Why Syracuse Will Win To be successful, Rhode Island needs to run the ball with Markey Clark and Harold Cooper. He left the field without putting weight on the leg and used crutches to head to the locker room.

“Just keep your thoughts and prayers out there for him and his family”. “It’s not good, not good”.

Senior quarterback Terrel Hunt was ejected in the second quarter of that game and also missed the final seven games of a 3-9 season with a broken calf bone. Syracuse was counting on a standout season from Hunt as coordinator Tim Lester instituted his new offense. “It just kills me with Terrel”. “We didn’t want to throw him to the wolves like this so quick but God love him, he’s going to have a good future”. His next four starts were mired with inaccuracy – he threw six interceptions to two touchdowns in them – and Syracuse dropped each of those games.

“He was just taking all the pressure off me”, Dungey said. “When I heard the news about him, it’s hard. T (Terrel) Hunt, he’s like a mentor to me, and it’s hard, but I know he’s going to still be there helping me out”.

“It was all the other guys picking me up, keeping me calm”, Dungey said. “Playing in the Dome will be a great experience for those kids”. He’s going to help me out a lot. “I’m just lucky I’m here”.

Hunt will not return to Friday’s game due to what the school is calling a lower body injury. On his first full offensive drive, Dungey overthrew a screen pass to hybrid back Ervin Philips. It’s helped us in recruiting the first two years. The score put Syracuse up 14-0 with 2:47 remaining in the first quarter. Do the Rams pose a threat to the Orange, or will ‘Cuse make easy work of the visiting team?

The Orange are coached by Scott Shafer, who is in his third season, and bring back 11 players who started at least six games in 2014. That group was led by Jordan Fredericks, who finished with 103-yards on 14 carries and a touchdown.

“This freshmen class has not acted like freshmen since they set foot on campus”, Shafer said. I have seen us get more play with kids up and down the Eastern seaboard. You could tell how badly he felt for Hunt. When it was his turn at the podium after Shafer, it was obvious that Dungey was a little in over his head.

The Rams are coming off the 2014 season in which they went 1-11 overall and 1-7 in conference.

Friday was the first season-opening shutout by a Syracuse defense since 1997 against Wisconsin. The return touchdown was the first by Syracuse since Marcus Clayton went for 56 against West Virginia in 2003. Syracuse vs. Rhode Island Score Prediction And with that, the Syracuse vs. Rhode Island prediction is… The Orange ran for 315 yards. “When Corey made that (big play) it was just like practice”.