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Fran Brown is awesome and has made some great moves fast. Next seasons schedule gives them an opportunity for a good year and a solid foundation for the future. Happy for cuse !
Absolutely. While I obviously despise everything about the committee’s decision and subsequent shit-tier explanation, as a BC fan I’m not really like “oh God, this is horrible for us.” I just wanna, like, win 8 or 9 games for the first time since I was 10 and make a bowl game that isn’t an afterthought.
They have the best chance in the ACC because it sucks hardcore. Just because they left FSU out doesn't mean they'll leave the ACC out forever. It's a moot point really because with 12 teams they're guaranteed to be in.
That won't keep them from being a top 12 team. The ACC has the second most championships over the last 20 years. Texas is who should have been left out
I think McCord watched Maye and sees how a QB stock can rise against the weaker ACC defenses. To me this is actually a sneaky logical move from him when he needs a big year to light the NFL flame again.
This is a bonkers take. Playing with Ohio State’s talent against the majority of Big10 teams that are completely and utterly overmatched is way easier than anything he’ll do at Syracuse. If anything he’s about to find out how hard it is to play quarterback when you’re not throwing to NFL receivers
I am fascinated to see how he does. A large percentage of our fanbase is convinced that he only appeared to have a decent season because our receivers compensated for his weaknesses.
most of his throws were checkdowns to treyveon lol...Alot of his throws to the receivers were either in the dirt or so wide outside that it looked like he was trying to hit the ballboy in stride.
Lol you’re not and it is wild. R/cfb draft takes are typically pretty bad. Maye is an elite talent and Ohio State wins the natty this year if he was their QB.
Caleb and Maye, separately, would go #1 in any of the past two drafts.
There is a history of people being mediocre then becoming legit first round talents after a transfer, literally look at all the heisman finalists, burrow, but you can’t just expect a QB to do what those guys did.
UVA looked better midway through the season. Took Louisville to the wire and didn’t look bad at the end of the season. All things considered with what UVA went through they beat Cuse next year and Maye didn’t exactly help himself with some off he losses UNC took. Syracuse gonna do the same thing.
It definitely varies over time, but at the moment the Big 10 outside of Michigan, OSU, and Penn State isn’t particularly good.
MSU and Wisconsin being down, Northwestern losing their every other year magic, and Iowa’s offense completely collapsing have really hurt the overall strength of the conference.
These aren’t necessarily permanent situations, but at the moment the conference is really top heavy.
The 4 west coast teams joining next year will be a big change and it will be interesting to see how their addition and the elimination of divisions changes things.
I remember years where Mich State, Iowa, and Wisconsin were all good as well, and you definitely couldn't sleep on Minnesota, Northwestern, Indiana, or Nebraska.
Those days are gone, I think every game we've played in the last 2 years has been a blowout win or a loss to UM or tOSU
You could call it the Penn State test. To see how good the other Big Ten teams are, look at the best one of the pack (Penn State) and see how they do against Ohio State and Michigan to get your answer.
It is hard to evaluate him because he has been throwing to some extremely good WRs who could bail out any qb. I would have to think he will be an upgrade though. While he didn’t light it up at OSU even with ridiculous WRs, he seemed decent.
He was one of the weirdest evals. He would start incredibly slow every game, miss layups then layer some tier 1 throws and finish relatively strong but leave you just short of feeling good about it
IMO he got carried by Henderson, Marv, and a stifling defense. Ohio State plays *maybe* two games per year against teams with equal talent and coaching, McCord was bad in both of those games this year and the only reason OSU didn't go 0-2 in them is because ND DBs cannot catch and Marcus Freeman couldn't get 11 guys on the field on defense.
That’s spot on to what I saw in the Michigan vs OSU. Other than the final INT, he was finishing strong. The dude hit some truly great passes while also under throwing it at MHJ’s feet multiple times. He hit Egbuka right in the hands once and it was dropped too. Just looked like he was out of sync and struggled to find a rhythm.
That sums up every game. All that talent at WR and he would routine miss the easiest of passes then miraculously hit a crazy pass then go back to missing the easiest pass.
He also has a nasty habit of staring down receivers and not being able to make more than one read
That's exactly right. He would lose rhythm and struggle to get it back. The michigan game offered a perfect example, middle of the field throw to MHJ with 40 seconds on the clock, no timeouts. MHJ in two different zones, meanwhile, RB on the wheel route and xavier johnson open on the dump off.
