This article is fifth in a series previewing the Ninth Life (my name for this season as this cat has definitely gone through its first eight).
This one may be the toughest hurdle of them all for Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers. We need to improve the defense…
The challenge here is that the defense is the unsung hero of this newfangled offense. They are frequently trotting off the field only to be told by the coach to turn around as the offense has gone 3-and-out. The other large hurdle is that the heart and soul of our defense is gone and that production will have to be filled.