In the Huddle: Central Michigan

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Like father, like sonUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga football has enjoyed success under the father-son duo of its head coach and quarterback.See page 11

Fighting for a cause Central Michigan has united over a trying offseason, which included a cancer diagnosis for its head coach and the passing of a teammate.See page 6

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Corey Winfield knew the play call even without a playbook.

His Riverview Gardens (Missouri) High School team, in disarray because of budget issues at the school, didn’t have one. Instead, most huddles followed the same process.

“We went to the huddle,” Winfield said, “…and my quarterback was just like, ‘You already know what’s going to go down.’”

He knew the ball was coming his way. He knew he’d be able to mount the defender to make the catch. And he knew he wanted to be a star Division I wide receiver. But with four different head coaches in four years and a school that lost its accreditation his sophomore year, the foundation to groom a freak athlete lacked stability. Winfield never had a winning season

at Riverview but drew attention with a knack to not only rise above defenders, but also the surrounding struggle.

After committing to Syracuse and redshirt-ing his first year, Winfield’s position coach left for the NFL. Then he was asked to switch to cor-nerback. College was supposed to be an escape from the inconsistencies of high school, but instead it brought them back.

Now a third-year sophomore, Winfield has two interceptions through SU’s first two games. He has a stronghold on a starting spot and has blos-somed under the tutelage of the same head coach that arrived when he did. His foundation, once an obstacle, now serves as a platform to fine-tune the technique to become a standout cornerback.

•••Winfield stopped in his tracks to retreat on an underthrown ball. Draped by a defender, he

elevated to make the catch, touching his knee to the defender’s shoulder in the process.

Referees threw flags as the crowd fell silent.“They were just like, ‘So what’s the call,’”

Winfield, a sophomore at the time, said of the referees’ reaction. “ … They never knew what the call was so they were just like forget it, we just going to let it rock.”

The same year, Winfield finished as a state runner-up in the long jump – his first year in the sport – posting a mark of 22 feet, 6 inches in the final.

His athleticism went beyond just the cli-ché definition and it drew the eyes of Division I schools, even though Riverview was hardly a hotbed for prime-time football. The school couldn’t host night games because of fights that broke out in the stands years before. Players wore different game pants on the sideline.

Decade-old equipment was still in use since the budget couldn’t fund upgrades.

“They had athletes, but they had no iden-tity,” said Ty Baker, one of Winfield’s high school coaches. “To really bail them out of a lot of bad situations, they would call on No. 3, which was Corey.”

Tim Lester remembers watching in awe at Winfield’s high school highlight tape, compar-ing the plays he’d make to NFL Pro Bowler Randy Moss. He recalls Winfield returning his first six kickoffs for touchdowns his senior year before teams stopped kicking to him.

And despite enduring one- and two-win sea-sons, Winfield’s 40-inch vertical jump and glue-like hands drew enough attention at the next level.

“He was just like, as long as I’m doing my work and doing what I’m supposed to do, I can make it through,” his mother, Tina Winfield said. “And he did.”

•••Winfield, his mother and his uncle, Neal Richardson, were unable to answer calls from

long jumpCOREY WINFIELD made the switch from wide receiver to cornerback after his redshirt season, and now finds himself in a starting role on the Syracuse defense across from senior Julian Whigham. Winfield had four different head coaches in high school and has finally found stability at a position he never envisioned playing. david salanitri staff photographer

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Corey Winfield finds stability at CB after rocky HS experience and position switch

corey winfield returned his first six kickoffs for touch-downs in his senior year of high school. after that, teams stopped kicking to him. 6


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Northern Illinois because of a malfunction in their phones. The team who first offered Winfield was trying to sway him back after he decommitted but couldn’t get in touch. At the same time, Syracuse coaches were in St. Louis for a visit.

Winfield eventually pledged to the Orange as Scott Shafer’s first recruit and headed to Syracuse with aspirations of being a starting wideout. Even when wide receivers coach Rob Moore left for the Buffalo Bills, Winfield still wanted to climb the depth chart at the position he’d been playing since he was 5.

But when he was called into Shafer’s office, the head coach proposed he switch to the side of the ball he’d never played before.

“He called me and I could hear it in his voice that he was very upset, very frustrated, sad, dis-appointed,” Richardson said. “It was one of the lowest moments I think he’s had at Syracuse, was during that position change and having to deal with that.”

After being burned by Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller for a 72-yard score in his first game at cornerback last year, Winfield called his uncle again, this time expressing frustration with learning technique and doubts that he could grasp it.

He assumed the role as Syracuse’s primary gunner on special teams, but struggled to learn the intricacies of the position that’d get him in the starting lineup as the Orange lost eight of its last nine games.

•••As Winfield returned an interception for a touchdown against Rhode Island for SU’s first

score of the season, it brought back memories of high school. He felt like a wide receiver scoring touchdowns, just on the other side of the ball.

His athleticism, which by consensus is the best on the team, is gradually being comple-mented by an improving technique that was once his downfall.

“When I first moved him there his tech-nique was horrible,” Shafer said. “It’s one thing to have ability, but ability in and of itself isn’t worth a hill of beans and he understands that.”

Winfield’s main focus is on perfecting the shadow technique instead of worrying about who his next head coach will be. He has a complete playbook to showcase his intangi-bles. And his athleticism, after six years of instability and turnover, now has a structured foundation on which to thrive.

“Corey is one of the ones you can use for an example,” Baker said. “You can say, ‘Hey, regardless of what school you go to or what bad situation you have going on at your school, you can make it out of this situation and you can go to something bigger and better.”

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COREY WINFIELD has two interceptions through two games this year, the first of which was a pick-six for Syracuse’s first points of the season. His innate speed and jumping ability has eased the transition to the defensive side of the ball after starring as a skill player at Riverview Gardens (Missouri) High School. david salanitri staff photographer

They had athletes, but they had no identity. To really bail them out of a lot of bad situations, they would call on No. 3, which was Corey.

Ty Bakerwinfield’s high school coach


“Last year’s offense was hard to learn,” Estime said Tuesday. “This year’s offense is just simple.”

Through two games, Estime’s produced in limited punt return opportunities and with just three receptions. He’s aver-aging 35.7 yards per catch thanks to his 89-yard score — the third longest pass play in program history — and flashed his

ability on that play to turn a prayer into points. With Syracuse holding a 20-17 lead over the Demon Deacons in

the third quarter, freshman quarterback Eric Dungey rolled to his

What started as a repeated slice of training camp rhetoric has now trickled into the first month of Syracuse’s season.

Hide your secondary. Hide your punter. Brisly Estime’s healthy. Estime — the Orange’s 5-foot-9, 178-pound spark plug wide

receiver — spent last year nursing a high ankle sprain. He was slowed by the injury in the five games he played, and missed the other seven entirely. SU’s offense, anemic at best in 2014, lacked a big-play threat as Estime stood on the sideline itching to be on the field.

