Syracuse QB Kyle McCord ends game from hell by sacking himself in disastrous loss to Pittsburgh

At slightest he didn’t propulsion different pick-six.

Syracuse backmost Kyle McCord’s hellish nighttime against No. 19 Pittsburgh connected Thursday ended successful “Play nan Benny Hill theme” manner erstwhile nan erstwhile Ohio State prima sacked himself connected his last play of nan 41-13 nonaccomplishment erstwhile he tripped complete his ain feet for a self-sack.

McCord besides threw 5 interceptions, including 3 that went for Pittsburgh touchdowns successful nan first half. The Panthers became nan first FBS squad to person 3 protect scores successful a half, per ESPN.

He besides someway rushed 9 times for minus-32 yards.

“I’ve ne'er astatine immoderate level of shot sewage hit for illustration this,” McCord said.

McCord had 1 of nan worst games you’ll ever spot from immoderate backmost astatine immoderate level Thursday successful a prime-time showdown betwixt 2 teams hoping to make an ACC statement.

The Panthers, now 7-0, surely sent announcement to nan world.

And Syracuse, who dropped to 5-2, did for each nan incorrect reasons.

McCord threw his first pick-six pinch 12:47 remaining successful nan first 4th to springiness Pittsburgh a 7-0 lead erstwhile linebacker Rasheem Biles jumped a way and he tossed different a small much than six minutes later to make it a 17-0 crippled erstwhile linebacker Kyle Louis moved successful beforehand of nan intended target.

The past 1 happened connected a surface walk erstwhile nan shot bounced disconnected moving backmost LeQuint Allen’s hands correct to a defender — pinch Allen smothered successful sum — and nan Panthers grabbed a 31-0 lead.

“This has sewage to beryllium nan champion capacity all-time connected this team,” Louis said, per ESPN. “Somebody’s sewage to show maine thing amended … We’ve sewage to get put connected a wall aliases thing aft that performance.”

McCord remained successful nan crippled precocious moreover pinch nan result each but finalized and that’s erstwhile he astatine slightest provided immoderate comedic relief.

Facing a third-and-11 astatine nan Panthers’ 15-yard statement successful a 41-13 game, McCord ran to his correct to debar unit but wobbled and fell to nan crushed aft attempting to extremity and spell to his left.

He rolled crossed his backmost while Pittsburgh tallied nan easiest sack of its season.

To make matters worse for nan Orange, they missed nan pointless section extremity attempt.

“I deliberation it will beryllium bully for america to spell backmost and study from it,” McCord said. “Obviously, this sucks, this is simply a unspeakable feeling, but astatine nan aforesaid clip there’s still a batch of play ahead.”

McCord vanished pinch a staggering 64 walk attempts successful nan game, completing 35 for 321 yards.

Syracuse coach Fran Brown downplayed his quarterback’s clunker.

“I mean, he conscionable had 1 bad game,” Brown said. “It’s portion of football, it happens. I deliberation you’ll beryllium capable to spot nan benignant of combatant he is arsenic he keeps going from present connected out.”

While McCord is only successful his first twelvemonth astatine Syracuse, he preached to his teammates that they can’t fto his play snowball for illustration it has successful nan past for nan school.

“There’s nary different measurement astir it, they hit america tonight,” McCord said. “What I said to nan guys — listen, this sucks. There’s nary measurement astir it. I deliberation you person to conscionable return it connected nan chin, but we can’t do pinch what Syracuse shot has done successful nan past successful nan 2nd half of nan play and commencement turning successful nan incorrect direction. I said to nan guys, ‘We person measurement excessively overmuch talent, we’ve put successful measurement excessively overmuch activity to fto that hap and everything we do from this constituent connected has to beryllium to study from this and turn from it.'”