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Welcome to National Macadamia Nut Day!
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Which NFL contender is Syracuse similar to? – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; D.A.)
This is one of the most hyped seasons in memory for Syracuse football. You’d have to go back to the ’90s, the heyday of Donovan McNabb and Coach P, for the last time SU had this many optimists before the season. The 24-0 shutout of Liberty wasn’t always pretty, but the result was the most important part.
As we head into Week 1 of the NFL season, which team does SU feel similar to? We’re looking for a squad that has optimism, but isn’t supposed to be good enough to win the Super Bowl. Let’s look at the Super Bowl betting PA odds, and see where the powerhouses and favorites line up first.
Clemson, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma are the top four in the country, all with heavy odds to make the CFB Playoff. So let’s make them the four teams from the title games last year, the Pats, Chiefs, Saints and Rams. After that, you have Ohio State, LSU and Texas, all programs that hope to win their conferences and wouldn’t be a shock to grab a playoff spot. So let’s make them the Bears, Eagles and Chargers.
Now it gets interesting. We need a team that has plenty of optimism surrounding the season, but a trip to the Super Bowl would be unlikely. That eliminates the Packers or the Steelers. Those teams have played and won championships in the recent past. They haven’t been in a down cycle for nearly as long as the Orange.
The one thing that the SU program can count on is solid coaching. We know Dino Babers track record of success, and so a team like the Browns doesn’t fit. While there’s plenty of Syracuse/Cleveland connections (like Jim Brown and Ernie Davis), no one knows if Freddie Kitchens will actually be a liability.
While Doug Marrone coached on both sidelines, the Orange aren’t the Jaguars. Jacksonville has already been the trendy pick after its AFC Title Game run two years ago, and is coming off a down year. The Cardinals aren’t a good match either. They have plenty of excitement, but no one expects them in the postseason this year.
For the best parallel to Syracuse this season we have to go out to the West Coast. (Drum roll please.) The 2019 Forty Niners are the best comp in the NFL. Kyle Shanahan is more unproven than Babers, but lots of people around the league think he’s a future star on the sideline. The QB is also somewhat unproven, but has a lot of enthusiasm around what we might see. Jimmy G. meet Tommy DeVito. The division has a beast in it to overcome, for the Niners its the Rams, for SU it’s Clemson. But if things break San Fran’s way, we could see them play in huge games down the stretch. The same can be said for SU.
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Orange Watch: Inequities of opening week schedule for Syracuse football, ACC - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: Each year during Week 1 of the college football season we’ve always been amazed at the canyon size range of match-ups. From schools playing and paying FCS and lower conference FBS opponents, to Power 5 vs. Power 5, and even conference games opening week. The only way to equal the playing field is to allow schools to play some sort of exhibition as a tune-up, something that just so happens to take place in virtually every other team sport – except college football.
Would Orange Nation rather see Syracuse 1-0 with a victory over a program like Liberty, or 0-1 following a tough conference loss to the likes of Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Virginia, or Virginia Tech?
Well, of course, we know the answer is 1-0, like any of the other 130 FBS schools.
Yet crazily, the game we have watched in-person for 55 seasons and get excited over the current campaign which is celebrating the sport’s 150th anniversary, has not figured out a way for programs close geographically (bus trips) to line up exhibition games or more pronounced formal scrimmages (that could perhaps have 10:00 quarters) to help iron out the kinks for players and coaches, before simple arithmetic, calendars, and TV contracts dictate that some teams will indeed end up playing a far lesser opponent during the opening week, and others will not.
The ACC Network instantly changed the dynamic, especially in its debut season with the need to sign up as many providers as possible, and control of the inventory. Not only does Syracuse basketball open up with arguably its toughest opening opponent since Charlotte (upset the ‘Cuse) in 2003 with Virginia in an ACCN exclusive this November, but the aforementioned six ACC football teams played one another last weekend, leaving the Hokies, Panthers, and Yellow Jackets staring at 0-1 records in the Coastal Division two days before Labor Day.
Believe it or not, the Orange’s 24-0 victory at Liberty, combined with the opening game win at Western Michigan in 2018, marked the first time in program history SU began consecutive seasons with wins on the road, and Syracuse is just 10-10 in season openers since 2000 with five of those wins coming against FCS opponents Villanova, Rhode Island, Colgate, and C. Connecticut State, along with WMU and Liberty since 2014.
