Syracuse, N.Y. -- Super Bowl LII is set for Sunday, and while no Syracuse football players will be playing in the game, there is still a Syracuse presence for football's biggest game.
Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia was a graduate assistant under former coach Paul Pasqualoni, and running backs coach Ivan Fears is going for his sixth Super Bowl alongside Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Fears spent the entire 1980s as an assistant at Syracuse.
You don't have to go back far to find the last Syracuse player to appear in the Super Bowl. Dwight Freeney played for the Falcons team that lost to the Patriots last year.