You remember these, of course. But now, they’re a whole lot more fun -- for me, and hopefully for you, too. In year one of the Dino Babers era, we’ll be looking at the Syracuse Orange’s play-calling each week for trends, strengths, weaknesses and more while marveling at an offense that can actually function. No, SU may not always win. But the offense promises to bring some intrigue each week just the same.
So how’d things go against Colgate last Friday? Pretty damn well, actually.
First Quarter
| DRIVE 1 | | Time | Down | Ball | Run/Pass | Player | Direction | Result | 8:52 | 1st and 10 | SYR 21 | Play Action; Pass | Philips | Short R | 9 Yard Gain | 8:23 | 2nd and 1 | SYR 30 | Pass | Philips | Short R | 12 Yard Gain | 8:07 | 1st and 10 | SYR 42 | Pass | Philips | Screen R | 6 Yard Gain | 7:51 | 2nd and 4 | SYR 48 | Play Action; Run | Strickland | Dive L | 1 Yard Gain | 7:37 | 3rd and 3 | SYR 49 | Pass | Philips | Screen L | 8 Yard Gain | 7:22 | 1st and 10 | GATE 43 | Play Action; Pass | Etta-Tawo | Deep L | 43 Yard Gain; TD | DRIVE 2 | Time | Down | Ball | Run/Pass | Player | Direction | Result | 5:32 | 1st and 10 | SYR 13 | Play Action; Pass | Philips | Mid Range L | 11 Yard Gain | 5:17 | 1st and 10 | SYR 24 | Run | Strickland | Dive R | 1 Yard Gain | 4:55 | 2nd and 9 | SYR 25 | Pass | Etta-Tawo | Mid Range L | 8 Yard Gain | 4:47 | 3rd and 1 | SYR 33 | Pass | Etta-Tawo | Screen L | 8 Yard Gain | 4:31 | 1st and 10 | SYR 41 | Pass | Estime | Short R | 2 Yard Gain | 4:02 | 2nd and 8 | SYR 43 | Bad Snap; Run | Dungey | Off Tackle L | 2 Yard Gain | 3:39 | 3rd and 6 | SYR 45 | Pocket Breakdown; Run | Dungey | Off Tackle L | 5 Yard Gain | 3:23 | 4th and 1 | GATE 50 | Run | Dungey | Off Tackle L | 4 Yard Gain | 3:10 | 1st and 10 | GATE 46 | Play Action; Pass | Ishmael | Mid Range R | 11 Yard Gain | 2:51 | 1st and 10 | GATE 35 | Play Action; Pass; Sack | Dungey | N/A | 5 Yard Loss | 2:04 | 2nd and 15 | GATE 40 | Pass | Philips | Short M | 6 Yard Gain | 1:35 | 3rd and 9 | GATE 34 | Play Action; Run | Dungey | Dive L | 12 Yard Gain | 1:15 | 1st and 10 | GATE 22 | Pass | Etta-Tawo | Screen L | 6 Yard Gain | 0:57 | 2nd and 4 | GATE 16 | Pass | Philips | Short L | 8 Yard Gain | 0:31 | 1st and Goal | GATE 8 | Run | Strickland | Dive L | 0 Yard Gain | 0:13 | 2nd and Goal | GATE 8 | Run | Dungey | Off Tackle R | 2 Yard Loss | Play-Call Breakdown: 15 passes, 7 runs It looked like Babers wanted to showcase the differences in this offense right away, so the team came out firing — passing the ball twice as much as it ran (a theme of the night). | |||||||||||