Syracuse Sports

Syracuse Sports

Brent Axe and syracuse.com staff tell stories, share opinions, interview newsmakers and interesting people who impact Syracuse and Central New York sports. Listen for "Syracuse Sports" and Axe's Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows.

Episodes

November 1, 2025 43 mins
Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 27-10 loss to North Carolina at the JMA Dome on Halloween night. Syracuse just cannot find any answers at quarterback as Rickie Collins was benched for Joe Filardi, who was 4-of-18 for 39 yards against the Tar Heels, and Luke Carney who didn't have a pass attempt. Axe and Edmonds discuss the strange hesitancy of SU to allow Luke Carney to throw the ball, what offensive veteran...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe offers an opening commentary on the first two SU basketball exhibition games and the impending quarterback shuffle Fran Brown is about to play with Orange football.  Then Axe chats with Joe Giglio of the "Ovies and Giglio Podcast" about the Bill Belichick experiment at North Carolina and to preview the Syracuse-UNC game at the JMA Dome on Friday night.  Music provided by Rum...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, former Orange great, TV commentator, podcaster and community advocate Eric Devendorf previews the upcoming 2025-26 Syracuse men's basketball season with Brent Axe. Devo tells Brent what he has seen in practice and exhibition play so far, how this team will allow Adrian Autry to coach the way he wants and where the noticeable upgrades are on the roster.  Brent then has some fun with Sy...
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Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds break down Syracuse football's 41-16 loss to Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  Will SU fans hang in there for the last four games of the season or just move on to basketball? Brent and Javon discuss how SU  had its chances early in the game with the ball on the 1-yard line off a Georgia Tech fumble and some other Yellow Jackets mistakes but just couldn't take advantage.  While QB Rickie Collins did not ...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe discusses how the Syracuse football season has entered a weird space where there is five games to go in 2025, but all attention already seems to be shifting to next year if SU can't get its QB situation straightened out.  That noted, there are still games to be played this year and the Orange have a trip to No.7 Georgia Tech on Saturday on tap. Chad Bishop of the Atlanta-Journa...
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Brent Axe and Chris Carlson recap Syracuse football's 30-13 loss to Pittsburgh at the JMA Dome  Brent and Chris discuss the QB shuffle SU played with Rickie Collins and Luke Carney and how the struggles at the QB position and SU's inability to run a functional offense were costly against Pitt and will be going forward.  Will fans hang around for five more games in what is looking more and more like a developmental season for ...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports presented by Crouse Health, Brent Axe brings you the best things he heard at Syracuse basketball media day and talks SU football with former RB Damien Rhodes.  You'll hear what Adrian Autry, Kiyan Anthony, Sadiq White, JJ Starling, Donnie Freeman, Naithan George, William Kyle III and more have to say about the upcoming Syracuse basketball season.  Then Brent and Damien discuss where Or...
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Syracuse football head coach Fran Brown is sticking with Rickie Collins as his starting quarterback out of the Orange's bye week against Pittsburgh.  Can Collins improve from generating nearly 19 points fewer against Power-Four competition for the Orange offense?  According to Pro Football Focus, Collins has a turnover-worthy play percentage of 7.5 percent this season, which means that 7.5 percent of his drop backs this seaso...
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Noah Eagle has rapidly ascended to a position as one of America's best play-by-play broadcasters. Eagle, 28, has broadcasted from the Olympics, called a Super Bowl for Nickelodeon, served as the play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Clippers and Brooklyn Nets and calls Big Ten Football for NBC Sports.  Eagle, a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University is about to step into one of the biggest gigs of his career as a primary play-by-p...
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Rickie Collins or Luke Carney at quarterback? How will head coach Fran Brown and defensive coordinator Elijah Robinson fix the 124th-rated defense in college football. Is there still a path for Syracuse football to make a bowl game?  On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe, Chris Carlson and Javon Edmonds tackle those questions and more as they examine SU football's 2025 season at its bye week and midway point....
