Friday comment contest winner
It's always fun to watch Syracuse sports fans suffer, which is the basis of my pick for this week's comment contest award.
Our winner is "Andy," in response to my remark in a post about the Ernie Davis movie "The Express" that young readers might not be aware the Orangemen used to play home games outdoors.
Wroteth Andy: "As a Syracuse alum, this movie also serves as a reminder that SU used to play meaningful games that they'd even win occasionally."
In November of 1979 I attended what I assume was Syracuse's last "home" game outdoors. BC defeated the Orangemen at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca near the end of a season in which Syracuse played "home" games in Buffalo, Giants Stadium and Ithaca while the Carrier Dome was constructed.
Art Monk and Joe Morris played on that team, I believe. Way more people showed up than do for Cornell home games.
I still have not seen "The Express." Evidently Universal's public relations people don't know where to find me, as I'm kind of shy and not given to self-promotion. I'll take my daughter over the weekend and charge Newsday.
So far the critics have been somewhat mixed, but mostly positive. Newsday gave it three stars. Here is the review.
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Comments (5)
didn't get into newhouse neil?
I did, actually.But I had to choose from among Syracuse, Columbia and Cornell, and only one of them had Division I hockey.
I'm honored. Is there a ceremony I should be aware of?
I was there from '85-'89 including the season Don McPherson should have won the Heisman (Tim Brown did) and they had their best shot (albeit an outside one) at a national title thwarted by Coach Pat Dye of Auburn, who played for the tie in the Sugar Bowl.
SU hasn't been watchable since they got rid of the freeze option offense they ran for years but abandoned after firing Paul Pasqualoni.
But I'm not bitter or anything.
"It's always fun to watch Syracuse sports fans suffer."
Let me remind you that one Hug Sylvester Gibbs was a HUGE Syracuse fan. Bite your tongue!
Russo ripped the movie first thing on his show today. Apparently there are major mistakes from what actually happened.