Now he’s back and has the two longest plays of Syracuse’s (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) season, a 74-yard punt return

touchdown against Rhode Island and an 89-yard touchdown catch against Wake Forest last week. With hybrid Ervin Philips expected to miss 2-3 weeks after undergoing a knee procedure on Sept. 8, Estime’s game-breaking ability is even more import-ant heading into a 12:30 p.m. game against Central Michigan (2-0) in the Carrier Dome on Saturday.

Against the Chippewas, and moving deeper into the season, the Orange offense would benefit from feeding its most elec-trifying playmaker.

“He creates a lot himself,” SU offensive coordinator Tim Lester said. “A lot of guys, if you give them some space, they can take it to the house. Even if (Estime) doesn’t have space, he has the ability to make space, which is a very unique trait.”

Leading up to last season, it seemed that George McDonald’s “full-bore fast” offense would be a perfect fit for the full-bore fast receiver. Based on the pillars of that system, Estime would get the ball fast and in space. It took his two greatest attributes, speed and agility, and plugged them into a simple formula.

But on top of the lingering injury, Estime never gelled with McDonald’s scheme. His appearances all came before McDonald was demoted in favor of Lester after a Week 5 loss to Louisville, and he finished his shortened year with 10 catches for 140 yards and a touchdown.

BRISLY ESTIME is one of the Orange’s most explosive players, and the wide receiver has just eight touches all year, including a 74-yard punt return touchdown and an 89-yard receiving touchdown. chase guttman asst. photo editor

Syracuse needs to prioritize getting Estime the ball

He creates a lot himself. A lot of guys, if you give them some space, they can take it to the house. Even if (Estime) doesn’t have space, he has the ability to make space, which is a very unique trait.

Tim Lestersu offensive coordinator

1TOUCHDOWN IN 5 GAMES IN 2014

2TOUCHDOWNS IN 2 GAMES IN 2015

163TOTAL NUMBER OF YARDS FOR ON ESTIME’S

TWO BIGGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR

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By Chris Libonatiasst. copy editor

The videos from Central Michigan’s weekend at the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl played in Derrick Nash’s hospital room. The machines he was hooked up to prevented him from talking.

Stefon Armstead, one of Derrick’s closest friends on the team, showed him the six-month-old videos on his cell phone. He held Derrick’s hand and cracked jokes, but Derrick could only communicate by pointing.

“You’re going to make it through it,” Arm-stead said his last words to Derrick were, “and I can’t wait to be on the field with you again.”

Three or four days later, Derrick died during his second bout with leukemia.

Just 11 days prior to Derrick’s death, Central Michigan head coach John Bonamego — whom

Derrick met but never played under — was diag-nosed with tonsil cancer. He had first pulled seniors into a team meeting room and then told the rest of the team, Armstead said.

CMU’s offseason wasn’t exactly an offsea-son, more a season of grieving, healing and fighting. Since the 49-48 loss to Western Ken-tucky at the Bahamas Bowl on Dec. 24, former head coach Dan Enos resigned and Bonamego was hired in February, Derrick passed away in June and Bonamego is recovering from radia-tion treatment.

“It kind of put a little fuel up under our sea-son,” Armstead said of Bonamego’s diagnosis. “It helped us push along, it helped us come out every day with the mindset of we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do for the team, for Coach Bonamego, because we’re a family.”

The team is still healing from losing Derrick.

Although he didn’t play a down, Derrick made his impact off the field. It was as simple as cracking the first joke in the morning to get his teammates going.

After beating leukemia once, Derrick played during the 2014 spring season. Switching from running back to cornerback brought him closer to Armstead, who would meet him on the prac-tice field during the summer to settle Derrick in at his new position. Armstead misses spend-ing the extra time at the field with Derrick most of all.

“I think about him everyday,” Armstead said. “Everything I do is with Derrick in mind.”

Derrick’s locker is still set up for home games. CMU has honored Derrick over the last year with helmet stickers, wristbands and Armstead has a shirt in his memory. Every player who forces a turnover has his own num-

ber put on a wall inside the locker room that has footballs tracing out Derrick’s No. 21 next to his picture.

His No. 21 jersey is passed around each game to the defensive back that played the best in the previous week. Derrick’s mom, Decolia Monroe, requested Armstead wear the jersey first. Josh Cox will wear the jersey against Syracuse.

While Derrick’s memory is honored by a teammate each game, Bonamego’s on-field presence is another reminder to keep fight-ing. When the new head coach was at his son’s high school graduation in Florida on May 25, he and his wife noticed a lump in the left side of his neck.

“It was big and it was painful,” Bonamego said. A battery of tests and doctors followed: a

blood test on May 27, fine-needle biopsy on

CMU unites over cancer battles of head coach and former teammate

DERRICK NASH, a former Central Michigan football player who passed away on June 22 after his second battle with leukemia, has been honored by the Chippewas this season. Nash never played a down for Central Michigan, but playing in his honor has helped fuel the team in the 2015 season. courtesy of central michigan athletics

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DEC. 24 CMU loses to Western

Kentucky University in Bahamas Bowl

JAN. 22 Head coach Dan

Enos resigns

FEB. 9 John Bonamego hired as CMU’s head coach

JUNE 11 Bonamego diagnosed

with cancer

JUNE 22 CMU defensive back Derrick Nash passes away from Leukemia

AUG. 21 Bonamego finishes radiation treatment

SEPT. 3 CMU plays season-

opening game against Oklahoma St.

The Chippewas have had a trying offseason, losing former teammate Derrick Nash to Leukemia 11 days after their new head coach was diagnosed with cancer.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN’S OFFSEASON TIMELINE


right and faced pressure in front of the Orange’s goal line. He then wheeled back toward the mid-dle of the field and Estime carried out a backside post route, which allowed Dungey to float a pass into space around the 25-yard line.

After putting Wake Forest safety Brad Wat-son on his back, Estime made a slight adjust-ment while the ball was in the air to make the catch. A failed tackle triggered a 75-yard foot race that Estime, given the slightest head start, was never going to lose.

“It’s exciting to me to see Brisly running and flying around like he can,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said, “because until someone else steps up he’s going to have to continue to do those things.”

As for getting him more involved in the coming weeks, Lester said the offense attacks the defense’s weaknesses and he’d love for that approach to create more opportunities for Estime. He’s had five or more touches just twice in his career — both games were in his freshman season — and doesn’t necessarily need to be featured to be effective.

But it couldn’t hurt. Steve Ishmael is a talented receiver with the

most credibility, even as a sophomore, of any Orange skill player. Sean Avant has been com-plimented for his precise route-running. Ben Lewis, replacing Philips as the starting hybrid, is among the most experienced of Dungey’s options and has gone for big gains in the past.

