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"It's another really good football team," he said. "It's a really high-powered offense … and defensively they return nine starters, also. It's a good football team and it's going to be a challenge going on the road and playing in the dome up there. We have to have a good week of preparation."
Behind their high-powered passing offense, the Orange pummeled Central Connecticut State 50-7 on Sept. 2. Their ability to spread teams out and move the ball quickly was evident, and is the key focus for Stockstill and the Blue Raiders.
"They'll come into the game and try to spread us out," Stockstill said. "We've got to be ready for tempo, where Vanderbilt was a huddle team … so we've got to be prepared for the speed they'll go at between plays.
"I don't think there's anything we need to change, we just need to go out and execute."

.....[URL='http://goblueraiders.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1348'][I][U]Scott Shafer[/U][/I][/URL], in his first season as DC at Middle Tennessee, was the defensive coordinator then head coach for the Orange from 2009-2015. While there, he coached new Middle Tennessee linebackers coach Siriki Diabate for three years then gave him his first coaching job as a graduate assistant from 2013-2015. 
 
"[Shafer] told us we'd be best friends for life if we beat Syracuse," Sanders said. "That's some extra motivation for us."
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