Can the Orange handle the great outdoors?
It’s Wednesday, so you know what that means… time for the blog that gives you the internet’s most ridiculous college football preview series- it’s #FakeNunes time. Can we keep finding ways to get #jokesandgarbage into a Syracuse Orange preview? You be the judge….
Now onto this week’s opponent
Opponent: NC State Wolfpack
Location: Raleigh, NC
Students: 37,873 students
The 2024 Fake Nunes Statistical Index (#FNSI)
We continue to look to innovate our analytics model so we here’s what the lab cooked up for this season.
Rivalry Trophy
The FNSI staff won’t give up on their quest to bring back more tradition into today’s college game. Let’s see what they’ve got for this one
The Wegmans Golden Sub Trophy
With a location in Raleigh, it’s the perfect time for the grocery chain to step up and sponsor a gold version of Danny’s Favorite Sub for the winner of this game.
Jersey Boys
Fran Brown wants to reclaim the Garden State so let’s see how the Orange stack up against each opponent.
The Wolfpack have 0 players from New Jersey which isn’t too surprising as Dave Doeren doesn’t strike us a Springsteen/Jersey Shore guy. Anyway, that’s not even close to the 25 for the Orange.
Advantage: Syracuse
Notable Alum
Bringing back this one as we love to drop, some knowledge every now and then to help our loyal readers possibly win a trivia night. After all we are the Syracuse blog that loves you back and we take that seriously.
Zach Galifianakis vs Jerry Stiller
Two comedic actors square off in this one. While Zach had that star-making performance in The Hangover, Jerry Stiller gave the world the Manssiere, Serenity Now, and of course Festivus
Advantage: Syracuse
Head Coach Radio Show Sponsor
Sports and Social vs AmeriCU
Well we like sports and socializing so even if you have to listen to Dave Doeren speak it’s still a winner.
Advantage: NC State
Fran Brown Hat Tracker
Fran went back to the gray hat last week and it worked out. It still seems too dull and boring for Fran’s style, but it’s hard to argue with the results as the Orange are 3-0 this season with it.
The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction
Syracuse has won one time in Raleigh-the first time the teams met as ACC conference mates. What does that mean? Well clearly it means that Fran Brown should win his first game in Raleigh doesn’t it? It sure feels like this is going to be like the typical Syracuse game at NC State where we spend most of the night yelling “WTF” at the tv until Trebor Pena takes a short pass to the house in the final six minutes.
Final Score: Syracuse 31, NC State 20