It's never fun to try and recap a game you didn't watch so I'll leave that to the folks who actually did. Links below and add your own post-game comments as well. (We'll tackle Mike Williams, figuratively, in the next post).
So, first sentence I read in Donnie Webb's game recap:
The Syracuse University football team overcame the loss of star wide receiver Mike Williams (yikes) and a 98-yard kickoff return (yikes!) to turn back Akron 28-14 Saturday afternoon before a Carrier Dome crowd of 36,991 (YIKES!).
Announced 36K??? Oof.
Per Donnie Webb, Delone Carter had career day as Syracuse runs roughshod over Akron. 170 yards and 3 TDs. That's fantastic. After what's been an extremely gritty and not always rewarding season for Delone, great to see he could break through. Huge confidence boost for the O-line as well I'm sure.
In his recap, Brent Axe talks about Greg Paulus was as good as he needed to be.
Greg Paulus, who struggled in his last two games, was as good as he needed to be with a 12-for-17 performance for 105 yards and a touchdown.
The fact that we are talking about what Syracuse did as opposed to what they didn't do, about says it all.
- Syracuse University football team punishes rookie Akron quarterback...Donnie Webb
- GROUND CONTROL: Carter's 170 yards send SU to win...Tyler Dunne, D.O.
- It took a while against feisty Akron, but at the end of the football day, SU zapped those Zips (complete with Moby Dick reference!)...Bud Poliquin
- Paulus snaps back to form, plays pick-free...Jared Diamond, D.O.
- Is there something more to linebacker Derrell Smith's injury at Syracuse? (YIIIIKES)...Donnie Webb
- SU 'D' holds Zips to 0 total rushing yards (wow, Mazel Tov everyone)...Tyler Dunne, D.O.
- Syracuse University football team gives mighty Bearcats something to think about...Dave Rahme
- Syracuse's Delone Carter makes Big East Weekly Honor Roll...Trish LaMonte
- Monday-Morning QB...John Brennan, Orange44
- DC3 runs past Akron, looks for more...Sean Herlihy, CuseConfidential
- Syracuse-Akron Observations...Russianator, Three Idiots on Sports