Here’s a look at the 2019 season opener for each ACC school, you be the judge as to which team had the lowest-rated opponent:
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Syracuse defense purring; offense needs a jolt (AP; Kekis)
Syracuse coach Dino Babers knew what he had before the season started - a stout defense and a quarterback who's going to have to learn on the job.
All it took was one game to prove it.
The Syracuse defense, which registered 31 turnovers last season, the most of any Power Five team, notched four takeaways in a 24-0 victory at Liberty on Saturday night, the Orange's first shutout in a true road game since 1991. That moved Syracuse up a notch to No. 21 in this week's AP Top 25 as the Orange began preparing for a second straight outing on the road - against Big Ten foe Maryland (1-0) on Saturday.
"I think the biggest difference between good defenses and bad defenses is how the back end tackles," Babers said Monday during his weekly news conference. "You can normally get enough tough guys in the front seven, but if you get some tough guys in the back four, then you've got a real defense."
Andre Cisco, who led the nation last year as a freshman with seven interceptions, and Ifeatu Melifonwu each had an interception to pace the secondary, while redshirt junior nose tackle Josh Black had four tackles, including a personal-best two sacks, and recovered a fumble, a performance that earned him Atlantic Coast Conference defensive lineman of the week honors. Overall, the defense had eight sacks among its 14 tackles for a loss of 51 total yards and held Liberty to minus-4 yards rushing in 34 attempts.
The coach was duly impressed by the latter.
"That's a big, big feather, and that's why I used the word great," Babers said. "The defense did a great job."
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No. 21 Syracuse to tackle Maryland's improved offense (gwinnettprepsports.com; FLM)
There's so much to unbundle about No. 21 Syracuse's visit to Maryland on Saturday.
Dino Babers' Orange (1-0) opened with a 24-0 win at Liberty last weekend, that Syracuse defense every bit as staunch as advertised.
Maryland registered a shutout, too, in the first game for Mike Locksley as full-time head coach at a school where he's in his third tenure -- twice as an assistant. He was elevated to interim head coach when Syracuse grad Randy Edsall was let loose midseason in 2015.
It's hard to talk about the Terrapins defense, though, when Maryland (1-0) put up 79 points on Howard, racking up 623 yards total offense and scoring in all manner of ways.
"We wish we had an offensive outing the way their offense played along with the way their defense played," Babers said of the Terps. "Our eyes are wide open, and based off of how we played and how they played, I could see how many people could have them (as) favorite."
The Maryland defense held a hapless Howard team to just 68 total yards, the fewest allowed by any team in Week 1, but Syracuse had a much sterner test on the road at Liberty, the hosts eager for a high-profile win in coach Hugh Freeze's first game. The Flames confused Orange quarterback Tommy DeVito with soft coverages to prevent big plays.
The heralded sophomore wasn't always patient. He was 17-of-35 passing for 176 yards on the day, and he had two interceptions. Of course there was no tape on Liberty and what they would do defensively. There is tape on what Maryland did, though sorting through all the players the Terrapins got on the field -- 90-some bodies, including three quarterbacks who attempted a pass -- will be a chore.
Maryland's new starting quarterback, Virginia Tech transfer Josh Jackson, threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns. He was one of several high-profile transfers who looked like they can make the Terrapins tougher than expected in the demanding Big Ten East.
Other transfers making an impact were tight end Tyler Mabry (Buffalo), who caught a touchdown pass -- equaling the number of TD tosses to Terps tight ends all of last season -- and on defense, outside linebackers Shaq Smith (Clemson) and Keandre Jones (Ohio State) led a swarming unit.
"You never know who you are until you play a game," Locksley said. "You can scrimmage all day long, but your defense knows your weaknesses. The first game you can find out where you need to make adjustments. For us, the biggest thing from game one to game two offensively is our tempo. On defense, the biggest thing was communication."
Maryland counting on experienced defense vs No. 21 Syracuse (AP; Ginsburg)
Maryland's defense can expect to play a far bigger role Saturday against No. 21 Syracuse after spending the season opener in the background of a record-setting offense.
The focus of the Terrapins' 79-0 rout of Howard last weekend was Josh Jackson throwing four touchdown passes in his debut, the Terrapins breaking the school mark for points in a half with 56 and an attack that garnered 623 yards in its first game under coach Michael Locksley.
