On the second snap from scrimmage, Broncos’ running back Jalen Buckley cut right towards the outside, found open space, and took off all the way to the end zone for a 75-yard touchdown.
The Dome crowd deflated so fast you’d have thought it was the old bubble roof collapsing.
Fortunately, that was the only scoring-induced silence of the afternoon, as the Syracuse Orange offense quickly woke up and decimated the WMU secondary in a 48-7 victory.
The other early gasp was injury related, as after a 10-yard reception in their first series, SU’s Oronde Gadsden went down with an apparent ankle injury.