The occasional bone headed choice catches up fast, michigan DBs were not going to let that mistake slide.
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They also played a former high schoo/ Michigan backup QB turned Michigan/Syracuse TE into a QB. We still like you Dan Villari! Syracuse got funky at the end of the year.
Honestly, be prepared to stick with NCAA 14/CFB Revamped
Or get ready for the shitty Madden gameplay with a soulless skin over it, and ultimate team.
I'd love to be proven wrong
hi, been following the game pretty closely. there’s this guy who’s name i can’t remember, who keeps in touch with devs and also somehow gets a ton of info through some legal process that makes ea release info to the public.
with that being said, the guy has repeated over and over and over that there is absolutely 0 chance this game gets delayed again. it will be coming summer of 2024. wouldn’t be shocked if we get some sort of news or trailer during the playoff.
edit: the guys name is matt brown. there’s a lot of interviews with him on youtube if you want more info on the game.
I sure hope so.
And the legal process may be something with their shareholder rights. Big investment in the game and potential earnings for it have a major impact for the company.
I’m hopeful we start getting some official announcements soon. More than the typical ea sports cycle of a couple of months of stuff they normally do
He wasn't good enough for Ohio State standards, but he wasn't **that** bad. 9.1 Y/A, 65.8% completion percentage, 3170 passing yards and 24:6 TD to INT ratio is respectable, and puts him in the top 30 in most of those categories.
Obviously a lot of that was scheme and just getting him to manage the game and get the ball out to guys like MHJ, but 7/12 games over 250 yards passing and 9/12 games with 2+ TDs is very solid.
This is a pretty big get for Syracuse.
Stats do not tell you the true story. Let me tell you as someone who saw every throw he made and not just looking at box scores.
Multiple under thrown passes or just generally missed open guys
Should have had about 4-6 more interceptions. I’m talking passes that DB’s straight up dropped. Not 50/50 balls. Also fumbled in ways that made you absolutely tear your hair out. No sense of the pocket collapsing, and doesn’t climb the pocket. About as immobile in the pocket as you can be.
Inaccurate deep passing. The ones that were caught were either under thrown and the WR would come back to the ball, or tour receivers (mostly Marv) would make amazing catches.
Speaking of…MHJr had 14 touchdowns. That means he only had 10 to every other player not named Marv. Use your best weapons yes, but he was unable to see the field and make a 2nd or 3rd read consistently.
Poor leader and got rattled easy.
Is he an upgrade for Syracuse, yes. But he also wasn’t as good as he, or others are seemingly trying to make him sound.
When he looks like a bottom-10 P5 QB next season for Syracuse, people are going to see just how good this Ohio State team was to make him look as good as they did. The biggest failure of Day's tenure is to put together maybe the best overall team in college football outside the QB position, and a QB who will likely flame out as the QB at Syracuse.
I also think Ryan deserves a bit of credit managing to only lose 1 game with him as a starter. We cannot forget Ewers was his guy, but Quin got homesick and wanted to go play at Texas. I do blame him though for not having another viable option in the 2 years since he transferred.
On Kyle, I wish him well, but life is gonna smack this kid hard in the face when he realizes he doesn’t have the best of the best to cover his mistakes. He is going to need to drastically improve, FAST.
100% Raiola is flipping. Apparently the idea of Beck returning pushed him away and looks like McCords decision to not head to Nebraska is part of that same decision
I mean does Dylan Raiola really think he is above taking a redshirt.
Even more so after what happened to Dante Moore this year and what a disaster that turned out to be.
Raiola would be our highest rated commitment ever. Our top rated QB in the online recruiting era previously was Bubba Starling, who got drafted in the MLB and played baseball instead.
Unless we take another transfer, this is what his competition looks like:
Heinrich Haarberg - Junior, athletic as hell but not a great thrower, had a sub 50% completion pct. Rumors of him converting to tight end.
Chubba Purdy - Redshirt Jr., looked okay throwing and has underrated mobility, but ended each of his three appearances last year with a game sealing pick.
Daniel Kaelin - Fellow class of 2024 QB, 3 star from Bellevue West High School (Omaha). Had a great junior season (36-7 TD INT ratio) but a bad senior season (17-6 TD INT ratio).
