Syracuse's loss to USF on Saturday was an embarrassing one for many reasons. While the defense was probably more to blame (Brian will get to that), there are some things we'll need to discuss about the Orange offense as well. Portions of that conversation will trend positive. Others might get a little negative. You should be used to how this goes by now...
First Quarter
| DRIVE 1 | | Time | Down | Ball | Run/Pass | Player | Direction | Result | 14:56 | 1st and 10 | SYR 12 | Run | Morris | Off Tackle R | 7 Yard Gain | 14:22 | 2nd and 3 | SYR 19 | Run | Morris | Dive R | 3 Yard Loss | 13:45 | 3rd and 6 | SYR 16 | Pass | Lewis | Short R | 18 Yard Gain | 13:15 | 1st and 10 | SYR 34 | Pass | Dungey | Mid Range M | Incomplete (Estime) | 13:09 | 2nd and 10 | SYR 34 | Run | Morris | End R | 3 Yard Loss | 12:32 | 3rd and 13 | SYR 31 | Pass | Dungey | Deep M | Incomplete | DRIVE 2 | Time | Down | Ball | Run/Pass | Player | Direction | Result | 9:00 | 1st and 10 | SYR 4 | Run | Morris | Dive R | 4 Yard Gain | 8:28 | 2nd and 6 | SYR 8 | Pass | Parris | Short M | 3 Yard Gain | 7:52 | 3rd and 3 | SYR 11 | Run | Morris | Off Tackle R | 2 Yard Gain | DRIVE 3 | Time | Down | Ball | Run/Pass | Player | Direction | Result | 5:27 | 1st and 10 | SYR 31 | Run | Morris | End L | 2 Yard Gain | 4:54 | 2nd and 8 | SYR 33 | Option; Run | Dungey | End L | Incomplete (Parris) | 4:14 | 3rd and 8 | SYR 33 | Pass | Dungey | Short L | Incomplete | Play-Call Breakdown: 7 runs, 5 passes The first quarter was a disappointing one for the Syracuse offense -- possibly made more maddening by the departure from this pretty basic, vanilla play-calling. | |||||||||||||||||