The most bizarre thing about Syracuse's near-upset of Clemson was that, early on, Saturday's game had every look of the blowout most predicted it would be. It took only two plays from scrimmage and 33 seconds for the Tigers to take a 7-0 lead, and they were up 14-0 before two minutes had passed in the first quarter.
For the game's next 58 minutes, though, nothing went according to plan. To an outsider, it likely would've been difficult to pick out which team was ranked No. 1 in the country and which hasn't won a game in nearly two months.