Syracuse Football: Waxing poetic about no lions or bears, but yes, Tigers

Our football guru puts his poetry skills to the test in previewing Syracuse football at home versus Clemson.

More poetry preview fun as Week 7 approaches for Syracuse football, and it’s that time in the season

Where most think this is an automatic loss and top-five Clemson is the reason

I never count my team out and we’ve played them fairly well since Babers took over

What once was a worrisome game has shown the Orange are no longer pushovers

This is a different season and different team so it’s hard to know what’s in store

But I’m holding out hope that it ends with Syracuse football winning no matter the score

Hopefully playing at home will give Syracuse a huge advantage

Playing on a Friday night in October…the 15th to be pedantic

I’ll never take Clemson lightly with Dabo there even without Etienne and Lawrence

They’re loaded with top recruits every year and will be ready to play our Orange

They’re ranked third in the preseason polls behind Oklahoma and of course Alabama

And will be out to prove they deserve to be playing for the championship in Indiana

Can the Orange play spoilers and knock them out of contention

And live out the #WhyNotCuse theory many of us have mentioned

If both teams have a great record when this game finally arrives

ESPN might get some good ratings…I wouldn’t be too surprised

I think it’s cool to be on prime time TV for all the country to see

But I still prefer TK99 with Matt Park, Brian Higgins and Adam Terry

Can Mikel Jones and our linebackers contain Clemson running back Will Shipley

And can the secondary and D line put pressure on quarterback DJ Uiagalelei

Coach Dino Babers said he’d like to see one of the running backs surpass one thousand yards

Or will we see Clemson’s Justin Foster and a loaded line knock them down like a house of cards

As I said before and I’ll say again that while I respect the Clemson Tigers program

Do I expect this to be a guaranteed win by either team? I’d say “No ma’am!”

It’s one of those games I’d be amped about only to have fans telling me “Syracuse stinks!”

But I love my town, my people and my Orange and I’ll stick by them no matter what

So can we be 7 and 0 when this game is over, I guess only time will truly tell

I have faith in our Orange and all those haters can go straight to…Mattydale…where maybe they can relax a bit, learn to enjoy life and enjoy some Pump Pizza, Paladino’s, Town Tavern or Zebbs 😂

LET’S GO ORANGE!!!!