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Orange crushed: Defense letting 'Cuse down

By Joe Starkey
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

About an hour before Syracuse's 34-17 loss at Pitt last season, first-year Syracuse athletic director Daryl Gross spoke of how the rebuilding job at his school was beginning with defense. "[Head coach] Greg Robinson has brought everything I've wanted as far as defense," Gross told ESPN.com on Oct. 22, 2005. "For me, the three guys that do the kind of defense we wanted were Pete Carroll, Greg Robinson and [Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator] Monte Kiffin. I got one of the three guys. Ju ...

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