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Frank Ordoñez / The Post-Standard SYRACUSE Greg Paulus congratulates running back Delone Carter after he scored his third touchdwon against Akron Oct. 24. DAVERAHME’SGAMEPREVIEW t really is incredible, this offensive machine Brian Kelly has built seemingly overnight at the Click the links below • For Sale University of . for more SU football • Pets Kelly, in this third full season at the helm, is coverage on I29-6 overall and 9-1 in his last 10 Big East games. A • Autos year ago, five different took snaps for the Bearcats and they still finished No. 8 in the nation » Videos • Help Wanted in scoring, averaging 25.9 points per game, and won » Photo galleries their first Big East championship. This season, senior » Live game updates • Real Estate starter Tony Pike, the conference’s leading passer, reinjured his left forearm two games ago and was » Audio slideshows • Garage, Yard & Estate Sales replaced by sophomore , and UC hasn’t from Dave Rahme missed a beat. and photographer • All Others Frank Ordoñez of The Bearcats, with Pike or Collaros or goodness The Post-Standard knows who else behind center, will roll into the Carrier Dome at noon Saturday ranked No. 7 in the » The Orange nation in total offense, averaging 458.6 yards per Football blog with syracuse.com/placead game. They are No. 2 in scoring, averaging 40.7 The Post-Standard’s Donnie Webb points per game. They are No. 1 in ball security, with only four turnovers. Overall, they are ranked No. 5 in » Bud Poliquin, The Post-Standard’s Discover the advantage. the nation and will be the highest-ranked team to visit the Dome since No. 1 Miami came to town in 2002 sports columnist (and won 49-7). » Orangecast, The “They do a great job,” SU coach Post-Standard’s SU Post- Standard Media Doug Marrone said. … 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 UC SU Quarterbacks Avg. points/game 40.7 23.7 UC’s Tony Pike and Zach Collaros have Brian Kelly’s up-tempo spread down Turnovers 4 18 pat. SU’s Greg Paulus was tentative last Fumbles lost 0 8 week. thrown 4 10 First downs 148 124 weatherFAST! EASY! NOW! Rushing 54 43 UC SU Passing 89 69 Running backs Penalty 5 12 Video UC’s Jacob Ramsey (big) and Isaiah Pead 3rd-down conv. % 43.2 25.0 (fast) are productive (6.5 ypc). SU’s 4th-down conv. % 50.0 50.0 Delone Carter and Antwon Bailey are just as good. Avg. ypg 458.6 316.9 Offensive plays 448 435 Average gain 7.2 5.1 UC SU Rushing ypg 151.9 110.9 Rushes 205 226 Receivers Average gain 5.2 3.4 SU’s Mike Williams and UC’s Mardy Gilyard are two of the nation’s best, Passing ypg 306.7 206.0 but overall the Bearcats are deeper and Comp/attempts 160/243 131/209 more talented. Avg. gain/attempt 8.8 6.9 Sacks 29 19 UC SU Penalties 34 42 Maps Punts/avg. yards 28/39.7 38/41.8 Offensive line Punts blocked 0 0 SU’s much-maligned group made a step Punt returns/avg. 10/14.9 12/6.6 forward last week, but UC’s group paves Kickoff returns/avg. 20/27.1 34/23.6 the way for 458.6 yards of offense per game.

