Marvin Graves smiled earlier this afternoon when someone asked if he remembered his first game against Miami.

Marvin Graves is the complete quarterback, a passer now, rather than just a thrower, who understands the game.

When their Marvin Graves is calling the signals, the crowd is quiet.

Marvin Graves completed just 6 of 17 passes for 100 yards.

Syracuse scored on its first two possessions as Marvin Graves, the deft quarterback, threw touchdown passes of 9 and 13 yards.

Pasqualoni took over in 1991, and Marvin Graves was the starter at quarterback for three seasons.

This is a different Marvin Graves than the 19-year-old freshman who played against Miami two years ago.

On the offensive side, Marvin Graves completed 13 of 19 passes for Syracuse for 138 yards and a touchdown.

Syracuse scored first on a 50 yard touchdown pass from Marvin Graves to David Hill for a 7-0 lead.

The varied gifts and surprising calm of Marvin Graves were kept on a practice field in Syracuse before tonight.