'Syracuse Football Preview' to Premiere Wednesday

In advance of next week's season opener, Time Warner Cable Sports Channel will premiere the "Orange Football Preview" show on Wednesday Aug. 20 at 11 p.m. across New York.

Viewers will see exclusive interviews with head coach Scott Shafer as well as one-on-one interviews with defensive coordinator Chuck Bullough, offensive coordinator George McDonald and defensive line coach Tim Daoust.

The hour-long program will give fans a comprehensive look at the 'Cuse football team as well as look at the ACC as a whole. The Show will be hosted by Matt Park and Brian Higgins and feature analysis from former Orange running back Robert Drummond.

Fans who miss Wednesday's showing will have plenty of other opportunities to catch up on the Orange ahead of next Friday's season-opener as it will air 12 times before the game.

Show Times:
Aug. 20: 11 p.m.
Aug. 21: 6 p.m.
Aug. 24: 5 p.m.
Aug. 25: 2 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Aug, 26: 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 27: 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Aug. 28: 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Inside the Meeting Room: Linebackers and Defensive Backs

Ever wonder what it's like during training camp meetings? Linebackers coach Clark Lea and defensive backs coach Fred Reed take you inside what it's like inside the walls of the Orange meeting rooms.

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Daily Orange: The Long View -- A.J. Long on Backup Battle and Big Picture Goals

Parris to Have Surgery

Syracuse  tight end Josh Parris sustained a lower body injury which will require surgery. The surgery, which will be performed by Dr. Todd Battaglia, is scheduled August 20. Parris will be evaluated throughout the rehabilitation process and his status will be determined in the coming weeks.

A junior, Parris played in all 13 games in 2013, including two starts. In Syracuse's dramatic come-from-behind victory against Boston College, Parris had a career-best seven receptions for 47 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning score with six seconds left in the game.

Orange Name 2014 Captains

While holding the team's first practice in the Carrier Dome on Monday, the Orange learned what four student-athletes will be walking out across that same turf for the coin toss against Villanova in the season opener.

Head coach Scott Shafer announced running back Prince-Tyson Gulley, offensive tackle Sean Hickey, linebacker Cameron Lynch and long snapper Sam Rodgers as the team's captains for the 2014 season after a vote amongst players and coaches.

"I was really pleased with the way voting played out," Shafer said. "We actually had 20 guys get votes, 14 of them got multiple votes, but four of them kind of dominated the captainship process that we went through. I thought there was a lot of maturity in the way the votes came across."

Gulley is a three-time letterwinner for the Orange who has totaled 2,644 all-purpose yards since arriving on campus. He has amassed 1449 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground and also caught 53 passes at Syracuse, which ranks sixth among running backs in program history, for 375 yards. The senior has 813 career kickoff return yards, averaging 22 yards per return for his career.

He earned Pinstripe Bowl MVP honors in 2012 after posting 213 yards on 26 carries in the team's win over West Virginia.

Hickey is one of the men that have helped pave the way for Gulley and other Orange running backs in his time with the program. A Preseason All-ACC selection and member of the Outland Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award Watch Lists, Hickey enters his senior campaign following a 2013 season that saw the Orange rush for 194.8 yards per game, good for fourth in the ACC.

The 6-foot-6, 308 lb. tackle has been a staple for 'Cuse in the trenches – starting 26 consecutive contests for the Orange. His strength and conditioning regimen and results earned him a spot on Bruce Feldman's 'Best Freak at Every Position' list earlier this summer.

Lynch was also honored for being a 'freak' this preseason, making NFL.com's '14 Most Freakish Athletes in College Football' list. The three-time letterwinner started all-13 games for SU last season and has played in every contest since arriving on campus. He has 146-career tackles and 10 sacks in his time at 'Cuse.

Rodgers has also played in every game over the last three seasons while serving as the team's long snapper.

In addition to his duties on the field, Rodgers has been a leader off the field in his time at Syracuse. The State College, Pa. native was a two-time Capital One Academic All-District Team selection (2012 and 2013) and is the president of the Syracuse Chapter of Uplifting Athletes which holds fundraisers such as the Lift for Life to benefit brain cancer research. He's also a two-time nominee of the AFCA Good Works Team.

