Syracuse Sports

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe discusses how the Syracuse football season has entered a weird space where there is five games to go in 2025, but all attention already seems to be shifting to next year if SU can't get its QB situation straightened out.  That noted, there are still games to be played this year and the Orange have a trip to No.7 Georgia Tech on Saturday on tap. C...

Brent Axe and Chris Carlson recap Syracuse football's 30-13 loss to Pittsburgh at the JMA Dome  Brent and Chris discuss the QB shuffle SU played with Rickie Collins and Luke Carney and how the struggles at the QB position and SU's inability to run a functional offense were costly against Pitt and will be going forward.  Will fans hang around for five more games in what is looking more and more lik...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports presented by Crouse Health, Brent Axe brings you the best things he heard at Syracuse basketball media day and talks SU football with former RB Damien Rhodes.  You'll hear what Adrian Autry, Kiyan Anthony, Sadiq White, JJ Starling, Donnie Freeman, Naithan George, William Kyle III and more have to say about the upcoming Syracuse basketball season.  Then Bren...

Syracuse football head coach Fran Brown is sticking with Rickie Collins as his starting quarterback out of the Orange's bye week against Pittsburgh.  Can Collins improve from generating nearly 19 points fewer against Power-Four competition for the Orange offense?  According to Pro Football Focus, Collins has a turnover-worthy play percentage of 7.5 percent this season, which means that 7.5 percent...

Noah Eagle has rapidly ascended to a position as one of America's best play-by-play broadcasters. Eagle, 28, has broadcasted from the Olympics, called a Super Bowl for Nickelodeon, served as the play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Clippers and Brooklyn Nets and calls Big Ten Football for NBC Sports.  Eagle, a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University is about to step into one of the biggest gigs of h...

Rickie Collins or Luke Carney at quarterback? How will head coach Fran Brown and defensive coordinator Elijah Robinson fix the 124th-rated defense in college football. Is there still a path for Syracuse football to make a bowl game?  On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe, Chris Carlson and Javon Edmonds tackle those questions and more as they examine SU football's 2025 season at its...

Brent Axe breaks down Syracuse football's 31-18 loss at SMU on Saturday afternoon on SU football postgame presented by Crouse Health.  Chris Carlson joins Brent live from Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas to discuss the big question: Can Syracuse football ride out Rickie Collins' growing pains this season? Collins struggled again in his second start, finishing 22-of-45 for 279 yards with a touchdow...

Rickie Collins is entering week 2 as the starting quarterback of the Syracuse football team while the rest of the Orange are entering week 6 of its 2025 season.  Time is not on Collins' side but as Brent Axe discusses on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, he needs to make big strides in a hurry to keep SU's season on track.    Axe then checks in with Billy Embody of On3's 'On the Pony Express'...

Lawrence "Poetry In" Moten was one-of-a-kind. His smooth, almost effortless style of play produced one of the greatest careers in Syracuse basketball history. Moten still stands as the program's leading scorer with 2,334 points.  Sadly, Moten has passed away at the age of 53.  On this episode of Syracuse Sports, Syracuse.com's Brent Axe and Mike Waters reflect on Moten's life and legacy around Syr...

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 38-3 blowout loss to Duke on Saturday afternoon.  Brent and Javon discuss how Syracuse went from its best win of the season at Clemson to its worst loss of the season (and tied for worst ACC loss in Dome).  SU QB Rickie Collins struggled in his first start in place of the injured Steve Angeli. Can he improve in time to keep SU's season afloat. ...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports presented by Crouse Health, Brent Axe chats with Wes Durham of the ACC Network and Conor O'Neill of Devils Illustrated. Axe opens the show with a commentary on how the ACC handled making Syracuse the example for faking injuries in college football. Durham then joins Axe to discuss the latest headlines from the ACC, how the league executed its first fine for...

Brent Axe discusses the breaking news that Syracuse QB Steve Angeli is out for the season and how SU will move on from here under backup Rickie Collins. Angeli suffered a torn achillies against Clemson, according to ESPN.  Axe discusses the skillset Collins brings to the Orange offense and how OC Jeff Nixon could adjust based on that. It was a close competition between Angeli and Collins in traini...

Brent Axe recaps Syracuse football's 34-21 win over Clemson at Death Valley on Saturday afternoon.  You can call this win a lot of things, but Brent says don't call it an upset as the Orange played a complete game on offense, defense and special teams to earn its first-ever win at Clemson. Syracuse.com's Javon Edmonds joins Axe from Memorial Stadium to update the injury situation with SU QB Steve...

