The split between Kyle McCord and the Ohio State Buckeyes wasn't exactly dreaded by the Columbus faithful. In his lone season as Ohio State's starting quarterback in 2023, McCord became much-maligned,

Ohio State coach Ryan Day on Tuesday expressed happiness for Kyle McCord, who has put up some prolific early passing numbers at Syracuse.

Kyle McCord began his Syracuse football career in memorable fashion. In Syracuse's 38-22 season-opening win against Ohio, McCord had 354 passing yards, four touchdowns and an interception while completing 27 of his 39 pass attempts. His passing yards, pass completions, pass attempts and passing touchdowns were each career highs.

Syracuse is off to a 2-0 start behind new quarterback Kyle McCord, a transfer from Ohio State. He leads the nation in touchdown passes per game and is second in passing yards per game.

Who does former Ohio State football quarterback and Syracuse face this week? McCord is 2-0 with the Orange in 2024:

It helped that Syracuse returned one of the best hybrid tight end/receivers in the country in Oronde Gadsden II, who came back to the Orange in large part because of McCord. Trebor Pena also returned from a hamstring injury that limited him to one game last season, and Syracuse signed Zeed Haynes and Jackson Meeks from the transfer portal.

After a long run in the Pac-12 Conference, Stanford makes its Atlantic Coast Conference debut Friday night when it visits Syracuse and its impressive quarterback, Kyle McCord. The Cardinal (1-1,

Do not be alarmed if you hear a cork pop sound coming from Ryan Day’s office on the campus of Ohio State this week. After all, Syracuse head coach Fran Brown did say he “should send him a bottle of champagne for allowing us to get him,