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THE COLUMN: Virginia vs. Syracuse Complete Preview

The most anticipated basketball football matchup in the ACC this year!

The Orangemen and their anthropomorphic orange mascot, Otto (antics included), make their first visit to Charlottesville for football since joining the ACC in 2013. It's worth noting that we, too, tried out our own anthropomorphic mascot. It's name was Sabre and, well, you can guess what happened to it.

Many saw this game as potentially the easiest ACC game for Virginia. However, don't think so fast. Syracuse is 3-2 and is playing well despite their disappointing loss to South Florida last week.