a good list not to be on
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:21 pmby fivemon
Rotting Orange
Dr. Daryl Gross came to Syracuse from USC in 2004, then hired Greg Robinson as football coach, and the rest, as they say ...
Worst win percentages
among FBS teams, since 2005
W-L Pct.
Duke 4-34 .105
Temple 6-33 .154
FIU 6-32 .158
Utah State 7-32 .179
North Texas 7-31 .184
*Syracuse 8-31 .205
Idaho 8-31 .205
*0-12 vs. ranked opponents
*1-9 vs. non-conference BCS teams
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3604094
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:27 pmby HB Pony Dad
Interesting speculation from the story...
"Gross laughed off speculation that he will hire Lane Kiffin, the Raiders coach rumored to be on his way out in Oakland. The two of them worked together at USC."
Where there is smoke...
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:47 pmby OC Mustang
Herbstreit took Gross to task on Saturday, interviewing all the old greats to come out of Syracuse. Our NFL alumni look tame compared to theirs, and they were not very forgiving of Coach Robinson. It almost was a pile-on until Corso took the mike. He openly called out Gross and ripped him publicly, saying that their problems started with his shortsighted and stubborn decision regarding hiring his buddy. Corso further laid their recruiting problems, the root of this mess, at Gross's feet, saying that he dismissed 25-35 years of recruiting experience when he ditched their previous coach. Herbstreit tried to deflect criticism, saying that at the time, it was the right decision because of a 4 year drought in recruiting and down trend in wins vs. losses, and he got the last word. Corso was clearly not backing down on his opinion.
We ought to understand this kind of thing. SMU has lived it for 21 years.
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:56 pmby SMU 86
Ours are tame in regards to how they are reacting to the situation. Those Syracuse NFL alumni are so hot at Robinson if he loses this weekend he may get run out of town on a rail.
Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:34 pmby jkflamebo
i did see this list and was relieved that we were not on it. we gotta be right on the cusp though after last season and how this season is shaping up to be
Posted:
Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:00 amby SoCal_Pony
Peruna wrote:Our NFL alumni are not tame compared to theirs.
Jim Brown, Art Monk, Marvin Harrison, Keith Bullock and Donovan McNabb. All great.
Eric Dickerson, Doak Walker, Kyle Rote, Don Meredith, Craig James, Raymond Berry, The Great Justin Rogers (
), Jerry Ball, Michael Carter, Russell Carter, Rod Smith, etc. Equally great.
I'm biased, but I'd say ours is better, since so many Syracuse products fail to live up to their hype.
Might want to include Heisman trophy winner Ernie Davis on that list....DKR certainly would.