Three takeaways from Notre Dame’s beat down of Syracuse

Rich Barnes-USA TODAY SportsThe No. 12 Syracuse Orange (8-3, 5-2) might have been playing at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Saturday afternoon, but No. 3 Notre Dame took the Orange to the woodshed. The Fighting Irish (11-0) came out hot early and eventually ran over, around and through Syracuse, 36-3. An Andre Szmyt field goal with seconds to play was the only salvation found for Dino Babers and company.

On top of the ugly-looking loss, quarterback Eric Dungey suffered an “upper-body injury” with 5:44 left in the first. Dungey, who was just one for four passing with a pick before leaving, did not return. Redshirt freshman Tommy DeVito didn’t have nearly the kind of success he had in spot play…