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Doug Marrone reacts after West Virginia scored touchdown to give the
Mountaineers a 27-0 lead in the second quarter October 10 at the Carrier Dome.
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ig East Conference play commenced, and
Dr. Jekyll became Mr. Hyde. A strange case,
indeed.
The Syracuse University football team
appeared to be positioning itself to shock the conference when it defeated Northwestern and Maine on
consecutive Saturdays a month ago to even its record
at 2-2. The offense, led by quarterback Greg Paulus
and wide receiver Mike Williams, was humming. The
defense, with future NFLer Arthur Jones manning the
interior, was smothering the run. Mike Jones seemed
to be a threat to return a kickoff to the house every
time he touched the ball.
The stage was set. Unfortunately onto it walked the
horrible Hyde. Seven turnovers — the same number
the Orange had committed in its first four games combined — doomed SU to a 34-20 loss to South Florida.
Another interception on offense and bonehead penalties on defense and special teams resulted in a 27-0
first-half nightmare a week later vs. West Virginia.
No wonder rookie head coach Doug Marrone chose
to look inward rather than at 1-5 Akron as the Zips
prepare to visit the Orange (2-4) at 3:30
p.m. Saturday (Time Warner) in the
Carrier Dome. …
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2009TEAM
STATISTICS
HOWTHEY
STACKUP
Quarterbacks
Suspension and injury have forced true
freshman Patrick Nicely into the Akron
lineup. Greg Paulus has thrown too
many picks.
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Running backs
Hard to believe backs as good as Delone
Carter and Antwon Bailey are not more
productive. Akron counters with average
committee.
AKR
SU
Receivers
Deryn Bowser, who has all five of
Akron’s TD catches, is out. That gives
SU and Mike Williams (45 catches) an
advantage.
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Offensive line
Neither line is good at opening holes for
running backs and is average at best in
protecting the quarterback on passing
downs.
AKR
SU
Defensive line
Pass rush was a problem for Akron last
season and continues (4 sacks in six
games). SU has big edge in depth and
talent.
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Linebackers
Freshman Brian Wagner (67 tackles) is a
blossoming star for Zips, but SU trio led
by Derrell Smith (55 tackles) is better.
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SU’s secondary cut down on big plays
last game but still has allowed 14 TD
passes in six games. Akron is nearly as
bad (12).
AKR
SU
Special teams
Zip kickers are only 3-for-9 on FG tries,
and team averages only 36 yards a punt.
Big edge to SU in this critical phase.
AKR
SU
Avg. points/game
Turnovers
Fumbles lost
Interceptions thrown
First downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
3rd-down conv. %
4th-down conv. %
Avg. ypg
Offensive plays
Average gain
Rushing ypg
Rushes
Average gain
Passing ypg
Comp/attempts
Avg. gain/attempt
Sacks
Penalties
Punts/avg. yards
Punts blocked
Punt returns/avg.
Kickoff returns/avg.
AKR
19.0
14
5
9
102
52
40
10
35.8
22.2
294.8
380
4.7
124.3
210
3.6
170.5
91/170
6.0
4
30
27/36.0
1
11/9.3
27/20.3
SU
23.0
16
6
10
104
31
63
10
25.4
40.0
313.2
371
5.1
90.3
180
3.0
222.8
119/191
7.0
14
38
33/42.3
0
8/5.8
31/24.2
SU’SLEADERS
Passing Comp. Att.
Paulus
108
169
Nassib
11
21
Rushing
No.
Carter
100
Bailey
29
Receiving
No.
Williams
45
Davis
13
Bailey
12
Lemon
11
Catalina
8
Field goals
Made
Lichtenstein
9
Punting
No.
Long
32
Kickoff returns
No.
M. Jones
28
Punt returns
No.
Davis
6
Tackles
Solo
Smith
38
Suter
34
Holmes
27
Hogue
19
K. Scott
16
N. Scott
16
YPG Int.
197.8
10
37.5
0
Yds.
Lg.
360
16
143
18
Yds.
Lg.
712
66
133
24
74
16
61
19
58
19
Att.
Lg.
10
43
Avg.
Lg.
42.9
59
Avg.
Lg.
24.3
79
Avg.
Lg.