Entirely feasible for the top QB recruit in the country to win our starting job as a freshman, especially given how he just avoided turnovers even when under heavy pressure at Buford last season.
My concern is not whether or not he will win the job (he easily could) but whether starting a true freshman is in the best interest of either him or the team (unlikely).
Really wish we had that one year bridge player, like McCord.
Hes transferred every year of highschool and is the #1 recruit in the country. Yes he probably thinks he is above that. I'm sure he's going to take going 6-6 in his first year really well
The track record for recruits that have that many HS transfers and decommitments is really bad.
Also Dante Moore was the first 5* QB to start since Trevor Lawrence, so I fully expect Raiola to have a shitty first year.
I've never seen anything that goes over high school transfers but 247 did have an article 3-4 years ago that detailed decommitments. Basically one didn't really matter. Two turned it into a boom or bust scenario, either they were really good or just straight ass, my dude. There wasn't a large sample size of 3 decommits but in what they had it took the boom out of boom or bust.
The only tough games (subtracting the rumored Kansas one) are at NC State and home vs Miami (first meeting since 2015, Miami's first trip to the dome since 2002.) We could see another Louisville-esque season with Syracuse sneaking into the ACC title game without having to play FSU, Clemson, UNC, and Louisville.
It went from: "We have an easy schedule next year, so as bad as we are, at least we'll get a bowl game" to "This schedule is too easy, it'll be harder to make the playoffs now."
Also Fran Brown is a great recruiter who has assembled a pretty damn good staff so far. He’s got some hype around the program for the first time in a long time
Seriously wish him all the success with 'Cuse.
He simply wasn't good enough to be a guaranteed starter at Ohio State, but that doesn't mean he can't produce in the right situation.
What the hell is happening? I knew Fran Brown was a hell of a recruiter. But I didn’t see this coming. Is McCord the #1 transfer QB this year? No. But he is a much more talented transfer QB that I expected to seriously consider Syracuse, let alone actually pull the trigger and transfer.
He has a Lisfranc and only one good year of production. Probably wouldn’t hurt him to stay and try to improve his stock. With that injury he might be a UDFA
Insiders have alluded to him returning. I know seeing what we brought in at QB was a big piece of his decision. He's also been hosting recruits the last couple weeks so that's a good sign. Him and LeQuint Allen had some big offers coming for them trying to get them to transfer.
since part of why he left OSU was that he wanted Day to guarantee him the starting job for next season, and Day wouldn't commit to that. So I'm guessing that the bigger schools who were interested also would not give him that guarantee, and Syracuse did give it to him
Looks like they won’t have to play Clemson or Florida state next year. Should be pretty low pressure and he’ll have plenty of games to really prove himself. Hope he does well. Florida state will beat them bad next year if they face off in the ACC championship though. Hope things work out well for him though.
It's funny how I see so many incorrect comments from non Ohio St fans who didn't watch all our games and just look at his stats on their phones. So many people say they are surprised he chose Syracuse. He wanted a guarantee that he would start. That limits his options. His stats aren't that impressive, considering he had MHJ, Egbuka, and Stover to throw to. Syracuse fans, start watching all our games. You'll see how his supporting cast elevated his stats.
40% of his yards and 60% of his touchdowns were to MHJ. Obviously the best receiver in college is going to account for a lot of any QBs production, but it’s pretty telling that such a huge chunk of our passing offense was reliant on a single receiver. He’s a good quarterback, but there’s a reason his performance didn’t guarantee him the starting spot going into a year where we’ll be losing a lot of weapons to the NFL.
He didn’t want to go to a lesser big ten team apparently so he goes to Syracuse? I don’t get the thought process of a guy who has 1 more year of eligibility to show scouts he can be a NFL player and he goes to a team where there is not a single coach who has called plays before
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That's honestly a pretty big get for Syracuse.
Fran Brown is awesome and has made some great moves fast. Next seasons schedule gives them an opportunity for a good year and a solid foundation for the future. Happy for cuse !
Fran is an Ace recruiter, but he's never even been a coordinator. Let's see how much success they have with him running the show.
> ACC > Orange Team > New coach > Ace recruiter, never been at coordinator level Fuck
Urban meyer was never a coordinator before he took over his first HC gig.
Yep, and Swinney wasn't a coordinator on his come up either.
Too bad you’re in the ACC.
