Will Syracuse football ever reclaim glory? Former players reminisce, and answer is unclear

Some of the greatest college football players ever have come through Syracuse University, from Jim Brown and John Mackey to Art Monk and Marvin Harrison. In 1959, Syracuse won its only national title. The program has been off of the national radar for much of the past two decades, but for a 15-year period from 1987 to 2001, the Orange were a force in the Northeast, finishing in the AP Top 25 nine times, thanks to a cutting-edge offense and some of the best recruiting and development in the sport. Syracuse’s rise in the 1980s is unlike any other in…