5.7
14
Ast. Total
17
55
16
50
12
39
16
35
3
19
3
19
20 Mike Thomas
Jr. 5-10, 215
56 Almondo Sewell
Jr. 6-1, 280
CB
Defense
34 Brian Wagner
Fr. 6-2, 220
FS
LT
LG
B
CB
LT
WR
28 Amin Kabir
Sr. 6-1, 205
MLB 97 James
OLB Harvey
OLB
B Wayne
27
Cobham
Sr. 6-0, 200
So. 6-4, 290
DT
WR
Offense
WHENSYRACUSE
HASTHEBALL
15 Marvase Byrd
Fr. 5-8, 170
23 Sean Fobbs
Jr. 6-1, 240
LG
NT
FS
C
OLB
MLB
DT QB NT
C
TB
2 Jalil Carter
Jr. 6-1, 190
SS
96 Hasan Hazime
So. 6-5, 255
CB
DE
RG
OLB
RT
TE
WR
SS
WR
CB
DE
RG
11 Miguel Graham
Sr. 5-9, 170
RT
TE
WR
WR
QB
TB
1 Mike Williams
Jr. 6-2, 211
78 Josh White
Jr. 6-5, 272
3 Delone Carter
Jr. 5-10, 215
71 Adam Rosner
Sr. 6-6, 305
35 Mike Holmes
Jr. 5-11, 184
2 Greg Paulus
Sr. 6-1, 195
70 Ryan Bartholomew
Jr. 6-3, 288
41 Ryan Gillum
Jr. 5-11, 216
25 Derrell Smith
Jr. 6-1, 236
CB
LT
FS
CB
LT
MLB
OLB
NT
73 Jonathan Meldrum
Jr. 6-5, 314
85 Mike Owen
Sr. 6-4, 255
DT
NT
LG
C
TB
RT
SS
TE
WR
WR
CB
DE
RG
26 Kevyn Scott
So. 5-11, 195
CB
DE
OLB
QB DT
90 Jared Kimmel
Sr. 6-6, 252
SS
RG
MLB
24 Max Suter
Sr. 6-0, 201
32 Doug Hogue
Jr. 6-2, 223
OLB
C
LG
OLB
DE
WR
5 Marcus Sales
So. 6-0, 177
97 Arthur Jones 51 Andrew Lewis
Sr. 6-4, 293
Sr. 6-3, 273
DE
WR
Offense
WHENAKRON
HASTHEBALL
Defense
6 Da’Mon Merkerson 54 Mikhail Marinovich
Jr. 6-1, 183
So. 6-4, 234
FS
66 Andrew Tiller
Jr. 6-6, 382
15 Alec Lemon
Fr. 6-1, 193
RT
TE
WR
WR
QB
25 DeVoe Torrence
Patrick Nicely
TB 16 Fr.
Fr. 6-1, 215
6-4, 220
7 Dashan Miller
Sr. 6-1, 200
75 Corey Woods
Jr. 6-5, 305
71 Mike Ward
Jr. 6-3, 310
51 Elliott Bates
Sr. 6-3, 295
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78 Zack Anderson
Sr. 6-4, 310
21 Andre Jones
Sr. 5-11, 180
82 Jeremy LaFrance
Jr. 6-1, 180
75 Jake Anderson
Sr. 6-5, 305
85 Kyle Weber
Jr. 6-6, 255
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Syracuse
No. Name
Akron
Pos.
No. Name
Pos.
1
Mike Williams
WR
56
Cory Boatman
DT
2
Greg Paulus
QB
57
Maximilian Leo
LS
3
Delone Carter
RB
58
Mike Stenclik
LB
4
Cameron Dantley
QB
60
Jim McKenzie
C
5
Marcus Sales
WR
62
Andrew Phillips
OT
6
Da’Mon Merkerson
WR
66
Andrew Tiller
OT
7
Donte Davis
WR
68
Justin Pugh
OG
8
Cody Catalina
TE
70
Ryan Bartholomew
OG
9
Andrew Robinson
TE
71
Adam Rosner
OG
10
Dorian Graham
FS
72
Nick Lepak
C
11
Lavar Lobdell
WR
73
Jonathan Meldrum
OT
12
Ryan Nassib
QB
74
Nick Speller
OT
13
Phillip Thomas
SS
75
Zack Chibane
C
14
Grant Mayes
CB
76
Ian Allport
OT
15
Alec Lemon
WR
77
Tucker Baumbach
OT
16
James Jarrett
QB
78
Josh White
OT
17
Charley Loeb
QB
79
Dalton Phillips
LS
18
John Mark Henderson
CB
80
Nick Provo
TE
19
Ryan Lichtenstein
K
81
Cody Morgan
WR
20
Randy McKinnon
SS
82
Van Chew
WR
22
Torian Phillips
WR
83
Ollie Taylor
WR
24
Max Suter
SS
84
Michael Acchione
WR
25
Derrell Smith
LB
85
Mike Owen
TE
26
Kevyn Scott
CB
86
David Stevens
LB
27
Averin Collier
RB
89
Thomas Trendowski
TE
28
Nico Scott
CB
90
Jared Kimmel
DE
29
Antwon Bailey
RB
91
Brandon Sharpe
DE
30
Rishard Anderson
FS
92
Shane Kimmel
LB
32
Doug Hogue
LB
93
Jarel Lowery
NT
33
Dan Vaughan
LB
94
Bud Tribbey
DT
34
Earl Carter Jr.
