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On a Valentine's Day afternoon in Central New York, it heated up enough for the ice in Syracuse to finally start to melt. The visiting team was dressed appropriately in red as the Mustangs of SMU entered into their third contest all-time versus Syracuse. SMU won the only other two contests played between themselves and Syracuse, which both happened in the 2024-25 season, SMU's first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Mustangs would score first, tha

In their second season coming from the Pacific Coast to play within their current conference named after the Atlantic Coast, the California Golden Bears entered the Dome on a snow-covered night in Central New York to face the Syracuse Orange in a men's basketball bout. There were six lead changes and four ties by the 8:29 mark of the first half, where it stood at 21-apiece after a jumper by junior guard Dai Dai Ames of the Golden Bears. Chris Bell, who left Syracuse for Cal v

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad opened the door to the Dome on a cold wintry night as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish descended upon Central New York from South Bend, Indiana. Both teams came in with almost exactly the same overall and conference records, with Syracuse 12-9 overall and Notre Dame 11-10, along with Syracuse being 3-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Notre Dame coming in at 2-6. Over a minute past before either team scored in this the 69th ma

The Syracuse Orange welcomed a team from South Beach who has been having weather in the 70s to visit on a day that recorded single-digits in temperature. Luckily for the Miami Hurricanes, this game was indoors in a controlled environment. And Miami did just that, controlled the environment, early on. Behind 9-0, Syracuse did not score their first points until almost four minutes into the contest, when redshirt-senior guard Nate Kingz connected with the net on a jumper at the

The College Football Playoff (CFP) Management Committee had a decision with a due date of Friday, January 23, 2026, concerning the future of their postseason, and that decision has been made... for now. This committee includes all 10 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Commissioners as well as the University of Notre Dame's Director of Athletics. With representation from the entire FBS trying to find the best fit for the future, the committee determined that they will continue th

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team returned home to host the Virginia Tech Hokies after an 81-73 road loss in overtime to the Boston College Eagles. Unlike Syracuse, Virginia Tech was coming off of a win, 89-76 at home versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. This match-up between the Orange and Hokies served as the 22nd chapter between the two teams, with the Orange holding the advantage, 13-8. The last four games have been split 2-2, with the Hokies winning the last con

Despite each offense finding a way to a new set of downs to open the night, the defenses were the stars of the intro to the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship, forcing each offense to punt away their first possession. Miami's second drive would end on just three plays, with two runs and an incomplete pass, before punting the ball back to Indiana. Unlike the Hurricanes, the Hoosiers would gain a first down on their second drive, actually four of them, and woul

On a cold but clear night in Central New York, the Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad had a visitor from the Sunshine State in the Florida State Seminoles. Florida State took the first lead of the night, 2-0, on a layup by senior guard Robert McCray V. Syracuse's first lead came on their first possession that followed, when redshirt-senior guard Nate Kingz connected from long range, bringing the score to 3-2 Syracuse. The Seminoles would get out to an 11-3 advantage befor

With the Miami Hurricanes having already locked up half of the representation for the 2025-26 College Football Playoff National Championship as a result of their 31-27 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, all eyes and ears focused down south here in Atlanta, Georgia, for a rematch of the Oregon Ducks and Indiana Hoosiers in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The last time these two teams met, they ran balanced offenses, with Indiana passing the ball 31 times and

The Capital One Orange Bowl kicked off a trio of College Football Playoff Quarterfinal games as the eyes and ears of fans converged on Miami, Florida, at Hard Rock Stadium for the Oregon Ducks versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Oregon was the first to score courtesy of a 50-yard field goal off the foot of Atticus Sappington. The Red Raiders would punt the ball away in both of their first-quarter drives, and the Ducks would turn the ball over on downs in between those Red Raid

