Pittsburgh -- Dino Babers took the podium at Heinz Field early Saturday afternoon with the same calmness as he has the previous five weeks.
The players that followed the Syracuse football head coach were tense, understandably so after a second straight loss in which the Orange led late in the fourth quarter. Their answers were short. Two veteran linemen declined to speak.
But Babers was steady, poised as he assessed the Orange's 44-37 overtime loss at Pittsburgh.
"The guys in my room, along with myself, are really hurting," Babers said. "Obviously, we're really disappointed that we couldn't come home with a victory.