Syracuse crushes Clemson behind gutsy onside kick but may have lost its leader, Steve Angeli, in the process

,Clemson, S.C. -- Syracuse faced an opponent with its back against the wall. The Orange crushed Clemson against it.

Syracuse applied pressure from the opening kick to a Tiger unit that looked to be feeling it, dominating a Clemson team that opened the season expected to compete for a national championship.

The Orange’s 34-21 win in Memorial Stadium was the first for the Orange in six visits to Clemson. It gave head coach Fran Brown a win over a school that has lorded over the ACC ever since Syracuse joined the conference in 2013, delivering devastating losses to SU throughout that reign.

Even in a win, the Orange may have suffered another, with quarterback Steve Angeli, who entered the week leading the country in passing yards (1,072), leaving the game due to injury with 3:01 left in th