No doubt Dave Doeren has sympathy for Dino Babers, what with the both of them going through a big disaster season well into their respective tenures. For Babers, 2020 was that disaster season—the Orange finished 1-10, with eight of their losses coming by double-figures.
It appeared that Babers’ time at Syracuse was as good as over, and maybe that’s still true. But Syracuse has re-made itself with a transfer quarterback and emergent star at running back, and Babers gets some credit for that, too. Syracuse enters the weekend at 5-5, and three of those losses were by a field goal.