That's why the games are played on the field (or court).
Ah, a favorite adage of mine, and many other Syracuse football fans. Sure, I write articles during the summer "doldrums" that examine preseason chatter, expectations, rankings and the like from national and Atlantic Coast Conference pundits regarding our beloved Orange.
Yet I often opine to take these sorts of prognostications with the proverbial grain of salt. Sometimes, these forecasts are correct. Sometimes, they're way off base.
If we're talking about Syracuse football, ACC media members recently cast their votes for the league's annual preseason poll.