Syracuse thoroughly embarrassed Florida State on Saturday, defending their home turf in a big 30-7 victory. The Seminoles imploded, and were clearly frustrated as the game wore on, but this win was more about the Orange than it was FSU. After the big win, Syracuse coach Dino Babers delivered a powerful locker room speech. As you can see in the video below, if his speech doesn’t get you pumped up, you’d better check your pulse: Because they came to WHOSE HOUSE?! pic.twitter.com/uaSpAAkhPq — Syracuse Football (@CuseFootball) September 15, 2018 Syracuse is 3-0 overall and 1-0 in ACC play after the win, and Babers is clearly very proud of what his squad accomplished. Syracuse hosts UConn next weekend before traveling to Clemson to take on the Tigers. That’s when we’ll really find out if the Orange are for real.<doc-sep>As you know by now, the Syracuse Orange beat the Florida State Seminoles, 30-7 on Saturday. And given how FSU’s struggled so far, sure it doesn’t have the same impact as the Clemson or Virginia Tech upsets. But Dino Babers had to commemorate the moment with yet another big locker room speech. You’ll remember when he reminded everyone that it’s not their fault, and they didn’t know after beating the Hokies. And when he followed that up last year against Clemson. This time around, we get mentions of the Beatles (“the last time (we beat FSU) the Beatles were hot”) and a shoutout to the 1966 Mustang. We’ll put aside the Beatles note since they’ve always been pretty popular. Dino takes’em to church and doesn’t have time for Billboard charts. He also says hi to the assorted haters, and tells the Orange to remember who was on the bandwagon early. So if you still own your #IStandWithShafer shirt, perhaps it’s time to bid it adieu. Check out the full video from Babers below, as he closes with the now customary “WHOSE HOUSE? OUR HOUSE!” call. And if someone finds a way to spot Eric Dungey in that gaggle (I didn’t see him), shout that out too.<doc-sep>Syracuse third-year head coach Dino Babers is steadily building a successful program in New York. Over the last three years, his teams have had some pretty significant wins at home in the Carrier Dome — most notably, his team upset Clemson on a Friday night in 2017. His other big wins include the upset victory over Virginia Tech in 2016 and the win over Florida State in 2018, which marked the program’s first win over the Noles since 1966, making it a big win even though FSU’s struggling. After all three of these wins, Babers’ victory speeches have been incredible. Here’s the Virginia Tech one, which marked the Orange’s first ACC win of the season: Syracuse locker room is LIT pic.twitter.com/h7MElz0XiS — ESPNU (@ESPNU) October 15, 2016 “People don’t know what we went through. They don’t know about the Kumbaya meetings we had this week — they have no idea. We are together. We play as one, we win as one. Off the field, on the field, picnics to the classroom — we’re together!” “They thought they were gonna come in here and just have an easy game. Somebody in Vegas told them they were gonna win by 20 to 23 points. They didn’t look into your heart, they didn’t look into my heart!” After the win against Clemson, he talked about the environment in the Carrier Dome: After the win over FSU, he expanded even further on that, by addressing the hot conditions inside the dome. In case you aren’t aware, the Carrier Dome — yes, named after Carrier the air conditioning company — does not have AC. At certain parts of the game, the temp inside the arena went as high as 90 degrees, and several FSU players suffered cramps. Dino Babers gave an EPIC speech after Syracuse's win pic.twitter.com/P7XHNoUKUp — ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) September 15, 2018 My favorite part is Babers talking about the weather super intensely: “All week, Monday was in the 80s, then it got a little bit hotter, then we had the big hurricane come into the Carolinas and the heat index started raising up into Canada! The we jumped up to 89 today! ?” “Oh it was hot! Oh it was hot! somebody hand me some water, somebody let me hydrate!” Hopefully, we’ll get some more of these during the season and beyond.<doc-sep>
Because they came to WHOSE HOUSE?! pic.twitter.com/uaSpAAkhPq — Syracuse Football (@CuseFootball) September 15, 2018 Syracuse coach Dino Babers has always been a high-energy leader. But his comments inside of an elated locker room after embarrassing Florida State just turned it up to 11. Speaking to his players just minutes after a 30-7 drubbing over Florida State, Babers had the Orange locker room on fire. It was the first Syracuse victory over Florida State since 1966. “I’m telling you now, you just put yourselves on the map,” Babers announced to his program. Babers has gone viral before with the way he addresses his team after big wins. Just ask anyone that watched what he said after a win over Virginia Tech. The win over Florida State will be more of the same in a two-minute speech to his players. To get a 30-7 victory over Florida State, sending the Seminoles deeper into a tailspin in the process, Syracuse exploded in the second half and played lights-out defense. Backup quarterback Tommy DeVito was the second-half spark. The Orange led just 6-0 at halftime, but DeVito finished the day with 11-of-15 passing for 144 yards and a touchdown. Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois completed just 18 of 36 passes for 178 yards with the one interception. He had FSU's lone score on a two yard run late in the fourth quarter. Running Cam Akers, who rushed for over 200 yards against Syracuse last season, was held to just 53 on the afternoon. Syracuse faces Connecticut in the Carrier Dome next week on Saturday, September 22nd. That game kicks off at 4:00pm eastern where the Orange will look to go 4-0 on the season.