Play Calling vs Syracuse

Did anyone else feel like the play calling on offense was very vanilla yesterday?

Ever since Tennessee, we've seen some very clever plays and French has pointed out how some of these play calls keep the defense off balance...

Vs Tennessee, we saw things like fake qb power and throw the jump pass to Rogers over the top

Vs BC, we showed speed option then threw to the flat for a couple TDs

Vs ECU, we showed speed option and threw a counter screen to McMillan for a TD

Vs UNC, we showed flanker screen to marshawn, then faked qb run to the other side, then threw to a wide open Isaiah in the end zone (incomplete)

...yesterday against Syracuse, I don't remember seeing any of this sort of clever play calling designed to keep the defense off balance. Seemed all we ran was read option or have Jerod stand in the pocket and throw. The play calling reminded me of the Liberty game in how vanilla it was.

Anyone else notice this? Do we think the scouting report on Syracuse defense was so bad that Fuente thought we could be that vanilla and score easily? Didn't want to show Miami too much?

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