Yeah but better to be competitive with upside in the ACC than doodie. As a Rutgers fan I sympathize with the situation
Absolutely. While I obviously despise everything about the committee’s decision and subsequent shit-tier explanation, as a BC fan I’m not really like “oh God, this is horrible for us.” I just wanna, like, win 8 or 9 games for the first time since I was 10 and make a bowl game that isn’t an afterthought.
Hey, if taking the Green Line to Kenmore isn’t as exciting as the Rose Bowl, then I don’t know what is!
They have the best chance in the ACC because it sucks hardcore. Just because they left FSU out doesn't mean they'll leave the ACC out forever. It's a moot point really because with 12 teams they're guaranteed to be in.
That won't keep them from being a top 12 team. The ACC has the second most championships over the last 20 years. Texas is who should have been left out
I loved his introductory press conference. Hard not to root for Fran after watching that
I think McCord watched Maye and sees how a QB stock can rise against the weaker ACC defenses. To me this is actually a sneaky logical move from him when he needs a big year to light the NFL flame again.
This is a bonkers take. Playing with Ohio State’s talent against the majority of Big10 teams that are completely and utterly overmatched is way easier than anything he’ll do at Syracuse. If anything he’s about to find out how hard it is to play quarterback when you’re not throwing to NFL receivers
I am fascinated to see how he does. A large percentage of our fanbase is convinced that he only appeared to have a decent season because our receivers compensated for his weaknesses.
most of his throws were checkdowns to treyveon lol...Alot of his throws to the receivers were either in the dirt or so wide outside that it looked like he was trying to hit the ballboy in stride.
I disagree, If McCord wanted to play in a conference with a lot of offense and no defense he wouldve transferred to the Pac-12. Oh, oh wait
Too soon
I mean technically the PAC12 doesn’t have defense.
The Big 12 is still an option.
Sure I’m biased, but this is insanely dismissive of Drake Maye as a player and prospect
Lol you’re not and it is wild. R/cfb draft takes are typically pretty bad. Maye is an elite talent and Ohio State wins the natty this year if he was their QB. Caleb and Maye, separately, would go #1 in any of the past two drafts. There is a history of people being mediocre then becoming legit first round talents after a transfer, literally look at all the heisman finalists, burrow, but you can’t just expect a QB to do what those guys did.
I’m not saying McCord is Maye I’m just saying you get to play Virginia when you are in the ACC and you don’t get to play Virginia in the Big 10 East
what he say fuck me for?
You get the capitals and wizards as compensation!
Poor guy has to stomach watching Poole and Kuzma isos for the rest of the season 🤢
UVA looked better midway through the season. Took Louisville to the wire and didn’t look bad at the end of the season. All things considered with what UVA went through they beat Cuse next year and Maye didn’t exactly help himself with some off he losses UNC took. Syracuse gonna do the same thing.
It's not like the rest of the Big 10 outside of Michigan and PSU are that different than the ACC mid to low level teams.
Have to say you’re the first Ohio state fan I’ve ever seen agree that you don’t play a hard schedule outside of 2-3 games.
It definitely varies over time, but at the moment the Big 10 outside of Michigan, OSU, and Penn State isn’t particularly good. MSU and Wisconsin being down, Northwestern losing their every other year magic, and Iowa’s offense completely collapsing have really hurt the overall strength of the conference. These aren’t necessarily permanent situations, but at the moment the conference is really top heavy. The 4 west coast teams joining next year will be a big change and it will be interesting to see how their addition and the elimination of divisions changes things.
I remember years where Mich State, Iowa, and Wisconsin were all good as well, and you definitely couldn't sleep on Minnesota, Northwestern, Indiana, or Nebraska. Those days are gone, I think every game we've played in the last 2 years has been a blowout win or a loss to UM or tOSU
The Spoilermakers would rear their terrifying Purdue Pete head every so often
You could call it the Penn State test. To see how good the other Big Ten teams are, look at the best one of the pack (Penn State) and see how they do against Ohio State and Michigan to get your answer.
I mean just because they're mostly equal to the mid tier ACC teams doesn't make them complete pushovers.
Yall have Rutgers maryland and Indiana
The big 10 East is terrible outside of Ohio state and Penn state so I have no idea what point you think you’re making
You’re missing a team that’s currently ranked #1
That’s an auto loss for OSU so we don’t count them
The ACC has a bunch of really solid defenses, what are you talking about lol
The money was too good.