All that obscured a defense that rang up eight sacks, allowed only 1 yard rushing and never permitted the Bison to cross midfield in the Terps' first shutout since 2013.
Hired at Maryland after a successful run as Alabama's offensive coordinator, Locksley loved seeing the Terrapins score 11 touchdowns. But he can also appreciate the value of a stout defensive effort.
"No matter the opponent, anytime you pitch a shutout, those are tough to do in this day and age," Locksley said Tuesday.
Syracuse did the same in its opener, 24-0 over Liberty.
"Defense has the well-deserved reputation of being a strength for those guys," said Locksley, who hopes the same assertion can soon apply to Maryland.
The potential is there. The backfield features three seniors, most notably safety Antoine Brooks and cornerback Tino Ellis. Transfer Shaq Smith, who started every game for national champion Clemson last year, heads a solid group of linebackers.
The starting 11 includes five seniors and two grad students — Smith and linebacker Keandre Jones, formerly of Ohio State.
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Audio Vault (radio; Axe & Ward)
Syracuse Defensive Coordinator, Brian Ward, joins the show to discuss his defenses dominant performance against Liberty as well as what he has to prepare for this week with Maryland.
Maryland Football Mike Locksley Tuesday presser Syracuse week
Maryland won’t revel in opening-game rout of Howard as matchup with No. 21 Syracuse looms (The Sun; Staff)
One of Mike Locksley’s favorite expressions is that a college football team makes the biggest improvement from its first game to its second. Regardless of the opponent or the outcome, the first-year Maryland coach believes his Terps can build on Saturday’s season-opening 79-0 win over Howard.
Locksley has a better handle now on what kind of team he has, and not because of the outcome.
“You never know who you are until you until you play a game,” Locksley said during his weekly news conference Tuesday. “You can scrimmage all day long and the familiarity that goes along with scrimmaging makes it really difficult because your defense knows your weaknesses.
“They know where your fleas and Achilles heels are. They can exploit those things. Whereas, when you play your first game, you can really find out, ‘Are we really who we think we are?’ and then then you make the adjustments off of those answers.”
Exactly what kind of team Locksley has — and might become this season — could be a little easier to discern come Saturday, when the Terps go from being overwhelming favorites throttling a Football Championship Subdivision team to slight favorites (after being opening-line underdogs) against No. 21 Syracuse (1-0) at Maryland Stadium.
Three takeaways from Maryland’s 79-0 season-opening football win over Howard »
Given the opponent — a team many have predicted will be the ACC’s second-best team behind national champion Clemson — the Terps will have to clean up whatever mistakes Locksley and his staff found in watching tape to back up what was the second-biggest blowout in school history.
“I think the biggest thing from Game 1 to Game 2 on the offensive side of the board [is] our tempo," Locksley said. "We tried to play fast, a couple of times we got ourselves into trouble, we had a couple of penalties. … On the defensive side of the ball, the biggest issue that came out of the game for us was communication.”
Locksley acknowledged that a team that has more often been on the painful end of one-sided losses, particularly while playing in the Big Ten East, can be helped by the way it performed in what was the largest margin of victory by an FBS team in Week 1.
“We were also maybe able to gain a little bit of confidence in understanding in how we practice and how we do things,” said Locksley, whose Terps gave up the fewest yards (68), tied Penn State for the most points and was tied for seventh in total yards (623) after the first full week of games.
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Terps freshman expected to make first start versus Syracuse (247sports.com; Stirn)
Maryland redshirt freshman Jaelyn Duncan, who backed up Ellis McKennie at left tackle in the team’s opener, will likely make his first career start against Syracuse this week, Maryland coach Michael Locksley said at his weekly press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Locksley said he was pleased with Duncan’s performance against Howard. The former four-star recruit replaced McKennie on the first-team offensive line with less than five minutes left in the second quarter and didn’t allow a single sack or quarterback pressure before exiting deep into the second half.
“I was pleased with how he came in and how he performed in his time,” Locksley said. “We need to get him as many reps [as possible] because he’s a new starter. So every rep Jaelyn gets he’ll get better and be better for that rep.”
This week’s matchup against Syracuse will provide Duncan with his first real test as the Orange start preseason first-team all-ACC selections Kendall Coleman and Alton Robinson at defensive end. Coleman and Robinson finished with 10 sacks a piece last season, and the two combined for 2.5 of the team’s eight sacks in Syracuse’s 24-0 win over Liberty last week.
