Three takeaways from Syracuse’s 41-24 loss to Notre Dame

Let’s just remember what happened the first six games of the season.

The Syracuse Orange got bullied by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at home as a relentless ND rushing attack took control of the game. With Garrett Shrader not operating at full capacity either, the Orange offense looked loss in the first half, which set the tempo early and fully in favor of Notre Dame.

Here’s our three takeaways from a performance most Syracuse fans would like to forget:

The known weakness gets exploited

I think all of us, me included, underestimated how ready Notre Dame was ready to exploit Syracuse’s biggest weakness.