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: Colgate Raiders
Location: Hamilton, NY
Students:
3,219 students who can’t wait for hockey season to startThe 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 Brisket Bowl
With Dinosaur and Ray Brothers battling it out on the gridiron, the winner should get to take a bowl of brisket to the locker room.
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 and Colgate comes to the Dome with 10.
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.
Jonathan Glatzer vs Aaron Sorkin
Glatzer might not be a household name, but he’s worked as a writer and producer for Better Call Saul and Succession. He’s got an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a couple of Peabody Awards……but he doesn’t have an Academy Award on that resume.
Advantage: Syracuse
Punter vs Punter
Tyler Fontenot was ranked the #24 punter in his class by Kohl’s Kicking. He’s listed as a backup placekicker and an intended econ major. What he doesn’t have is a sweet moustache.
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. Last week it was Connecticut-style lobster rolls, so what will we get for Colgate?
Our menu item suggestion for this week: Ye Olde Pizza Pub taters. IYKYK
Fran Brown Hat Tracker
Fran started with this orange and white trucker, but he came back after the half hatless. It’s a rare look on gamedays so it’s anyone’s guess what we’ll see tomorrow night.
The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction
Colgate’s going to get a 4th down stop on Syracuse’s first drive and panic will set in among the always optimistic TNIAAM game thread commenters. Unfortunately for them, a pick 6 sets the Orange off and running and by the time Fran empties the bench it’ll be a fun Friday night….well except for the poor Colgate 2nd string defense which gets to see Byron Washington in the final 30 minutes.
Final Score: Syracuse 51, Colgate 13
