Top Moments of 2008-2009, No. 2 Lame Duck Coach Greg Robinson Beats Notre Dame

For the four years that Greg Robinson coached the Syracuse Orange, basically everything that could go wrong went wrong.

But for one November Saturday afternoon after Robinson had been notified he wouldn’t been coming to coach SU in 2009, the Orange was on top of the world.

Notre Dame jumped on Syracuse in South Bend, Indiana and took a 23-10 lead into the fourth quarter. The ‘Cuse had one last rally left in it as Cam Dantley and freshman running-back Antwon Bailey led the team back to score two consecutive touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Bailey rushed for a career high 126 yards with most of the yards coming in the fourth quarter during Syracuse’s two touchdown drives. Bailey scampered into the endzone for pay dirt with over 12 minutes left on the clock to cut the Irish lead to 23-17.

The Orange got the ball back for the final time with just under five minutes on the clock; Antwon Bailey went to work once again. The freshman back ran the ball six of out the first seven plays on the drive for 43 yards. His running set up Cam Dantley to connect with Donte Davis for an 11 yard touchdown and the lead.

The Irish missed a field goal as time expired and the ‘Cuse won its third and final game of the 2008 season.

After the game, Greg Robinson showed the nation the respect he has for Notre Dame’s traditions. During a post-game television interview, Robinson stopped the interview when he heard the Notre Dame Alma Mater and made the reporter pause the interview until the Alma Mater was over.