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Brent Axe breaks down Syracuse football's 31-18 loss at SMU on Saturday afternoon on SU football postgame presented by Crouse Health.  Chris Carlson joins Brent live from Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas to discuss the big question: Can Syracuse football ride out Rickie Collins' growing pains this season? Collins struggled again in his second start, finishing 22-of-45 for 279 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions.  ...
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Rickie Collins is entering week 2 as the starting quarterback of the Syracuse football team while the rest of the Orange are entering week 6 of its 2025 season.  Time is not on Collins' side but as Brent Axe discusses on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, he needs to make big strides in a hurry to keep SU's season on track.    Axe then checks in with Billy Embody of On3's 'On the Pony Express'  to get a preview of the SM...
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Lawrence "Poetry In" Moten was one-of-a-kind. His smooth, almost effortless style of play produced one of the greatest careers in Syracuse basketball history. Moten still stands as the program's leading scorer with 2,334 points.  Sadly, Moten has passed away at the age of 53.  On this episode of Syracuse Sports, Syracuse.com's Brent Axe and Mike Waters reflect on Moten's life and legacy around Syracuse basketball and share pe...
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Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds recap Syracuse football's 38-3 blowout loss to Duke on Saturday afternoon.  Brent and Javon discuss how Syracuse went from its best win of the season at Clemson to its worst loss of the season (and tied for worst ACC loss in Dome).  SU QB Rickie Collins struggled in his first start in place of the injured Steve Angeli. Can he improve in time to keep SU's season afloat.  SU's poor defense was als...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports presented by Crouse Health, Brent Axe chats with Wes Durham of the ACC Network and Conor O'Neill of Devils Illustrated. Axe opens the show with a commentary on how the ACC handled making Syracuse the example for faking injuries in college football. Durham then joins Axe to discuss the latest headlines from the ACC, how the league executed its first fine for faking injuries to Syracuse a...
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Brent Axe discusses the breaking news that Syracuse QB Steve Angeli is out for the season and how SU will move on from here under backup Rickie Collins. Angeli suffered a torn achillies against Clemson, according to ESPN.  Axe discusses the skillset Collins brings to the Orange offense and how OC Jeff Nixon could adjust based on that. It was a close competition between Angeli and Collins in training camp and now Collins gets the...
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Brent Axe recaps Syracuse football's 34-21 win over Clemson at Death Valley on Saturday afternoon.  You can call this win a lot of things, but Brent says don't call it an upset as the Orange played a complete game on offense, defense and special teams to earn its first-ever win at Clemson. Syracuse.com's Javon Edmonds joins Axe from Memorial Stadium to update the injury situation with SU QB Steve Angeli, what was said in post...
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Is Dabo Swinney ...OK?  Former Clemson OL Eric Mac Lain of the ACC Network joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports to discuss the Clemson coach's passionate press conference ahead of the Syracuse-Clemson game and more.  Axe and Mac Clain examine Clemson's 1-2 start, why QB Cade Klubnik's game is off, how Clemson DL Peter Woods and TJ Parker can get going and what he thinks, how Fran Brown is building up Syrac...
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Brent Axe and Chris Carlson breakdown SU football's 66-24 win over Colgate on Syracuse football postgame presented by Crouse Health. Brent and Chris examine the big plays that mattered from Colgate no matter the opponent, like Darrell Gill's awesome touchdown catch, Demetres Samuel pulling off a fun trifecta and Steve Angeli's great night throwing the ball. Axe and Carlson also discuss what's concerning about SU heading into ACC...
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ESPN college football writer David Hale joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports.  Hale and Axe discuss Fran Brown's approach to coaching Syracuse and how he's good at getting attention for the program beyond the X's and O's. Hale also checks in on if Clemson was a tad overrated to start the season, how the Bill Belichick experiment is going at UNC, the latest conference realignment rumors and what it was like an...
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