Orange Concludes Preseason Camp
8/26/2009 7:16:32 PM | Football
First-year head coach Doug Marrone had a number of goals entering his first preseason camp as the leader at his alma mater, including installing the new schemes for the offense and defense and focusing on conditioning. With camp officially concluded and the 2009 season opener against Minnesota 10 days away (Sept. 5, 12:00 p.m., ESPN2), Marrone assessed the team's performance and turned his attention to the first game.
"What happens now is we start to narrow it down," said Marrone of the plan after the installation of the new offensive and defensive playbooks. "The players have at least touched on a system so if something happens during the course of the year, we'll be able to have some type of recall for them with the plays that we have."
The conditioning program the student-athletes participated in during the summer has been a topic of conversation throughout the preseason.
"I feel good about our conditioning in the Dome," Marrone said. "As a former player here, I believe I know a lot more than most people about playing games there and how hard it was for me and [Coach MacPherson] back then. We did a lot of work in the Dome. We conditioned in the Dome. and our off-season workouts were in the Dome quite a bit, so I knew it was a tough venue to play. I knew that I wanted to make sure our players were conditioned for it and it is something that we can use as we talk to our players as an advantage."
Tickets available online and at the Carrier Dome Box Office (888-DOME-TIX). Season tickets for the 2009 campaign start at $100 for the 2009 season. Adult Individual game tickets for all eight home games are $38 each. Youth tickets (ages 12 & under) for seven home games are $18 each. For the game against Maine on September 26, Youth & Senior Citizen day, all youth and Senior Citizens (ages 60 & over) tickets will be $15 each. Family Packs are available for all home games when purchased in advance, with the exception of games against Maine and Akron. A $99 Family Pack, which is a $28 savings, includes two adult tickets, two youth tickets (12 and under), $5 concession coupon and a $10 parking pass.
The Minnesota Two-Game Pack offers fans the opportunity to purchase a ticket to Syracuse's home-opener, which is Marrone's Dome debut, and any other home game of their choice ($66 adult/$26 youth). Fans are invited to save up to 40% on the ticket price by purchasing tickets in groups of 35 or more and 100 or more. For questions about Group Sales, please call (315-443-3212).
For further questions and details call the Carrier Dome Box Office during business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1-888-DOMETIX.
