As the opener against the North Carolina Tar Heels approaches, the Syracuse Orange look to be mostly settled across offense. There’s a returning starting quarterback, cohesion along the offensive line, and while wide receiver is a toss-up, the ‘Cuse offense was always going to have multiple players take snaps due to the pace of the offense.
However, this is Dino Babers’s first season without Moe Neal in the backfield, who was the clear 1A option last year. As Christian pointed out in his rushing preview on Monday, those are huge shoes to fill, and no back was an obvious number 2.