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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 1126052, member: 229"]
They say the biggest improvement is seen between the first and second game.  I can somewhat buy that.  The Orange in me says Syracuse will come out with a chip and play well.  The recent history suggests what we saw might be what we get.

Something I find amusing though is that CMU badly struggled to a comeback win against D1AA Tennessee Chattanooga (20-16).  But now because of what they did in week 2 to Purdue (and our only body of work against Nova) and people have lost their minds.  I suspect Vegas is more right about the spread than wrong.  I’m optimistic we control the game and win by 10-17 points, , if we play turnover free and have no special team gaffes I’m comfortable with it.

However, the weather right now is supposed to be 61 degrees and 70% chance of rain.  This concerns me a bit considering how bad our run game was.  Its also going to be their superbowl since it’s at their place but maybe rain puts a damper on the crowd support.

Might be a good thing that we played so poorly.  I have to believe effort and focus (as well as not overlooking the opponent) will be much improved.
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