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Kyle McCord is one of the biggest acquisitions for Syracuse football in years and his performance at the Spring Game intrigued many. Liam Griffin breaks down what we saw.
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What's up Fizz Nation, Liam Griffin here with you today breaking down Kyle McCord's performance
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in the Spring Game last weekend. First of all, I think we need to address the elephant in the room
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The fact that Kyle McCord even played in this game was a little bit of a surprise to me
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Granted, I don't consider myself to be any sort of football Spring Game expert per se
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but based off what we had seen from Dino Babers in years past, the Spring Game was honestly
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more of a fan event, right? You didn't really see any of the big name players
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We didn't see Schrader or Tucker. So seeing McCord was very new because obviously you have Fran Brown coming in
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Things are a lot different under him than they were under Coach Babers. So seeing McCord play at all was quite interesting
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But then what does he do? I wouldn't say anything too crazy
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242 passing yards in just one half. Just one half highlighted by a 38-yard dart to Georgia transfer receiver Zeke Haynes
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another guy who's gotten a lot of praise this Spring from the coaching staff
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That is really, really good to see. I understand it's a Spring Game, but to see McCord already developing chemistry with presumably
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one of his top targets next year, I don't want to say he'll be right up there with Aranda
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Gasson, but you'd have to think that a guy coming in from Georgia has had numerous accolades
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this Spring, has a good relationship with Coach Brown. I'd certainly imagine he'll be near the top of the charts
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You can't really say it was sort of a prove-it type moment for McCord, seeing as though it
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was a Spring Game. Not too long ago, certain publications didn't exactly have him as a higher ranked quarterback
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in the ACC. I know Kyle McCord didn't live up to the C.J. Stroud type expectations he was given at Ohio
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State, but he lost one game as the Buckeyes starter. One. And who was it to
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Oh, no one too drastic. Just the team that went on to win the National Championship in Michigan
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Kyle McCord looked really, really, really good in the Spring Game. Albeit it was the Spring Game, but you can't help but be encouraged by what we saw in the
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Spring Game. McCord has the potential to be one of the top QBs in the conference this coming season
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regardless of what certain publications say, and his Spring Game performance only emphasized
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that 242 yards in just one half. It's hard to not love that, even if it is the Spring Game
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