OrangeXtreme
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I can totally understand why many fans now believe that it's Syracuse and everybody else after what we saw in the Carrier Dome on Sunday. I also know that that would be a mistake.
Certainly Syracuse deserves the No. 1 ranking and is loaded with experienced talent at every position. But the Orange still has to play its first true road games of the season at Notre Dame and North Carolina...
Syracuse 19, Duke 7
In one year this rivalry has spun on its axis with the emphasis on the X. In the 2013 national championship game, Brendan Fowler won 20 of 28 faceoffs and led the Blue Devils to a 16-10 win. In the regular season meeting last year Fowler won 24 of 31 in a 21-7 Duke rout. Ben Williams turned the tables on the Blue Devils in their first visit to the Dome since 1994 by winning 14 of 22, but those numbers don't reflect the true domination.
With Williams getting the ball to Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue over and over the Orange were able to expose the inexperienced Duke defense. For one afternoon Syracuse made the two-time defending champs resemble a JV team. But one only has to think back to last year to remember not to put too much stock in one game. If that doesn't convince you to not write off the Blue Devils then you can review the history of every season that John Danowski has been in Durham.
http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/...yracuse_lacrosse_the_top_10_and_everyone_else
Certainly Syracuse deserves the No. 1 ranking and is loaded with experienced talent at every position. But the Orange still has to play its first true road games of the season at Notre Dame and North Carolina...
Syracuse 19, Duke 7
In one year this rivalry has spun on its axis with the emphasis on the X. In the 2013 national championship game, Brendan Fowler won 20 of 28 faceoffs and led the Blue Devils to a 16-10 win. In the regular season meeting last year Fowler won 24 of 31 in a 21-7 Duke rout. Ben Williams turned the tables on the Blue Devils in their first visit to the Dome since 1994 by winning 14 of 22, but those numbers don't reflect the true domination.
With Williams getting the ball to Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue over and over the Orange were able to expose the inexperienced Duke defense. For one afternoon Syracuse made the two-time defending champs resemble a JV team. But one only has to think back to last year to remember not to put too much stock in one game. If that doesn't convince you to not write off the Blue Devils then you can review the history of every season that John Danowski has been in Durham.
http://laxmagazine.com/college_men/...yracuse_lacrosse_the_top_10_and_everyone_else
