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. Chad Bishop of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution joins Brent to discuss how Brent Key has built the Yellow Jackets into an ACC contender, how QB Haynes King has been the MVP of the ACC this season and if Georgia Tech has any weak points SU can attack.  Bishop also tells Axe what Syracuse basketball is getting in new point guard Naithan George, who transferred to the Orange from Georgia Tech.  Music provided by Ginger Slim.  Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 like a developmental season for the Orange, now 3-4 with five games to go?  Brent and Chris also discuss Fran Brown's honest admission of "one of the worst things that I’ve done" and how a terrific effort by the SU defense was wasted against Pitt.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Brent and Damien discuss where Orange football is at the midway point of the season and what Fran Brown's team needs to do to stay on track for a bowl game. Rhodes also gives his take on how Orange QB Rickie Collins can improve and get comfortable in SU's offense, what the running backs are doing right and wrong and how a defense ranked 129th in the country can tighten its belt.   Music provided by Mimicking Mars.  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@UCDRqGO-6bRlaMmfOtn9vpJQ  Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of his drop backs this season have resulted in plays were likely to end in a turnover. That is the worst rate in the country among quarterbacks who have at least 100 drop backs this season. Despite playing in just four games and only starting two, Collins is tied for 19th in the country with five interceptions, according to PFF. Brent Axe discusses that and how Fran Brown handled a question about his name coming up for bigger jobs (in this case Penn State) at a recent press conference.  Axe also chats with Chris Peak from Panther Lair to get a preview of the Pitt Panthers squad that comes to the JMA Dome on Saturday. Peak discusses how the Panthers made a significant quarterback change and how it has changed the trajectory of its season, the SU-Pitt series and what (if anything) SU can exploit in a matchup they come into as 10.5-point underdogs.  Music provided by Rumble Strip https://www.youtube.com/@UCJ3LCvPiy9YUP-SJntMs_9g  Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rumble_strip/it-could-always-be-worse Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 his career as a primary play-by-play voice for the NBA on NBC.  Eagle and Brent Axe discussed the task of mixing nostalgia (we all remember that NBC 'Roundball Rock' theme song!) with the current bells and whistles available in modern broadcasting.  Axe and Eagle also discuss what role Carmelo Anthony will play on NBC's NBA coverage, the lessons he took from Mike Tirico that he'll now get to employ along with Tirico on NBC, if calling Big 10 college football still feels like college sports in the NIL/transfer portal era and some 2025-26 NBA storylines. Music provided by Max Scialdone https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@maxscialdone4572⁩    Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 bye week and midway point.  Music provided by Nate Gross Band. YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/@UCtQrXHf_kHdnN1wWdDBv_-Q  Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 touchdown and three interceptions.  With the bye week coming up, will Luke Carney get an opportunity to work his way into first-team reps or will Fran Brown stick it out with Collins? Brent and Chris also discuss Brown's 4th-down decision making against SMU and Chris gives a report about what was said in the locker room after the game, including what Brown didn't like from both of his coordinators against SMU.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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'  to get a preview of the SMU Mustangs squad that the Orange will face on Saturday afternoon.  Music provided by Reed Kirkwood. Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TSw8Xf0Eic9vwkurEwZDw?si=YCbPI_-lR5SrzmOq4Ivj-w Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Syracuse basketball and share personal tidbits and stories in covering Moten as a basketball player and getting to know him as person in life after hoops.  Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  SU's poor defense was also and major factor in the loss and some issues on the side of the ball are not improving.  Brent and Javon also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 faking injuries to Syracuse and previews the Syracuse-Duke game he'll be on the call for on the ACC Network.  O'Neill then joins Axe to discuss the big money Duke QB Darien Mensah has earned from NIL and the transfer portal, the good and bad of this Duke football season so far and a little hoops talk with Duke basketball favored to win the ACC again.  Music provided by Mike E YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasjS8DGmhs Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 training camp and now Collins gets the chance to prove he can be QB 1 with Angeli out for the year.  Who steps into the role of QB2 now with Collins taking over as the starter? Will it be freshman Luke Carney or Jakhari Williams stepping up to backup Collins? Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders and went to the secret voicemail line to hear from Insiders on SU's win over Clemson.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Angeli, what was said in postgame and give this thoughts and observations on SU's win.  Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders and went to the secret voicemail line to hear from Insiders on SU's win over Clemson.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Fran Brown is building up Syracuse football in the long view and who the best team in the ACC is right now (and if that will still be the case at the end of the season.) Music provided by James and the Kyusonics YouTube Spotify Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 concerning about SU heading into ACC play, namely that it hasn't made its mark in the trenches with an ACC power like Clemson looming. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders. Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 realignment rumors and what it was like and why he spent 24 hours in a  Buc-ees over the summer. Music provided by Keira Shea. Keira Shea on Spotify:  Keira Shea on YouTube: Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Fitzpatrick ahead of the Syracuse-Colgate matchup at the JMA Wireless Dome on Friday night. Fitzpatrick, a Fulton, N.Y. native, discusses his CNY roots and coaching journey around New York state college football at places like Morrisville, Utica and Cortland (where he won a Division III national title). "Coach Fitz" also describes what he's trying to build Colgate football into, how Fran Brown almost hired him to the Syracuse staff and previews the matchup with the Orange  Music provided by Keira Shea. Keira Shea on Spotify  Keira Shea on YouTube Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 has to improve on most against Colgate in a short week. Brent and Javon also react to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders. The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders. Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 despite some "scar tissue" built up from previous coaching staffs.  Then Axe and Mutnansky discuss the Syracuse-UConn football matchup at the JMA Dome and some recent interesting developments around UConn basketball.  Music provided by Silverset Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silversetband/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Silverset_band/featured Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 matchup.  Brent and Joe also discuss some big picture issues like what it will take for Syracuse and UConn to renew a basketball series and if we're heading towards a college sports landscape that will see UConn join Syracuse in the ACC.  Music provided by Overtired.  Info on OverTired: https://linktr.ee/weareovertired Would like your original music or know of a great band we should feature on Syracuse Sports? Drop Brent an email at baxe@syracuse.com Brent also reacted to opinions and questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  The conversation on Syracuse Sports and the Syracuse football postgame show is always shaped by terrific insight from Syracuse Sports Insiders.  Become a Syracuse Sports Insider today! Sign up here to get your voice heard on the SU football postgame show and have direct text message access to Brent Axe anytime. https://joinsubtext.com/syracusesports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices