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Syracuse Loses Fifth Straight, Falls at Wake Forest

The Orange's defense struggled to find an answer for the Demon Deacons offense.
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Syracuse Loses Fifth Straight, Falls at Wake Forest
Syracuse Loses Fifth Straight, Falls at Wake Forest

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Syracuse scored on its opening possession and had 21 points after a quarter and a half, but sputtered from there was Wake Forest sent the Orange to its fifth straight loss. The Demon Deacons offense moved up and down the field all night on its way to a 45-35 victory. Syracuse drops to 6-5 (3-4) on the season and wraps up the regular season at Boston College next Saturday. 

Midway through the second quarter, Syracuse used some trickery for a score to extend its lead. Garrett Shrader pitched to LeQuint Allen, who threw a pass to Devaughn Cooper for a 33 yard score. Syracuse led 21-10 at that point but that is when things took a turn for the Orange. Wake would score 35 unanswered points to put the game away. Syracuse would add two late touchdowns to reach the final margin. 

Following a Wake Forest touchdown to trim Syracuse's lead to four, the Orange was driving and had a second and six at the Wake 11 yard line. On two straight plays, Shrader held the ball too long and took sacks to turn a short field goal into a 52 yard attempt. Andre Szmyt's kick was short and wide right. That was the turning point of the game as the Orange never got back into offensive rhythm after that. 

The Demon Deacons would score on the next possession to take a 24-21 lead into halftime. The lead would only expand from there as Wake scored a touchdown towards the end of the third quarter and early in the fourth to put the game out of reach with the Orange's offense struggling.

Sean Tucker ran the ball well and had two touchdown runs in the first four possessions. He also went over 100 yards rushing on the night as he looked as explosive as he has been all season. Shrader looked much closer to the quarterback we saw in the first six games. He had his first 300 yard passing game of his career, threw for a touchdown and ran for another. LeQuint Allen would add a 41 yard touchdown reception to his touchdown pass as well. 

Syracuse scored 35 points and had over 450 yards of offense despite being without three starting offensive linemen in this game in Matthew Bergeron, Chris Bleich and Kalan Ellis. 

Starting linebacker Mikel Jones went down with an injury early in the first quarter. The defense would allow more than 500 yards of total offense without its defensive leader. 

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MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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