“Their reputations are well-deserved,” Locksley said. “When you watch them on tape, they both play with good pad level. They’re really explosive, long, limber guys that are able to get off blocks quickly. So we’ve got to do a really good job up front of playing with good pad level and matching the intensity as we come off the football to try to establish our abilities up front to run the football, which is going to be important in a game like this.”
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Syracuse Football: Top 3 nuggets to watch out for in Week 2 vs Maryland (itlh; Esden Sr)
Our Paul A. Esden Sr shares the top 3 nuggets to watch out for in Week 2 between the Syracuse football squad and Maryland.
One of my questions was answered in the opening game for the Syracuse football squad against the Liberty Flames and one of them was answered in a BIG way. Our defense is FOR REAL.
I fully understand that the Flames are not the Clemson Tigers, however they are a Division 1 school and one of their biggest strengths was their running game coming into the game with a 3-headed monster responsible for 2000 yards rushing last year; that is until they ran into the Orange Crush (not as catchy as the Orange is the New Fast but not too shabby either).
The Orange held the vaunted Liberty running attack to (drum roll please) minus 4 yards. This is an astounding number but when you couple it that they ran the ball 34 times it speaks to the dominance of the game.
Perhaps the largest question mark going into the season remains unanswered. Tommy DeVito’s play on Saturday night could at best be described as lackluster.
Under 50 percent completion percentage, throwing for 176 yards and two interceptions. The leading receiver was also our leading rusher Moe Neal. Forget this writers prediction for an undefeated season if this does not get turned around that is at best a pipe dream. Now I am not sounding the panic alarm, yet, but marked improvement is needed. Now on to the next game.
At this point in my article I would typically breakdown the season for our opponent leading up to our game. I won’t be doing that this game not because there is only a one-game resume but because Maryland scheduled the Howard University Bison which I am sure has a nice campus but is somewhat lacking in the gridiron as they lost 79-0. This mismatch verged on the ridiculous as the Bison’s managed only 68 yards of total offense.
Here are some key nuggets to look for:
- Junior transfer quarterback Josh Jackson in his first start for Maryland put up some gaudy numbers and was pulled after the first half, after going 15-for-24 for 245 yards and finishing with four touchdowns.
- This game was more like the old school QB challenge where quarterbacks threw at non-moving targets with no defenders. Still our secondary will be put to the test.
- The Terrapins brought some heat sacking Bison QB’s eight times. The rebuilt Orange offensive line will be challenged to give Tommy DeVito some time or this will be a long day for our QB.
The Liberty game was just what the doctor ordered: showed Tommy and Dino that work was needed on the passing game, the defense came together and it allowed the team who may have been drinking the kool-aid that their work is cut out for them to continue to put the Orange back in the National limelight.
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Syracuse Football: Orange fans should be thanking the Maryland Terrapins (itlh; Esden Jr)
Before the Syracuse football squad and Maryland square off in Week 2, Orange fans should say thank you. Why? We provide the juicy details.
Thank you.
That’s what Syracuse football fans SHOULD be saying to Maryland Terrapins ahead of its Week 2 matchup.
Huh?
Typically when any different colored jersey steps across the field from the Orange, they should be the mortal enemy.
Syracuse fans want to annihilate its opponent, regardless of who it is. They should still want that vs Maryland, but early in game week they should thank them for a special gift that was delivered back in 2016. Still not ringing a bell?
Amba Etta-Tawo.
After a middling two-year career with the Terps that resulted in a grand total of 30 receptions for 438 yards and one touchdown, he decided to transfer.
After some consultation with friends and family, he decided to join forces with Dino Babers.
Considering what he did at Maryland and the weapons already on the Orange, not much was expected of Amba.
Despite minimal expectations, Etta-Tawo transformed a bench-warming career to one of (if not) the greatest single season for an Orange wide receiver in program history.
This is a program that has multiple Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receivers mind you (Marvin Harrison and Art Monk).
In 12 games he snagged 94 receptions for 1,482 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Let’s dive a bit deeper into that special season:
- 7 of his 12 games he registered over 100 yards receiving (two games he went for over 200 and one game he NEARLY went for 300 yards).
- In 4 of the 12 games, Amba had 10 receptions or more.
- In 25 percent of the games, Amba scored multiple touchdowns.
- While the final game of his Orange career resulted in one of the craziest college football games in history (for a short time it was the highest-scoring game in FBS history).
