Syracuse romps to hand No. 9 Louisville first loss of season

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Ryan Nassib gave his hometown fans a memorable going-away present. The senior quarterback threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns in his final home game, and moved into second on the school's career passing list as Syracuse handed Louisville (No. 9 BCS, No. 11 AP) its first loss of the season in a 45-26 victory on Saturday. Nassib directed an offense that gained 524 total yards. He went 15 of 23 and passed Donovan McNabb to move into second place on the Orange's passing yards list behind Marvin Graves. He also set a Big East record by pushing his career completions to 738 and established an Orange single-season record for total offense (3,114). "We played mistake-free football, just tried to play our game and not do too much and had fun doing it," Nassib said. "Having success early on puts the pressure on the opposing team.