football

Orange training camp features a week in Fort Drum
By Stephen Cohen
August 4, 2012 - 9:45pm
SU's football team is set to visit the home to the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division to better prepare for the upcoming season.

The Syracuse University football team opened up its preseason camp Saturday in typical fashion, as players reported to campus and the team held its annual media day at Manley Field House. However, this year’s camp will feature a most unusual excursion.

The art of Otto
By Nick Toney
May 8, 2012 - 11:54am
Professional artist and Syracuse sports fan Michael Borkowski has applied his own original look to the school's popular mascot.

Michael Borkowski fell in love with Syracuse sports from the stands in the newly constructed Carrier Dome. The Syracuse native watched firsthand as Dick MacPherson rebuilt the football program and Jim Boeheim coached the basketball team to national prominence in the early '80s.

Only one thing confused Borkowski: the lack of an official mascot. Syracuse University hadn't yet adopted Otto the Orange, and was in the middle of a mix-and-match dark period of mascots that confused the young SU fan.

Paterno laid to rest
By Jon Krouner
January 25, 2012 - 10:06pm
The legendary Penn State coach's connection with football fans stretches from Happy Valley to Syracuse.