The Syracuse Orange have a bye week. So after a close loss to LSU last Saturday, we find things to talk about there -- like the fact that we came within 10 points of a top-10 team with a Heisman frontrunner in the backfield.
In this week's episode, John Cassillo and Dan Lyons have all the LSU recapping you could ever want, plus Major League Baseball Playoffs talk and some typical bye week fodder (plus beer). Some of the larger talking points:
- Dan decides that his smoke detector battery can wait
- Tim Lester gets some praise for creating an offense that runs effectively with a 5th-string QB
- First down success: Arguably the biggest key to Syracuse's ability to move the ball well
- Why St.