I was perusing Syracuse’s advanced statistical profile this morning, as ya do, and I noticed one thing about the Orange that felt very familiar: they have not been very good at creating explosive plays on offense, and they’ve been bad at limiting them on defense. NC State and Syracuse are football siblings in those respects this season.
Where they diverge is in the nature of the explosive plays allowed defensively: NC State has been bad with both running and passing plays. Syracuse has been fine against the run, but abhorrent against the pass. I mean really, really bad.