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Orange Watch Friday: Now… Back to the games

With an ACC future (and figure that with upcoming conference reconfiguration developments combined with lawyers on both sides, SU will be competing in the ACC before 2014) now reality following as seismic a week as one could ever imagine in Orange Nation, a several day stretch that athletic director Daryl Gross forecast will be remembered by generations of Orange fans for decades to come, the focus is back on the field and the pivotal home game Saturday as a slight favorite over dangerous Toledo (1-2).

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The Dag Bag – A sad day for Syracuse, Big East

Syracuse, one of the founding members of the Big East, will be jumping ship at a time when the conference needs strength the most. Gone will be the rivalries forged throughout the years, like the Georgetown, St. John’s, and UConn games on the hardwood (although UConn may soon follow Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC). There will be no more Syracuse/West Virginia matchups on the gridiron. And, sure…there may be some non-conference matchups scheduled in the future to preserve some semblance of the rivalries. But, for the most part, Syracuse will be left to create new rivalries in a conference with very few natural options to choose from.

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Around the Big East: Week 3

With Rutgers taking the week off, the Big East had a modest improvement, going 4-3 in Week 3. Syracuse and Pittsburgh fell on the road while Connecticut lost a late lead for the second consecutive week. No. 18 West Virginia held on at Maryland while Louisville held off Kentucky. No. 20 South Florida and Cincinnati both won handily at home.

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Around the Big East: Week 3

With Rutgers taking the week off, the Big East had a modest improvement, going 4-3 in Week 3. Syracuse and Pittsburgh fell on the road while Connecticut lost a late lead for the second consecutive week. No. 18 West Virginia held on at Maryland while Louisville held off Kentucky. No. 20 South Florida and Cincinnati both won handily at home.