Looking at the stats, it seems Syracuse is decent against the run, and not nearly as good against the pass. That isn’t a great matchup for RU because we can’t take advantage of bad pass defenses.Syracuse gives us a good chance to win, and I would say even win big. Perception is reality, 7-6 and a bowl win is a heck of a better reality going into the off season than 6-7 and getting trounced by GT or Duke. We simply do not have a QB that can compete with winning programs, take Syracuse, be happy, and find ourselves a QB in the portal.
BC is a better matchup because, while they can move the ball on offense, they can’t stop anything on defense so we could just run the ball down their throats and control the game.