When starting tackle Ryan Alexander left the Syracuse Orange football team a few days before Florida State, there was a chance it could hurt a group already struggling for offense. But despite that, the game at Doak Campbell Sadium proved to be a mild awakening for the Orange offense as the contest wore on.
The first step to that was filling the hole that Alexander left with his departure. The coaching staff went with freshman tackle Matthew Bergeron, who you would think would be among the first to hear the news.