- Amba caught five touchdown passes in that game vs the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Episode 155- Syracuse Football: Liberty Postgame/Maryland Preview! 'Cuse Militia podcast (player.fm; podcast; Cuse Militia)
Episode 155- Syracuse Football: Liberty Postgame/Maryland Preview!
ACC Power Rankings, Week 2: Clemson, Syracuse, Virginia maintain top spots (greenvilleonline.com; Keepfer)
The opening week of the college football season provided a smattering of upsets, but teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference remained relatively unscathed.
The result is status quo at the top of the ACC Power Rankings for Week 2, with Clemson, Syracuse and Virginia – which combined to win their openers by a 106-28 margin – holding on to the top three spots.
The next three teams in last week’s rankings all lost their first games, with Miami falling against Florida (24-20), Florida State losing late to Boise State (36-31) and Virginia Tech dropping its opener at Boston College (35-28), which accounted for some shuffling among the teams in the league’s second tier.
1. Clemson
After handily dispatching Georgia Tech, 52-14, in its season opener behind 205 yards rushing from Travis Etienne, top-ranked Clemson will turn its attention to a more formidable foe – 11th-ranked Texas A&M. The Aggies pushed the eventual national champions to the limit last year before losing 28-26 in College Station, Texas. This year’s matchup could be one of the Tigers’ biggest challenges.
Up next: vs. No. 11 Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m. (ET), Saturday on ABC
2. Syracuse
Syracuse blanked Liberty 24-0 in its opener and will face a trip to Maryland before hosting Clemson in the first big ACC showdown of the season Sept. 15. Dino Babers has the Orange playing with confidence after last year’s 10-win season, and the rest of the league has been put on notice that visits to the Carrier Dome aren’t just hazardous during basketball season.
Up next: at Maryland, noon (ET), Saturday on ESPN2
3. Virginia
The Cavaliers face William & Mary this week after opening with a 30-14 victory at Pitt, but things get a bit more challenging from here. Virginia will host Florida State on Sept. 14, then have back-to-back road games at Notre Dame and Miami.
Up next: vs. William & Mary, 8 p.m. (ET), Friday on ACCN
4. Miami
The Hurricanes certainly don’t want to fall to 0-2, but next up on the docket is a road game at upstart North Carolina, which knocked off South Carolina in its opener and is hopeful that it can experience a football rebirth under former coach Mack Brown. If Miami can survive the trip to Chapel Hill, it will be rewarded with five consecutive home games and the chance to build a fairly impressive resume.
Up next: at North Carolina, 8 p.m. (ET), Saturday, ACCN
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https://www.fayeobserver.com/sports/20190903/acc-football-schedule-week-2 (fayeobserver.com; Staff)
A look at this week’s upcoming game, with TV listings, involving ACC programs
WEEK 2
Friday, Sept. 6
William & Mary (1-0) at Virginia (1-0), 8 p.m.
TV: ACC Network
Series: Virginia leads, 29-6-1; Last meeting: Virginia, 28-10 (2017)
Wake Forest (1-0) at Rice (0-1), 8 p.m.
TV: CBSSN
Series: Tied, 1-1-1; Last meeting: Wake Forest, 56-24 (2018)
Saturday, Sept. 7
Ohio (1-0) at Pitt (0-1), 11 a.m.
TV: ACC Network
Series: Pitt leads, 7-1; Last meeting: Ohio, 16-10 (2005)
No. 21 Syracuse (1-0) at Maryland (1-0), Noon
TV: ESPN
Series: Syracuse leads, 19-15-2; Last meeting: Maryland, 34-20 (2014)
Old Dominion (1-0) at Virginia Tech (0-1), Noon
TV: ESPNU
Series: Tied, 1-1; Last meeting: Old Dominion, 49-35 (2018)
Western Carolina (0-1) at NC State (1-0), 12:30 p.m.
TV: Raycom; Fox Carolinas
Series: NC State leads, 6-0; Last meeting: NC State, 48-7 (2010)
South Florida (0-1) at Georgia Tech (0-1), 2 p.m.
TV: ACC Network
Series: South Florida leads, 1-0; Last meeting: USF, 49-38 (2018)
Richmond (1-0) at Boston College (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
Online: ACC Netwrok Extra
Series: Boston College leads, 4-1; Last meeting: Boston College, 24-0 (1971)
No. 12 Texas A&M (1-0) at No. 1 Clemson (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
TV: ABC
Series: Texas A&M leads, 3-2; Last meeting: Clemson, 28-26 (2018)
ULM (1-0) at Florida State (0-1), 5 p.m.