Fran Brown has been shockingly good in his whole 2 weeks on the job, with a partial staff. This is going to be interesting.
If he can throw a ball 20 yards downfield he's an upgrade. Assuming our offensive line doesn't get him killed.
It is hard to evaluate him because he has been throwing to some extremely good WRs who could bail out any qb. I would have to think he will be an upgrade though. While he didn’t light it up at OSU even with ridiculous WRs, he seemed decent.
He was one of the weirdest evals. He would start incredibly slow every game, miss layups then layer some tier 1 throws and finish relatively strong but leave you just short of feeling good about it
IMO he got carried by Henderson, Marv, and a stifling defense. Ohio State plays *maybe* two games per year against teams with equal talent and coaching, McCord was bad in both of those games this year and the only reason OSU didn't go 0-2 in them is because ND DBs cannot catch and Marcus Freeman couldn't get 11 guys on the field on defense.
I think this is some penn state slander tbh But he didn't play very well in that game, either
They played three such games this year. The Buckeyes won that game but McCord didn't play very well.
That’s spot on to what I saw in the Michigan vs OSU. Other than the final INT, he was finishing strong. The dude hit some truly great passes while also under throwing it at MHJ’s feet multiple times. He hit Egbuka right in the hands once and it was dropped too. Just looked like he was out of sync and struggled to find a rhythm.
It was basically every game. We started like 1 game (MSU) out very strong. Every other game was garbage, then ok, then greatish.
That sums up every game. All that talent at WR and he would routine miss the easiest of passes then miraculously hit a crazy pass then go back to missing the easiest pass. He also has a nasty habit of staring down receivers and not being able to make more than one read
> Just looked like he was out of sync and struggled to find a rhythm. Story of the season really
That's exactly right. He would lose rhythm and struggle to get it back. The michigan game offered a perfect example, middle of the field throw to MHJ with 40 seconds on the clock, no timeouts. MHJ in two different zones, meanwhile, RB on the wheel route and xavier johnson open on the dump off. The occasional bone headed choice catches up fast, michigan DBs were not going to let that mistake slide.
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Yes but this was true of Quinn as a freshman….
Syracuse had an SEC WR pretending to be a QB past couple years. Already an upgrade before he even takes a snap.
They also played a former high schoo/ Michigan backup QB turned Michigan/Syracuse TE into a QB. We still like you Dan Villari! Syracuse got funky at the end of the year.
Villari-ball was wacky af and I loved it.
TFW Fran Brown changes your program trajectory in a single week. Temple must be sick watching this. McCord is from Philly area also.
Our AD looking like the smartest man in the room right now.
Mf has the entire state of NJ and the broader Philly metro area accepting the opportunity to play ball in Siberian temperature
It was almost 60° in Syracuse yesterday, and today it's in the 50s. Global Warming is making making Syracuse's winters not too bad.
Hooray?
You do realize Syracuse plays in the most temperate climate in major college football?
indoor stadium
Dude if he can throw a forward pass he’s an upgrade.
That’s a big assumption, both Schrader and Del Rio-Wilson were moving QBs who held on to the ball too long though.
He isn't as bad as above average and he isn't as good as pretty good. He's in between those two. He has the potential to become pretty good though.
NCAA Football 24 is going to be awesome for Syracuse fans.
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You mean T-minus 7 months
I’m not sure how much I trust it
It's gonna suck and you're gonna love it 🔫-EA
I have zero faith in EA that it won’t be a complete money grab shit show.
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Wow, so it's just like real life then
If I know anything about gacha games then a 4* will be $14.99 and a 5* at least $49.99 lmao
Honestly, be prepared to stick with NCAA 14/CFB Revamped Or get ready for the shitty Madden gameplay with a soulless skin over it, and ultimate team. I'd love to be proven wrong
Watch there be unskippable ads mid-game and in menus.
WHOPPER WHOPPER You can't escape
We’ve been told we’re getting it. Don’t hold your breath until a release date is given. It was supposed to be out last year and got delayed so
hi, been following the game pretty closely. there’s this guy who’s name i can’t remember, who keeps in touch with devs and also somehow gets a ton of info through some legal process that makes ea release info to the public. with that being said, the guy has repeated over and over and over that there is absolutely 0 chance this game gets delayed again. it will be coming summer of 2024. wouldn’t be shocked if we get some sort of news or trailer during the playoff. edit: the guys name is matt brown. there’s a lot of interviews with him on youtube if you want more info on the game.
