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Frank Ordoñez / The Post-Standard reacts after West Virginia scored to give the Mountaineers a 27-0 lead in the second quarter October 10 at the . DAVERAHME’SGAMEPREVIEW ig East Conference play commenced, and Dr. Jekyll became Mr. Hyde. A strange case, Click the links below indeed. for more SU football The football team coverage on Bappeared to be positioning itself to shock the confer- ence when it defeated Northwestern and Maine on consecutive Saturdays a month ago to even its record » Videos • Photos at 2-2. The offense, led by » Photo galleries and Mike Williams, was humming. The » Live game updates • Extended Descriptions defense, with future NFLer Arthur Jones manning the interior, was smothering the run. Mike Jones seemed » Audio slideshows • Search to be a threat to return a kickoff to the house every from Dave Rahme time he touched the ball. and photographer • Track Frank Ordoñez of The stage was set. Unfortunately onto it walked the The Post-Standard Email horrible Hyde. Seven turnovers — the same number • the Orange had committed in its first four games com- » The Orange bined — doomed SU to a 34-20 loss to South Florida. Football blog with Another on offense and bonehead penal- The Post-Standard’s Donnie Webb syracuse.com/classifieds ties on defense and special teams resulted in a 27-0 first-half nightmare a week later vs. West Virginia. » Bud Poliquin, The Post-Standard’s Discover the advantage. No wonder rookie head coach Doug Marrone chose to look inward rather than at 1-5 Akron as the Zips sports columnist prepare to visit the Orange (2-4) at 3:30 » Orangecast, The p.m. Saturday (Time Warner) in the Post-Standard’s SU Post- Standard Media Carrier Dome. … sports podcast » Follow PSfootball In print and online. on Twitter Click here to read the rest of » Subscribe to the Dave Rahme’s game preview Orange Insider on syracuse.com HOWTHEY 2009TEAM STACKUP STATISTICS real-time AKR SU Avg. points/game 19.0 23.0 Suspension and injury have forced true freshman Patrick Nicely into the Akron Turnovers 14 16 lineup. Greg Paulus has thrown too Fumbles lost 5 6 many picks. thrown 9 10 First downs 102 104 FAST!jobsEASY! NOW! Rushing 52 31 AKR SU Passing 40 63 Running backs Penalty 10 10 Search Hard to believe backs as good as Delone 3rd-down conv. % 35.8 25.4 Carter and Antwon Bailey are not more 4th-down conv. % 22.2 40.0 productive. Akron counters with average committee. Avg. ypg 294.8 313.2 Offensive plays 380 371 Average gain 4.7 5.1 AKR SU Rushing ypg 124.3 90.3 Rushes 210 180 Receivers Average gain 3.6 3.0 Deryn Bowser, who has all five of Akron’s TD catches, is out. That gives Passing ypg 170.5 222.8 SU and Mike Williams (45 catches) an Comp/attempts 91/170 119/191 advantage. Avg. gain/attempt 6.0 7.0 Sacks 4 14 AKR SU Penalties 30 38 Videos Punts/avg. yards 27/36.0 33/42.3 Offensive line Punts blocked 1 0 Neither line is good at opening holes for Punt returns/avg. 11/9.3 8/5.8 running backs and is average at best in Kickoff returns/avg. 27/20.3 31/24.2 protecting the quarterback on passing downs.

AKR SU SU’SLEADERS Defensive line Pass rush was a problem for Akron last Passing Comp. Att. YPG Int. season and continues (4 sacks in six Paulus 108 169 197.8 10 games). SU has big edge in depth and talent. Nassib 11 21 37.5 0 Rushing No. Yds. Lg. Carter 100 360 16 Current Jobs AKR SU Bailey 29 143 18 Receiving No. Yds. Lg. Linebackers Williams 45 712 66 Freshman Brian Wagner (67 tackles) is a blossoming star for Zips, but SU trio led Davis 13 133 24 by Derrell Smith (55 tackles) is better. Bailey 12 74 16 Lemon 11 61 19 Catalina 8 58 19 AKR SU Field goals Made Att. Lg. Lichtenstein 9 10 43 Secondary Punting No. Avg. Lg. SU’s secondary cut down on big plays Long 32 42.9 59 last game but still has allowed 14 TD passes in six games. Akron is nearly as Kickoff returns No. Avg. Lg. It’s all there on: bad (12). M. Jones 28 24.3 79 Punt returns No. Avg. Lg. syracuse.com/jobs Davis 6 5.7 14 AKR SU Tackles Solo Ast. Total Discover the advantage. Special teams Smith 38 17 55 Zip kickers are only 3-for-9 on FG tries, Suter 34 16 50 and team averages only 36 yards a punt. Holmes 27 12 39 Post- Standard Media Big edge to SU in this critical phase. Hogue 19 16 35 K. Scott 16 3 19 In print and online. N. Scott 16 3 19 AKR SU 20 Mike Thomas 23 Sean Fobbs 34 Brian Wagner 28 Amin Kabir 2 Jalil Carter Jr. 5-10, 215 Jr. 6-1, 240 FSFr. 6-2, 220 Sr. 6-1, 205 Jr. 6-1, 190 SS 15 Marvase Byrd 56 27B WayneOLB CobhamMLB97 JamesOLB Harvey 96 Hasan Hazime 11 Miguel Graham Fr. 5-8, 170 Jr. 6-1, 280 Sr. 6-0, 200 So. 6-4, 290 So. 6-5, 255 Sr. 5-9, 170 CB CB DT NT DE WR LT LG FSC RG RT TE WR WR B OLB MLB OLB SS CB CB Defense DT QB NT DE

