It was quite a touching scene in a season that had gone by the wayside for Syracuse. Tyler Rouse finished with 111 yards rushing and scored twice. SU eventually tied the game.
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“Productivity on game day, or lack thereof”, Shafer said at the time, “is probably the biggest component when we make those decisions”. Syracuse has used everyone but Donovan McNabb at quarterback this season with sophomore walk-on Zack Mahoney getting the nod the last two weeks and completing less than 50 percent of his passes in each outing. It is good to see him go out on top. Syracuse finished with 153 yards rushing and held the ball for almost 10 minutes longer than BC.
BC had 239 yards of total offense, but 230 came on running plays.
Lichtenberg’s kick, however, was trumped by Murphy’s winning 36-yarder.
“We were looking for a win. It was like a movie out there”.
Of the Orange’s eight losses, only two were close -23-20 to Pitt at home and 44-38 in triple overtime at Virginia.
In other ACC college football betting action this weekend, Clemson travels to SC to battle the Gamecocks in this year’s Palmetto Bowl as 17-point chalk, while the North Carolina State Wolfpack host North Carolina as six-point underdogs and Florida entertains Florida State as three-point underdogs. “We know one game we threw for 230 and another threw for 250. That’s really where we need to be”.
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While the Eagles have struggled to average just over 10 points per game during their lengthy swoon, they have performed well at the sportsbooks, particularly on the road, where they are undefeated ATS in their last five. A radio interview with Matt Park was played in the Carrier Dome prior to the team’s final game of the season on Saturday and the new-ish athletic director expanded on the situation and what he was working on. Rouse scored on the next play to narrow the Orange lead to 17-14.