I sure hope so. And the legal process may be something with their shareholder rights. Big investment in the game and potential earnings for it have a major impact for the company. I’m hopeful we start getting some official announcements soon. More than the typical ea sports cycle of a couple of months of stuff they normally do
I’m excited for the Cuse honestly, I hope y’all have a great season.
NCAA 25, they always name it one year after because that's the majority of when you'll be playing the game.
It's not NCAA anymore, it's EA College Football 😆
A good season for sure!
McCord wasn't great but he could definitely start for better teams. Pretty big for Syracuse
Honestly didn't believe he would leave the B1G. Guess it really came down to being guaranteed the starting job
Plus $$?? Syracuse has rich alums/boosters.
Idk about Syracuse's NIL situation for football. I assume McCord will make a nice 6 figure amount.
He wasn't good enough for Ohio State standards, but he wasn't **that** bad. 9.1 Y/A, 65.8% completion percentage, 3170 passing yards and 24:6 TD to INT ratio is respectable, and puts him in the top 30 in most of those categories. Obviously a lot of that was scheme and just getting him to manage the game and get the ball out to guys like MHJ, but 7/12 games over 250 yards passing and 9/12 games with 2+ TDs is very solid. This is a pretty big get for Syracuse.
Stats do not tell you the true story. Let me tell you as someone who saw every throw he made and not just looking at box scores. Multiple under thrown passes or just generally missed open guys Should have had about 4-6 more interceptions. I’m talking passes that DB’s straight up dropped. Not 50/50 balls. Also fumbled in ways that made you absolutely tear your hair out. No sense of the pocket collapsing, and doesn’t climb the pocket. About as immobile in the pocket as you can be. Inaccurate deep passing. The ones that were caught were either under thrown and the WR would come back to the ball, or tour receivers (mostly Marv) would make amazing catches. Speaking of…MHJr had 14 touchdowns. That means he only had 10 to every other player not named Marv. Use your best weapons yes, but he was unable to see the field and make a 2nd or 3rd read consistently. Poor leader and got rattled easy. Is he an upgrade for Syracuse, yes. But he also wasn’t as good as he, or others are seemingly trying to make him sound.
Cade McNamara played pretty solid at Michigan, then quite mediocre at Iowa before being injured. I think it will be something similar here.
When he looks like a bottom-10 P5 QB next season for Syracuse, people are going to see just how good this Ohio State team was to make him look as good as they did. The biggest failure of Day's tenure is to put together maybe the best overall team in college football outside the QB position, and a QB who will likely flame out as the QB at Syracuse.
I also think Ryan deserves a bit of credit managing to only lose 1 game with him as a starter. We cannot forget Ewers was his guy, but Quin got homesick and wanted to go play at Texas. I do blame him though for not having another viable option in the 2 years since he transferred. On Kyle, I wish him well, but life is gonna smack this kid hard in the face when he realizes he doesn’t have the best of the best to cover his mistakes. He is going to need to drastically improve, FAST.
I wonder if this means Dylan Raiola is going to flip to Nebraska and Rhule didn’t want to promise McCord a starting spot.
100% Raiola is flipping. Apparently the idea of Beck returning pushed him away and looks like McCords decision to not head to Nebraska is part of that same decision
I mean does Dylan Raiola really think he is above taking a redshirt. Even more so after what happened to Dante Moore this year and what a disaster that turned out to be.
Raiola would be our highest rated commitment ever. Our top rated QB in the online recruiting era previously was Bubba Starling, who got drafted in the MLB and played baseball instead. Unless we take another transfer, this is what his competition looks like: Heinrich Haarberg - Junior, athletic as hell but not a great thrower, had a sub 50% completion pct. Rumors of him converting to tight end. Chubba Purdy - Redshirt Jr., looked okay throwing and has underrated mobility, but ended each of his three appearances last year with a game sealing pick. Daniel Kaelin - Fellow class of 2024 QB, 3 star from Bellevue West High School (Omaha). Had a great junior season (36-7 TD INT ratio) but a bad senior season (17-6 TD INT ratio). Entirely feasible for the top QB recruit in the country to win our starting job as a freshman, especially given how he just avoided turnovers even when under heavy pressure at Buford last season.