The four 'Cuse captains will replace a talented group from last season – Jay Bromley,Macky MacPherson, Jerome Smith and Marquis Spruill – all of whom were in NFL training camps this summer.

Top Links from Aug. 18 on the Orange:

CuseTV: Day 17 Practice Highlights

Syracuse.com: Orange Add Walk On Linebacker Nate Kadah

Shafer Does Ice Bucket Challenge

Top Links from Aug. 16 and 17 on the Orange:

Syracuse.com: Syracuse and the U.S. Army: An Intriguing Tale of Two Teams

Syracuse.com: Estime Returns and Other Observations from Saturday's Practice

Cuse Nation: Indoor Practice Facility Making Progress

Orange Close Fort Drum Week with Paintball

The final day at Fort Drum gave the Orange an opportunity to get away from some of the structure they've had this week and let loose on the paintball field.

Syracuse held its annual paintball tournament to conclude the week's festivities and ended it with a game of the coaches and military personnel against the seniors, with the student-athletes coming out on top.

"We just wanted to light the coaches up the best we could," said senior defensive lineman Robert Welsh. "To be honest, if we got hit we were going to stay in and keep shooting."

Senior linebacker Cameron Lynch took the opportunity to get some payback on the coaches.

"We saw the coaches come behind us and all got a good shot on coach Lea my linebackers coach," Lynch said. "We had fun out there man, it was a great way to go off for our seniors and a great way to end our time at Fort Drum."

One of the highlights of the day amongst the team was the play of defensive line coach Tim Daoust, who ran through a wooden barricade to collapse the hiding spot of a number of seniors, including Welsh, who subsequently eliminated Daoust.

"It felt good, I'm not going to lie," Welsh said. "We were jawing a bit before the game so when he ran over the barricade that I was under I knew it had to be him, so I got up and kept shooting. I think I emptied my paintball gun on coach Daoust so that was great."

For Welsh, the day was a great conclusion of his third trip to Fort Drum.

"We learned a lot that we can bring back to Syracuse and bring back to football," Welsh said. "It's a great learning experience to work as a team and it's great for leadership qualities as well. You learn how to be a leader. Guys who may not have been a leader learn how to become leaders so it's a great experience."

The Orange will now pack up and bring camp back to Syracuse for the final two weeks before the season opener.

Cuse Gives Back

After another morning of learning from the 2^nd Brigade Combat Team, Thursday night was Cuse's chance to give back to the Fort Drum community.

The Orange held their annual kids clinic from the youth football players of Fort Drum before scrimmaging in front of the soldiers and their families.

"This is the second year that I've been up here for and it was a great experience for all of them," said Fort Drum Mighty Mights' coach Charles Crawford. "It's great for them to see the older guys at it because our kids come out of this and say 'I want to go to college' and 'I want to be like them' so they're coming up and being role models so that's a good thing."

The clinic consisted of the young players rotating in groups through drills set up by each position group. The offensive line's group where the pop warner players were able to hit the blocking shields held by the Syracuse student-athletes were the favorite drill of the Mighty Mights.

"The hitting was definitely their favorite," Crawford said. "When they got with the linemen and they were knocking them down and the cheering and the motivational stuff afterwards – that was great for them."

While this was the Orange's opportunity to give back to their hosts for the week, head coach Scott Shafer thinks they once again benefitted from the experience.

"Once again great experience here at Fort Drum," Shafer said. "The kids camp was wonderful. Seeing those little pee-wee kids running around and our kids spending time with them was great."

Syracuse will close its time at Fort Drum tomorrow morning with one final activity with the soldiers – a paintball match.

Top Articles from Aug. 14 on the Orange:

Syracuse.com: Williams Shines and six other observations from the scrimmage

Orange Fizz: Syracuse Can Only Go Up from Here

Cuse Confidential: Orange Enjoying Fort Drum Trip

ESPN: Davis Impacts Syracuse Off the Field as Well

Daily Orange: Broyld Looks Like a Go-To Option and Other Scrimmage Observations
Daily Orange: Shafer Addresses Kids After Clinic