Gametime

Syracuse men's soccer loses Big East opener

September 25, 2011 - 10:21pm

SU allows a goal late to fall to Marquette, 3-2.

It was a close match, but with two minutes to go in regulation, Marquette (3-4-1, 1-0-0) finally broke free with a game-winning score to defeat the Syracuse men’s soccer team (2-5-0, 0-1-0) in its Big East home opener Saturday at the SU Soccer Stadium. Freshman James Nortey scored the goal, his second of the night, in the 88th minute to secure the win for the Golden Eagles.

Toledo wants Saturday's game vacated

By Jeff Laboon

September 25, 2011 - 5:11pm

The University of Toledo filed a formal request to the Mid-American Conference to have their loss to Syracuse vacated.

The Big East announced Saturday night that Syracuse kicker Ross Krautman missed an extra point in the final minutes of the game. Game officials reviewed the attempt at the time, but did not overturn the call.

Toledo's athletic director Mike O'Brien filed a request to the commissioner of the Mid-American Conference, John Steinbrecher, to contact the Big East Conference and have the victory granted to the Rockets, according to Toledo Athletics.

Running out the clock: Week 3 Edition

By Pete Gegick

September 19, 2011 - 12:58pm

News and notes from Syracuse’s Week 3 defeat by USC.

Here’s James Santelli’s recap of Saturday’s game, an unfortunate loss to the USC Trojans, 38-17. Of course, the game was overshadowed by the larger news that Syracuse will defect to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

SU and Pitt heading to ACC

By Jeff Laboon

September 18, 2011 - 2:29pm

It's official, the Atlantic Coast Conference officially accepted the applications Syracuse University and the University of Pittsburgh Sunday morning.

The Atlantic Coast Conference confirmed during a teleconference Sunday what everyone in the country already assumed, Syracuse and Pittsburgh are joining the conference. The most telling note to take away from the announcement, though, is that the ACC and both schools said they intend to honor their contractual commitments to the Big East Conference, which include staying in the conference 27 months after notifying the league of a move.

Reports continue to surface, SU seems ACC bound

By Jeff Laboon

September 18, 2011 - 12:30am

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a Sunday morning teleconference in what many believe will be the official acceptance of Syracuse and Pittsburgh into the conference.

Absolutely stunning. This time yesterday, Syracuse and Pittsburgh were full-fledged members of the Big East Conference. Now? That's debatable.

Pete Thamel first reported around midnight Friday the two schools were in talks with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In the past 24 hours since his first report, we have learned the following:

SU and Pitt rumored to be in talks with the ACC

By Jeff Laboon

September 17, 2011 - 12:09am

The New York Times reports the two Big East schools have talked about leaving for the ACC.

Syracuse became one of the seven founding members of the Big East Conference in 1979. Three years later, the University of Pittsburgh joined to become the ninth team in the conference. Both schools, though, are currently in talks with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Pete Thamel of the New York Times reports.

SU's group of Californians

By Kristen Shilton

September 15, 2011 - 5:44pm

Syracuse prepares for its rare trip to the west coast to play USC in what will be a homecoming of sorts for some California-bred players.

Defensive lineman Mikhail Marinovich at SU's media day. It’s been 44 years since the Syracuse University football team last visited the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Forty four years ago, in 1967, the Orange capped off an 8-2 season with a win against UCLA, who still played its home games at the Coliseum.

Running out the clock: Week 2 Edition

By Kristen Shilton

September 12, 2011 - 12:58pm

News and notes on Syracuse's Week 2 victory over Rhode Island.

- My recap of Saturday’s game, which was previewed as a blowout in the making but turned into a hard-won 21-14 Orange victory over the Rhode Island Rams.

- Attendance at the game was billed as 36,421, which seemed high considering the number of empty seats in the Carrier Dome.