On Episode 5 of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe turns the show over to listeners and answers questions from the mailbag. Syracuse.com’s Nate Mink comes along for the ride to ask Brent listener-submitted questions about the ACC’s television deal and if it’s long-term status could be a good thing, what additions to the JMA Wireless Dome Brent would like to see and what defines a successful season for Syracuse men’s basketball in Adrian Autry’s first season as head coach.
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3:35 Could the ACC’s long-term ACC deal turn out to be a good thing?
15:20 What renovation or addition would Brent like to see to the JMA Wireless Dome?
21:15 Is football even relevant to about 94 percent of college football fans whose teams can’t win the national title?
30:00 Is Purdue the swing game on the 2023 Syracuse football schedule?
35:17 Voicemail question: How lack of an active tradition hurts Syracuse football
39:00 What defines a successful season for Syracuse basketball in 2023-24?
4 Comments
Boeheim's yardstick is Final Four. Nothing less. I would argue one F4 in ten years is the real measure. I doubt Coach A has that amount of time under normal AD pressure. But with NoActionHack as AD Coach can have a losing record and 2 NCAA appearances.
If the ACC expands they need to increase league games and limit non conference games. Lower the number of games with ND or stop scheduling them altogether. The one thing that would make ND join or leave is if they can’t fill the schedule. If they leave to go to the B1G so be it. The only 2 revenue generating sports are football and MBB and ND basketball doesn’t move the needle.
On the Weitsman issue: Since your last broadcast I decided to do the six degrees of Kevin Bacon thing. What I eventually heard is that Weitsman told SU to stuff it because G-MAC did not get the head coaching job to replace Jim Boehiem. Now, I am not saying this is true. But, it is what eventually came back to me from a source reportedly close to the program. Just was wondering if anyone else heard that. Personally, I don't think a booster should dictate who gets any job on the hill.
He knows Bob Barker but not Ed McMahon?