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Syracuse football: Non-conference opponents the Orange should schedule

By Paul A. Esden Jr.

SYRACUSE, NY - OCTOBER 21: Jerome Smith #45 of the Syracuse Orange pushes against West Virginia Mountaineers players Keith Tandy #8, Eain Smith #24 and Terence Garvin #28 during the game on October 21, 2011 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. (Photo by Nate Shron/Getty Images)
SYRACUSE, NY - OCTOBER 21: Jerome Smith #45 of the Syracuse Orange pushes against West Virginia Mountaineers players Keith Tandy #8, Eain Smith #24 and Terence Garvin #28 during the game on October 21, 2011 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. (Photo by Nate Shron/Getty Images) /
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It’s time to mix up the non-conference schedule for the Syracuse football team. Here are some fresh opponents they should slap on the schedule.

Syracuse football has an incredibly rich history that has featured some of the greatest moments in all of college football. Their first season in recorded history was back in 1889, the Carrier Dome opened in 1980, and the Orange joined the ACC conference back in 2013.

Ernie Davis became the first Heisman trophy winner in program history and the first African-American to ever take home the hardware. As a sophomore in 1959, he also led Syracuse to the team’s first and only football National Championship in history.

In the 1980s and 1990s the team made the loud house one of the greatest home field advantages in all of college football. It still has that very potential today in 2020.

In between all those moments, Syracuse has developed a lot of rivalries and has gotten into some weird beefs with an odd assortment of squads. With all the new time on our hands’ thanks to the novel coronavirus, we’ve been looking through the history books and discovered some interesting observations about the team and its schedule.

If we were in charge of making the non-conference schedule for the Syracuse football squad, it’s fair to say we would make a ton of changes. With that on the mind, here are the top five non-conference opponents we would schedule and our reasoning for each!

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