Yet Estime’s the only Syracuse player who can change the entire course of a game every time he touches the ball. His absence was certainly noticeable. The Orange should do all it can to make sure his presence is too.

[email protected] | @dougherty_jesseBRISLY ESTIME is averaging 35.7 yards per catch this season, but he only has three receptions in Syracuse’s two games thus far. More touches for the wide receiver could increase Syracuse’s offensive production in 2015. chase guttman asst. photo editor

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May 28, a visit to the ears, nose and throat doctor on June 1, a CAT scan June 3 and then an open-neck biopsy on June 5.

Doctors removed some tissue from the lump and determined it was cancerous, deliv-ering his diagnosis on June 11. The next day, doctors used a PET scan, a test that uses a tracer to find where the cancer started, and discovered the cancer had come from

Bonamego’s left tonsil.At that time, Derrick had been in the hospital,

but Bonamego was frank with his team and posed his cancer as a challenge, another opponent.

“I’ve always said there’s two things I’ve never done;” Bonamego said, “run from the truth or

back down from a challenge.”The coach took the 7 a.m. radiation slot in

Ann Arbor, Michigan and would drive two hours to Mount Pleasant. In the months before training camp, Bonamego worked until 3 or 4 p.m, went home, napped, got up for dinner and stayed up with his wife until 11 p.m.

During training camp, a plane was volun-teered and replaced Bonamego’s commute. Instead of working until 3 or 4 p.m., Bonamego worked more strenuous hours. Football kept his mind off the treatments as much as possible — one of the few normal activities on days started by radiation.

“They want you to stay active, they want you to try and keep as normal a schedule as you can,” Bonamego said. “So it was a blessing to have the team.”

Four weeks removed from treatment, Bonamego’s body is returning to normal. His skin rashes have healed, the mouth sores are mostly gone, and he’s able to swallow. Radiation no longer suppresses his energy level.

Yet, his taste buds aren’t back, it hurts to swallow and he has to use a feeding tube.

Central Michigan is still recovering — its head coach from radiation treatment and the team from losing Derrick. The pain of both struggles is still present in the football facilities, on the sideline and on the field.

But the team thinks of the fight as an extra opponent on its schedule, one that’s unified them more than any team they’ll face on the field.

“It’s been something I think has galva-nized us,” Bonamego said. “… It’s brought a tight group of guys that were already close even closer.”

[email protected] | @ChrisLibonatiSTEFON ARMSTEAD (21), wore Derrick Nash’s No. 21 jersey at the request of Derrick’s mother, Decolia Monroe, for CMU’s home opener. The jersey is passed around to the defensive back who played the best in CMU’s prior game. courtesy of central michigan athletics

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By Liam Sullivanstaff writer

Russ Huesman sat down at the table with the high school quarterback recruit he was after on his left and the quarter-

back’s mother on his right. Directly across the table sat Huesman’s wide receivers coach Will Healy, ready to make his pitch to the high school junior.

The recruit Huesman and the staff had dubbed “the quarterback of the future” for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga pro-gram was the head coach’s son — Jacob Hues-man.

Larger ACC schools like Georgia Tech and

Wake Forest were expressing interest, but after the in-home conversation and reflection after watching the Mocs storm back to beat rival Furman, Jacob made his decision.

He texted his mom that he was going to commit and announced it in the locker room following the come-from-behind win.

“I think the bottom line is that he wanted to help me do my job of winning football games and make my life a little easier,” Russ Huesman said. “Ultimately his decision was based on going to help dad out.”

Now in his final year as a four-year starter, third-year captain and the all-time winningest quarterback in program history, Jacob has done much more for his dad than win games. The Huesmans have become closer as father and son through football.

Since Jacob was born, Russ has held assis-tant coach positions at William and Mary, Memphis and was the defensive coordinator at University of Richmond before becoming taking over the Chattanooga job. With the busy schedule of college coaching, he was only able to see one of his son’s games a year as Jacob progressed through youth leagues.

Without fail, Jacob would be required to give his dad the play-by-play of each missed game. As a defensive coach, his father helped him understand the inner-workings of defens-es and the best way to attack coverages.

Jacob was around the locker room so much growing up that he felt like he was a part of his dad’s teams. Assistant coaches and even play-ers — like Healy while he was the quarterback at Richmond — worked with Jacob.

“He had the extra work at a young age from people who knew about quarterback play,”

Russ said. “That’s an advantage that sons of coaches have — exposure to the game at a high level and it rubs off on them.”

Healy remembers working with Jacob while he was in sixth grade, developing footwork, a healthy release point and lower-body control.

Sharing a team and locker room as a player

just seemed like the next step.“I think we’ve gotten closer, especially over

the past couple years as we’ve had some pretty good success,” Jacob said. “It’s been fun for both of us to work for the same goal.”

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FAMILY MATTERS

I think we’ve gotten closer, especially over the past couple years as we’ve had some pretty good success. It’s been fun for both of us to work for the same goal.

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UTC flourishes under father-son head coach and quarterback duo

JACOB HUESMAN is in his fourth season playing for his father, Russ Huesman, at University of Tennessee at Chatanooga. Jacob is Chattanooga’s all-time leader in wins for a quarterback . courtesy of university of tennessee at chattanooga athletics


By Daily Orange Sports Staff

Editor’s Note: The story below is a republished piece from 1903, the first year of The Daily Orange’s existence. Syracuse lost to Colgate 10-5 in poor weather conditions.

The Colgate eleven, weighing ten pounds on an average more than the Syracuse eleven, defeated the latter on a field of mud to the tune of 10 to 5.

Great pr parations had been made for the game. Every college was represented by a large turnout of students. The Medics had a fine boys’ drum corps from the House of Provi-dence. The crowd of city people was a large one despite the rain. The supporters of the Orange eleven had tried to make Forecaster Ashley produce good weather, but in vain were his efforts, for there was a steady downpour throughout the struggle.

The great throng began to wend its way to the grounds at 2:15 p.m. When the game commenced the grandstand was packed full and the bleachers were likewise; the overflow spread along the ropes. Professor Burchard had the bleachers thrown open free on account of the bad weather.

When the Colgate and Syracuse elevens appeared on the field at 3 o’clock, a mighty cheer, from both sides the Oval, rent the air. Colgate backers to the number of eighty were present in the bleachers, and made themselves

heard at all stages of the game.Soon after 3 o’clock the game was called

with Lynn Tracy, Cornell as referee, and Edward Easton, Jr., of Yale as umpire. Cap-tains O’Neill and Smith decided on twenty-five and twenty minute halves.

