Not a must-win game, but ...

So, right now, today, they are very confident over at Syracuse University.

 

The football season starts Saturday at Northwestern, and the Orange really believe they can have a big season.

 

SU doesn’t absolutely, positively have to win this game. Hey, things have been so bad for so long, you have to take what you can get. Battling the Wildcats down to the wire would be a big plus. It would at least prove the Orange can compete, and that’s something, given what has gone on in recent years. A win? A win against a Big Ten team that has a high-powered offense and seems capable of eight or more victories would send SU’s confidence level through the roof.

 

To win, even to make it close, SU will have to play nearly mistake-free football and force some turnovers, or get an outstanding performance from someone who has been hiding in the shadows for a while.

 

If the Orange get hammered, well, you don’t even want to think about how ugly this season could become.