Syracuse and Duke have proven this season that they will battle via adversity.
The Orange will face a major problem the remainder of the way in which, as they are going to take the sphere with out quarterback Steve Angeli on Saturday after they host the Blue Devils.
Angeli got here into final week’s recreation in opposition to Clemson main the nation in passing yards, and he threw for 244 and two touchdowns in opposition to the Tigers earlier than tearing his left Achilles tendon. The Notre Dame switch will miss the rest of the season — his first with the Orange (3-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Convention).
“I am sorry that he has to undergo it, however it’s a part of the sport,” Syracuse coach Fran Brown stated. “It is a part of being a human.”
The following man up for the Orange is redshirt sophomore Rickie Collins, a switch from LSU who will make his first profession begin on Saturday.
“I am comfortable for Rickie. I am excited for him. I believed he dealt with the whole lot the suitable method,” Brown stated of Collins, who threw a landing move to assist the Orange safe a 34-21 upset win over Clemson. “Nobody deserves a possibility greater than he does.”
The Blue Devils (2-2, 1-0) had been looking at the potential of a 3rd straight defeat final weekend as they trailed North Carolina State by 13 factors within the first half. Nevertheless, Darian Mensah completed with three passing touchdowns and Anderson Citadel ran for 3 scores as Duke rallied for a 45-33 victory.
“Momentum is simply actual when you maintain incomes it,” stated Duke coach Manny Diaz, whose workforce performs 4 of its subsequent 5 video games on the highway. “That win was nice for our guys, however the usual needs to be about consistency. Syracuse is enjoying actually good soccer proper now, and we’ll want our greatest.”
The Blue Devils are 4-1 all-time in opposition to the Orange. This would be the groups’ first assembly since 2020, when Duke recorded a 38-24 victory at Syracuse.
–Subject Degree Media
