In Episode 43 of the Syracuse Sports Podcast, Brent Axe is joined by syracuse.com football beat reporters Nate Mink and Stephen Bailey to discuss the Syracuse University football team's 4-1 start, close loss to Clemson and more. Brent begins the podcast by discussing why he ranked Syracuse in his AP Top 25 poll and why SU fans should be "happy to be disappointed" about the Orange's los to Clemson. Brent, Nate and Stephen discuss the big takeaways from the Clemson game, including if Dino Babers should have called timeout on Clemson's final drive. They also discuss the Orange on the brink of breaking into the Top 25 rankings, the upside the rest of the season provides, the standout players so far, assess Eric Dungey's play and what some potential potholes could be the rest of the way.

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