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[QUOTE="ks orange, post: 5024425, member: 5880"]
Kessenich is often criticized here for being a Syracuse-hater.  I don't think so.  What Q does is speak with far more candor (and insight) than most sports commentators.  I, for one, find it refreshing.  He doesn't sugar-coat or mealy-mouth the problems he sees on the teams he writes about (see his bitingcomments about Duke in this article).  When he thought the 'Cuse offense showed immaturity, he said so.  And, early in the season, I think few of us would disagree.  In his current piece, he says the Orange are vulnerable when they believe their own hype.  I think there's some truth there and I can't help wondering if the early losses to Army and Maryland may have helped this team grow up, something an undefeated record might not have done at this stage in the season (I also think the 5th year transfers: Stevens, English, Mule, and Mark were critical to the process). That was a grown-up team that curb-stomped Duke last Wednesday and we all hope that same grown-up team shows up at South Bend on Saturday.  I agree with those who say that a #3 ranking at this stage in the season is just fine.
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