LB
95
Torrey Ball
DE
35
Michael Holmes
FS
97
Arthur Jones
NT
36
George Mayes
CB
99
Chandler Jones
DE
37
Mike Jones
RB
81 Cody Morgan
WR
38
Ryan Ahern
FS
82 Van Chew
WR
39
Lonnie Johnson
DB
83 Ollie Taylor
WR
40
Jake Smith
K
84 Michael Acchione
WR
41
Ryan Gillum
LB
85 Mike Owen
TE
43
Shamarko Thomas
CB
86 David Stevens
TE
46
Robert Nieves
FB
89 Thomas Trendowski
TE
47
Rob Long
P
90 Jared Kimmel
DE
48
Carl Cutler
TE
91 Brandon Sharpe
LB
49
Adam Harris
LB
92 Shane Kimmel
LB
51
Andrew Lewis
DT
93 Jarel Lowery
DT
52
Ollie Haney
NT
94 Bud Tribbey
DT
53
Chad Battles
DE
95 Torrey Ball
DE
54
Mikhail Marinovich
DE
97 Arthur Jones
DT
55
Anthony Perkins
DT
99 Chandler Jones
DE
No. Name
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
8
8
9
9
10
11
11
12
13
14
15
15
16
17
18
19
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
31
32
33
34
37
37
38
39
41
42
43
44
45
45
46
47
48
49
50
Deryn Bowser
Diamond Weaver
Jalil Carter
Jared Wackerly
Dale Martin
Jared Province
Nathan Cope
Matt Rodgers
Troy Gilmer
Curtis Brown
Manley Waller
Dashan Miller
Shawn Lemon
Zack Campbell
Gary Pride II
Doug Richardson
Alex Allen
Miguel Graham
Tim Zetts
Jeremy Bruce
Shane Shead
Thomas Miller
Marvase Byrd
Nate Burney
Patrick Nicely
Norman Shuford
Will Fleming
Nolan Procter
T.J. Marchese
Mike Thomas
Andre Jones
Broderick Alexander
Sean Fobbs
Aaron Williams
DeVoe Torrence
Kevin Davis
Wayne Cobham
Amin Kabir
Randy Greenwood
Emmanuel Lartey
Joe Tuzze
Josh Richmond
Brian Wagner
Branko Rogovic
Ben Bertsch
John Stec
Tony Longo
LeVon Morefield
Larry Dawson
Adam Steiner
Abdullah Homayed
Igor Iveljic
Joe Rash
Bill Alexander
Al-Teric Balaam
Tyler Campbell
Matt Little
James Heiss
Pos.
WR
DB
DB
QB
RB
LB
RB
QB
LB
WR
DB
WR
LB
P
WR/RB
DB
RB
DB
QB
WR/RB
DL
DB
DB
RB
QB
RB
LB
WR
PK
LB
DB/WR
RB
LB
LB
RB
DB
DB
LB
DB
DB
RB
DB
LB
PK
DL
P
LB
RB
RB
LS
LB
PK
DL
DB
LB
DB
LB
LB
No. Name
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
60
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
82
83
83
84
85
87
88
90
91
92
92
95
96
97
98
86
87
88
88
89
90
91
91
92
93
94
96
97
98
Elliott Bates
Marquinn Davis
Dan Ronsman
Blake Fraley
Antoine Jones
Almondo Sewell
Nate Schuler
Marcus Lemon
Dan Marcoux
Joe Pachuta
Mitch Straight
Adam Bice
Sean McCarthy
Deni Odofin
Andrew Colosimo
Casey Estrada
Paul Simkovich
Mike Ward
Zac Kasparek
Jake Anderson
Derek Johnston
Corey Woods
Jarrod Pughsley
Joe Vidovic
Zack Anderson
Jason Sekinger
Nadir Brown
Anthony Meriwether
Viktor Rajek
Jeremy LaFrance
Dee Frieson
Shawn Roberts
Rhyne Ladrach
Kyle Weber
Richard Sandilands
Jerrod Dillard
Mike Polinski
Nick Bridenbaugh
Ryan Bain
Joe Petrides
Jon Root
Hasan Hazime
James Harvey
Nick Legger
Bryan Logsdon
Cody Nutter
Tyler Rader
Reggie Rembert
Tyler Urban
Chris Neild
Chris Palmer
Jorge Wright
Larry Ford
Scooter Berry
Josh Taylor
Citrine Warren
Julian Miller
Curtis Feigt
Pos.
OL
DL
OL
LB
DL
DL
LB
LB
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
DL
OL
OL
OL
OL
OL
WR
WR
LB
WR
WR
WR
TE
TE
WR
WR
TE
DL
DL
TE
TE
DL
DL
TE
FB/TE
LS
FB/TE
WR
FB/TE
DL
DL
DL
DE
DL
DL
DE
DL
DL