Rick Jeanneret his intent to slowly phase out of the Sabres play-by-play job over the course of three years. Dan Dunleavy has already been chosen as Jeanneret's successor and will take over play-by-play duties, first as the substitute, then permanently. Jeanneret called 47 games in 2014–15 and called 41 games in 2015–16; as of 2014, he still intended on retiring in 2016 but did not entirely rule out changing his mind. Indeed, Jeanneret would sign an agreement to call another half-season of games in 2016–17. On July 1, 2014, Jeanneret was diagnosed with stage 3 throat cancer, which required Jeanneret to miss
Alin Edouard threat quarterbacks nationally. Edouard claimed that he wanted to be the face of the Syracuse football program by his sophomore season. Edouard was recruited by George McDonald. On February 5, 2014, Edouard officially signed a national letter of intent with Syracuse. Undisclosed family issues kept forced Edouard to leave the Syracuse team prior to the start of preseason practice, keeping him in Florida. Additionally, Syracuse head coach, Scott Shafer stated "He and his family decided they feel it was in his best interests to enroll in school in January at the midyear." Shafer voiced his support for Edouard, referencing the