we think he can turn Rutgers around.
They were one fourth down play away from losing to UConn and being 1-5.
A failure and their season isn't even over, he bring in three serviceable QB and he is a failure. Damn we have a coach that gets his *** kickd every week and we pass judgement on another team coachand now he has proven to be a failure. I mean seriously what are we even talking about here?
Their fans are probably sitting back saying why are you worried about us, you better be worry about Michigan. Rutgers record against Michigan is 1-9, Syracuse record agains Michigan is 5-6-1. GS has beaten 4 ranked teams in his 17 year career. FB has beaten 3 in in 3 years. But we make fun of themDon't care. They lose it is great.
Bottom lineTheir fans are probably sitting back saying why are you worried about us, you better be worry about Michigan. Rutgers record against Michigan is 1-9, Syracuse record agains Michigan is 5-6-1. GS has beaten 4 ranked teams in his 17 year career. FB has beaten 3 in in 3 years. But we make fun of them![]()
A failure and their season isn't even over, he bring in three serviceable QB and he is a failure. Damn we have a coach that gets his *** kickd every week and we pass judgement on another team coachif you want to bring up UCONN, GS record against then us 5-5
Schiano would most likely lose to Yukon or Syracuse if we were playing them this weekend.A failure and their season isn't even over, he bring in three serviceable QB and he is a failure. Damn we have a coach that gets his *** kickd every week and we pass judgement on another team coachif you want to bring up UCONN, GS record against then us 5-5
Yep, don't think you have to worry, FB isn't coming here. Think he will be at Cuse for a long timeif you read my other posts I point how how absurd it is for Rutgers fans to be mocking the fruit at this time. I made that point several times in this thread.
But with that said - the thought of looking at their coach to replace GS- my goodness PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me we can do better. If thatβs a coach we aspire to have then we are truly cooked
And what are Rutgers fans doing in this thread?Saralosers still have a 700 page thread on their forum that bashes Rutgers Football everyday. Deranged people.
Some things that should be noted. Syracuse has not played Michigan since 1999 and only twice since 1998!! Prior to that their last meeting was one week after the end of WW 1. 1918!! In summary for about the last 110 years Syracuse and RU have the exact same number of wins vs Michigan-----1.Their fans are probably sitting back saying why are you worried about us, you better be worry about Michigan. Rutgers record against Michigan is 1-9, Syracuse record agains Michigan is 5-6-1. GS has beaten 4 ranked teams in his 17 year career. FB has beaten 3 in in 3 years. But we make fun of them![]()
No, we are living rent free in their heads.And what are Rutgers fans doing in this thread?
Competing?
Misery does really love company.
Maybe people should stop posting in this thread and let it die?
Prediction: it will not, because misery loves company.
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Ok, those are the fact though. What about beating ranked teamSome things that should be noted. Syracuse has not played Michigan since 1999 and only twice since 1998!! Prior to that their last meeting was one week after the end of WW 1. 1918!! In summary for about the last 110 years Syracuse and RU have the exact same number of wins vs Michigan-----1.
Your information is accurate but a bit misleading
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Syracuse University Athletics Football History vs University of Michigan
Syracuse University Football History vs University of Michigancuse.com
You felt the need to go back to the era of leather helmets for your facts? A bit of a stretch don't you think?Ok, those are the fact though. What about beating ranked
You felt the need to go back to the era of leather helmets for your facts? A bit of a stretch don't you think?
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