Rnnge kicked off for Colgate. Humpy Lane caught the punt and ran it back twenty-five yards. Syracuse at once began to buck the line on account of the wet field. Curtiss was pushed through Colgate’s left tackle for three yards, to be followed by Schade for one yard. The Maroon men braced and held the Orange eleven for downs, Getting possession of the ball Colgate at once began to use her heavy tackles and backs with telling effect. Brigham and Moore alter-nated in plowing holes through the Syracuse line. Runge, the plunging full back, also hurdled the line for successive gains. But the Orange men took a stand and forced Runge to punt. Syr-acuse regained the ball on her own twelve yard line only to lose it on a fumble. The Maroons again battered down the Orange line by their superior weight. Brigham plunged through Syr-acuse’s right tackle for four yards, repeating again for three more. Runge then hurdled the line for a touchdown. Brigham failed at the goal. Score, Colgate 5 and Syracuse 0. Time elapsed, three minutes and forty-five seconds.

Runge kicked off and Park return. ed ten yards the ball. Schade pushed through the line for two yards Park punted thirty five yards to

Colgate. “Bub” Boland was there when and the Maroon player caught the punt, and dumped his man on the spot.

Colgate worked her backs and tackles fast and hard. Brigham at left half and Thurber and W. Stringer, tackles, gained three to five yards at every down. The Syracuse line was seeming-ly unable to stop Runge’s terrific line plunging and hurdling. The Maroons steadily advanced the ball. Brigham behind a solid interference made twelve yards around Lane’s end. Try as they would, the Orange warriors strove in vain to stop the onslaught until on their own three yard line. Here they held like a stone wall. Col-gate, on her third attempt to gain, fumbled the ball and Boland got it behind the Orange goal.

Syracuse kicked out from the twenty-gve yard lin. Carl Smith, Colgate’s captain, ran the punt back twelve yards. On the next line-up Thurber, the speedy tackle, circled the Orange and for fifteen yards, the best run of the day. With the ball on the Syracuse twenty yard line Calgate advanced it steadily by line bucking until Runge was thrown over the line for the second touchdown. Brigham kicked out for a free catch but the attempt was a failure.

Runge kicked off, and plucky Park carried it back fifteen yards. But by a strange and unac-countable decision by Umpire Easton Colgate was given the ball for holding, on the Syracuse twenty-five yard line. The Maroons got their beefy players into fast play and soon had the

pigskin on the Orange fifteen yard line, only to lose it by trying a trick play, Syracuse only had the ball long enough to call it her own before Colgate was again running with it. Syracuse took a brace and gained the ball on her twenty yard line. At this point the Orange men played the game for all there was in it. Curtiss, Schade and Park bucked the line and rushed the tack-les for repeated gains. The prettiest run was that of Curtiss, the new star for twelve yards. Syracuse soon lost the pigskin on a fumble.

The first half ended with the ball in Colgate’s possession. Score Colgate 10 and Syracuse 0.

During the intermission, as at different stages of the game, the student sang the songs and gave the yells found in Saturday’s special supplement of the Daily Orange.

The second half began with a determina-tion on the part of Syracuse to score or die in attempt. Rutherford took Captain O’Neill’s place at quarter. The latter had his shoulder injured, but not seriously, in the first half. He put up up a star game throughout the first half, his tackling being a feature.

Rutherford ran the team with speed, skill and precision. He made a splendid kickoff. After chang-ing hands several times. Syracuse gained the ball on Colgate’s twenty-five yard line. By steady plung-ing and through the magnificent work of Schade, Curtiss and Crawford the Orangemen pushed Crawford over for a touchdown. The gameended with the score 10 to 5 in favor of Colgate.

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Time machine: Colgate wins.

Around the nation: 4 Top 25 matchups highlight Week 3 slateBy Brett Samuelsmanaging editor

Northern Illinois (2-0) at No. 1 Ohio State (2-0) – 3:30 p.m.Cardale Jones will start for the top team in the country, but backup quarterback J.T. Barrett will play for the Buckeyes, coach Urban Meyer told reporters. Ohio State has averaged 40 points per game in victories over Virginia Tech and Hawaii to start the season.

No. 9 Florida State (2-0) at Boston Col-lege (2-0) – 8 p.m.It’s a tale of two teams coming off of complete opposite performances in week two. Florida State travels to Boston College after struggling in the first half against South Florida before pulling away behind 266 yards from running back Dalvin

Cook. The Seminoles will face a Boston College team that led Fordham 62-0 at halftime before the third and fourth quarters were shortened.

No. 23 Northwestern (2-0) at Duke (2-0) – 12:30 p.m.Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald has the Wildcats back in the Top 25 two weeks into the 2015 season after a disappointing 2014 campaign. This week, NU matches up with Duke in a battle of strengths. The Wildcats rank ninth in the nation in pass defense, but will face a difficult test facing the Blue Devils, who have the No. 14 pass offense in the country behind quarterback Thomas Sirk.

No. 14 Georgia Tech (2-0) at. No. 8 Notre Dame (2-0) – 3:30 p.m.Georgia Tech, picked by many as the most likely

team to dethrone Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference, will take its triple-option attack to South Bend to face Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are coming off of a heart-stop-ping, last-second victory over Virginia, but will be without quarterback Malik Zaire, who frac-tured his ankle in last week’s game.

No. 18 Auburn (2-0) at No. 13 Louisiana State (1-0) – 3:30 p.m.Auburn escaped against Jacksonville State with an overtime win last week, avoiding being on the wrong end of one of the biggest upsets of all time. They’ll face a stiff test when they travel to Baton Rouge to face star running back Leonard Four-nette and the Tigers. LSU will visit the Carrier Dome next week to play Syracuse on Sept. 26.

No. 15 Ole Miss (2-0) at No. 2 Alabama

(2-0) – 9:15 p.m.Ole Miss has scored 73 and 76 points in its first two games, respectively. Its first real test of the season comes at Bryant-Denny Stadium against Alabama. The Crimson Tide opened up the season by disposing of Wisconsin and then beating up on Middle Tennessee State. This is one of four South-eastern Conference games happening Saturday.

No. 19 Brigham Young (2-0) at No. 10 UCLA (2-0) – 10:30 p.m.BYU has had a charmed season so far, beating Nebraska week one on a last-second Hail Mary and then knocking off then-No. 20 Boise State after trailing for most of the game. UCLA, led by 18-year-old freshman Josh Rosen, has guid-ed the Bruins to a pair of impressive wins over Virginia and UNLV to start the season.

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The SU football team isn't the only Syracuse team to play this weekend. Seven other teams are in action, and here's a just a portion of what's to come.

Men's SoccerOpponent:Wake ForestWhere:Winston-Salem, North CarolinaWhen: Saturday, 7 p.m.Syracuse's 2014 season had highs (No. 1 nation-al ranking) and lows (losing to Georgetown in the third round of the NCAA tournament). When its season came crashing down against Georgetown, it came after the Orange allowed

two goals off two corner kicks. This season, in a 1-1 draw with Louisville, the Cardinals scored their only goal off another corner.

