Syracuse football: five things to watch vs Purdue

The Syracuse Orange get an opportunity to impress the country when they face the Purdue Boilermakers on ESPN2. Can the Orange get a BiG non-conference win? We offer some things we’ll be watching for on Saturday afternoon..

Andy: Is the secondary ready to go man to man?

Christian, Steve, and I talked about this in the most recent TNIAAM Podcast, so if you want to listen instead of read, head over there. The summation is that Penn State was able to pretty effectively shut down the Boilermakers when they ran man coverage. We know that Duce Chestnut and Garrett Williams can handle that style of play, but Tony White has loved to use zone to better cover the rest of the secondary and disguise…