After Boston College stretched Syracuse’s losing streak to four games, kept the Orange winless in conference via a 58-27 thrashing and came four rushing yards shy of 500 on the day, head coach Dino Babers settled into his seat at the folding table in front of the media. He adjusted his microphone and like a metronome on a beat delivered what’s become his stump speech.
“Obviously extremely disappointed about the outcome of the game. I think the young men did play hard, obviously the score did not indicate that,” Babers said. “We’ve got to find something to hang our hat on, we’ve got to get into this break and dig deep and find out about ourselves.