Head coach Ian McIntyre is bringing his squad along, with two freshman defenders on the back line, and maturing his defense. The Orange (3-1-1, 0-0-1 Atlantic Coast) will continue to fine-tune its defensive mechanics with its youthful defense when it plays at Wake Forest (5-1, 1-0).

Field HockeyOpponents: Boston College and YaleWhere: Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut

When: Saturday, 1 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Alyssa Manley helped regroup her teammates and led then-No.3 Syracuse (5-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) to a 4-2 comeback win over then-No. 2 North Caro-lina. In the next NFHCA poll, Syracuse overtook North Carolina and became No. 2 itself.

Manley has become the leader of a midfield that’s controlled offensive possession through-out its first five games, resulting in SU outshoot-ing opponents, 79-37.

VolleyballOpponents: New Hampshire, Navy and Buffalo

Where: SU Women's BuildingWhen: Saturday, 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

After a libero logjam saw three players share time at the position in 2014, Belle Sand has played all 30 sets of the 2015 season. Sand has increased her digs per set from 2.68 last year to 3.57 this year, which puts her right outside the Top 10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in that statistic.

Sand leads Syracuse (6-2) into its busy weekend.

— Compiled by Sam Fortier, asst. web editor

3 teams to watch for this weekend on the SU sports scene


practice so the two don’t interact on the field much, but one of his favorite parts of the day is when Jacob stops in his office to say hi.

But Russ has never wanted there to be an appearance of favoritism. As high as the bar is usually set for starting quarterbacks, the bar for Jacob is set even higher.

“Coach tries really hard to not be too partial and there’s a lot of times where Jacob feels like he is just another player on this football team,” Healy

said. “… But if he was a receiver here or an offensive lineman, the spotlight wouldn’t be as big.

“Here you’ve got a head coach and a start-ing quarterback. There’s no overshadowing any of that.”

Amy Huesman has noticed her son and hus-band spending more time together off the field, even if the conversations eventually drift back to their shared goal on it. Conversations at family gatherings shift to the topic of bringing Chattanooga a national title.

Jacob has broken every single-season and career record at UTC and is a two-time SoCon

Offensive Player of the Year, with 55 passing and 31 rushing touchdowns for his career. As a freshman, the offense was built for a mobile quarterback with throwing plays built in, but this season, Healy says that Jacob looks more polished in the passing attack and the offense has grown to encompass that.

After lifting the Mocs into the playoffs in 2014 for the second time in program history and the first time since 1984, there’s no higher goal than going out on top with a national championship.

The Huesmans made the recruiting process as normal as possible with Amy ensuring that her

husband went after Jacob as relentlessly as any other recruit. Sitting in the Huesman living room being grilled about UTC’s football program and the engineering school, Healy felt like he was in a job interview.

But as detached as the recruitment of Jacob was, the opportunity for him to grow under his dad’s tutelage has been unparalleled.

Said Healy: “It wasn’t like I was recruiting him because my boss was his dad, but because I thought (he) was our guy and I wanted to find a way to get him here.”

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Syracuse’s offense could be down two more starters against Central Michigan on Saturday, as tight end Josh Parris and center Rob Trudo will be game-time decisions.

“They were both at practice, they’re getting work, but you know, we’ll see,” SU head coach Scott Shafer said at a Thursday press con-ference. “It will be a game-time decision, no different than (Devante) McFarlane a couple weeks back.

“They’re working hard and feeling better, I’ll tell you that much. It’s just a matter of if we

feel like they’re ready to help us win.”McFarlane, Syracuse’s starting running

back, didn’t end up playing Week 1. Offensive coordinator Tim Lester said keeping McFar-lane out was a precautionary measure, and it’s possible the Orange holds out Parris and Trudo so the pair can get healthy for when the schedule stiffens against Louisiana State on Sept. 26. If Parris and Trudo don’t play against the Chippewas at 12:30 p.m. in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, Kendall Moore and Jason Emerich are in line to start at tight end and center, respectively.

Moore, a junior, was shifted to center during spring practice then moved back to tight end

during training camp. He caught two passes for 26 yards in SU’s 30-17 win over Wake Forest last week after Parris exited with an upper-body injury in the first half.

Trudo’s injury has not been classified as upper- or lower-body by Syracuse, but it looked like a defender crashed into his right

leg on the play that knocked him out of the game against the Demon Deacons. Emerich, who started two games at center last year in place of an injured John Miller, closed out the game after Trudo went to the locker room. Shafer expressed confidence in Emer-ich’s ability to start and work with freshman quarterback Eric Dungey, should the Orange need him to.

“(Emerich) does a great job visually and verbally communicating to the guys next to him,” Shafer said. “And he’s worked hard and he’s made good improvements, so he’s ready to go.”

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Trudo, Parris game-time decisions for Central Michigan

ROB TRUDO is a game-time decision for Saturday’s game against Central Michigan along with starting tight end Josh Parris, head coach Scott Shafer said on Thursday’s teleconference, Trudo has worked with freshman quarterback Eric Dungey to recognize coverages before the snap, and the fifth-year senior is also a captain. chase guttman staff photographer

