The Syracuse Orange only trail 7-3 against the No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels after one half of play on Saturday. That sounds awesome on paper, but the Orange should also be up by double-digits — so certainly a frustrating 30 minutes of football.
UNC came out firing, and rode a big fourth down conversion to an eventual touchdown on the first drive. Since then, however, the Syracuse defense has actually looked up to the task. They’ve allowed 199 total yards in this one, but also sacked Sam Howell once (courtesy of Josh Black) and picked him off another time (Mikel Jones).