Here we are again, Texas. Back together for another chapter of the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. It is hard to believe it has been almost a full calendar year since the Ohio State Buckeyes' victory over the Texas Longhorns in the College Football Playoff Semifinals, right here in Arlington, Texas. Fast forward to this the 2025-26 college football season and Ohio State is in the Cotton Bowl once more, this time for the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Round, and against a

Elijah Robinson returns to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) after spending two seasons in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as the Defensive Coordinator of the Syracuse Orange in Fran Brown’s first two seasons with the Orange. He will now be the Co-Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line Coach for the Texas A&M Aggies, the team he was with prior to coming to Syracuse, New York. Robinson was with the Aggies for six seasons before departing for Upstate New York. During that

With less than a week before Christmas, the Syracuse Orange (7-4) hosted the Northeastern Huskies (4-5) after having won three of their last four games this season. The Huskies would be tied with the Orange at 14-all before the Orange advanced themselves out to a double-digit lead at the break, 41-31. At the 16-minute media timeout, Syracuse remained ahead, 48-40, with Northeastern out-scoring Syracuse 9-7 in the early portion of the second half. The Orange came out of that t

There are 365 teams in NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball. Enough teams to equal the amount of days in a year. Of those teams, 364 of them are above the Syracuse Orange program in free-throw percentage, with the Orange last in the nation in percentage of freebies made, at 58%, through their first 11 games of the season. This is the breakdown of Syracuse's free-throw performances this season in those 11 games: Versus Binghamton - 11-for-16 Versus Delaware State - 11-for-21 Versu

The Syracuse Orange (6-3) opened up the Dome for a cold and snowy midday match-up with the Hofstra Pride (7-4). Syracuse would score first off of a jumper by senior guard J.J. Starling, who would follow with a three from the left side to give the Orange their first five points of the game. Hofstra gained their first lead off of a three by freshman guard Preston Edmead that made it 6-5 Pride. With just under 15 minutes to go in the first half, Hofstra had taken the lead once a

After the close of the 2025 season, when Elijah Robinson’s title changed from Defensive Coordinator to Co-Defensive Coordinator, the writing was on the wall that he was being demoted from calling the defense. Following that move by Head Coach Fran Brown, he has now hired Vince Kehres to become the new Defensive Coordinator of the Syracuse Orange. Kehres heads to Central New York after serving as the Toledo Rockets (Mid-American Conference, or MAC) Defensive Coordinator for th

Taking a look back to the off-season before the 2024-25 campaign for the Syracuse Orange brings about an interesting question when it comes to the football program. Bob Chesney, the then-Head Coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders in NCAA Division I-AA (Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS), was up for the Syracuse head-coaching job. Chesney interviewed for the position, and ultimately was not chosen. But that did not take Chesney off of the NCAA Division I-A (Football Bowl S

Rivalry Week came to Central New York on a cold day in late Fall when the Boston College Eagles came from a few hours away in Massachusetts to face the Syracuse Orange for the 59th time that these two northeast institutions have met on the football field, dating back to October 18, 1924. Despite coming in with a 34-24 all-time record against the Eagles, the Orange were on the wrong side of a wo-game losing streak against their former Big East Conference and now Atlantic Coast

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball squad (3-0) reentered the Dome after winning their first road contest of the season 80-50 over the Drexel Dragons to face the Monmouth Hawks (1-2) who were coming off of their second loss in a row this season, which came on the road against the Seton Hall Pirates. Syracuse would start things off with a swat by sophomore forward Donnie Freeman. Around the 14-minute mark, Monmouth would take their first lead of the night, ahead 10-9 on a jum

The Syracuse Orange and Binghamton Bearcats each began the 2025-26 season on a cool night in Central New York as the Bearcats traveled an hour north on Interstate-81 to Syracuse, New York, for a bout with the Orange. Syracuse was on the offensive glass early, scoring all six of their opening points off of offensive rebounds, with junior guard Naithan George scoring first on a jumper followed by a hook shot and jumper by sophomore forward Donnie Freeman to go ahead 6-0. Just b