Late in the first half, with Clemson trailing Syracuse 17-14 at the Carrier Dome, Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant was awkwardly slammed into the turf, resulting in a lengthy delay while the Tiger training staff attended to a motionless Bryant.
Here’s the play:
Bryant was eventually able to walk to the locker room, but that’s never the kind of play you want to see happen.
With Bryant unlikely to return, Syracuse might have a real shot at pulling off the upset. The Carrier Dome is one of those Bermuda Triangle-type college football venues where just about anything weird can happen and it would seem within the realm of possibility. When you toss in a Friday night game against the nation’s #2 ranked team, craziness was bound to ensue.
As an example: Syracuse was up 14-7 and driving on Clemson, when they threw what was originally ruled a touchdown:
But that was called back for offensive pass interference:
And then on the next play, this happened:
It’s been a really weird game so far, as you’d expect it to be.
But more importantly than anything, let’s hope Kelly Bryant is okay.
