I remember being excited for the Tennessee game in ‘98 in April. This is the first time I’ve felt like that in 20 years; I’m literally dreaming about the Clemson game some nights.
As a kid I remember dreaming about that Miami ‘96 game in the middle of that 8 game winning streak in ‘96.
To me, the UNC and especially Minnesota games were complete flukes and the real Syracuse was the absolute juggernaut that murdered everybody by 20-30 points for the rest of that season.
I was convinced we were going to absolutely destroy Miami in the season finale in ‘96.
Unfortunately things got weird again in that 96 finale, and that Miami beatdown was delayed until the following year, followed by the much more satisfying Carrier Dome version in 1998.