If Syracuse is trying to catch up with No. 1 Clemson, Orange coach Dino Babers believes his team has plenty of company.
“The entire country is chasing Clemson,” Babers said. “Alabama is...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse is struggling in this most difficult of seasons as injuries pile up and inexperienced players fill lineup holes where needed.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse preseason All-American defensive standout Andre Cisco will miss the rest of the season, coach Dino Babers said Monday toward the end of his weekly news...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse redshirt junior quarterback Tommy DeVito suffered an injury to his left leg in a home loss to Duke on Saturday, and coach Dino Babers said afterward the injury was...
The Syracuse Orange have one streak going for them — they're picked as the underdog for the fourth straight time, even at home against a winless team and after a bye week to heal.
Syracuse coach Dino Babers didn't see the big improvement he expected when his Orange dropped their second straight road game to start the season. He remains upbeat.
One game into the season, Syracuse coach Dino Babers isn't sure what kind of team he has.
It likely won't take long to find out.
The Orange dropped their season opener 31-6 at No. 18...
Syracuse coach Dino Babers sees a somewhat reassuring positive as the opener of his fifth season at the helm of the Orange looms.
“I think the leadership is good,” Babers said Monday. “I...
Syracuse coach Dino Babers enters his fifth year at the helm facing a rebuild after a down season.
Not an easy task in this environment. Less than two weeks before the season opener, Babers...
Syracuse coach Dino Babers has had to cope with three missed practices as he tries to get the Orange ready for a football season during a pandemic.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Trill Williams made sure Clayton Welch’s only start for Syracuse was one he’ll never forget.
The sophomore nickel back stole the ball from Wake Forest receiver Kendall...
Syracuse is still alive in its quest to reach the postseason. Don’t bother mentioning that to Orange coach Dino Babers.
“We’re not falling in that trap anymore,” Babers said Monday in...
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Syracuse’s quarterback stayed upright and its running backs ran free. The Orange’s new-look defense kept its opponent out of the end zone.
Just over a week after firing his defensive coordinator, not much has changed for Syracuse coach Dino Babers.
The Orange are still on a four-game losing streak and in desperate need of some...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse coach Dino Babers has fired defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Brian Ward, effective immediately.
Babers says in a release Sunday from the university...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Dino Babers figures he knows what's wrong in what has become a tough season for Syracuse, and he needs a quick fix.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Cam Akers has done a little of everything to help Florida State this season. On Saturday that included his most extensive playing time of his college career as a wildcat...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State and Syracuse are in similar spots: Both desperately need a victory.
The Seminoles (3-4, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) face off against the Orange...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse is the lone team in the Atlantic Coast Conference without a league win, yet coach Dino Babers continues to operate on an even keel.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — It's not necessarily a make-or-break moment for Syracuse, but when longtime rival Pittsburgh visits on Friday night there will be plenty at stake for the...
Halfway through his fourth season at Syracuse, coach Dino Babers is happy to ignore the recent past and focus on what lies ahead.
Ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 with high expectations...
As Syracuse prepares for its third road game of the season, significant injuries linger despite a bye week.
"No change on injuries at all. That happens in football," coach Dino Babers said...
Syracuse is .500 after four games and after Saturday faces a two-week stretch to correct any issues before Atlantic Coast Conference play begins in earnest.
BOSTON (AP) — Syracuse coach Dino Babers has to look outside the Atlantic Coast Conference to find a comparison for the Clemson team that ran the table last year and blew out Alabama in the...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — It's time to find out just how good is Maryland, and for Syracuse to prove it belongs in the Top 25.
Scoring at will against an overmatched opponent, the Terrapins...
Syracuse coach Dino Babers knew what he had before the season started — a stout defense and a quarterback who's going to have to learn on the job.
Coach Dino Babers is set to begin his fourth season at Syracuse, and he's a little on edge as the No. 22 Orange prepare for their season opener on the road against Liberty.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Here's a switch for Syracuse coach Dino Babers — defense rules.
Known for his up-tempo offenses, the fourth-year coach is looking to his defense to help lift the No. 22...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Coach Dino Babers begins his fourth season at Syracuse with a big goal — to prove that last season was no fluke.
Syracuse finished 10-3 in 2018 and was No. 15 in the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The biggest obstacle standing between Clemson and a fifth straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship may be an early season Sept. 14 matchup at Syracuse.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse is coming off a breakthrough season that even surprised coach Dino Babers a little bit. Keeping the momentum going is of paramount importance.
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Tennessee has added a pair of top-50 recruits with offensive tackle Darnell Wright and linebacker Henry To'oto'o both choosing the Volunteers.
Wright entered the day as the nation's top remaining unsigned prospect. He's rated 10th overall according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Syracuse sent Eric Dungey out a winner, and got a good look at its future.
Dungey capped his record-setting college career by throwing for 303 yards, Abdul Adams and Trishton Jackson combined to score three touchdowns in their Syracuse debuts and the 17th-ranked Orange got their first 10-win season since 2001 by topping No. 15 West Virginia 34-18 in the Camping World Bowl on Friday.
When Dino Babers was fresh from being named the football coach at Syracuse, he introduced himself to the Orange faithful at halftime of a basketball game. It's a moment forever etched in his memory.
"It's two minutes before I'm going to go out there and I'm on the phone like, 'I don't know what I'm going to say. I don't know why I'm doing this," Babers recalled. "All I remember is telling them that we will win. I might have said a lot of stuff, but all I remember is, 'We will win.' "
Notre Dame's Brian Kelly is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year and the third coach to win the award twice since it was established in 1998.
Kelly received 16 of 58 first-place votes from AP college football poll voters and 81 total points. Alabama's Nick Saban was second with 16 first-place votes and 66 points and Central Florida first-year coach Josh Heupel was third with 33 points (five first-place votes).
Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack is in a good place as winter nears — the men's and women's basketball teams are ranked and so is the resurgent football team, with a bowl game looming.
Most important, the architect of the football turnaround, coach Dino Babers, is set to be around for a while.