The Bearcats continue to be the only constant in the Big East. After a wacky weekend, Syracuse vaults to No. 2 while South Florida falls to No. 8. What’s left in between? Your guess is as good as mine.
Defensive end Chandler Jones returned from his five-game absence to help Syracuse to a 49-23 win. His two sacks and six tackles were part of a defense that limited West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith and the rest of the potent Mountaineer offense.
With 8:28 left in the second quarter of Syracuse’s 49-23 upset of No. 11 West Virginia, Graham took a kickoff at SU’s 2 yard line and sprinted upfield. A hole opened up on the left side and suddenly, Graham was thinking six points.
For the second consecutive season, the Orange (5-2, 1-1 Big East) secured the trophy that goes to the winner of this rivalry game with an impressive performance, this time manhandling the Mountaineers (5-2, 1-1), 49-23.
The there were 45,265 people at the Carrier Dome on Friday to see Syracuse upset No. 11 West Virginia, 49-23, the largest crowd since Doug Marrone’s debut with the Orange on September 5, 2009 against Minnesota.
In order to stay relevant, the remaining Big East teams need to be innovative. Otherwise, they will fall into the dustbin of college sports history. Like the University of Chicago. Do you remember they had the first player to win the Heisman Trophy? Me neither — I found it on Google.