When Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance Will Hicks assembled the Orange for a workout Tuesday morning, his audience was much larger than normal.
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division joined the Syracuse student-athletes for a morning workout on the second day of Cuse's week at Fort Drum.
The group went through a lengthy workout, with the soldiers mixed in between each player.
"What we do we think is real, real serious, but it's not as close to being as serious as what these guys do," Hicks said. "So for us to be able to [workout together] and for them to have a little fun with it and get away from what they actually do and enjoy being 18 to 23-year-old young men, I think that was just as important as anything we did in the workout.
"Every day when we get to walk outside and do what we want to do, someone else had to give up something for it. The fact that we're here and they're extending it to us is great."
At the conclusion of the workout, senior linebacker Dyshawn Davis led the team and soldiers together in the Orange's pre-practice chant.
"It was funny because our guys don't get that loud in practice and then we come here and get a chance to work out with these guys and everyone gets loud and excited," Davis said. "I felt it and it felt good to have the soldiers in there jumping around as well. It was a great experience."
The Orange and 2nd Brigade then sat down for lunch before the student-athletes hit the field for an afternoon practice.
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