Chestnut Hill, Mass. -- When Dino Babers was examining potential head coaching destinations at the end of 2015, a freshman quarterback for Syracuse football caught his eye.
Eric Dungey, then a string-bean, would scratch and claw and fight for every yard he could gain -- even if it meant hurdling a 6-foot-2, NFL-bound safety, for instance. And that was one of the factors that led Babers to ultimately accept a contract offer from former SU athletic director Mark Coyle that December.
Babers, speaking after the Orange's 42-21 win at Boston College on Saturday, shared that nugget, not for the first time this season, but perhaps the most thoroughly.