You’d be forgiven if you mistook this Syracuse Orange squad for the same team that played against Clemson earlier this season.
Syracuse actually led for six minutes and 37 seconds against the No. 2 North Dame Fighting Irish and looked like a team that didn’t have one win this late into the season. However, four Syracuse turnovers denied the Orange any chance to capitalize on a slow-starting Notre Dame team. The Irish capitalized on Syracuse’s mistakes to pull away quickly at the end of the second quarter en route to a 45-21 win.
“Both teams were competing hard,” said Dino Babers.