West Virginia Football: Cuse run away from Will Grier-less Mountaineers

ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 28: Trishton Jackson #86 of the Syracuse Orange reacts after a 14-yard touchdown reception against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the fourth quarter of the Camping World Bowl at Camping World Stadium on December 28, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

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1. Dino Babers is a really good coach

There are plenty of coaches in college football who get a ton of publicity for turning around dormant programs, Matt Campbell at Iowa State and Jeff Brohm at Purdue are two great examples. One of the more underrated coaches in all of college football is Syracuse’s Dino Babers, who has done a masterful job of turning around the Orange.

Babers has had a long road to Syracuse, including numerous stops as an assistant coach in the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s before finally landing a head coaching job at Eastern Illinois, replacing Panthers legend Bob Spoo. Following two years as head coach, he spent two more successful seasons at Bowling Green before coming to Syracuse in 2016 and has built the Orange into a darkhorse contender in the ACC Atlantic.

Babers coaching prowess was on display on Friday and it was a thing of beauty. It wasn’t the flashiest performance on the biggest stage, but it was a thoroughly impressive win against a solid Big 12 squad.

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