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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3414820, member: 27"]
Syracuse was humiliated by BC last year, at home.   That loss, more than anything, led Dino Babers to abandon his defensive approach and go with something very different.
I think the team will be fired up to play them again, even on the road, in a stadium even more empty than normal.

BC hired an old OC Frank Cignetti who has a very undistinguished coaching background.  They hired a DC who has never been a DC before.  Curious hires for a first time HC.

BC has other issues.  They had a walk on take over at QB last season when Brown got hurt.  He was awful.  Played like you would expect a walk on to play.  Brown is gone now.  Their best hope is for the ND transfer to be made eligible immediately and run a lot of option.
They lost their big power back, though they still have a solid backup and a lot of good OL.

This will be a great early test for the 3-3-5 and how it will do against power run attacks.  We see BC, Pitt, Clemson and Wake every season and they all feature power run attacks.  I think how the defense does in this game, where we know BC will not be able to play very well, will be a great indicator as to how the rest of the season is going to go.  Both teams have new coordinators and are going to be severely handicapped getting their schemes in place due to the pandemic.  It might well come down to who does the better job getting the players on board with the new systems.

Syracuse has the advantage of having an experienced QB.  SU also will be using the same scheme on offense they have used since Dino came here.  I think that will probably be enough to win this one.
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