This seems like a perfect storm for an upset with Syracuse hosting Louisville on a Friday night the week before they will host Florida State. Talk about a look ahead spot. Right now you can grab Syracuse at +480 and thatâs exactly what we will do as a little extra. The Carrier Dome is a tough place to play and I really like the moves Syracuse made brining in Dino Babers the offensive guru.
Babers coming over from Bowling Green studied under Art Briles for 4 years and runs a high pace offense that is capable of putting up a lot of points. Watch out for Syracuse at home. Even if they are in a spot to win they will be capable of the backdoor cover here, but I donât think that will be needed. Brian Ward comes in as the defensive coordinator, he was Baberâs guy a year ago and dramatically improved that defense from 97th to 46th. Heâs used to coaching defense with a fast paced offense. Louisville does not really see a team like this so it will be interested how they handle any loss of momentum.
Louisville looked great a week ago coming out with a 56-0 first half on a Thursday night when most public bettors were watching and they most certainly remember. Syracuse sort of got loss in the midst of Friday night and only covered the spread by 2.5 points. QB Eric Dungey looked great, and Syracuse has tons of options at receiver, and I love their experience in the secondary and on this team overall as they return 90% of their production from a year ago. I think Dino Babers gets a jump start on the turn around here at Syracuse and comes up with a big upset on Friday night. Much like we predicted with Army in week 1.
