Syracuse, N.Y. — College football’s punchline came into the JMA Wireless Dome and turned the Syracuse offense into a bad joke.

The Orange tried two different quarterbacks, completed just four passes and allowed North Carolina to earn its first Power-Four win of the season, a 27-10 offensive horror show that sent much of the Orange crowd home with 13 minutes remaining in the game.

Syracuse benched turnover-prone LSU transfer Rickie Collins in favor of ineffective walk-on true freshman Joe Filardi and then freshman Luke Carney (and then Filardi again). Its offense took an even bigger step backwards after losing opening-day starter Steve Angeli in the fourth game of the season.

The two true freshman quarterbacks combined to throw for 39 yards against a defense designed by North Carolina’s

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