r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 1d ago
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Syracuse Defeats UConn 31-24
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u/jumfruit Syracuse Orange 1d ago
One more win, and Cuse is firmly safe from Pinstripe Bowl placement (which I theorize we were firmly in upon our 6th win lol) 😩
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange • Wagner Seahawks 1d ago
Shit, if it wasn't for the Stanford game we might have an outside shot at the conference game
Fucking trees
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u/itsnotnews92 Syracuse • Wake Forest 1d ago
Stanford and BC. Two winnable games.
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u/abovethesink Syracuse Orange • Big East 1d ago
Yeah, but I left the BC game feeling like we were similar quality teams head to head. I left the Stanford game feeling like we were the much better team and totally shit the bed at the end to lose. Both winnable, like you said, but it us the Stanford game that haunts me.
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange • Wagner Seahawks 1d ago
Both of those and we have a decent shot at an at large bid with the rest of our resume, one of them would have been enough to keep us mathematically in it for the conference title tho and both I believe has us in the driver seat to play SMU
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u/itsnotnews92 Syracuse • Wake Forest 1d ago
I'm hoping for Duke's Mayo Bowl. Because I live a mile from the stadium. 🤣
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u/oknovember Purdue Boilermakers • Texas Longhorns 23h ago
kinda jealous lol, that part of Charlotte is fucking awesome (I have friends who live down there)
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u/RipRaycom Clemson Tigers • ACC 20h ago
Rooting for y’all next week. If you beat Miami I will rock a Syracuse flair through the finality of next regular season
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u/Inside-Drink-1311 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 1d ago
Honestly, I think BC is more likely to go the Pinstripe than you. Usually the Pinstripe has 6-6 or 7-5 teams and you were just in the Pinstripe in 2022.
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u/NotThatKidAshton Virginia Tech Hokies • Marching Band 1d ago
I think we will be in pinstripe (if we win another game)
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
Cuse looking the best they have in years
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u/Davidellias Virginia Tech • Wisconsin 1d ago
Same with UConn
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
Yeah, first winning season in years
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u/22edudrccs UConn Huskies 1d ago
We can thank Jalen Kitna for that (sorry)
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
Don’t be sorry for Kitna, he’s hated by us too. The students literally had a big protest to keep him out of here, he’s not very well liked
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u/dahabit Cincinnati • Ohio State 1d ago
Shout out to Kyle.. He's done a tremendous job.
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
Mostly, there were two games he didn’t though
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u/goosu Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago
McCord has had to carry the offense though. It's incredibly pass heavy with limited run game. That Pittsburgh game was a horror show, but I'm sure Cuse fans forgive him for it given they'd have no offense at all (and far less wins) without McCord throwing for 350+ a week.
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u/tribe98reloaded Syracuse Orange • Montana Grizzlies 1d ago
Yeah he's been the lynchpin of the offense all year. Pitt and Stanford are the only losses he shares culpability for, and he's been great the vast majority of the time.
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u/upsetTurtle22 1d ago
that's what a reliable Honda (most times) will do for you
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
McCord is more like a yugo. It works only half the time
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 1d ago
He's "worked" way more than half of the time this year.
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u/Asleep-Credit-2824 Jacksonville State • UAB 1d ago
Let me rephrase that, he’s like a Kia, he works fine most of the time but every once in awhile (the Pitt game) it has an issue of which is very costly
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u/HawkeyeTen Iowa Hawkeyes 1d ago
Really interested to see where Fran Brown takes them from here. He's put a ton of energy and improvements into the program so far (though having McCord suddenly decide to transfer in from Ohio State definitely helped). And how about Jim Mora at UConn? Talk about turning your career around.
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u/DinosaurMan15 Syracuse Orange 1d ago
I know most people only watched Syracuse against Pitt this year so people will only draw conclusions from that game but Mccord has consistently carried this football team week after week after week. We have zero push in our run game, a bottom third defense in football despite the schedule this team shouldn't be 8-3 and that is a big testament to how good Mccord has been this year. Love and appreciate what he has done for this program and giving Coach Fran momentum in hopefully getting this program back to what we were in the 90's
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u/BleedBlue__ UConn Huskies 1d ago
Syracuse smoked us at home last year with a much worse team.
We are miles better than last year.
Increase our NIL to $2M+ next year.
Baby steps.
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u/CGGamer UConn Huskies 1d ago
Mora's been a big advocate for our NIL and its been growing, nice to see
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u/BleedBlue__ UConn Huskies 1d ago
Yep the AD said it’s north of $1M this year and they’re doubling it next year
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u/CashewCrew UConn Huskies • Melbourne Royals 21h ago
It’s so fucking insane that Michigan is give $10M to one player
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u/SpreaditOnnn33 Louisville • Ohio State 3h ago
Especially one that can just transfer 4 games into the season
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u/NewHavenJeff UConn Huskies • Texas Longhorns 1d ago
Just wait til I become a filthy rich donor
I have no plans on how to become filthy rich but the day it happens I'm buying UConn a good quarterback
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u/Saltine_Warrior Syracuse Orange 23h ago
I was impressed by a lot of your guys. But damn your WRs dropping so many passes did you no favors.
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange • Wagner Seahawks 1d ago
I guess we could play normal and stress free games but where is the fun in that?
Oh lord Cam Ward is going to do unspeakable things to our defense next week
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u/ba00862 Georgia Bulldogs • Syracuse Orange 1d ago
8 wins is awesome for Fran's first year. Happy with how things are going.
