Syracuse Sports Through the Years: CBS5's Michael Benny joins us!

Samantha Croston and Ashley Wenskoski are joined by a VERY special guest on this bye-week edition of The Orange Zone Podcast! CBS5's Michael Benny brings over 25 years of news anchoring and reporting experience in central New York to our table - a wide-ranging discussion that includes his favorite SU sports memories, to covering the 2003 men's basketball national championship in New Orleans, his thoughts on Fran Brown, the state of college athletics, and much more! Join us 00:00-3:24: Michael's coolest sports-related interview ever 3:25-8:25: Covering the 2003 SU men's basketball national championship in New Orleans and different eras of SU football 8:26-17:35: Thoughts on Fran Brown and the current state of SU football 17:36-22:01: The intricacies of journalism and covering coaches 22:02-29:01: How NIL has changed college athletics and how SU is handling it #cfb #syracuse #syracuseorange #collegefootball #suathletics #syracuseuniversity #syracusefootball #syracusebasketball #cbb #collegebasketball #collegeathletics #nil #podcast #newyork #sportspodcast _______________ Listen to "The Orange Zone Podcast" Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1NkZCYL8YU52I9UmXdVdDq Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-orange-zone/id1646679134 iHeartRadio: https://iheart.com/podcast/103492990/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2bfed93a-c3fc-4ef6-acce-a388da724f45/the-orange-zone Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3RoZS1vcmFuZ2Utem9uZQ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1032390 _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: The Orange Zone Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theorangezonepod/ The Orange Zone Podcast on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theorangezonepod Sponsored by APEX Entertainment Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]!