Stories

December 29, 2004

Paul Pasqualoni, closing his 14th consecutive year as Head Coach of Syracuse Football, is awoken by the rings of a telephone that lie on his nightstand a foot or two away from his bed.

"Hello?" Pasqualoni answers.
"Good morning Coach Pasqualoni."

Pasqualoni recognized the voice, it was the just-hired Athletic Director of Syracuse University, Daryl Gross.

"Good morning Mr. Gross, how may I help you?"
"It saddens me to tell you that I am calling to inform you that...