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Message: [QUOTE="suloyalfan, post: 32981, member: 397"] Exactly... the team has turned a corner and will continue to get better. This is the THIRD season people. Get a grip. As much as it pains me, you do have to give Rutgers credit in this game. Syracuse was close to walking away with this game a couple times in the second half but Rutgers made plays to keep themselves in the game. Looking back, the wins against Wake Forest and Toledo were both good victories over good teams. I still see 6 or 7 wins this season minimum. It hurts to miss an opportunity against Rutgers to get a 4th win on the season, but that doesn't mean the season is over. Tulane, UCONN, Louisville, and at least one upset against Cinci/Pitt/WVU/USF sounds reasonable to me given what I've seen on the field from Syracuse and those teams. USF was exposed a bit against Pittsburgh, and they definitely don't play well on the road. We have Cinci at home late in the season, with 2 weeks to prepare for them. Pittsburgh and WVU are tough, but they were tough last year and Syracuse managed to beat WVU in Morgantown. This year we have WVU at home with 2 weeks to prepare for them. Anyone thinking that Syracuse can't beat any of the teams left on their schedule hasn't been paying attention. I'm not saying that they will beat them, just saying that they CAN beat them. Lastly, anyone talking about how Marrone isn't the right coach for this team, or that he should be fired, or that we aren't better off now than we have been for a long time is insane. Talk about an over-reaction. People of this mindset are the primary reason why coaches are getting less and less of a chance to build a program over a reasonable amount of time. People demand immediate results and when they don't get it, off with the coaches head and let's try someone else. If you really don't like the direction of the Syracuse program then maybe you should find another team to root for... I, for one, an proud of the team and I have faith in Marrone and the players that they will play hard every week and fight through adversity. This was a tough loss to swallow given the opportunities lost, but there are still 7 more games to play. It's not like the season is lost! [/QUOTE]

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