Asked by a reporter if he was surprised that SU is favored (by 3 points by oddsmakers) over Rutgers on Saturday, Doug Marrone responded by saying, “No. I don’t look at that.”
Then he continued. “Com’on, you guys shouldn’t be looking at that either. I’m going to put up a sign for all the media that gambling is illegal,” he said. “Kind of like Caddyshack. No gambling allowed at Bushwood.” — Syracuse Post-Standard

Doug Marrone, the second-year coach of the Syracuse University football team, knows better. He knows a five-year contract no longer comes with a five-year warranty. He knows that behind the written language is this unspoken message: Win soon or else. It is the simple reality in Marrone’s chosen profession today. It is an instant-access era in which impatience displayed in Internet chat rooms and on talk radio can create a contagious wave of negativity capable of swamping a rebuilding project before it takes root. The bottom line is a coach can come in with a five-year plan, but he better get results well before then or he will land on somebody’s hot seat. ‘’The pressure now is we have to go out and win,” Marrone said. “We’ve got to get to a bowl. We just have to get to it. We haven’t been in one in a long time. We have to do it. Once we pass that hurdle I think great things could happen.” — Syracuse Post-Standard