After a humbling season opener, Syracuse coach Fran Brown mentioned he hopes a extra relaxed environment will result in higher outcomes Saturday afternoon when his staff hosts UConn in non-conference motion.
Coming off a 10-win season in Brown’s first 12 months on the sideline, the Orange fell behind 17-0 in opposition to then-No. 24 Tennessee final Saturday. Syracuse made a little bit of a comeback however by no means really threatened the Volunteers in a 45-26 defeat in Atlanta.
Steve Angeli, a switch from Notre Dame, threw for a career-high 274 yards, whereas Yasin Willis ran for 91 yards and three scores. The areas the place the Orange struggled included dashing protection (6.2 yards per carry) and third-down protection (7 of 12 conversions allowed).
Maybe the heightened expectations for 2025 obtained the most effective of Syracuse, which is able to look to rebound in opposition to a UConn staff that it has overwhelmed 5 straight occasions.
“We’re simply able to exit and have some enjoyable this weekend. I am nonetheless going to ensure the gamers have enjoyable, although,” Brown mentioned. “It is necessary that they nonetheless have enjoyable and perceive that there is simply no ethical victories in it. We’re 0-1, and that is not a superb deal. We need to get on the profitable aspect of the column, so we are able to proceed to attempt to go face the issues we have to face.”
UConn (1-0) trounced Central Connecticut 59-13 on Saturday as Skyler Bell caught two landing passes, together with an 80-yard scoring strike. Joe Fagnano completed with three passing TDs and one dashing rating, whereas Cam Edwards racked up 115 yards and a landing on simply six carries.
If something, Huskies coach Jim Mora Jr. is attempting to make sure that his fees do not endure a lapse in focus after their resounding Week 1 victory.
“Day by day is a brand new day. … We deal with being the most effective we are able to every single day,” Mora mentioned. “We make the corrections on Sunday and Monday, after which we transfer onto Syracuse. … We focus. We reset. … After which it’s important to deal with a very good staff this week.”
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