And I think we'd all be less than stunned to see a Brian Kelly-led ND team lose a game like this. However, these guys just believe what they want to believe and many don't pay that much attention. Sure, Syracuse nearly won at Clemson (against a backup QB) and lost a close one to Pitt, but here are the teams Syracuse has defeated:
6-5 Western Michigan
3-7 (FCS) Wagner
4-6 FSU
1-9 UConn
1-8 UNC (in 2OT)
6-3 NC State
5-5 Wake
2-8 Louisville
Four of those teams are dreadfully bad, two are regular bad (I'm including WM), one is a pleasantly surprising .500 and one is solid w/o being good enough to beat that .500 team at home. I'm not planning on a blowout, but Syracuse hasn't beaten a single unquestionably GOOD team. They've got one win against the Top 60.