Who are The Orange?
Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY. The only college-specific covered football stadium in the FBS (no, UTSA, the Alamodome doesn't count). Capacity: 49,250 (35,500 for basketball)
Conference: ACC Atlantic after leaving the Big East in 2012 (BOO)
Head Coach: Dino Babers (first year at Syracuse, 37-16 as a head coach at Eastern Illinois and Bowling Green)
Offensive Coordinators: Sean Lewis (first year, QB coach) and Mike Lynch (first year, O line coach), Veer and Shoot
Defensive Coordinator: Brian Ward (first year), Tampa-2
USF is 7-2 all time against Syracuse, 4-0 in the Carrier Dome.