Not much happened in the first quarter thanks to Syracuse milking the clock on every play, executing their game plan perfectly to keep Geno Smith off the field. The Orange put together a 14-play drive that seemed to never end, taking 6:21 off the clock and putting 7 on the board. West Virginia got the ball back for only the second time with 4:15 left in the first. They drove down the field with relative ease, but ended up settling for a field goal as the blitz got to Geno on third down. The Orange returned on offense with 1:06 to go and continued grinding it out.
The tempo and style of the game is playing out exactly as Syracuse would like. West Virginia needs to come up with plays on defense to get the Orange off the field or the Mountaineers could be in jeopardy of dropping two in a row to Syracuse for the first time in a decade.
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