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The Dino Babers era at Syracuse begins Friday night in the Carrier Dome, and he faces an imposing first season with the likes of Clemson, Florida State and Notre Dame on the schedule.First up, though, is upstate New York foe Colgate in the season opener, a stiff test for the Oranges new football coach, and he knows it. Syracuse was 4-8 last season under Scott Shafer.Playing an FCS opponent is one thing, Babers said. Playing an FCS opponent ranked in the top 20 at that level, thats something totally different.The Raiders, the preseason pick to win the Patriot League for the second straight year, may play at Division Is second tier, but theyre a veteran team, are ranked, and coming off a 9-5 season that included two NCAA playoff victories and a berth in the FCS quarterfinals.Their entire defensive line is all-conference. Their middle linebacker is a preseason defensive player of the year, and you put that front seven along with the back end, and youve got a defense that can make my life miserable about halfway through Friday night. Its going to be a football game.In 2010, the last time the teams met, Colgates Nate Eachus gained 147 yards on 35 carries and scored once as the Raiders held the ball for nearly 44 minutes overall and gained 376 yards. Those Raiders were poised to go into the locker room at halftime trailing only 7-0 before a special teams mistake gave the Orange a chance for a quick score and they capitalized.Syracuse ended up winning 42-7, taking advantage of Colgates lack of discipline. The Raiders were called for seven penalties for 60 yards in the opening half, and that helped seal their fate.Hopefully, well be able to hang in there a little bit longer, finish those drives, make some more stops, second-year Colgate coach Dan Hunt said. If we can keep it within a score or two into the fourth quarter, thats a situation weve been in quite a bit. Hopefully, our experience from last year will kick in a little bit.While Babers might know what to expect from Colgate, Hunt and his staff know its a guessing game on their end. Babers is tweaking the up-tempo offense he brought with him from Bowling Green via Eastern Illinois and Baylor, so it remains a work in progress.We have no idea, Hunt said. Everything hes done for two years at Bowling Green that weve been looking at -- is it the same as what were going to see? Were just going to have to figure that out as were going.Other things to know when Syracuse hosts Colgate in the Oranges first game under Babers:DUNGEYS THE MANSyracuse QB Eric Dungey, who threw for 1,298 yards in 2015, has put on 15 pounds of muscle as he gets set for his sophomore season. He suffered at least one concussion last season and missed four games after taking over as the starter in the opener. Babers wants his quarterbacks to stay in the pocket and Dungey, who likes to run, is ready to oblige.I was too small last year, Dungey said. In high school I was able to do that (hurdle players), break tackles, run over guys. But everyones a lot bigger here, so you just have to be smart, be smart with your body.THE SERIESColgate holds a 31-30-5 series advantage over Syracuse, but the Orange have won the last 15. This is Colgates fourth straight road season opener against a BCS opponent, and no success so far. The Raiders have been outscored 115-33 in losses to Air Force, Ball State and Navy in the past three.PURRING OFFENSEColgate QB Jake Melville compiled 3,625 yards of total offense last season (2,552 yards passing and 1,073 rushing) in guiding an offense that suffered only two interceptions to lead the nation. Tailback James Holland led the Raiders and finished seventh nationally with 16 touchdowns and 96 points.DISCIPLINE, DISCIPLINELast season, Colgate led the Patriot League in fewest penalties per game (4.8) and was among the top 10 nationally in both fewest sacks allowed and fewest tackles-for-loss allowed.UPSET CITY?Colgate has to look back only to 2014 for inspiration against Syracuse. The Orange were just plain lucky to beat Villanova, also of the FCS, 27-26 in double overtime. It took a trick play -- a pass by punter Riley Dixon -- to produce the winning touchdown and a failed gamble by the Wildcats on a two-point conversion attempt to finally get the job done. Cheap Jerseys Paypal . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. Wholesale Jerseys . 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PITTSBURGH -- Using a barrage of 3-pointers, Pittsburgh sailed past Morehead State 76-63 on Friday night.The Panthers had averaged just 7.2 3-point field goals per game coming in, but they eclipsed that by halftime and finished 11 of 19 from long range.The Panthers used the long ball to open up a 16-point lead at the break. The Eagles chipped away early in the second half, but could only get as close as seven.I thought we did some really good things in the first half, especially in regards to shooting the ball and sharing the ball, said Pitt head coach Kevin Stallings. We moved it around and got open shots. I think thats why we shot so well from 3. I dont know that Ive ever seen a stat sheet that 100 percent of the baskets were assisted, which we were in the first half.The Panthers were able to use their size advantage and exploit the Morehead State defenses switching tendencies, which mimicked the Panthers own defense.They do a lot of switching and because we switch, we kind of knew how to beat it, said Cameron Johnson, who had a team-high four 3-pointers. We work against it in practice every day, so we just knew where openings would be against that kind of defense.Seniors Jamel Artis and Michael Young led Pitt (5-1) with 17 and 20 points, respectively.Morehead State (2-3) played its first game without head coach Sean Woods, who was suspended Tuesday by athletic director Brian Hutchison while unspecified complaints are investigated. Third-year assistant Preston Spradlin, 29, made his NCAA head coaching debut in the loss.DeJuan Marrero did the heavy lifting for the Eagles with a double-double. He was 8 of 13 for 18 points and had 13 rebounds to lead Morehead State in both categoriess.ddddddddddddSTAT OF THE NIGHTMarrero, a redshirt senior, played all 40 minutes for the first time in his career. Spradlin credited Marreros discipline in avoiding foul trouble while guarding larger opponents for Marrero being able to remain in the game. The Eagles were 336th in the country in personal fouls per game with an average of 25.5, but committed just 19 against the Panthers.HE SAID ITWe told our kids that if they beat us shooting jumpers, they beat us shooting jumpers. They beat us shooting jumpers. -- Spradlin on Morehead States defensive philosophy.BIG PICTUREMorehead State: The Eagles will play two more major-conference opponents this season when they visit Purdue and Mississippi State in December. Theyll hope to build from those before Ohio Valley Conference play starts.In all of them, you have to learn, Spradlin said. If youre not learning every single game, then youre not going to be very good at the end of the year and youre not doing your job as a coach.Pitt: The offenses newfound success with the 3-pointer could be a way to reduce the reliance on Artis and Young. Besides Johnson, reserve guard Jonathan Milligan also had three 3-pointers, though Stallings said he wants a better defensive performance from the junior.UP NEXTMorehead State: Returns home to face Northern Kentucky on Wednesday. The Eagles are 2-0 at home and 0-3 on the road.Pitt: Will play its first road game of the season when the Panthers visit Maryland as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday. Pitt is 1-1 away from home in a pair of neutral-site games this season. ' ' '