TV: ACC Network
Series: Florida State leads, 2-0; Last meeting: Florida State, 42-10 (2017)
North Carolina A&T (1-0) at Duke (0-1), 6 p.m.
Online: ACC Network Extra
Series: First meeting
Eastern Kentucky (1-0) at Louisville, 7 p.m.
Online: ACC Network Extra
Series: Louisville leads 18-8-1; Last meeting: Louisville, 44-7 (2013)
Miami (0-1, 0-0) at North Carolina (1-0, 0-0), 8 p.m.
TV: ACC Network
Series: Tied, 11-11; Last meeting: Miami, 47-10 (2018)
King of the Hill: ACC Football Power Rankings (Week 1) (cardiachill.com; Whaley)
So, I hate preseason polls. They give unfair advantages to teams and include an inordinate amount of guesswork.
Don’t get me wrong. — Week 1 polls aren’t too much better. One game isn’t enough to figure out where teams really are and how do you, for instance, rank teams like Duke and Georgia Tech, which were blown out by powerhouses when many teams would be beaten similarly bad?
But now that we’ve got a week of ACC games under our belts, here’s my best shot at rankings for the conference.
- Clemson (1-0) - beat Georgia Tech, 52-14
- Miami (0-1) - lost to Florida, 24-20
- Virginia (1-0) - beat Pitt, 30-14
- North Carolina State (1-0) - beat East Carolina, 34-6
- Syracuse (1-0) - beat Liberty, 24-0
- Boston College (1-0) - beat Virginia Tech, 35-28
- Florida State (0-1) - lost to Boise State, 36-31
- North Carolina (1-0) - beat South Carolina, 24-20
- Louisville (0-1) - lost to Notre Dame, 35-17
- Virginia Tech (0-1) - lost to Boston College
- Wake Forest (1-0) - beat Utah State, 38-35
- Pitt (0-1) - lost to Virginia
- Georgia Tech (0-1) - lost to Clemson
- Duke (0-1) - lost to Alabama, 42-3
Teams like Boston College and Virginia Tech present interesting problems. Is Boston College really that good or is Tech that bad? And trying to rank the teams from, say, No. 5 to the bottom is nearly impossible at this point. Heck, even No. 2 through No. 5 could probably shuffled in all sorts of ways.
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Comcast/ATT tell Floridians the ACCN isn't worth $1/month (RX; HM)
Comcast/ATT tell Floridians the ACCN isn't worth $1/month
From Miami Herald: Most of South Florida likely won’t be able to see Hurricanes’ next 2 games. Here’s why - here are a few choice quotes from an otherwise questionable article:
Quote #1:
Hello - if the ACC is going to keep up with the SEC, it has to charge close to the same amount as the SECN charges! TBH, the word on the street is that the ACCN is only asking about $1.00 per sub, as opposed to $1.25 for the SECN - yet I don't hear them complaining about that $1.25.
Quote #2:
"only viewers that want the channel?" What if we don't want the SEC Network - you gonna take that off our cable bills? Viewers want the ACCN, dadgum it!
Quote #3:
SO WHAT? SEC games used to be on Raycom, too... they aren't any more, and neither are ACC games. Get over it, Comcast and AT&T!
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Good Wins/Bad Losses - 9/4/19 (RX; HM)
Good Wins/Bad Losses - 9/4/19
Time to look at "Good Wins" (i.e. over a P5 opponent) and "Bad Losses" (i.e. to a non-power team). Here's the tally so far...
Conf | Good Wins | Bad Losses |
ACC | S Carolina 20, UNC 24 | Florida St 31, Boise St 36 |
B1G | none | Purdue 31, Nevada 34 |
Pac | Stanford 17, N'western 7 | Arizona 38, Hawaii 45 UCLA 14, Cincinnati 24 |
SEC | Auburn 27, Oregon 21 Florida 24, Miami 20 Alabama 42, Duke 3 | Missouri 31, Wyoming 37 Ole Miss 10, Memphis 15 Tennessee 30, Ga State 38 |
XII | Okie St 53, Oregon St 36 | none |
So the ACC has one P5 win so far (by UNC), and the worst loss was by FSU - to a Boise State team which, oh by the way, is now ranked 24th in the latest AP and Coaches polls! No shame there.
