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: Pittsburgh Panthers
Students: 29,927 students who are living their best life with what has happened at Pitt and Penn State the last two weeks
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.
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
Maybe you don’t enjoy the combination, but the winning team gets to dine on Heid’s hot dogs with Heinz ketchup and/or mustard
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 Pittsburgh comes in with 7 led by East Orange native Kyle Louis
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.
Mike Pollock vs Jeff Bergman
Two voice actors square off this week. We’ve got the Syracuse alum Pollock who voiced Dr. Eggman in several Sonic the Hedgehog series facing off with Pitt alum Bergman, who is the modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Fred Flintstone.
Pitt punter Caleb Junko comes from a football family. His brother and uncle both played at Pitt while his father played at Akron. He’s averaging 44 yards per kick this year. We don’t know what kind of belt buckles he owns or if he’s ever done a guest spot with the Pitt Panther like Jack Stonehouse did with Otto.
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. Are yinz ready to have some pierogies and a Pittsburgh salad?
Does Fran break out something new this week to change the luck around? He’s done mostly branded truckers this season and we know there is some DART magic left…if Syracuse isn’t forcing him to push licensed products instead…
Oct 4, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Syracuse Orange head coach Fran Brown argues a call with the referees during the first half against the SMU Mustangs at Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
The Official #FakeNunes Game Prediction
Pat Narduzzi has dominated this series since back in the days of the Rhode Island Kiwi Incident. Last year Pitt’s defense had Kyle McCord seeing stars and Orange fans get that sick feeling when Kyle Louis gets a 1st half pick-six. Syracuse battles back using a blocked punt and a strip sack to get a halftime lead. The game is close into the 4th when Desmond Reid takes a direct snap and throws a touchdown pass. Narduzzi’s shenanigans pay off as he gets the last laugh again.
Final Score: Pittsburgh 27, Syracuse 24