Remember when there were people (plenty of them here), very seriously, talking about how there existed a path for the Syracuse Orange to earn a bid to the Orange Bowl? Or how if all broke just right, even with the ugly loss to Maryland on the resume, a chance to win the ACC? Those times seem so long ago.
But they weren’t. They were just weeks before the Orange lost to the N.C. State Wolfpack 16-10 in a truly ugly game that will stick in the minds of fans for a long time.