The Big Ten has no P5 wins yet, but does have one loss to G5 Nevada (by Purdue)
The Pac-12 has one P5 win against two G5 losses
The SEC has three and three. Be proud of that win over Duke, SEC fans! The other two victories were by an average of 5 points, while the G5 losses were by an average of 6.3 points.
The Big XII is the only power conference yet to lose to a non-power opponent; it also has one P5 victory - albeit over what may be one of the worst teams in the power five.
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AP Poll - 9/3/19 (RX; HM)
AP Top 25 Poll
The Associated Press began its college football poll on Oct. 19, 1936, and it is now the longest-running poll of those that award national titles at the end of the season. The preseason poll was started in 1950. A panel of 62 sports writers and broadcasters from around the country votes on the poll weekly.
SOURCE: AP Top 25 College Football Poll
WEEK 2 - Sept 3, 2019
Rank | Team | Conf |
1 | Clemson (1-0) | ACC |
2 | Alabama (1-0) | SEC |
3 | Georgia (1-0) | SEC |
4 | Oklahoma (1-0) | XII |
5 | Ohio State (1-0) | B1G |
6 | LSU (1-0) | SEC |
7 | Michigan (1-0) | B1G |
8 | Notre Dame (1-0) | IND |
9 | Texas (1-0) | XII |
10 | Auburn (1-0) | SEC |
11 | Florida (1-0) | SEC |
12 | Texas A&M (1-0) | SEC |
13 | Utah (1-0) | Pac-12 |
14 | Washington (1-0) | Pac-12 |
15 | Penn State (1-0) | B1G |
16 | Oregon (0-1) | Pac-12 |
17 | Wisconsin (1-0) | B1G |
18 | UCF (1-0) | AAC |
19 | Michigan State (1-0) | B1G |
20 | Iowa (1-0) | B1G |
21 | Syracuse (1-0) | ACC |
22 | Washington State (1-0) | Pac-12 |
23 | Stanford (1-0) | Pac-12 |
24 | Boise State (1-0) | MWC |
25 | Nebraska (1-0) | B1G |
25 | Iowa State (1-0) | XII |
Others receiving votes: | ||
26 | Virginia | ACC |
Links, news and rumors - 9/4/19 (RX; HM)
Links, news and rumors - 9/4/19
Just a reminder: last year UNC opened with a loss to Cal, Louisville was drilled by Alabama (lost by 37), Miami was whipped by LSU (lost by 16), and FSU lost by 21 at home (to VT)... so even though some teams must be very disappointed to lose their opener, if we're being objective here we'd have to say there appears to be some real improvement which, hopefully, shows up in week #2...
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Monday Results - 9/3/18
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From Tuesday's "The Read Option" newsletter:
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'150 Years of Tradition at Syracuse University' showcases student memorabilia (DO; Riojas)
Curator Meg Mason spent the fall of 2018 meticulously looking through old photographs of former Syracuse University students. She created copies of images and carefully selected which ones could tell a story of 150 Years of Tradition in the process.
The exhibit, which includes photos, vintage freshmen beanies and other Syracuse memorabilia, “150 Years of Tradition at Syracuse University” is on display on the sixth floor of Bird Library. Mason said the collection has about 100 items, including almost 60 photo reproductions of student life.
Rather than displaying the history of SU in a broad way, Petrina Jackson, the director of the Special Collections Research Center, said the department wanted to hone in on SU’s history through the traditions students have practiced throughout time.
With an extensive collection of SU history, Mason said one of the challenges she faced was finding pieces that focused on interesting moments in the school’s history — that were visually stimulating — and could fit in the gallery showcases.
While Mason’s curating process began in 2018, the planning exhibition took years of execution, said David Seaman, dean of libraries and university librarian. The process included working with communication and design point talent, among others, to create the space, Seaman said.
Pieces included in the exhibit are Ernie Davis’ No. 44 jersey and Junius Stevens’ handwritten music sheet of the alma mater, which will both be displayed until October and reappear next year in March, said Mason. But Mason also included traditions that have adapted over time or have completely stopped — to highlight how much Syracuse has changed over the years.
Mason decided to showcase the Saltine Warrior, who was replaced in the 1970s, after a Native American student organization protested and asked the university to remove the mascot. She said while that tradition ended, it made room for a new one: Otto the Orange.
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