Last year at this time, optimism was blooming like spring flowers around the Syracuse Orange football program. There was no question that changes had to be made after the 2004 season. The team had settled into mediocrity under Paul Pasqualoni, and a 51-14 loss to Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl provided an even more public embarrassment....

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