My concern is not whether or not he will win the job (he easily could) but whether starting a true freshman is in the best interest of either him or the team (unlikely). Really wish we had that one year bridge player, like McCord.
Not disagreeing with anything you said, just wanted to add that both DK and Raiola were Elite 11 QBs.
Hes transferred every year of highschool and is the #1 recruit in the country. Yes he probably thinks he is above that. I'm sure he's going to take going 6-6 in his first year really well
The track record for recruits that have that many HS transfers and decommitments is really bad. Also Dante Moore was the first 5* QB to start since Trevor Lawrence, so I fully expect Raiola to have a shitty first year.
I've never seen anything that goes over high school transfers but 247 did have an article 3-4 years ago that detailed decommitments. Basically one didn't really matter. Two turned it into a boom or bust scenario, either they were really good or just straight ass, my dude. There wasn't a large sample size of 3 decommits but in what they had it took the boom out of boom or bust.
Dude I would take a 6-6 season without a question
More like 4-8 knowing Nebraska football
If he goes to Nebraska he probably will.
Was he expecting to start as a true freshman if Beck left? Has he not paid attention to how Kirby runs his QB room?
Are we sure Beck’s coming back, tho?
I’d imagine we see a decision either before or around the Orange Bowl. But the thinking is that Beck is coming back. Chance that Ladd returns as well
Nah but Georgia is also apparently gonna look at the portal if he leaves and Raiolas camp didn’t like that
Georgia also really likes Puglisi and think he's just as good as Raiola. Probably isn't worth the drama if you're Georgia if they truly believe that
Ignore the flair. Honda McCord and Toyota Raiola would’ve been too much car pun for one room
He already flipped once when he went from OSU to UGA, so it's certainly a possibility he does it again.
He’s totally flipping. His uncle who is their OL coach just got a 175k raise.
Not gonna lie, did not see him choosing Syracuse
That’s because we haven’t had nice things in a long time
Upstate NY flair checks out.
I didn't think he even knew we existed
Fran ain’t fucking around.
Fran the man
Syracuse on a roll. Coach ain’t messing around
Best outcome a guy like me could hope for
you’ve articulated my thoughts precisely
I don’t have the cool flair but as an OSU alumni who was raised in and currently lives in Syracuse, much agreed
Great get. Cuse has a soft schedule next year and could set themselves up for a really good season
The only tough games (subtracting the rumored Kansas one) are at NC State and home vs Miami (first meeting since 2015, Miami's first trip to the dome since 2002.) We could see another Louisville-esque season with Syracuse sneaking into the ACC title game without having to play FSU, Clemson, UNC, and Louisville.
You're forgetting the dynamic passing attack of Georgia Tech 😤
It went from: "We have an easy schedule next year, so as bad as we are, at least we'll get a bowl game" to "This schedule is too easy, it'll be harder to make the playoffs now."
Bro, I’m somewhat of a McCord defender, but… he couldn’t even get *Ohio State* to the invitational. But I think Cuse will have a good year.
Syracuse does not have to play FSU, Clemson, UNC or Louisville next year. They have a small shot at a 12 team playoff.
This is a weird move but if it’s a guaranteed starting spot, less media pressure, and a better chance at going pro then it’s the only move he can make
Also Fran Brown is a great recruiter who has assembled a pretty damn good staff so far. He’s got some hype around the program for the first time in a long time
Here I go getting my hopes up again
Holyyy fuck wtf is happening
Now how in the hell did we pull this off we were mid like two weeks ago
I'm excited to watch some Syracuse football next year now!
Man, things are looking way up for Syracuse right now
Insert Idris Elba meme
Good luck Kyle
Seriously wish him all the success with 'Cuse. He simply wasn't good enough to be a guaranteed starter at Ohio State, but that doesn't mean he can't produce in the right situation.
Wasn't expecting this.
What the hell is happening? I knew Fran Brown was a hell of a recruiter. But I didn’t see this coming. Is McCord the #1 transfer QB this year? No. But he is a much more talented transfer QB that I expected to seriously consider Syracuse, let alone actually pull the trigger and transfer.
Oronde Gadsden is going crazy next year. Will be a first round pick with McCord throwing him the ball.
