Syracuse football: Week 7 grades vs NC State

Been a while since we’ve done this, huh? Incredible what a bye week does.

Luckily for the Syracuse Orange, Dino Babers kicked the trend of failing to perform after a bye to gain a ranked win over NC State and grant the Orange bowl eligibility. Sure, Syracuse had help with Devin Leary’s injury, but that doesn’t take away the impressive performance the Orange put up on Saturday.

Let’s go through the grades.

Quarterbacks: B

For those who haven’t seen it yet, I refer you to Spencer Hall’s tweet from this weekend:

Garrett Shrader is the most "something will happen this play dammit" QB

— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) October 15, 2022

That one sentence perfectly encapsulates Garrett Shrader’s playstyle.