Picture it: the Syracuse Orange, fresh off a big win, with five more games to play, five more opportunities to nail down one more victory. Holding a 5-2 record and getting ever so close to drinking from the middling world of college football’s holy grail: a bowl berth. Plenty of potential practically dead ahead.
Of course, part of looking down the road for Syracuse is having a good understanding of what’s in the rear-view mirror. Because, while it might not seem like it given all of the losing over the many years, the Orange has actually been in this spot recently.