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Dabbundo: Babers’ decision not to use timeouts shows no faith in his team

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Head coach Dino Babers’ words from Monday don’t match his in-game actions on the sideline on Saturday.

Babers said his offense is misfiring but isn’t far from clicking, even though Syracuse has the lowest success rate in all of NCAA FBS football.

He won’t use the word ‘struggling’ to describe his offense or quarterback Tommy DeVito, despite the offensive line allowing 14 sacks in two games and pulling DeVito for backup Rex Culpepper on the final possessions Saturday.