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Excitement, optimism running high to begin Preseason Camp for Syracuse Football (cnycentral.com; Hauswirth)
At last, football has returned to Central New York.
The Syracuse University football team took to the practice field on Sunday evening, eager to prove the doubters wrong in 2017.
In case anyone is unaware, the Orange was picked to finish second-to-last in the ACC's Atlantic Division preseason standings, only in front of Boston College.
However, with 20 returning starters (the most in the ACC), the Orange may have something up its sleeve.
Syracuse head coach Dino Babers, along with senior linebacker Zaire Franklin and junior quarterback Eric Dungey, met with the media to mark the beginning of camp, detailing their goals for the next month ahead of the season opener in September.
"I'm excited," Babers proclaimed with a smile. "This is the start of 2017 for me. 2017 when the ball dropped? No, no, this is the start of 2017 right now. It's football season. Does anything else matter? I really want to see the guys go through and start with the little things. We talk about that stuff all the time, but it's going to show up. We need to line up right and we need to step right. And here's another thing -- the first thing I want to see the first two or three days -- I want to see the coaches come out of the doggone tunnel. I want them to be on top of them. We need to be on top of our game."
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What exactly is football IQ? Here is how ACC players and coaches define it. (newsobserver.com; Jacobs)
Sooner or later the term is bound to surface wherever football is spoken. Usually the reference is made in passing, without pause for definition, as if we all know what’s meant. Maybe we do, despite the fact “football IQ” is more a know-it-when you-see-it quality than a measure derived from a standardized set of tests, what we normally mean by a person’s intelligence quotient.
Still, for all its vagueness, there was a surprising level of agreement on what constitutes football IQ when ACC coaches and players were randomly surveyed at last month’s football conclave in Charlotte.
Consider the view of N.C. State senior Bradley Chubb, one of the better defensive ends in the country. Chubb, a Georgian, grew up around football. His father, Aaron, played at the University of Georgia. Brother Brandon was a Wake Forest linebacker (2012-15). Cousin Nick is currently a running back at Georgia. You might conclude based on that lineage that football is in Chubb’s blood, like oxygen, the game’s nuances and imperatives seeping deep into his consciousness long before he enrolled in college.
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ACC QBs: A story of haves and have nots :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsportsfan.com; Holliday)
The ACC in 2017 is a story of the haves and the have-nots when it comes to quarterbacks.
The Atlantic Advantage
Let’s begin with the haves. That means Louisville, which not only returns its starting quarterback but the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. And watch out ACC defenses: Lamar Jackson’s teammate Jaire Alexander says he looks better than ever.
“Lamar is definitely more accurate,” Alexander said. “He puts a zip on the ball that I might not even want to pick off sometimes, you know.”
Florida State returns marvelous sophomore Deondre Francois. All he did last year was pile up 3,350 yards passing and another 200 or so running while leading the Seminoles to a 10-3 record.
NC State returns the experienced and well-seasoned Ryan Finley, who moved the offense in Boise, Idaho before doing the same in Raleigh, North Carolina last year.
Pack starts 2017 with different Day One
Syracuse has dynamic Eric Dungey, hoping to stay injury free this fall, while Wake Forest counts both Kendall Hinton and John Wolford on its quarterback two deep for 2017.
So every team in the Atlantic has an experienced hand under center except Boston College and Clemson. The Tigers, in fact, have lost 78 percent of the production from last season’s national championship team. But Dabo Swinney has known his program would have a significant offensive void to fill.
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ACC football power rankings: Miami-FSU title game? Finally? (sbnation.com; Connelly)
Bill C’s ACC power rankings
Here’s a link to every team’s data, and each team’s name below is linked to its preview.
Tier 1
1. Florida State
2. Clemson
This part was pretty easy to anticipate, I’m guessing. The two teams that have combined for 138 wins and six conference titles over the past six seasons are going to start out ahead of the pack. And I think it’s pretty safe to say that, because of the quarterback position, the Noles are the more trustworthy team out of the gates.
Clemson’s not only having to replace its best quarterback ever; the Tigers start the year with games against Auburn, Louisville, and Virginia Tech in September. That will either kickstart a surprising repeat run or position them into Rebuild Season mode. They still host FSU, though, so that could make the division race fun.
Tier 2
3. Louisville
The new defensive coordinator hire makes me nervous, but Louisville will basically start 2017 with all the same strengths and weaknesses as last year. Fourth-year Petrino teams tend to undergo massive breakthroughs; it would be a surprise if the Cardinals were too much better than last year, but they’re still going to be very good.
Tier 3
4. NC State
5. Miami
6. Virginia Tech
7. Pitt
8. North Carolina
9. Georgia Tech
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Sean McDonough's jabs target MNF ratings, Steve Grilli to keep it light at Syracuse Chiefs ceremony (PS; Kramer)
Sean McDonough has made a long living behind a microphone, a talent he put on display on Sunday at NBT Bank Stadium.
McDonough was one of four inductees to the Syracuse Chiefs' Wall of Fame. McDonough, a Syracuse University graduate, was voice of the Chiefs from 1982-84. He went on to a long pro career and now calls Monday Night Football on ESPN.
That programming's ratings was the target of one of McDonough's one-liners in a brief but comedic acceptance speech on the field before the Chiefs' game against Gwinnett.
McDonough was honored along with current Chiefs catcher Jhonatan Solano, longtime CBA manager Tom Doterrer and former Syracuse Chiefs player and Le Moyne College manager Frank Calo.
Chiefs broadcaster Kevin Brown, who worked his last game with the team on Sunday, hosted the event.
Here are the induction remarks of each honoree:
Sean McDonough
McDonough was introduced by fellow wall of fame member Steve Grilli, his former Chiefs broadcasting partner. During his remarks, Grilli knocked the mic off its stand.
"Thank you Steve. Glad to see Steve still has the same delicate touch with the microphone he had 35 years ago,'' McDonough said. "Kevin mentioned Monday Night Football. It dawns on me I'm a little bit nervous because I looked at our ratings from last season and it dawns on me that I'm not used to speaking at this many people watching. I hope we're going to get a little bit better this year. If you could all tune in on Monday nights we'd appreciate it.
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