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ESPN: Pitt-Syracuse pregame ponderables

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Greetings from the Carrier Dome, where Syracuse is getting ready for its biggest moment since 2004.

The Orange host Pittsburgh today and are looking to build on the momentum from their 4-1 start and road Big East win over South Florida last week. They've been a great story so far, with the caveat that a lot of talk surrounding Syracuse usually starts with, "Yeah, but ..." There's still healthy skepticism over the schedule, which did not gain from the way USF sputtered at West Virginia. As the Orange blog Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician correctly noted ...

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