Tim Skeval and AJ Ortega<\/p>\n
Syracuse University football is back and Jamesville-Dewitt High School is excited. Many players left to go pro, but SU was in the top 60 of the best recruiting football colleges for 2015, according to ESPN, and has recruited many new and highly scouted players like starting freshman quarterback Eric Dungey. \u201cDungey will improve as the season goes on,\u201d said junior Ian Crawford. Dungey has thrown for over 1000 yards<\/span> <\/strong>and 11 touchdowns and has only thrown three picks. So far SU is off to a 3-5 start.<\/span><\/p>\n Syracuse has had some game ending and season ending injuries this year so far. In the first game, on the fourth play, Syracuse quarterback Terrel Hunt was sidelined in his fifth season with a torn achilles. Three games later back-up quarterback Eric Dungey took a blow to the head and was sidelined for the rest of that game. Dungey returned the next game. In spite of this, fans at JD are staying positive. \u201cI think it won\u2019t affect our play style,\u201d said sophomore Anthony Ciccone; \u201cwe can\u2019t afford anymore injuries though.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Syracuse\u2019s first loss came against the LSU Tigers 34-24 on Sept. 26. Many people thought SU had no chance at matching up with LSU, the eighth ranked team in the country, but SU surprised once again. Syracuse held LSU to a touchdown in the first half while scoring a field goal of their own. SU \u201cran creative plays. LSU is just on a different level then us,\u201d said senior Michael Pleschinski. Athletic Director John Goodson believes SU \u201cfought hard\u201d and \u201cbeat the odds.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n After losing to LSU and then South Florida University, SU\u2019s next loss was a hard fought loss in the three-overtime game against the University of Virginia. They led right up until the end of the third quarter. Many SU fans are disappointed in the team\u2019s performance in that game. \u201cThey let it slip away. They should have won, but they blew it,\u201d said Crawford. Unlike Crawford and many others, Mr. Goodson supports SU and their efforts this season. \u201cVirginia was knocking on the door all game. (SU is) young, you can’t expect so much out of them. They are learning valuable lessons and that\u2019s what matters most,\u201d said Mr. Goodson.<\/span><\/p>\n No team is perfect. So far SU\u2019s defense has held its own against opposing offenses. Their defense has eight interceptions and have given up an average of 24.5 points a game. They have also given up over fifteen hundred rushing yards and 28 touchdowns through eight games. But like all college teams, even the top teams in the country, SU has to work<\/span> <\/strong>on something. \u201cTheir offense needs to be stronger. The defense can’t pull all the weight,\u201d said sophomore Devin Sarno.<\/span><\/p>\n Although the SU season is only half way done, people already have their final record prediction. Sarno and Crawford along with senior Diamond Cole had a common prediction, 6-6. Pleschinski and sophomore Lexi Gambacorto both had a little more hope with a guess of 7-5. Mr. Goodson, unlike others, was unwilling to make a prediction. \u201cI believe that we go into every game with a chance to come out on top,\u201d said Goodson. SU players and fans are hoping we close out the season strong.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tim Skeval and AJ Ortega Syracuse University football is back and Jamesville-Dewitt High School is excited. Many players left to go pro, but SU was in the top 60 of the best recruiting football colleges for 2015, according to ESPN, and has recruited many new and highly scouted players like starting freshman quarterback Eric Dungey. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdrampage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}