Syracuse football opponents recap: Week 3

The Syracuse Orange improved to 3-0 on the season after beating the Florida State Seminoles, 30-7 on Saturday. It was an excellent win for SU and gets the Orange half way to the magic six-win mark.

Each week, we’ll be using this space to look at past and future foes on the 2018 schedule, and assess what’s ahead for the Orange. So how’d Syracuse’s opponents fare in week three? And how might that affect SU going forward?

Week 3

Western Michigan Broncos (1-2, 0-0)

Result: 68-0 win over Delaware State

WMU continued looking like more of a passing team than they were originally advertised as. The Broncos had 286 passing yards (almost all from QB Jon Wassink), but also added 241 on the ground. They…