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WHEN 1 Mike Williams 3 Delone Carter 2 Greg Paulus 15 Alec Lemon 5 Marcus Sales Jr. 6-2, 211 Jr. 5-10, 215 Sr. 6-1, 195 Fr. 6-1, 193 So. 6-0, 177

78 Josh White 71 Adam Rosner 70 Ryan Bartholomew 66 Andrew Tiller 73 Jonathan Meldrum 85 Mike Owen Jr. 6-5, 272 Sr. 6-6, 305 Jr. 6-3, 288 Jr. 6-6, 382 Jr. 6-5, 314 Sr. 6-4, 255

35 Mike Holmes 41 Ryan Gillum 25 Derrell Smith 32 Doug Hogue 24 Max Suter Jr. 5-11, 184 Jr. 5-11, 216 Jr. 6-1, 236 Jr. 6-2, 223 Sr. 6-0, 201

6 Da’Mon Merkerson 54 Mikhail Marinovich 97 Arthur Jones 51 Andrew Lewis 90 Jared Kimmel 26 Kevyn Scott Jr. 6-1, 183 So. 6-4, 234 Sr. 6-4, 293 Sr. 6-3, 273 Sr. 6-6, 252 So. 5-11, 195

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BALL WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR FS OLB MLB OLB SS AKRON CB CB Offense THE DE NT QB DT DE WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR TB HAS WHEN QB 7 Dashan Miller 25 DeVoe Torrence 16 Patrick Nicely 21 82 Jeremy LaFrance Sr. 6-1, 200 Fr. 6-1, 215 TB Fr. 6-4, 220 Sr. 5-11, 180 Jr. 6-1, 180

75 Corey Woods 71 Mike Ward 51 Elliott Bates 78 Zack Anderson 75 Jake Anderson 85 Kyle Weber Jr. 6-5, 305 Jr. 6-3, 310 Sr. 6-3, 295 Sr. 6-4, 310 Sr. 6-5, 305 Jr. 6-6, 255

