Quarterback Steve Angeli accounts for six touchdowns and Syracuse rolls over Colgate 66-24

SYRACUSE N Y AP Steve Angeli threw for yards and five touchdowns and added another on the ground tying Jim Brown and Eric Dungey as the only Syracuse players with six touchdowns in a championship as the Orange rolled over Colgate - Friday With the win Syracuse - is - against FCS opponents The conquest was the effort s th straight over the Raiders - Just the fact that you declared Jim Brown and that s amazing to say that anybody that joins anything with Jim Brown I mean they should just go home and be thankful right Syracuse head coach Fran Brown disclosed I think football Syracuse football it s Jim Brown number The Orange amassed yards through the air Angeli a transfer from Notre Dame was of passing Darrell Gill Jr led Syracuse receivers with six receptions for yards Twelve Syracuse players had at least one reception Jaylan Hornsby Justus Ross-Simmons and Darien Williams all scored through the air Will Nixon chipped in with a -yard run and Luke Carney ran nine yards for another Rickie Collins threw for another tally in relief of Angeli He s working really really hard Brown declared It s amazing that he got to join Jim Brown both those guys were amazing here so I m proud of him that he had a chance to join that Angeli mentioned it was awesome he had joined such an elite duo but he spread the love to his offense It s not just me there s guys that are all over that are allowing that to happen That s a collective thing It s not really an individual because a few guys got to catch the football for me protect and everything else so it s awesome to hear that Angeli declared There s so several playmakers like everywhere It s a really special group I thought their quarterback played really well and he s getting better every week Colgate coach Curt Fitzpatrick stated Fitzpatrick thought his crew revealed selected moxie in the final minutes Football s a funny competition The pieces start to come together once you start doing the little things right and we did that more consistently in the second half he added Colgate quarterback Zach Osborne was of for yards Jake Stearney took over in the second half and completed of for yards and two scores both to Reed Swanson Treyvhon Saunders had receptions for yards Colgate had lost its first two games by a combined points but the Raiders were outclassed after closing to - on a -yard field goal by Luke Vogeler From then on it was all Orange as Syracuse scored unanswered points before a Stearney -yard pass to Reed Swanson made it - late in the third Gill Jr made an acrobatic leaping grab for a -yard touchdown that made it - and Angeli again connected with Gill Jr this time on a -yard pass play to make it - with to go in the first half Syracuse recorded back-to-back games of at least yards for the first time in scheme history The Takeaway Pure and simple Colgate was no match for Syracuse but the Raiders revealed a lot of heart particularly on defense pressuring Angeli throughout Syracuse won in a lopsided manner but the offensive line is still a work in progress and a real concern heading into conference play The defense wasn t all that great either yielding yards A tough road The easy part is over for Syracuse Starting next week against Clemson the Orange face four pre-season top- teams and six more teams that were bowl-eligible last season I ll pass Brown offered a position on his staff to Fitzpatrick who opted to lead Colgate instead Going two avenues Syracuse freshman Demetres Samuel Jr is the Orange s version of Travis Hunter Samuel who started at cornerback caught his first pass in an Orange uniform and fielded a punt Samuel turned just a limited months ago He s the one Treyvhon Saunders great start to the season continues With his receptions on Friday Saunders now has on the year and yards Up Next Colgate hosts Fordham Sept Syracuse has its first true road test in its ACC opener against Clemson Sept Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here AP college football https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-football-poll and https apnews com hub college-football Source