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/HS1 Julian Whigham CB 6-1 200 Sr. West Palm Beach, Fla./ Dwyer2 Eric Dungey QB 6-3 202 Fr. Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lakeridge2 Wayne Morgan CB 5-11 190 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Erasmus Hall3 Ervin Philips RB 5-11 181 So. West Haven, Conn./West Haven4 Zaire Franklin LB 6-0 230 So. Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College4 AJ Long QB 6-0 181 So. Bethlehem, Pa. / Friendship Christian (Tenn.)5 Luke Arciniega DE 6-4 243 Jr. Sparks, Nev. / Spanish Springs5 Austin Wilson QB 6-3 217 So. Camp Hill, Pa. / East Pennsboro6 Rodney Williams S 5-10 196 R-Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J. / Cherry Hill West7 Troy Green WR 6-1 180 So. Skaneateles, N.Y. / Skaneateles7 Oliver Vigille LB 6-2 235 Sr. Miami, Fla. / Miami Central8 Antwan Cordy S 5-8 175 So. Homestead, Fla. / South Dade8 Steve Ishmael WR 6-2 203 So. Miami, Fla. / North MIami Beach9 Brisly Estime WR 5-9 178 Jr. Delray Beach, Fla. / Atlantic Community10 Sterling Hofrichter K/P 5-9 178 Fr. Valrico, Fla. / Armwood10 Terrel Hunt QB 6-3 238 Sr. Rosedale, N.Y. / Christ the King11 Trey Dunkelberger TE 6-5 238 So. Shillington, Pa. / Governor Mifflin11 Corey Winfield CB 6-1 181 So. St. Louis, Mo. / Riverview Gardens12 Ryan Norton K 5-11 188 Sr. Garden City, N.Y. / Garden City13 Ron Thompson DE 6-3 255 Jr. Southfield, Mich. / Southfield14 Kenterius Womack WR 6-1 170 Fr. Luverne, Ala. / Luverne15 Juwan Dowels CB 5-10 177 R-Fr. Sunrise, Fla. / American Heritage School16 Zack Mahoney QB 6-2 192 So. LaGrange, Ill. / Lyons Township17 Jamal Custis WR 6-5 224 So. Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann-Goretti18 Dontae Strickland RB 5-11 194 Fr. Dayton, N.J. / South Brunswick19 Daivon Ellison S 5-8 168 Fr. Linden, N.J. / Don Bosco Prep20 Cordell Hudson CB 5-11 182 R-Fr. Largo, Fla. / Largo21 Chauncey Scissum S 6-2 207 So. West Henrietta, N.Y. / Rush-Henrietta22 Jordan Fredericks RB 5-10 208 Fr. Inwood, N.Y. / Lawrence23 Jonathan Thomas LB 6-1 214 So. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Collins Hill24 Shyheim Cullen LB 6-0 209 Fr. Lowell, Mass. / Lowell25 Kielan Whitner S 6-0 196 Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Mountain View26 Tyrone Perkins HB 6-0 208 Fr. Glen Head, N.Y. / Friends Academy27 George Morris RB 6-0 192 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Central Gwinnett28 Christopher Fredrick S 5-11 173 Fr. Conley, Ga. / Cedar Grove29 Devante McFarlane RB 6-0 199 Jr. Wheatley Heights, N.Y. / Half Hollow Hills West30 Parris Bennett LB 6-0 216 So. Detroit, Mich. / University of Detroit Jesuit31 Kyle Kleinberg LB 6-0 223 Fr. Armonk, N.Y. / Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)33 Marqez Hodge LB 5-11 221 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Miami Central34 Jacob Hill RB 5-6 165 Fr. Detroit, Mich. / Detroit County Day35 Eric Jackson CB 5-9 170 Sr. Inglewood, Calif. / Pacific Palisades37 Ted Taylor LB 6-1 193 Jr. Riviera Beach, Fla. / Dwyer/Dodge City Community College39 Troy Henderson LB 5-11 225 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio / St. Edward41 Eric Anthony S 6-0 196 Jr. Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker42 Jacob Green TE 6-1 250 Sr. Seattle, Wash. / Seattle Prep42 Joe Stanard S 5-10 199 Jr. Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker43 Terrell Drayton LB 5-11 215 So. Rosedale, N.Y. / Townsend Harris46 PJ Batten TE 6-3 234 So. Miami, Fla. / Dade Christian47 Matt Keller LS 5-11 217 Fr. Willow Street, Pa. / Penn Manor48 Cole Murphy K 6-3 188 So. Castaic, Calif. / Valencia49 Alryk Perry LB 6-1 221 So. Columbus, Ala. / Glenwood School50 John Raymon DT 6-5 308 Sr. Richboro, Pa. / Council Rock North51 Donnie Simmons DE 6-2 264 Sr. White Plains, N.Y. / Archbishop Stepinac52 Kayton Samuels NT 6-0 300 R-Fr. Ellenwood, Ga. / Arabia Mountain53 Lucas Albrecht DE 6-2 260 Sr. Hudson Falls, N.Y. / Hudson Falls53 Nathan Hines LS 6-6 245 So. Catonsville, Md. / Catonsville54 Tyler Cross DT 6-2 283 Fr. Douglassville, Ga. / Northview55 Rob Trudo C 6-4 301 Sr. Farrell, Pa. / Farrell56 Kenny Carter DE 6-4 257 Fr. Plainfield, N.J. / Plainfield57 Omari Palmer OT 6-3 305 Jr. Coram, N.Y. / Longwood58 Donnie Foster C 6-3 310 So. Savannah, Ga. / IMG Academy (Fla.)58 Hernz Laguerre LB 6-1 230 Sr. Spring Valley, N.Y. / Spring Valley59 Aaron Roberts OG 6-4 280 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. / De La Salle Institute60 Cody Conway OT 6-6 281 Fr. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North61 Samuel Clausman OG 6-3 317 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas62 Andrejas Duerig C 6-3 297 Fr. Lowell, Ind. / Mount Carmel63 Evan Adams OG 6-6 314 Fr. Norwalk, Conn. / Norwalk63 Rony Charles NT 6-2 312 Sr. Medford, Mass. / St. Clement64 Colin Byrne OT 6-5 303 Fr. Coral Springs, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas65 Jamar McGloster OT 6-7 319 So. Hillside, N.J. / Saint Anthony67 Michael Lasker OT 6-5 295 Sr. Corona, Calif. / Santiago68 Nick Robinson OG 6-6 302 Sr. Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker69 Keith Mitsuuchi LS 5-10 223 Sr. Torrance, Calif. / South Torrance71 Alex Hayes OG 6-2 279 So. Ellenwood, Ga. / Tucker72 Steven Clark NT 6-2 303 Fr. Arab, Ala. / Brindlee Mountain72 Ivan Foy OT 6-5 280 Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Fort Hamilton73 Jon Burton OT 6-8 304 So. Spotsylvania, Va. / Courtland74 Seamus Shanley OG 6-1 281 Sr. Syracuse, N.Y. / West Genesee75 Denzel Ward OT 6-8 325 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. / Neal F. Simeon76 Keaton Darney OT 6-3 280 R-Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola78 Jason Emerich C 6-3 273 Jr. New Ringgold, Pa. / Blue Mountain79 Anthony Giudice DT 6-1 273 Fr. Monroe Township, N.J. / Avon Old Farms (Conn.)79 Taylor Hindy OG 6-4 312 Jr. West Hills, Calif. / Chaminade Prep80 Tyler Provo TE 6-2 223 So. West Palm Beach, Fla. / American Heritage School82 Alvin Cornelius WR 6-1 183 Jr. Staten Island, N.Y. / Tottenville83 Sean Avant WR 5-10 207 So. Miramar, Fla. / Miramar84 Ben Lewis HB 6-2 213 Jr. Middletown, Md. / Middletown85 Nesean Crofford WR 5-10 178 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. / Alpharetta86 Adly Enoicy WR 6-5 226 R-Fr. Delray Beach, Fla. / Atlantic Community87 Kendall Moore TE 6-5 245 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / Neal F. Simeon88 Clay Austin WR 5-9 164 So. Montclair, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep89 Josh Parris TE 6-4 246 Jr. Stone Mountain, Ga. / Stephenson90 Cameron MacPherson TE 6-3 248 Jr. Syracuse, N.Y. / Christian Brothers Academy92 Riley Dixon P 6-5 219 Sr. Blossvale, N.Y. / Christian Brothers Academy93 Qaadir Sheppard DE 6-3 247 Fr. Bronx, N.Y. / Iona Prep95 Chris Slayton DT 6-4 288 R-Fr. University Park, Ill. / Crete Monee97 Amir Ealey DE 6-3 237 Fr. Coatesville, Pa. / Coatesville99 Jake Pickard DE 6-5 244 Fr. Short Hills, N.J. / Millburn

