Syracuse Orange (1-0) vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-0)
Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Rutgers Scarlet Knights -2. Impressive start to the season for Rutgers as they pound Temple 61-14 in their opener. Defense held the Owls to 2-13 on third down along with 261 yards. Head coach Greg Shiano is moving this Scarlet Knights team in the right direction. They return 11 starters to the offense and ten on defense. Syracuse got past Ohio from the MAC in their opener. Bobcats head coach Frank Solich retired two months prior to the start of the season for health reasons. Syracuse was 1-10 last year struggling to produce points and 123rd in third down conversions. There are question marks on the offensive line and at quarterback. Tommy Devito completed only 50% of his throws a season ago. He only averaged 5.4 yards per pass attempt in the win. Devito will have to carry the team here because they won’t have the run success like they did against Ohio in their opener. Don’t trust Devito to have to win this game. Play Rutgers -2.