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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2346146, member: 27"] [IMG]http://dailyorange.com/resize/800/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15223834/101517_CoachBabers_ToddMichalek_SP2.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL="http://dailyorange.com/2017/10/beating-clemson-dino-babers-doesnt-need-ask-belief-without-evidence-anymore/"]After beating Clemson, Dino Babers doesn’t need to ask for 'belief without evidence' anymore[/URL] (DO; Langer)[/B] [I]Dino Babers leaned against a wall near the entrance to the postgame media workroom. He flipped through a packet with statistics from the biggest game in his year-and-a-half-long tenure at Syracuse. He put his head down and walked toward the podium. About 30 minutes earlier, an orange wall enveloped near midfield as fans stormed the field and an ESPN reporter interviewed Babers. His players doused the SU head coach with water when he got back to the locker room. Then he conducted an impassioned locker room celebration, leading his team in a “Whose house? Our house!” chant, like he did last year after an upset victory over then-No. 17 Virginia Tech. Now, in the workroom, the cameras and the team were gone. Babers was waiting alone, ready to deliver a message — just like he had done nearly two years prior, in December 2015, when Syracuse introduced him as its new head coach. On that day he walked in with a promise. On Friday night, he walked out with proof. “I knew that this place could have an unbelievable home-field advantage,” Babers said postgame. “All I have to do was get everyone else to believe and have faith.”.[/I] ... [IMG]http://image.nj.com/home/advance-media/width960/img/newyorkupstatecom_national_desk_blog/photo/2017/10/15/2017-10-13-dn-supregame56jpg-512e7d8ca98ad568.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL="http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2017/10/bowl_watch_a_changed_outlook_for_syracuse_football_after_beating_clemson.html#incart_2box_sports"]Bowl watch: A changed outlook for Syracuse football after beating Clemson[/URL] (PS; Carlson)[/B] [I]When Syracuse started the year 2-2, you scoffed at the bowl watch. You laughed at it, mocked it, said it was stupid to continue our weekly tradition. You can admit it. I've got the e-mails. Yes Eric Dungey, we will raise our hands and acknowledge that we dropped your odds of making a bowl appearance[URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2017/09/bowl_watch_is_there_still_a_chance_after_loss_to_middle_tennessee_state.html'] as low as 15 percent[/URL] at one point. But even in darker days, we carried on with our task. Thanks to Syracuse's effort against Clemson, the Orange's postseason probabilities have shifted greatly. "Quick show of hands, who thought we were gonna win?" - Eric Dungey[URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']#OITNF[/URL] [?] [?] [URL='https://t.co/sniYpM4BLp']pic.twitter.com/sniYpM4BLp[/URL] -- Syracuse Football (@CuseFootball) [URL='https://twitter.com/CuseFootball/status/919242653622865920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw']October 14, 2017[/URL] [URL='http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings']Given the good feelings coming out of the weekend,[/URL] though, it might be a little surprising that ESPN's FPI projections average out to only a finish of 5.7-6.3, while giving the Orange the 11th most difficult schedule the rest of the year. Number of bowl-eligible teams: 13 for 78 spots Teams that became bowl-eligible this week: North Carolina State, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Southern California, South Florida and Texas Christian Syracuse's current record: 4-3 Last week's result: 27-24 win vs. No. 2 Clemson What it meant: Syracuse's chances are better than even for the first time this season. With its toughest game in the rear-view mirror, the Orange have a winning record and now must win just two of its final five games in order to become bowl eligible. ... [/I] [/QUOTE]

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