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YEAR HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL2 Blake Serpa DL 6-3 256 Sr. Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland2 Jake Johnson QB 6-2 202 Fr. DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt3 Mark Chapman WR 6-0 181 So. Port Huron, Mich./Port Huron3 Emmitt Thomas DB 5-10 160 Fr. Brunswick, Ga./Glynn Academy4 Jamil Sabbagh WR 5-9 201 Fr. Dearborn, Mich./Fordson HS5 Kavon Frazier DB 6-0 218 Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian6 Da’Quaun Jamison DB 6-0 186 Fr. Leesburg, Ga./Lee County7 Amari Coleman DB 5-10 185 So. Flint, Mich./New Lothrop8 Louis Palmer DL 6-2 290 Sr. Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech8 Winslow Chapman DB 6-0 195 Jr. Port Huron, Mich./Port Huron9 Cooper Mojsiejenko P 6-4 210 R-Fr. Bridgman, Mich./Bridgman9 Damon Terry WR 6-0 201 Fr. Lansing, Mich./Everett HS10 Zach Oakley DB 6-1 204 R-Fr. Osceola, Ind./Penn10 Cooper Rush QB 6-3 227 Jr. Charlotte, Mich./Lansing Catholic11 Trevor Apsey LB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Maple City, Mich./Glen Lake11 Jahray Hayes RB 5-11 210 Jr. San Francisco, Calif/City College of San Francisco12 Eric Cooper WR 5-11 189 So. Flint, Mich./Beecher12 David Basirico DB 6-1 183 R-Fr. Macomb, Mich./Macomb Dakota13 Ryan Lamb QB 6-4 212 Jr. Cardiff, Calif./Palomar College14 Josh Cox DB 5-11 190 So. Warren, Mich./De La Salle Collegiate15 Dakota Kupp QB 6-1 200 Fr. Waterford, Mich./Waterford Mott HS16 Stefon Armstead DB 5-10 183 Sr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield Lathrup16 Matt Krause RB 5-10 195 Fr. /Lake Orion17 Ron Coluzzi K 5-11 182 Jr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville North17 Marcus Samuels DB 5-9 178 R-Fr. Riverview, Mich./Riverview18 Tony Annese DB 6-1 209 Jr. Hartland, Mich./Rochester Adams18 Brandon Childress WR 6-2 190 Fr. Baldwin, Mich./Baldwin19 Jay Roberson RB 6-2 225 So. Belleville, Mich./Belleville19 Bobby Banks ATH 5-11 200 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Southfield Christian HS20 Denzel Wimberly RB 5-10 199 Sr. Pompano Beach, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons22 Gary Jones DB 6-2 217 So. Allegan, Mich./Allegan23 Anthony Scarcelli WR 6-0 184 Jr. Marine City, Mich./Marine City24 Jordan Fields DB 5-11 184 Jr. Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc25 Devon Spalding RB 5-11 203 So Westland, Mich./John Glenn26 Trent Grimes RB 6-0 198 R-Fr. Fenton, Mich./Flint Powers Catholic27 Martez Walker RB 5-8 185 Jr. Orland Park, Ill./Brother Rice28 Jerrod Davis RB 5-11 192 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Portage Central30 Alex Briones LB 6-2 235 Fr. Ishpeming, Mich./Ishpeming31 Malik Fountain LB 6-2 233 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill./Rich Central32 Jeff Perry LB 6-2 228 So. Morris, Ill./Morris33 Tyree Waller LB 6-1 225 So. Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln34 Romello Ross RB 5-10 189 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Detroit Western34 Colton Odykirk DB 6-2 202 Jr. Mount Pleasant, Mich./Mount Pleasant35 Trevor Thomas RB 5-11 219 So. Davison, Mich./Davison37 Otis Kearney DB 6-0 196 R-Fr. Toms River, N.J./Toms River South38 Cameron Davis LB 6-1 217 Sr. Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc39 Jadon Cook LB 5-10 214 Sr. Harper Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North40 Joe Bacci RB 6-1 245 Jr. Romeo, Mich./Romeo41 Elijah Olsen DB 6-0 195 R-Fr. Hesperia, Mich./Hesperia42 Nathan Ricketts LB 6-3 237 Jr. Holland, Mich./Holland43 Tim Hamilton LB 6-1 243 Sr. Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice44 Mitch Stanitzek DL 6-4 245 So. Grand Rapids, Mich./West Catholic45 Joe Ostman DL 6-3 250 Jr. St. Ignace, Mich./LaSalle46 Nate Brisson-Fast DL 6-5 246 R-Fr. Ferndale, Mich./Ferndale47 Clay Walderzak TE 6-4 254 R-Fr. Standish, Mich./Standish-Sterling Central48 Justice Shankel DB 6-0 175 R-Fr. DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt49 Luke Idoni LS 6-1 221 R-Fr. Fenton, Mich./Fenton50 Carlos Clark LB 6-0 210 Fr. Belleville, Mich./Belleville51 Chase McGill LB 6-1 225 R-Fr. Olivet, Mich./Olivet52 Jabari Dean DL 6-2 290 Jr. Detroit, Mich./Renaissance53 Michael Oliver LB 5-11 249 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Cass Tech54 Nick Beamish OL 6-3 310 Sr. Riverview, Mich./Riverview Community55 Michael Steinhauer DL 6-3 294 So. Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea57 Mike Danna DL 6-2 238 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Warren De La Salle58 Joe Komel OL 6-4 302 R-Fr. Elburn, Ill./Kaneland59 Joe Austin OL 6-6 288 So. Bridgeport, Mich./Bridgeport60 Steve Eipper OL 6-4 271 Fr. Greenville, Mich./Greenville63 Connor Collins OL 6-3 286 Jr. Millington, Mich./Millington64 Alex Neering DL 6-6 243 R-Fr. Essexville, Mich./Garber65 Alex Coty OL 6-4 310 So. South Bend, Ind./Clay66 Logan Slaughter OL 6-3 284 Fr. Mendon, Mich./Mendon67 J.P. Quinn OL 6-4 295 So. Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley68 Dylan Anderson OL 6-3 314 Jr. West Bloomfield, Mich./Brother Rice69 Lance Sanders OL 6-3 305 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Leo70 Shakir Carr OL 6-4 316 R-Fr. South Bend, Ind./Clay71 Kevin D’Arcy OL 6-4 296 Jr. Livonia, Mich./Stevenson72 Deshawn Baker-Williams OL 6-4 310 Fr. Westland, Mich./John Glenn73 Brandon Keen OL 6-6 274 R-Fr. Waterford, Mich./Our Lady of the Lakes74 Derek Edwards OL 6-5 300 So. Novi, Mich./Detroit Catholic Central75 Kenny Rogers OL 6-6 295 Sr. Dimondale, Mich./Holt76 Jack Ford OL 6-7 305 So. Cadillac, Mich./Cadillac77 Ramadan Ahmeti OL 6-7 294 Sr. Lansing, Mich./Waverly78 Louis Grigoletti OL 6-3 285 Fr. Brookfield, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield79 Austin Doan OL 6-4 301 So. Romeo, Mich./Romeo80 Anthony Rice WR 6-0 179 Jr. Mishawaka, Ind./Marian81 Jonathan Carson TE 6-3 256 R-Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Messmer Catholic82 Corey Willis WR 5-10 175 So. Holland, Mich./Holland83 Tyler Conklin TE 6-4 235 So. Chesterfield, Mich./Northwood84 Brandon Arduino WR 5-11 160 Jr. Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek85 Austin Ervin TE 6-4 235 Fr. St. Johns, Mich./St. Johns86 Zach Crouch TE 6-5 241 So. Lowell, Mich/Grand Rapids Christian87 Connor Howard WR 5-11 180 Sr. Carmel, Ind./Guerin Catholic88 Jesse Kroll WR 6-3 214 Sr. Algoma, Wis./Algoma89 Ben McCord TE 6-4 240 Sr. Warren, Mich./Cousino90 Chris Kantzavelos DL 6-3 265 So. Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett92 Mike Zenk LS 6-3 259 Sr. Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic93 Donny Kyre DL 6-2 250 So. Olivet, Mich./Olivet95 Shafer Johnson DL 6-1 325 Sr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield Christian96 Brian Eavey K 6-2 192 Jr. Grand Ledge, Mich./Grand Ledge97 Shahid Bellamy DL 6-1 305 Fr. Detroit, Mich./Oak Park98 Kelby Latta DL 6-4 305 J Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek

