Kyle McCord passes for 4 TDs as Syracuse knocks off newly ranked No. 23 Georgia Tech 31-28

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Future opponents of Syracuse football might want to take seriously a message delivered from first-year coach Fran Brown.Don’t give him any bulletin board material because it may bite you.Kyle McCord passed for 381 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Trebor Pena and Oronde Gadsden II, and Syracuse held on to knock off newly ranked No. 23 Georgia Tech on Saturday.Earlier in the week, Georgia Tech coach Brent Key said his team’s matchup against the Orange “wasn’t about Xs and Os” but rather being physical against Syracuse. Brown took that as a swipe at his program being soft.“I took it personal when he said it wasn’t about Xs and Os,” Brown said. “It was about coming up here and being physical and tough for four hours. We’re from the Northeast. What you mean by that? Like we’re not physical and tough? … Syracuse has been physical forever. I want to make sure that will never be said about us. We’re not soft. That bothered me.“I’ve coached with (Georgia coach) Kirby Smart and (former Georgia co-defensive coordinator) Will Muschamp. That’s what they do. Why would we not be a tough physical football team?,” Brown added. “I want...

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