Jared Kimmel News

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 hits keep coming for the Syracuse University football team. Not good hits, either.

The hits keep on coming for Syracuse's beleagured football team. The university announced Monday night that All-Big East Conference defensive tackle Arthur Jones and starting offensive tackle Jonathan Meldrum will miss the remainder of the 2009 season because of injuries.

The news just keeps getting worse for the dwindling Syracuse University football team.

Dion Lewis ran for 110 yards with a touchdown and Bill Stull threw for 225 yards with a score, as 14th-ranked Pittsburgh rolled to a 37-10 victory over Syracuse at Heinz Field.

Notre Dame, then West Virginia, with a possible Big East-deciding game against Cincinnati to follow.

Though disinclined to muck about in self-indulgence, Doug Marrone might confess that he saw much of this upheaval, much of this turmoil, coming.

Lost in all the drama of the last couple of days is the news that defensive end Jared Kimmel is having season-ending knee surgery.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett It's been a tumultuous week at Syracuse already, to say the least.

Syracuse University athletics announced today that tailback Antwon Bailey, offensive guard Andrew Tiller and defensive end Torrey Ball have been suspended by head football coach Doug Marrone for violating team rules.

West Virginia's Jock Sanders, right, gets past Syracuse's Jared Kimmel and Kevyn Scott for a touchdown on Saturday at the Carrier Dome.

Jarrett Brown took another step forward. Greg Paulus only wished he had. Brown played a near-flawless first half, going 14-for-18 for 179 yards in leading West Virginia to a 27-point lead, and the Mountaineers easily beat mistake-prone Syracuse 34-13 on Saturday.

Derrick Jackson is a wearing a smile these days. "I tell people all the time, every day I come to work there is no coach more excited than me," the defensive line coach on the Syracuse University football team said.

Tim Cross, the defensive line coach for Minnesota, had the same job at SU in 2005 and 2006.

Delone Carter will start at running back for the Orange on Saturday in the season opener against Minnesota at the Carrier Dome.

The pinpoint moment of extreme pain, the telltale sign of serious injury, was absent this time.

SU place-kicker Jake Smith . After the shocking departure of freshman kicker Shane Raupers last week, the place-kicking game was in question for the Syracuse football team.

Frank Ordonez / The Post-Standard. Syracuse junior defensive end Jared Kimmel participates in preseason camp.

Frank Ordonez / The Post-Standard. Syracuse junior defensive end Jared Kimmel participates in preseason camp.

Frank Ordonez / The Post-Standard. Syracuse junior defensive end Jared Kimmel participates in preseason camp.