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The Syracuse Orange are hoping that Doug Marrone can improve on last year’s four win season in his second year as coach. As bad as the four wins was, it was still an improvement over the previous regime and the Orange have a good mix of recruits who are ready to contribute as freshmen and veterans.

The Syracuse Orange are passing their offense to Junior quarterback Ryan Nassib after the graduation of Greg Paulus. Nassib took a few snaps in games last season and looked like he needed the playing time to get comfortable. He threw for three touchdowns and surrendered just one interception, but his 52.9 percent completion average is indicative of someone who was more focused on playing safe than making the play.