CLEMSON – Anger. Hurt. Despondent.
Several Syracuse football players came out of the visitor's locker room a few minutes after suffering a 27-21 heartbreaking loss to Clemson Saturday afternoon. They all had the same expression as they sat in the white metal chairs and gazed back toward the Memorial Stadium scoreboard.
They looked like they knew that the opportunity of a lifetime – or at least their college careers – just slipped through their fingers.
Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader didn't mince words when he said his team should have won the game.
"Shoutout to Coach (Dabo) Swinney and the program he's built here," Shrader said after the game.