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[QUOTE="IthacaBarrel, post: 3987, member: 363"]
Is expecting this team to be better than last year realistic?  We lost our best player on offense, great senioe leadership on defense, two great linebackers, cornerbacks.  Merk after the UW game was great last year as well.  Long is gone, we have a huge question mark there as well.

Defense looks like it will take a step back if it even takes just a small step back, Shafer is a genius in my book.  So, we have high expectations for the offense, which was nothing short of  below average at best last year and on the road quite a bit as well, minus Carter and a few isolated plays.  We have inexperienced D Tackles, small linebackers on the outside.

I hope to be wrong but I am just not seeing a great year.  I see an offense that will improve slightly and a defense that MAY give up huge yards on the ground.. Could prove for a very frustrating year.  The staff has their work cut out for them.  We shall see tomorrow night and I guess that is why they play the game.

7-5 would be another great year for Syracuse, IMO.  Hoping for better, won't surprise to take a step back this year.
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