9/10/2023 0 Comments Doubletake deals syracuse![]() » Related: ESPN national writer puts Orange in the postseason in 2022 In alphabetical order: Clemson-South Carolina, Duke-North Carolina, Georgia Tech-Georgia, Florida State-Florida, Louisville-Kentucky, Miami-Pittsburgh, North Carolina State-Wake Forest, and Virginia-Virginia Tech. We have said it often, there should be permanent regular season-ending rivalry games for all 14 ACC teams. While it’s hard to predict if Hartman plays in this game or not, we do predict that Syracuse will frustratingly fall victim to a fluke play in the fourth quarter when an apparent Duce Chestnut interception instead deflects in the air to Deacs WR Donovan Greene for a 28-yard game-winning TD pass. In the meantime, redshirt freshman Mitch Griffis is expected to take over the job running the RPO which has multiple talented options running and catching the ball, and the WF defensive front is one of the most talented in the league. Wake coach Dave Clawson expects Hartman to return this season, but the Syracuse game is second-to-last on the schedule November 19, so it’s unknown if Hartman will indeed be back by then or not. The redshirt junior and two-time captain is the Demon Deacons all-time leader with 72 touchdowns passes, coming off a season in which he led the team to an 11-3 record, threw for 4,228 yards and 39 of those 72 career touchdowns, and ran for another 11 TDs as a second-team all-conference selection. The news on August 10 that Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman is out indefinitely with “a non-football related medical condition” was stunning. Sean Tucker will run for three scores and Shrader will pass for two more in a 42-28 victory clinching bowl eligibility, prompting a sideline liquid soaking of Dino Babers as the final seconds tick down. Syracuse lost a winnable game in Tallahassee last season on a final play field goal, and this year will dominate in the home Dome finale. Like SU, FSU is eyeing six wins and bowl eligibility against a tough schedule. The ‘Noles are primed to take a step forward this year, but it’s relative to four straight losing seasons. The plummet actually started in Fisher’s final season when he departed after the 11th game (5-6 under Fisher with a 7-6 final record), continued through the disastrous 21-game tenure under Willie Taggart in 2018-19, and has produced two losing seasons so far in the Mike Norvell era. It seems incomprehensible with the resources that the program has, the fanbase, the talent in the state, and the legacy of winning under Bobby Bowden and Jimbo Fisher, that Florida State would have fallen so far so fast since Fisher left for Texas A&M in December 2017. In a shootout with Garrett Shrader, the Panthers score last and keep the hex on the ‘Cuse with a 41-38 win. Gone are the explosive duo of quarterback Kenny Pickett (drafted in the first round by the crosstown NFL Steelers) and wideout Jordan Addison (transferred to USC), but back the other way is USC transfer QB Kedon Slovis to run the offense. This year will likely result in the same tough challenge because Pitt (17th AP preseason poll) figures to be fighting for the Coastal Division title (with Miami and North Carolina) for the second straight year, and the road game concludes a brutal stretch of four straight matchups against AP preseason ranked teams. 3-17!Įven the strong 2018 bowl-winning Orange team lost 44-37 in OT on the road, one of only two ACC defeats that season. First off, Syracuse has only won once (2001) on the road since the Panthers moved off-campus to Heinz Field (now Acrisure Stadium) that same year, and in the last 20 games against its longtime Eastern rivals, SU is just 3-17. We had to do a double-take when researching the Syracuse- Pittsburgh series dating back to the Paul Pasqualoni years.
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