Delone Carter News

Syracuse University redshirt senior nose tackle Arthur Jones and junior punter Rob Long earned All-BIG EAST First Team honors for their performances during the 2009 campaign.

The Syracuse University Athletics Department announced Tuesday thatA offensive tackle Jonathan Meldrum will not be able to continue his collegiate football career due to arthritis in his right knee.

Garfield High School coach Bob Sax calls tailback Tyson Gulley the "best all-around football player I've ever coached." And this is from the same school in Akron, Ohio, that produced Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells.

Cincinnati, by virtue of Pittsburgh's loss to West Virginia last week, has already clinched a share of the Big East title.

Unfortunately, Cam Dantley didn't make it into this game. Editor's Note : The following article is a weekly feature from Orange::44 correspondent John Brennan that runs every Monday morning during the football season called Monday Morning Quarterback, assessing the quarterback situation of Syracuse football .

The plan was to run new wrinkles off the option package on offense and a high-risk/high-reward zero coverage scheme on defense.

The Syracuse University football team ended its inaugural season under Doug Marrone the way it began it - with a loss.

Syracuse at UConn: Who has the edge? Saturday, noon LINE -- UConn by 13i 1/2 UCONN RUNNING GAME VS.

Connecticut linebacker Sio Moore carries the jersey of Jasper Howard after Connecticut defeated Notre Dame 33-30 in double overtime in South Bend, Ind., November 21.

As expected, Averin Collier's cell phone was clogged with text messages. His brother, Kevin, had sent a half-dozen through the course of the game.

As any self-respecting Orange fan with a sense of his teama s history will tell you, Rutgers is not Syracusea s rival.

Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus congratulates running back Delone Carter after Carter scored against Maine earlier this season.

Syracuse quarterback Greg Paulus has had an up-and-down season for the Orange, throwing 10 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.

In his nine-year tenure at the helm of the Rutgers football team, coach Greg Schiano has led the Scarlet Knights from a 2-9 record in 2001 to a 7-2 record this season going into its game against the Syracuse Orange this Saturday.

Series Record: Syracuse leads 28-10-1. Last Meeting: 2008, Rutgers, 35-17. Syracuse is 0-5 and in the Big East cellar after its 10-9 loss at Louisville, and Orange coach Doug Marrone dearly wants the seniors on the team to go out with a win in their final home game.

The welcome-to-college moment for Shamarko Thomas was swift and ruthless. It happened during preseason practice at Syracuse University on back-to-back days.

It will be interesting to see whether the Syracuse University football team or the Louisville Cardinals finish today's game with 200 yards of offense.

To roast or to toast? That is the question. Roast the Syracuse University football team for finding a way to fall to a Louisville team that seemed intent on losing its third consecutive game to the Orange and seal the fate of third-year head coach Steve Kragthorpe.

Adam Froman hit Josh Chichester for a 15-yard touchdown pass with 1:24 remaining to lift Louisville to a 10-9 win over Syracuse on Saturday.

Louisville running back Victor Anderson ran for 113 yards and 1 TD in last season's 28-21 loss to the Orange at the Carrier Dome.