Scouting report: The key for Syracuse to upset Notre Dame

Notre Dame sits firmly at No. 3 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings but will face a stiff test against Syracuse on Saturday night. The No. 12 Orange possess the right blueprint to pull off the upset, and it starts on the edge.

Quarterback Ian Book will be facing one of the best pass-rushing units in the country and doing so while coming off an upper-body injury.

Syracuse is second in the ACC in sacks and is on pace to threaten the school record of 41 sacks set in 1985. In the past two contests alone they have tallied 11 and lived in opponents' backfields. Cuse gets pressure on the opposing quarterback on 40 percent of dropbacks, the fourth-highest rate in FBS (behind only Alabama,…