Orange Heading Back to Fort Drum

The Orange got off to an early start on Monday morning, practicing at 10 a.m. to get ready to leave for Fort Drum in the afternoon. The team will stay at the military post from Monday evening until Friday afternoon. This is the second year in a row the Orange is practicing at Fort Drum and engaging in military activities with the soldiers.

"There are multiple reasons we go to Fort Drum," Coach Shafer said. "First and foremost it's to get away, to be alone. There's no cell service, we're not going to have the internet and a lot of the luxuries the kids have on a day-to-day basis are going to be taken away from them and the coaches. There will be fewer distractions. The other reason we're going to Fort Drum is to be around the world's greatest military, and one of the greatest divisions in the military, the 10th Mountain Division."

Read the full coverage on the team's trip to Fort Drum:

• SUathletics.com - Football Gets Ready for Week at Fort Drum
• Syracuse.com - Syracuse football team heading back to Fort Drum...