<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0X4nDq_0wQ6MFFT00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0X4nDq_0wQ6MFFT00" width="1320" height="743" >SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse football's 41-13 defeat at No. 19 Pittsburgh last Thursday night was its worst loss against the Panthers since 2010- when it fell 45-14. The Orange have not been able to beat Pitt in Pittsburgh since back in 2001.QB Kyle McCord threw a career high five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. Despite McCord's performance, head coach Fran Brown still took credit for the loss."We want to play ball, we don't want the same thing to happen again, I think our quarterback [Kyle McCord] is really good, it was an off night, it was an off night for our football program, an off night for our entire team, starting with the head football coach," said Brown at his weekly press conference on Monday.Brown was asked how McCord has been handling the loss, he mentioned that the two of them got together over the weekend and talked about it. In Brown's words, 'he's flushed it already, he's moving on.'In years past, the month of November has not been kind to Syracuse football. Since 2020, the Orange have gone 3-11 in November against primarily ACC opponents.Syracuse has five regular season games left on its schedule, four against ACC opponents, including a ranked game on senior day vs. No. 5 Miami (FL).McCord stressed the importance that Syracuse football not get off trackfollowing SU's loss to Pitt.After SU's loss against Stanford, the message from the team was, 'everything we want is still in front of us'. Towards the end of the press conference on Monday, Brown was asked what the message to his team is now, and he said, frankly, the message hasn't changed and that he believes his team still has has a lot to play for."Everything we want still is on the table," Brown added. "We're still playing for a lot of things, we have seniors on our football team that want to go out the right way, we still want to play in a conference championship, there's a lot of things that we still are looking forward too."Syracuse (5-2, 2-2) hosts Virginia Tech (5-3, 3-1) for its fifth conference game of the season, returning home to the JMA Wireless Dome for the first time in 35 days.VT has won three straight games against ACC opponents after starting the season 2-3. The Orange fell to the Hokies on the road last season 38-10, however, it's been more than 24 years since Tech has won in Syracuse, New York (2000). Orange fans can watch the game on CNY Central's CW6 at noon EST on Saturday.</div></body>

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse football's 41-13 defeat at No. 19 Pittsburgh last Thursday night was its worst loss against the Panthers since 2010- when it fell 45-14. The Orange have not been able to beat Pitt in Pittsburgh since back in 2001. QB Kyle McCord threw a career high...