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Syracuse will have to find a replacement for its Sept. 12 football game against Rutgers.
The Big Ten announced in a release on Thursday that it’ll follow a conference-only season for all fall sports, including football, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. League sources told ESPN that the move limits some long-distance travel and helps ensure universal testing procedures.
Rutgers was the only Big Ten team on Syracuse’s 2020 football schedule, and the Orange were one of four ACC members — joining Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech — with a Big Ten opponent.