Disaster. That is perhaps the only word that could capture the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game, though the chaos had little to do with what unfolded between the lines. The action on the field was almost an afterthought, as Syracuse head coach Fran Brown’s behavior on the sideline became the story.
It was the second quarter, and the frustration was beginning to boil over. A pass interference penalty had just kept a Pitt drive alive when Brown was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. That gave the Panthers another 15 yards of field position. But what had happened on the sideline to draw the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty?
Well, Brown was seen continuously bickering with the referee, but the sideline drama was far from over. When the coach realized the official wasn’t paying attention to what he had to say, Brown made a fake motion toward the referee: a flinch test…