UC SU SU’SLEADERS Defensive line UC’s 3-4 alignment is great at stopping Passing Comp. Att. YPG Int. the run (118 ypg allowed) and pressure Paulus 120 186 184.6 10 (29 sacks). SU’s front four is equally effective. Nassib 11 22 30.0 0 Rushing No. Yds. Lg. Carter 130 530 53 Satellite UC SU Bailey 30 150 18 Receiving No. Yds. Lg. Linebackers Williams 45 712 66 SU’s Derrell Smith has blossomed into one of the nation’s best linebackers. UC, Bailey 14 71 16 led by Andre Revels (61 tackles), is solid. Davis 13 133 24 Lemon 13 83 19 Sales 12 142 24 UC SU Field goals Made Att. Lg. Lichtenstein 9 11 43 Secondary Punting No. Avg. Lg. UC replaced three starters from 2008 Long 36 42.6 59 and still has allowed only 5 TD passes all season. SU has allowed three times as Kickoff returns No. Avg. Lg. It’s all there on: many. M. Jones 29 24.3 79 Punt returns No. Avg. Lg. syracuse.com/weather Davis 9 7.8 17 UC SU Tackles Solo Ast. Total Discover the advantage. Special teams Smith 46 17 63 Mardy Gilyard is one of the nation’s Suter 38 19 57 most dangerous return men on punts Holmes 28 14 42 Post- Standard Media and kicks. SU’s coverage has been poor Hogue 23 17 40 lately. N. Scott 17 5 22 In print and online. S. Thomas 17 4 21 UC SU 17 Aaron Webster 98 Curtis Young 95 Derek Wolfe 54 Walter Stewart 26 Drew Frey Sr. 6-2, 211 Sr. 6-1, 269 So. 6-5, 302 Fr. 6-5, 226 Fr. 6-4, 205 FS SS 25 Brad Jones 90 Ricardo Mathews OLB37 JK SchafferILB ILB50 AndreOLB Revels 4 Alex Daniels 9 Dominique Battle Sr. 6-1, 202 Sr. 6-3, 294 So. 6-1, 223 So. 6-5, 302 Sr. 6-4, 259 So. 6-4, 184 CB CB DE DT DE WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR FS OLB ILB ILB OLB SS CB CB

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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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WHEN 1 Mardy Gilyard 20 Jacob Ramsey 3 DJ Woods 80 Sr. 6-1, 187 Sr. 6-0, 216 TB So. 6-0, 175 Jr. 6-4, 200

71 Jeff Linkenbach 60 Jason Kelce 56 Chris Jurek 59 Alex Hoffman 66 Samuel Griffin 19 Ben Guidugli Sr. 6-6, 311 Jr. 6-4, 290 Sr. 6-2, 286 So. 6-5, 293 Jr. 6-4, 275 Jr. 6-0, 237

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Post- Standard Media real-timeSTATS interactive VIDEOS PHOTOS SLIDESHOWS In print and online. Find it on – syracuse.com/multimedia 2009TEAMROSTERS Syracuse Cincinnati No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. No. Name Pos. 1 Mike Williams WR 56 Cory Boatman DT 1 Mardy Gilyard WR 53 Randy Martinez OL 2 Greg Paulus QB 57 Maximilian Leo LS 2 Demetrius Jones LB 54 Walter Stewart DL 2 Darrin Williams RB 55 Austin Cook LB 3 Delone Carter RB 58 Mike Stenclik LB 3 DJ Woods WR 56 Chris Jurek OL 4 Cameron Dantley QB 60 Jim McKenzie C 4 Alex Daniels DL 57 Obadiah Cheatham LB 5 Marcus Sales WR 62 Andrew Phillips OT 4 Vidal Hazelton WR 58 Brandon Mills DL 6 Da’Mon Merkerson WR 66 Andrew Tiller OT 5 Reuben Johnson DB 59 Steve Hancock DL 7 Donte Davis WR 68 Justin Pugh OG 6 Jamar Howard WR 59 Alex Hoffman OL 8 Cody Catalina TE 70 Ryan Bartholomew OG 7 Craig Carey LB 60 Jason Kelce OL 8 Kazeem Alli TE 61 Jonathan Simmons K 9 Andrew Robinson TE 71 Adam Rosner OG 9 Dominique Battle DB 63 Dan Sprague OL 10 Dorian Graham FS 72 Nick