Syracuse holding its own at midpoint of season

Not a good omen with nothing but Big East games remaining on the schedule.

“Right now is time for a little bit of separation with midterms coming up,” Marrone said. “Now’s a moment where we need to take a deep breath and really take a good, hard look at ourselves, what our expectations were before the season _ where we’re fulfilling those expectations and where we’re not.

“We need to know who we are right now.”

That’s easy. Jekyll and Hyde.

Which personality emerges will determine whether the Orange play in the postseason and have a chance for a second straight bowl triumph.

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