#237 ASA PLAY ON Syracuse -17 over Wash State, Friday at 8 PM ET – HOLIDAY BOWL in San Diego - This line has moved drastically since the open and for good reason. We still think it’s not enough and expect the Orange to win this one by 20+ points. Syracuse has very few opt outs and head coach Brown said most if not all of his starters will play. Meanwhile, Washington State barely has enough players remaining on the team to run a decent practice. The Cougars have at least 13 starters out here and upwards of 30 in the transfer portal. The head coach Dickert has left for the head job at Wake Forest, both the offensive and defensive coordinators are gone along with a number of other assistant coaches. The catalyst for their offense QB Mateer is off to Oklahoma and will not play here. On top of that, this Washington State team seem distracted and disinterested down the stretch when rumors of their QB and head coach getting better opportunities reared their head. They lost their last 3 games of the regular season vs New Mexico, Oregon State, and Wyoming, all teams with losing records that didn’t qualify for bowl games. On the other hand, Syracuse was surging winning 7 of their final 9 games sporting the #1 passing offense in the country (363 YPG passing). They are facing a WSU defense that was terrible overall (116th in total defense) and couldn’t stop the pass (118th in pass defense). Now that defense, that was bad to begin with, will be without their 2 starting CB’s and a starting safety. Cuse has massive motivation here after losing their bowl game last year 45-0 and head coach Brown has made sure his team remembers that. The Orange are all in to win this game and the Cougars simply want this season to end. Lay it.