Is Dabo Swinney ...OK?  Former Clemson OL Eric Mac Lain of the ACC Network joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports to discuss the Clemson coach's passionate press conference ahead of the Syracuse-Clemson game and more.  Axe and Mac Clain examine Clemson's 1-2 start, why QB Cade Klubnik's game is off, how Clemson DL Peter Woods and TJ Parker can get going and what he thinks, how Fr...

Brent Axe and Chris Carlson breakdown SU football's 66-24 win over Colgate on Syracuse football postgame presented by Crouse Health. Brent and Chris examine the big plays that mattered from Colgate no matter the opponent, like Darrell Gill's awesome touchdown catch, Demetres Samuel pulling off a fun trifecta and Steve Angeli's great night throwing the ball. Axe and Carlson also discuss what's conc...

ESPN college football writer David Hale joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports.  Hale and Axe discuss Fran Brown's approach to coaching Syracuse and how he's good at getting attention for the program beyond the X's and O's. Hale also checks in on if Clemson was a tad overrated to start the season, how the Bill Belichick experiment is going at UNC, the latest conference realignmen...

Whether you think Syracuse head coach Fran Brown making his team run sprints after a win over UConn is "performative" or not, you have admit this. The man knows how to make Syracuse football go viral in an era where that matters.  Brent Axe's opening commentary addresses that and who the audience is for it on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports. Axe also chats with Colgate head coach Curt Fitzpa...

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's overtime win over UConn at the JMA Dome. Axe and Edmonds discuss how SU QB Steve Angeli finally found a rhythm and led Syracuse to the comeback win over UConn, how Fran Brown made the team run sprints on the field after the game, give shoutouts for the standout performances, update SU's injury situation and have some early thoughts on what SU h...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe chats with former Syracuse running back Damien Rhodes and Mike Mutnansky of the 'Locked on UConn" podcast.  Rhodes and Axe discuss the good and bad of Syracuse football's opening loss to Tennessee, what a former Orange running back thinks of SU's current running back room and how football alums are slowly but surely re-engaging with the program d...

Can the UConn Huskies come the JMA Wireless Dome and spring the upset on the Orange and snap a five-games winning by SU over its Northeast rival? Longtime Connecticut broadcaster and former ESPN Radio personality Joe D'Ambrosio joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports to breakdown the strengths and weaknesses of the Huskies and what Syracuse needs to be concerned about in this matc...

Brent Axe reviews Syracuse football's 45-26 season-opening loss to Tennessee on a live version of "Syracuse Sports." Chris Carlson joins Axe live from Atlanta to discuss SU's tackling issues, an issue from last season that reared its ugly head again in the season-opener, how Tennessee picked on 17-year-old cornerback Demetres Samuel Jr., how Steve Angeli looked in his debut as QB 1 and  to highlig...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Syracuse.com's Brent Axe chats with Louis Riddick of ESPN and Brent Hubbs of Volquest to preview Syracuse vs. Tennessee and more.  Riddick tells Axe how he's a big fan of Fran Brown's DART (Detailed, Accountable, Relentless, Tough) philosophy, what he sees as the key points of the Syracuse-Tennessee clash in Atlanta, shares best memories of facing Syracuse...

On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe invites on Syracuse Sports Insiders to have some fun and project how the 2025 Syracuse Football season will play out via some key over/unders (for entertainment purposes only of course!) Listen as Insiders Marc B, TexanMark, Nick, Frank F and Kris K project  whether SU QB Steve Angeli will have over or under 25.5 total touchdowns, SU will be over...

A 7-5 season in 2025. Deal or or no deal, Syracuse football fans?  It's a discussion Brent Axe begins the latest episode of Syracuse Sports with. Would you take 7-5 right now as SU's record considering its difficult schedule and the realistic expectations of Fran Brown's second season? Brent then chats with Eric Cain of VolQuest and the Locked on Vols Podcast to get a preview of Tennessee.  How di...

Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds discuss the latest Syracuse football storylines on a live edition of Syracuse Sports. The Orange have wrapped training camp and put their focus on the season-opener against Tennessee in Atlanta. Brent and Javon discuss who were the players that popped at training camp and the roles they could play this season.  Brent and Javon also discuss an Orange offense line that is...