Despite the sun shining down on proceedings, Sunday afternoon’s preseason match against Syracuse University was marked by bitterly cold weather. The scrimmage had been rescheduled from the previous day when the Rochester area was forecasted to receive an early March snowstorm. Though the snow had been removed from the playing surface, the otherwise wintry conditions added cause for concern every time players clattered into each other for a tackle.
Though there were some new faces on the field for Rochester, the size of the training camp rostered was down from the previous week’s game against Canisius. At that game, a group of contracted players watched their prospective teammates from the stands.