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Beautiful day in Berkley and a Beautiful full game from SU. Most complete game of the season which is really great to see especially at the end of the year. New players for us and young players for us all over the field. As far away distance wise a road game as possible against a very good team. Coming off a horrible performance against BC. This one had all the makings of another Syracuse end of season collapse. Instead, we got a true sense of our head coach, the culture he is building, the ability of the staff to look in the mirror and learn and of course DART.

I Thought that Nixon, Erob, and the special teams' coaches had their best performances of the year and a tip of the cap the Oline coach as they really played well. Again, maybe the best all-around performance in all three phases that we have seen this season.

LA was once again special. The kid is a baller. If he was a tenth or two faster, he would be hearing his named called. I don't know much about speed training, but his lack of speed is the only thing keeping him from being an elite back. LA reminds me of a local kid who played for Maloney towards the end of his run. I think his name was Ken Kinsey and he reminds me so much of LA. Great runner but lacked breakaway speed.

A couple of other things stood out. Kerr? 25, the zero star late commit from Connecticut that some scratched their heads on is going to be special. Watch the game again and focus on him. He looks like a pro and played lights out yesterday. Same with the young DL players. Great performance from all of them. Next year the DL looks to be a strength and of course the OL which played extremely well. Not sure of Bees grades but regardless i thought it was their best game of the year.

Fran is special. What he has accomplished is nothing short of amazing. Next year is possibly the toughest schedule i have seen since i started following SU in the 60s. It is going to be tough but if we can land a few pieces and if we can stay healthy it is the type of schedule that can get you into the playoffs.

Let's finish strong. I think we will handle the Pups by three or more scores, and I believe we can beat Miami at home.

Fabulous win yesterday. Go Cuse!
 
Totally agree on all fronts. Really can’t believe how good the Oline looked. Kind of came out of nowhere. Keep building those lines! Hope ERob can continue to attract and coach up the talent so that we can have a more stout front seven like we saw yesterday (I was there for the beat down the BC men put on us last week).
 
Agree on Kerr. The ball was a bit underthrown, but he got his head around and high pointed that ball. That was a big time play. Like to see him more in run support to see what we have there. But he looks solid on the edge in coverage.

I think the OL has been much better the past three games when we decided to get more balance on the play calling and given LA more touches running.

Also, it hasn’t been much, but we’ve gone under center a bit more two. It’s a much harder read for LBs and Safeties when an offense is under center.

I also think something has changed defensively. I’m seeing more man coverage and more pressure- might be the lack of depth up front.

I know we torched Duece on tbat long TD, but the DL got obliterated. Duece had to fill two huge holes. He chose one and the back the other.
 
I was most impressed with the coaching adjustments we saw yesterday. All three phases looked good, and we are a pretty beat up team that just traveled 3k miles for a game.
 
My non expert opinion if the offensive line performs we will be hard to beat. I am amazed at the accuracy of our quarterback!
 
Didn’t Fran say a couple of games ago they stopped running RPO’s and ran straight running plays to make blocking easier? It appears to be working. I doubt anyone was concerned with Kyle running the ball.
 

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