The Syracuse Orange didn’t show a lot of wrinkles in their 29-9 victory over the Ohio Bobcats. Like it or not the Orange decided to run the ball again and again against their overmatched MAC hosts. This allowed Syracuse to avoid giving the Rutgers Scarlet Knights a lot of film to key on before this weekend’s game.
As we’ve talked about in this space the past few seasons, Dino Babers’ offense and the tempo he wants to exert on his opponents is predicated on first down success. The Orange have struggled in that regard the last two seasons and with a porous offensive line being forced to try and convert 3rd and long situations was a recipe for disaster.