Syracuse Football: Florida State gameday prediction

TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 31: Quarterback Zack Mahoney #16 of the Syracuse Orange carries the ball past defensive back Derwin James #3 of the Florida State Seminoles on October 31, 2015 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, FL. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /

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Mat Mlodzinski (contributor) 2-0

FSU is going to come out mad, but the Cuse is going to come out inspired for a 3-0 start. Right away this looks like a very close game.

FSU should be able to stop the Orange from dropping another 50 point game. However, Eric Dungey and Jamal Custis are due for a VERY big game – perhaps over 300 pass yards for Dungey and 150 receiving yards for Custis.

The Orange defense will need to play very well if they want to stop FSU. Deondre Francois has played awful this season, but that isn’t stopping him from turning it around against an Orange team that has had a lot of problems, giving up numerous big plays through two games. In the end, I see Syracuse winning it in overtime, 43-41.

I think that the Cuse offense will prove too hard to stop, and the home crowd advantage will help out in overtime as Babers decides to go for two and put the Orange on top. First 3-0 start for the Orange since 2015 with a game against UConn the following week, and Cuse has a chance to jump into the top 25.

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