On a scale of 1 to 10, what does it mean to Dee Perkins to have the New York Mets as the Syracuse Chiefs’ major-league affiliate? “A 15,” cracked Perkins’ husband, Mark. Dee Perkins, of Liverpool, grew up in Queens, the home of the Mets, and she’s a lifetime fan of the team. She’s also a deputy program director for Syracuse Challenger Baseball, a league for children and adults with disabilities that has a close relationship with the Chiefs. And in recent years, Perkins and Chiefs general manager Jason Smorol often joked about the Mets coming to Syracuse. “The last…
Author: Matt Michael
A so-so start despite three home games in September. A shocking win over a top-ranked team. An Eric Dungey injury and a brutal November. Final record: 4-8. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. As Yogi Berra once said, it was déjà vu all over again for the Syracuse University football team. On the surface, Dino Babers’ second year as Syracuse’s head coach looked just like his first. After a 2-3 start that included a 30-23 loss to Conference USA-member Middle Tennessee State at the Carrier Dome Sept. 9, the Orange outlasted Pittsburgh 27-24 Oct. 7 at home before stunning then-No. 2 Clemson 27-24…
Through the early part of this college basketball season, you could make the argument that the Syracuse University men’s basketball team has improved along with the quality of its opponents. And that’s a good thing, because the schedule is about to get a lot tougher. The Orange opened this season with wins over Cornell, Iona, Texas Southern and Oakland. Cornell is a middle-of-the-pack Ivy League team, Iona (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and Texas Southern (Southwestern Athletic Conference) are mid-majors that made the 2017 NCAA Tournament, and Oakland was the preseason favorite to win the Horizon League. And on Wednesday, Nov.…
When all is said and done, we may look back and sum up this Syracuse University football season as the thrill of victory and the agony of defoot. The thrilling victory was a 27-24 upset of then-No. 2 and now-No. 4 Clemson Oct. 13 at the Carrier Dome. It was the biggest win for the Orange since SU knocked off No. 1 Nebraska in 1984 at the Dome. And “defoot” is the injured right foot of star quarterback Eric Dungey, whose availability in the final two games of the season will likely determine if Syracuse will qualify for its first…
Quick, when was the last time we entered November with the Syracuse University football team having a better chance of making a bowl game than the Orange basketball team of making the NCAA Tournament? If you said a long time ago, you’re probably right. Despite its heartbreaking 27-24 loss at Florida State Nov. 4, the football team still has a fighting chance to qualify for its first bowl game since 2013 and only its fifth bowl game in the past 16 years. The Orange (4-5) needs to win two of its final three games, starting with the contest against Wake…
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