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Syracuse football recruits through social media, following a nationwide trend

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The video started with Dino Babers stepping to the podium at his introductory press conference. His speech was scored by an underlying piano ballad, which quickly yielded to heavy bass. It resembled an action movie trailer, with the Syracuse football team playing the part of underdog. Then, crowd noise and ¡MAYDAY!’s “Last One Standing” thundered in over highlights. A title swiped in over the lower-third of the frame: “No. 2 Clemson vs Syracuse — The Extended Cut.”

The video was posted by @CuseFootball on Oct. 17, four days after Syracuse upset then-No.2 Clemson. It has been viewed more than 200,000 times on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, per Syracuse Athletics.