After a heartbreaking 40-33 loss to Baylor in the season opener, Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib addressed the media before boarding the team plane:
“To the fans and everyone in Orange nation, I’m sorry. I’m extremely sorry. We were hoping for an undefeated season. That was my goal, something Syracuse has never done here.
I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come out of this. You will never see any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of the season. You will never see someone push the rest of the team the way I will push everybody the rest of the season.
You will never see a team play harder than we will the rest of the season. God bless.”
The senior did his part in the opener, throwing for 351 yards and two TD’s, but it was not enough as the Orange were undone by a fumbled kickoff return and a subsequent fumble on the Baylor goal line. Will “The Promise” stand the test of time? Orange Nation can only wait and see.
