Hi, it’s me, the guy who complains about Syracuse Orange scheduling all the time. Lately I’ve been covering a lot more of the “Syracuse shouldn’t play Liberty” beat, but lucky for all of us, that idea intersects with scheduling issues too.
To start, this is not another piece with the primary intent of blasting Liberty as an institution. That may play a part here, sure. More precisely though, this asks why Syracuse was ever in this position to begin with.
If you’ll recall, Syracuse announced a 2-for-1 with Liberty back in 2017, when they very much needed some future non-conference dates filled for 2019 through 2021.