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DATE OPPONENT TIME

Saturday, Sept. 19 Central Michigan 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26 Louisiana State Noon

Saturday, Oct. 10 South Florida TBA

Saturday, Oct. 17 Virginia TBA

Saturday, Oct. 24 Pittsburgh BA

Saturday, Oct. 31 Florida State TBA

Saturday, Nov. 7 Louisville TBA

Saturday, Nov. 14 Clemson TBA

Saturday, Nov. 21 North Carolina State TBA

Saturday, Nov. 28 Boston College TBA

syracuse football schedule


PREGAME PLAYBOOKkey players

they said it beat writer predictionsby the numbers

I think we need to change things up, try to change the tempo of his mindset when he’s reading coverage, so one thing goes to another.Scott Shafersu head coach on cmu quarterback cooper rush

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Number of years since the last time Syracuse was 3-0. 24

Number of touchdowns Central Michigan scored on the Orange

in their meeting last year.

After letting up a CMU field goal in the first quarter against the Chippewas last season, SU scored 40 straight points over the last three quarters. Terrel Hunt com-plete 20-of-30 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, and tacked on 92 yards and three rushing touchdowns.

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BRISLY ESTIMEw i d e r ec e i v e rHT: 5’9” WGHT: 178 YEAR: JUNIOR

full steam aheadEstime may have only eight touches on the year, but he has 200 all-purpose yards, good for 25 yards per touch. Easily the most explo-sive player SU has, Estime also has the two longest plays of the season with a 74-yard punt return and an 89-yard receiving touch-down.

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COREY WINFIELDc o r n e r b ac kHT: 6’1” WGHT: 181 YEAR: SOPHOMORE

restricted fieldWinfield is looking to get his third interception in three games on Saturday after getting one in each of his first two career starts. With three-year starting quarterback Cooper Rush coming to the Carrier Dome, SU will need a solid performance from its secondary on Saturday.

COOPER RUSHq ua r t e r b ac kHT: 6’3” WGHT: 227 YEAR: JUNIOR

feel the rush The third-year starter has started hot this season going 53-of-77 for 553 yards and three touchdowns through two games. Cen-tral Michigan has used more four- and five-re-ceiver sets this year, allowing more opportu-nities for Rush. Last year against Syracuse, Rush completed barely half of his passes for 183 yards and was sacked five times.

KAVON FRAZIERs a f e t yHT: 6’0” WGHT: 218 YEAR: SENIOR

smokin’ kavonFrazier already has 40 collegiate games under his belt and more than double the num-ber of solo tackles anyone else on Central Michigan has this season. While he has just one pass break-up in 2015, his veteran lead-ership can’t be quantified in the box score.

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stats to know

Cooper Rush has contributed on 4 of CMU’s 7 touchdowns this

season.

cooper rush’s

touchdowns

other touchdowns

593 of CMU’s 745 total yards on offense have come through the air

this season.

passing yards

rushing yards

last time they played

SYRACUSE CENTRAL MICHIGAN

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sept. 13, 2014

TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS SACKS

217

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I know that the loss of a quarterback is significant. But the young man that’s playing did a very good job last week staying within himself. … They give you a lot to defend.John Bonamegocmu head coach on su quarterback eric dungey

I see a lot of room for improvement. Make better reads. Read the coverage better. The guys are really helping me out. Steve (Ishmael), Brisly (Estime), the other guys up front, the running backs.

Eric Dungeysu quarterback

They were both at practice, they’re getting work, but you know, we’ll see. It will be a game-time decision, no different than (Devante) McFarlane a couple weeks back.Scott Shafersu head coach scott shafer on tight end josh parris and center rob trudo

JESSE DOUGHERTY (1-1)syracuse 24, central michigan 17

All fired up

Syracuse’s defense contin-

ues its strong start to the

season and the offense,

even if it does commit a

turnover, delivers when it

needs to. The Orange moves to 3-0 for the

first time since 1991.

SAM BLUM (2-0)syracuse 30, central michigan 20

Dipping Chips

Syracuse will continue its

successful — and some-

what surprising — start to

the season and look good

doing it. The Orange sec-

ondary is more consistent and so too is Eric

Dungey. The Orange takes care of business

ahead of its home date with LSU.

MATT SCHNEIDMAN (2-0)syracuse 31, central michigan 17

Stepping stone

Imagine the hype around

this team if it takes a 3-0

record into the Dome

against LSU? It’s going to

happen - Eric Dungey and

a stringent defense will make sure of it - and

the Orange will quickly turn its focus to the

biggest game in who knows how long after a

comfortable victory.

PAUL SCHWEDELSON (2-0)

syracuse 24, central michigan 16

Chipping Away

The Chippewas have

struggled establishing an

effective running game

this season and that con-

tinues on Saturday. Quar-

terback Eric Dungey stays efficient against

the inferior opponent and the Orange

makes it halfway to bowl eligibility.

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