Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse football quarterback Eric Dungey deserves to be the headliner of the team's 51-41, bowl-clinching victory against No. 22 North Carolina State.
But the Orange (6-2, 3-2 ACC) isn't dancing in the Carrier Dome locker room at 11 p.m. on Saturday if the defense doesn't come up with an improbable stop with 3:12 left in the fourth quarter and the game on the line.
"We just knew we had to make a decision right then and there, whether we wanted to win or lose," junior defensive end Alton Robinson said. "We wanted to win.