Syracuse HC Fran Brown Says He Doesn't Shower After Losses: 'I Don't Deserve Soap'

Syracuse University head football coach Fran Brown divulged that he has a unique punishment for himself after losses.

While speaking to reporters, Brown said he doesn't shower after the Orange lose because he doesn't "deserve soap."

Brown went on to say that he does brush his teeth after losses so the media doesn't think his breath stinks, but he added, "You gotta earn the right to do certain things. Winners get washed."

Luckily for Brown, he has been able to shower more often than not this season, as his Orange are 6-3 and are already bowl-eligible with three games remaining on their regular-season slate.

Brown also has he Orange just one victory away from bettering the 6-7 mark they posted last season, which was Dino Babers' final campaign as the Syracuse head coach.

Before landing the head coaching job at Syracuse, Brown worked at several different schools and in several different positions collegiately.

He spent six seasons at Temple in various roles, including co-defensive coordinator, along with being the assistant head coach at Baylor and the defensive backs coach at both Rutgers and Georgia.

Brown did plenty of winning during his two-year stint at Georgia in particular, as the Bulldogs went 28-1 and won a national championship over that stretch.

Syracuse got off to a 5-1 start this season thanks largely to the play of Ohio State transfer quarterback Kyle McCord, who threw 19 touchdown passes and six interceptions in those first six games.

However, in three games since then, the Orange are 1-2, and McCord has thrown four touchdown passes compared to six picks, including five interceptions in a 41-13 loss to Pittsburgh.

While things have gone south recently, Syracuse can potentially get back on track the next two weeks with winnable games against 5-4 California and 7-3 UConn before a showdown with 9-1 Miami on Nov. 30.

With three conference losses, Syracuse is almost certainly out of the running to vie for an ACC title or a College Football Playoff berth, but if they win out, they would win 10 games in a season for the first time since 2018.

Making that happen is easier said than done, but it would be the best possible result for Brown's hygiene.