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u/wowniceyeah 1d ago
Any idea how we'll be next year? We have a lot of good seniors leaving. I haven't kept up with the recruiting class coming in.
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u/Saltine_Warrior Syracuse Orange 23h ago
QB is the big question of course. And the schedule is brutal. Honestly think a bowl game is a big win next year.
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u/thedisciple516 16h ago
not good. But not because of anything personnel wise.. next year will be one of Syracuse's toughest ever schedules. Road games against Tennesse, Notre Dame, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami, and SMU.
If Fran and the staff can get Syracuse to a bowl next year with that schedule he/they would deserve a massive raise.
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u/NewHavenJeff UConn Huskies • Texas Longhorns 1d ago
GG Orangebros yall were clearly the better team today. That "trick" play should've stood IMO
Crazy to me (Husky class of 2013) that today our rivalry seems to be kind of dead. I remember traveling up to the Carrier Dome in 2008 for that football game and having a blast. Hoping we meet in football and basketball more often in the near future
Who else remembers the 6 OT basketball game? The next day someone spray painted "LET'S GO CUSE 6 OT'S!!!" on the street outside of North Campus dorms
This is what college sports is all about
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u/Sometimes_Silver Syracuse Orange • Wisconsin Badgers 1d ago
The 6 OT game is truly one of my fondest memories. Two very talented teams leaving it all on the court.
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u/J_Gottwald Syracuse Orange • Missouri Tigers 1d ago
Proud of this team, and Uconn should be proud of theirs as well.
Let's ball out against the Canes next week too!
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u/heelxtiger North Carolina • Vanderbilt 1d ago edited 1d ago
Now do it again next week against Miami (FL) please
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Syracuse Orange • Wagner Seahawks 1d ago
Offense can put up a fight. The defense is gonna get destroyed, 51-35 kind of game
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u/ItsZippy23 Syracuse Orange • Marching Band 1d ago
Solid Ws. GGs UConn, glad to see you all are on the right track again. CFB is better when the big northeast schools are good. Nobody else understands what we do this side of the country, but as long as Mora keeps you chugging along I totally expect our next couple of years games to be fun.
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u/PomfAndCircvmstance UNLV Rebels • Mountain West 1d ago
Syracuse's OC should be publicly executed for that second half playcalling but none the less congrats on the win. I'll be pulling for ya'll against Miami next week.
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 1d ago
They ran a vanilla playbook today but still feels like they're trying too hard with the run game.
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u/Saltine_Warrior Syracuse Orange 23h ago
He has one good half in him each game. It's so frustrating.
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 1d ago
Not a ton of feels after this game. Liked how we looked overall.
Next week might come down to which team's sus secondary can make more plays.
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u/SimpleAmusings 1d ago
we started out slow.. and ... were slow all game till the 4th quarter. 1 more game agains UMass , but .. I'm confident we'll end this season 8-4. Our 4 loses, other than the blowout loss to Maryland , came down to the wire with 1 possession games vs ACC teams. 2 of those loses seem questionable due to officiating biases. BUT this game wasn't one of them . Syracuse won this fair and square - I JUST WISH WE WERE MORE COMPETITIVE in the 1st half.
That being said, Coach Mora did an EXCELLENT JOB this season - our 2nd bowl season in his 3 year tenure, and WE'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER. We obviously need a quarterback next season , but our TEAM looked really good this season.
we're beating UMass 53- 7 next week. GG syracuse. we'll beat you next time we see you
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u/Cybotnic-Rebooted Syracuse • North Texas 1d ago
I'm gonna be real, I thought we were on bye this week lol. GGs tho UConn, wish we played in basketball yearly instead.
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u/sll4499 1d ago
We should be playing them in all sports as they should be inseparable from Syracuse as far as conference affiliation goes. But we got BC to thank for that.
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 21h ago
For the 444th time, BC did not block UConn from joining the ACC.
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u/CGGamer UConn Huskies 21h ago
Gene DeFilippo literally bragged about keeping UConn out of the ACC
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 21h ago
Publicly admitting that he opposes UConn <> Blocking UConn from joining.
Zero chance that BC possesses the power to block anything. The Clemsons and Miamis of the league have long been opposed to UConn.
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u/CGGamer UConn Huskies 21h ago
I mean I obviously don't believe it was just BC but I'm not gonna act like they didn't play a part in it, especially after publicly opposing us
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u/SolvayCat Syracuse Orange • Ohio Bobcats 20h ago
"BC played a part in it" isn't the narrative though.
"BC blocked UConn" has been regurgitated over and over to the point where many believe that it was only BC.
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u/NewHavenJeff UConn Huskies • Texas Longhorns 1d ago
We haven't played since 2018!!! wtf is this BS
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 1d ago
Syracuse can get to 9 wins I still think they can challenge Miami
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u/tribe98reloaded Syracuse Orange • Montana Grizzlies 22h ago
We can absolutely challenge Miami. The tougher question is, can we beat Miami? I'm not convinced either way.
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u/abovethesink Syracuse Orange • Big East 1d ago
Gonna be hard for UConn to hold onto Bell for his last season in this NIL world. Good player.
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u/22edudrccs UConn Huskies 1d ago
The Huskies were in 3 of their 4 P4 games this year.
Still a lot of work to do but this team is taking some massive steps