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The Daily OrangeGet to know freshman wide receiver Marcus Sales
By Zach Schonbrun
Posted: 9/11/08, 10:27 PM EST Section: Sports
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Marcus Sales was an All-State Class AA First Team member, last year, for local Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.). The freshman wide receiver spoke with The Daily Orange about movies, touchdown moves and the Nittany Lions.
On how he thinks CBA is going to do this year: "The way it looks right now, just off the information I'm reading, yeah, it looks like they're going to have a good season."
On how much he knew about Ernie Davis before coming to Syracuse: "I didn't really know a lot about him. After I saw the movie, I learned everything about him and about the tradition and what 44 means to Syracuse."
On his favorite football movie: "'Remember the Titans.' I liked the way they came together as a team, and no matter what everybody else was saying about them, they came together as a team and responded to everything."
On the first thing he thinks about when he hears Penn State: "Tradition. Syracuse and Penn State. They haven't been here in 20 years, but (I think about) basically the tradition."
On his favorite aspect of being a wide receiver: "Catching passes on DBs and talking trash. (Trash talking) depends on who the DB is in the game and how they're acting."
On his favorite route to run: "Probably a go-route. I like catching deep passes. I'm thinking about touchdown anytime I get a chance to touch the ball."
On his least favorite route to run: "Probably a slant. Sometimes it's hard to catch a pass going across the middle when you know you're going to get hit. You've got to have a lot of focus."
On his touchdown celebration: "Just hand the ball to the ref, go slap my teammates in the butt and let them know, good job, because I didn't do it by myself. In high school, we were taught not to celebrate so I'm going to try and bring that with me and try not to celebrate."
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