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Post- Standard Media real-timeSTATS weather FAST! EASY! NOW! In print and online. Find it on – syracuse.com/weather 2009TEAMROSTERS Syracuse Akron No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. 1 Mike Williams WR 56 Cory Boatman DT 1 Deryn Bowser WR 51 Elliott Bates OL 2 Greg Paulus QB 57 Maximilian Leo LS 1 Diamond Weaver DB 52 Marquinn Davis DL 2 Jalil Carter DB 53 Dan Ronsman OL 3 Delone Carter RB 58 Mike Stenclik LB 2 Jared Wackerly QB 54 Blake Fraley LB 4 Cameron Dantley QB 60 Jim McKenzie C 3 Dale Martin RB 55 Antoine Jones DL 5 Marcus Sales WR 62 Andrew Phillips OT 4 Jared Province LB 56 Almondo Sewell DL 6 Da’Mon Merkerson WR 66 Andrew Tiller OT 4 Nathan Cope RB 57 Nate Schuler LB 5 Matt Rodgers QB 58 Marcus Lemon LB 7 Donte Davis WR 68 OG 5 Troy Gilmer LB 60 Dan Marcoux DL 8 Cody Catalina TE 70 Ryan Bartholomew OG 6 Curtis Brown WR 63 Joe Pachuta OL 9 Andrew Robinson TE 71 Adam Rosner OG 6 Manley Waller DB 64 Mitch Straight OL 10 Dorian Graham FS 72 Nick Lepak C 7 Dashan Miller WR 65 Adam Bice OL 11 Lavar Lobdell WR 73 Jonathan Meldrum OT 8 Shawn Lemon LB 66 Sean McCarthy OL 8 Zack Campbell P 67 Deni Odofin DL 12 Ryan Nassib QB 74 Nick Speller OT 9 Gary Pride II WR/RB 68 Andrew Colosimo OL 13 Phillip Thomas SS 75 Zack Chibane C 9 Doug Richardson DB 69 Casey Estrada OL 14 Grant Mayes CB 76 Ian Allport OT 10 Alex Allen RB 70 Paul Simkovich OL 15 Alec Lemon WR 77 Tucker Baumbach OT 11 Miguel Graham DB 71 Mike Ward OL 16 James Jarrett QB 78 Josh White OT 11 Tim Zetts QB 72 Zac Kasparek OL 12 Jeremy Bruce WR/RB 73 Jake Anderson OL 17 Charley Loeb QB 79 Dalton Phillips LS 13 Shane Shead DL 74 Derek Johnston DL 18 John Mark Henderson CB 80 Nick Provo TE 14 Thomas Miller DB 75 Corey Woods OL 19 Ryan Lichtenstein K 81 Cody Morgan WR 15 Marvase Byrd DB 76 Jarrod Pughsley OL 20 Randy McKinnon SS 82 Van Chew WR 15 Nate Burney RB 77 Joe Vidovic OL 22 Torian Phillips WR 83 Ollie Taylor WR 16 Patrick Nicely QB 78 Zack Anderson OL 17 Norman Shuford RB 79 Jason Sekinger OL 24 Max Suter SS 84 Michael Acchione WR 18 Will Fleming LB 80 Nadir Brown WR 25 Derrell Smith LB 85 Mike Owen TE 19 Nolan Procter WR 81 Anthony Meriwether WR 26 Kevyn Scott CB 86 David Stevens LB 19 T.J. Marchese PK 82 Viktor Rajek LB 27 Averin Collier RB 89 Thomas Trendowski TE 20 Mike Thomas LB 82 Jeremy LaFrance WR 21 Andre Jones DB/WR 83 Dee Frieson WR 28 Nico Scott CB 90 Jared Kimmel DE 22 Broderick Alexander RB 83 Shawn Roberts WR 29 Antwon Bailey RB 91 Brandon Sharpe DE 23 Sean Fobbs LB 84 Rhyne Ladrach TE 30 Rishard Anderson FS 92 Shane Kimmel LB 24 Aaron Williams LB 85 Kyle Weber TE 32 Doug Hogue LB 93 Jarel Lowery NT 25 DeVoe Torrence RB 87 Richard Sandilands WR 33 Dan Vaughan LB 94 Bud Tribbey DT 26 Kevin Davis DB 88 Jerrod Dillard WR 27 Wayne Cobham DB 90 Mike Polinski TE 34 Earl Carter Jr. LB 95 Torrey Ball DE 28 Amin Kabir LB 91 Nick Bridenbaugh DL 35 Michael Holmes FS 97 Arthur Jones NT 29 Randy Greenwood DB 92 Ryan Bain DL 36 George Mayes CB 99 Chandler Jones DE 31 Emmanuel Lartey DB 92 Joe Petrides TE 37 Mike Jones RB 81 Cody Morgan WR 32 Joe Tuzze RB 95 Jon Root TE 38 Ryan Ahern FS 82 Van Chew WR 33 Josh Richmond DB 96 Hasan Hazime DL 34 Brian Wagner LB 97 James Harvey DL 39 Lonnie Johnson DB 83 Ollie Taylor WR 37 Branko Rogovic PK 98 Nick Legger TE 40 Jake Smith K 84 Michael Acchione WR 37 Ben Bertsch DL 86 Bryan Logsdon FB/TE 41 Ryan Gillum LB 85 Mike Owen TE 38 John Stec P 87 Cody Nutter LS 43 Shamarko Thomas CB 86 David Stevens TE 39 Tony Longo LB 88 Tyler Rader FB/TE 46 Robert Nieves FB 89 Thomas Trendowski TE 41 LeVon Morefield RB 88 Reggie Rembert WR 42 Larry Dawson RB 89 Tyler Urban FB/TE 47 Rob Long P 90 Jared Kimmel DE 43 Adam Steiner LS 90 Chris Neild DL 48 Carl Cutler TE 91 Brandon Sharpe LB 44 Abdullah Homayed LB 91 Chris Palmer DL 49 Adam Harris LB 92 Shane Kimmel LB 45 Igor Iveljic PK 91 Jorge Wright DL 51 Andrew Lewis DT 93 Jarel Lowery DT 45 Joe Rash DL 92 Larry Ford DE 46 Bill Alexander DB 93 Scooter Berry DL 52 Ollie Haney NT 94 Bud Tribbey DT 47 Al-Teric Balaam LB 94 Josh Taylor DL 53 Chad Battles DE 95 Torrey Ball DE 48 Tyler Campbell DB 96 Citrine Warren DE 54 Mikhail Marinovich DE 97 Arthur Jones DT 49 Matt Little LB 97 Julian Miller DL 55 Anthony Perkins DT 99 Chandler Jones DE 50 James Heiss LB 98 Curtis Feigt DL