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: Bye Week University Fightin’ Byes
Location: Syracuse, UT
Students: 4,444 students who are getting a little annoyed that their campus keeps moving
The 2025 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 Copper Clawfoot
It’s a bit cumbersome to transport, but because both coaches are proponents of frequent washing, boosters collaborated to wrap a clawfoot tub in copper.
Jersey Boys
Fran Brown wants to reclaim the Garden State so let’s see how the Orange stack up against each opponent.
The Orange have 17 players from Jersey on this year’s squad while Bye Week U will field a travel squad of players who have all listed Jersey as their hometowns.
Advantage: Bye Week U
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.
Noah Eagle vs Eoah Nagle
Two up and coming broadcasters get the spotlight here. Noah is busy calling Notre Dame football and NBA Basketball while Eoah is calling the YouTube broadcasts of the adult 3×3 league, youth floor hockey and Junior Jazz Basketball in Syracuse, Utah.
Advantage: Syracuse
Punter vs Punter
Jack Stonehouse has had a phenomenal year but his counterpart Stack Jonehouse has just struggled. Jonehouse has a net average of 27.6 yards per punt because of 14 blocked kicks this year. The Orange have a huge advantage here.
Advantage: Syracuse
Orangeawatha Miron Court Special Menu Item
Thanks to Orangeawatha we now that the Miron Victory Court will have a specialty item for each opponent this year. Bye Week U has copied a lot from Syracuse, but we’re not sure about the Pulled Potato Sandwich with Salt Pork on the side that will be sold this week.
Fran Brown Hat Tracker
Another good looking hat which needs to be retired. We don’t make the rules, but we think this is a good week for a D.A.R.T hat. Did Syracuse ask Fran to stick to University branded gear this season?
The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction
The Orange are ready for Bran Frown’s rushing game this week and effectively crowd the line to take away Wasin Yillis early. On offense, it’s a lot of short, quick passes setting up deep shots to Darrell Gill. With a big lead, Syracuse sends out their new backup quarterback and it’s Rich Belin who leads the offense in the second half connecting with Darien Williams for two scores in the blowout win. Bye Week gets on the board when Demetres Samuel’s extra-point attempt is blocked and returned by Fightin Byes’ 27-year old freshman Semetres Damuel.
Final Score: Syracuse 71, Bye Week U 2