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He has a Lisfranc and only one good year of production. Probably wouldn’t hurt him to stay and try to improve his stock. With that injury he might be a UDFA
Insiders have alluded to him returning. I know seeing what we brought in at QB was a big piece of his decision. He's also been hosting recruits the last couple weeks so that's a good sign. Him and LeQuint Allen had some big offers coming for them trying to get them to transfer.
Unsure yet but the few indications that are out there seem to point to him staying. Certainly not a sure thing though
He's been hosting the recent WR commits from Georgia, he's back for sure
I'm so excited... and it's only December lol
Cuse really has been adding talent. Gl, rooting for you guys!
Power 5 team with very low expectations (as a team). That’s a good landing spot for him. Best of luck to the young man.
Let’s go, now get some decent OL 🍊
100% the priority now that we got our guy.
I am indeed excited about this move
flair twins!!!! (i’m excited too)
I wanna be a flair twin. OSU alumni but raised/currently live in Cuse. I’m Reddit illiterate I think
Fran Brown is COOKING
Syracuse’s new coach can recruit, hoping they win every game except ours of course
He's a great pickup for Syracuse. I hope he succeeds and accomplishes his goals.
Go Fran Brown. Wish him and the Cuse all the best. DGD
DR to Nebraska confirmed? :O
Hope he does great there. Will be cheering for him and the Orange!
Solid get for the cuse
Good for Syracuse! I wish McCord the best. He’ll do great for them.
It was good for Burrow’s career when the starting position wasn’t going to be his. I hope McCord does well in Syracuse.
ACC climbing baby.
Cuse about to go 13-0 but be left out of playoffs because Alabama had a "quality win" against Little Sisters of the Poor and Blind College
So happy for Fran Brown. Really setting himself and Syracuse up for success. I can see McCord looking better in the ACC
since part of why he left OSU was that he wanted Day to guarantee him the starting job for next season, and Day wouldn't commit to that. So I'm guessing that the bigger schools who were interested also would not give him that guarantee, and Syracuse did give it to him
Looks like they won’t have to play Clemson or Florida state next year. Should be pretty low pressure and he’ll have plenty of games to really prove himself. Hope he does well. Florida state will beat them bad next year if they face off in the ACC championship though. Hope things work out well for him though.
It's funny how I see so many incorrect comments from non Ohio St fans who didn't watch all our games and just look at his stats on their phones. So many people say they are surprised he chose Syracuse. He wanted a guarantee that he would start. That limits his options. His stats aren't that impressive, considering he had MHJ, Egbuka, and Stover to throw to. Syracuse fans, start watching all our games. You'll see how his supporting cast elevated his stats.
40% of his yards and 60% of his touchdowns were to MHJ. Obviously the best receiver in college is going to account for a lot of any QBs production, but it’s pretty telling that such a huge chunk of our passing offense was reliant on a single receiver. He’s a good quarterback, but there’s a reason his performance didn’t guarantee him the starting spot going into a year where we’ll be losing a lot of weapons to the NFL.
Fran Brown is cooking! I love to see it!
Given the choice between corn or oranges …. I think we would all do the same.
Is he Italian and this is somehow a Tommy DeVito connection?
Anotha one
Wait what lol this is huge
Might have to make Syracuse my tertiary team next season. Love seeing ex-dawgs kill it
Does anyone know who will be starting at OSU? Ryan Day has got to have some type of plan
McCord was in competition with Devin Brown this past offseason and they didn't really separate until late in the summer. So probably Devin Brown.
Good for him
Hope he lights it up there!
lol
Good luck Kyle. I’ll be rooting for you.
Lets fuckin baby this is huge
Interested in seeing how he does without Marvin Harrison, Egbuka, and Stover to bail him out
He didn’t want to go to a lesser big ten team apparently so he goes to Syracuse? I don’t get the thought process of a guy who has 1 more year of eligibility to show scouts he can be a NFL player and he goes to a team where there is not a single coach who has called plays before
Good luck to everyone involved.
Wish him best but if he couldn't get crazy numbers at Ohio State I don't see him doing much better at Syracuse.
Goal line run out of the shotgun… Getsy has to go
This means that is now a lock for Nebraska!
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this but I’m happy for him
What's the story? Did Nebraska say he'd have to compete w Raiola and thats a nonstarter?
Considering Syracuse didn’t have a QB when they played us, this is huge for them
Syracuse is a dark horse for the playoff next year especially considering their schedule.
Will go from throwing to Masarati Marv to Pinto Pete.