Starting quarterback Eric Dungey will hope to guide Syracuse to a win in the team’s season opener against Colgate Friday night, but he received an even bigger win prior to the game when his older brother Matt Dungey, an enlisted infantryman in the U.S. Army, surprised Eric outside of the Carrier Dome just hours before kickoff.
“He's one of the most patriotic people I know,” Eric told Syracuse.com in an interview back in mid-August. “I'm so proud of him. He's the real hero of the family.”
The two hadn’t seen each other since the holiday season in 2014, according to Syracuse.