Monday, August 30, 2010

Welcome to The Joe Fields Era

Maybe you remember Joe Fields as a competent free safety; a solid player who racked up eight interceptions and almost 200 tackles in his last two seasons. He really wasn't bad ... I swear.

The truth is, most of us remember Joe Fields as something else. Upon arriving at SU in the fall of 2004, one of my first purchases was an Orange No. 5 jersey. Pretty standard. Many great Syracuse QBs had donned the Orange cinco: Donovan McNabb and Marvin Graves come to mind. But I wasn't buying No. 5 for either of them. My jersey was going to be for the NEXT great SU QB ... that's right ... Joe Fields.

Needless to say, this one didn't really go as planned for me. Fields played just 13 games at quarterback, many of those in relief of the uncomparable Perry Patterson. He completed just 22 of his 57 passes (38.6 percent) and piled up a train wreck TD/INT ratio of 1/6. His introduction to Division I athletics came as the losing quarterback in a 51-0 beatdown against Purdue on national television to open the '04 season - setting the tone for Coach P's final season at the helm.

So why name a blog after an underachieving QB? Because, the truth is, I always believed the Joe Fields Era was just around the corner. Even after 51-0. Even after Perry Patterson. And kind of even after he was intercepting passes on defense. The Joe Fields Era was going to bring SU back to the glory days, where they would compete for Big East dominance and make runs at national titles. And now, years after Fields left the Carrier Dome, I'm here to tell you that the Joe Fields Era is still coming.

We'll cover more than the history of Joe Fields in Syracuse Orange here at The Joe Fields Era. This blog will strive to be your one-stop shop for 'Cuse football, basketball and lacrosse. From now through memorial day (god-willing, lax fans), you can look forward to constant updates and analysis. We'll dissect the week's games and try to come up with ways to destroy all things Georgetown, UConn and BC, whenever possible.

This is sure to be a work in progress, so if you have any comments, recommendations or criticisms, feel free to leave them in the fan posts or e-mail me at brian.tahmosh@gmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by ... I hope it's as fun for you as it is for me.

-Brian

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