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Orange face tough tests to start the season

By Joe Starkey
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

This could get ugly. Make that uglier. Syracuse is coming off a 42-12 drubbing at home against a decent Pac-10 team, Washington, and now must visit a good Big Ten team, Iowa, on Saturday. After that will come another Big Ten team, Illinois. Haven't the Orange schedule-makers heard of Elon, Eastern Michigan or Murray State? Credit coach Greg Robinson for refusing to complain about a nonconference schedule that consistently is tougher than those of his Big East brethren. Robinson acknowled ...

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