Lepak C 10 Romel Dismuke DB 64 Mitch Kessel OL 11 Lavar Lobdell WR 73 Jonathan Meldrum OT 11 Brendon Kay QB 65 TJ Franklin OL 12 Ryan Nassib QB 74 Nick Speller OT 11 Collin McCafferty LB 66 Samuel Griffin OL 13 Phillip Thomas SS 75 Zack Chibane C 12 Zach Collaros QB 67 Doug Pike OL 14 Grant Mayes CB 76 Ian Allport OT 13 Pat Lambert DB 68 Craig Parmenter OL 14 QB 69 Frank Becker OL 15 Alec Lemon WR 77 Tucker Baumbach OT 14 Chris Williams DB 70 CJ Cobb OL 16 James Jarrett QB 78 Josh White OT 15 Tony Pike QB 71 Jeff Linkenbach OL 17 Charley Loeb QB 79 Dalton Phillips LS 16 Will Saddler DB 72 Evan Davis OL 18 John Mark Henderson CB 80 Nick Provo TE 17 Aaron Webster DB 76 Austen Bujnoch OL 19 Ryan Lichtenstein K 81 Cody Morgan WR 18 Travis Kelce TE 77 Sean Hooey OL 20 Randy McKinnon SS 82 Van Chew WR 19 Ben Guidugli TE 79 Andre Cureton OL 20 Jacob Ramsey RB 80 Armon Binns WR 22 Torian Phillips WR 83 Ollie Taylor WR 21 Camerron Cheatham DB 81 Tomaz Hilton WR 24 Max Suter SS 84 Michael Acchione WR 22 John Goebel RB 82 Lynell Payne WR 25 Derrell Smith LB 85 Mike Owen TE 23 Rueben Haley DB 83 Danny Milligan WR 26 Kevyn Scott CB 86 David Stevens LB 23 Isaiah Pead RB 84 Orion Woodard WR 27 Averin Collier RB 89 Thomas Trendowski TE 24 Wesley Richardson DB 85 Marcus Barnett WR/DB 28 Nico Scott CB 90 Jared Kimmel DE 25 Brad Jones DB 86 Blake Annen TE 26 Drew Frey DB 86 Bryan Logsdon FB/TE 29 Antwon Bailey RB 91 Brandon Sharpe DE 31 Quentin Hines RB 87 Charley Howard WR 30 Rishard Anderson FS 92 Shane Kimmel LB 31 Bruce Horner DB 87 Cody Nutter LS 32 Doug Hogue LB 93 Jarel Lowery NT 32 George Winn RB 88 Adrien Robinson TE 33 Dan Vaughan LB 94 Bud Tribbey DT 34 Patrick O’Donnell P 88 Tyler Rader FB/TE 34 Earl Carter Jr. LB 95 Torrey Ball DE 35 Marcus Waugh LB 88 Reggie Rembert WR 35 Michael Holmes FS 97 Arthur Jones NT 36 Quincy Quetant DB 89 Tyler Urban FB/TE 37 JK Schaffer LB 90 Ricardo Mathews DL 36 George Mayes CB 99 Chandler Jones DE 38 Brent Black DB 90 Chris Neild DL 37 Mike Jones RB 81 Cody Morgan WR 39 Alex Delisi LB 91 Ryan Paxson DL 38 Ryan Ahern FS 82 Van Chew WR 40 John Hughes DL 91 Chris Palmer DL 39 Lonnie Johnson DB 83 Ollie Taylor WR 41 Michael Cooke P 91 Jorge Wright DL 40 Jake Smith K 84 Michael Acchione WR 41 Jared Rains DB 92 Michael Hilty DL 41 Ryan Gillum LB 85 Mike Owen TE 42 Dorian Davis LB 92 Larry Ford DE 43 Robby Armstrong LB 93 Mike Windt LS 43 Shamarko Thomas CB 86 David Stevens TE 44 Rick Harris DL 93 Scooter Berry DL 46 Robert Nieves FB 89 Thomas Trendowski TE 45 Rob Trigg DE 94 Jordan Stepp DL 47 Rob Long P 90 Jared Kimmel DE 46 Scott Johnson RB 94 Josh Taylor DL 48 Carl Cutler TE 91 Brandon Sharpe LB 46 Mitch Meador DL 95 Derek Wolfe DL 49 Adam Harris LB 92 Shane Kimmel LB 47 Colin Lozier FB 96 Tom DeTemple LS 51 Andrew Lewis DT 93 Jarel Lowery DT 48 Maalik Bomar LB 96 Citrine Warren DE 49 Sean McClellan DL 97 Jacob Rogers K 52 Ollie Haney NT 94 Bud Tribbey DT 50 Andre Revels LB 98 Curtis Young DE 53 Chad Battles DE 95 Torrey Ball DE 51 Alex Apyan LS 97 Julian Miller DL 54 Mikhail Marinovich DE 97 Arthur Jones DT 51 Brady Slusher LB 98 Curtis Feigt DL 55 Anthony Perkins DT 99 Chandler Jones DE 52 Ricardo Thompson LB 99 Dan Giordano DL