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Welcome to National Cheese Pizza Day!
National Cheese Pizza Day is dedicated to the pie shaped flatbread with toppings, first eaten in Naples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At the time, this coastal city was not part of Italy, but its own kingdom. The working poor, or lazzaroni, lived outside or in small homes, and needed cheap food. Pizza consisted of flatbread with toppings such as tomatoes, garlic, cheese, oil, or anchovies, and it was sold by street vendors and informal restaurants, and eaten for any meal. Naples became part of Italy in 1861, and in 1889, Queen Margherita and King Umberto visited Naples and tried pizza. Legend has it that she loved mozzarella pizza, which included mozzarella cheese, red tomatoes, and green basil—the colors of the Italian flag. The pizza then took her namesake. But, pizza didn't end up becoming popular in the rest of Italy until the 1940's.
It was in the United States, where Neapolitans immigrated to, that pizza gained in popularity. The first pizzeria in the United States was Lombardi's, which was started in New York City in 1905. Lombardi's is still in business, although it is in a new location, but the original oven is still in use. Neapolitans brought pizza to many other cities, including Trenton, New Haven, St. Louis, Chicago, and Boston. Pizza became popular all over the country, especially following World War II. Many styles of crusts and different toppings became popular in different regions. Eventually pizza made its way back to Italy, as well as to other parts of the world.
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Fizz Film Room: Why Tommy DeVito Struggled – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Leonard)
Tommy DeVito didn’t put together the game he wanted in his first career start at Liberty Saturday. The redshirt sophomore went 17/35 for just 176 yards, while tossing two interceptions and no TDs. We went into the film room to figure out why the four-star recruit struggled.
Forcing The Issue
Perhaps DeVito’s worst mistake of the game came right before the end of the first half. Syracuse drove down the field to set up a 2nd & 10 at right around the Liberty 14 yard line. Facing pressure from the Flames Jesse Lemonier, DeVito spun around and was forced to role out of the pocket. As you can see below, no one was really open, except for maybe the receiver blocked by the score bug, so this was frankly his only option.
The issue comes when DeVito comes near the sideline. Instead of just throwing the ball away and ending the dead play, the Syracuse quarterback tries to squeeze it into a tight window where Aaron Hackett is at the far side of the three yard line.
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Chris Elmore, Aaron Hackett’s blocking key to Syracuse’s running game (DO; Black)
Chris Elmore loves hitting guys. That is, lining up at fullback or tight end, springing forward when the ball is snapped and blocking oncoming defenders. That’s part of the reason why he earned the nickname “Rhino” last season — because of his willingness to run through anyone and anything.
This summer, Elmore made an effort to shed some of the weight that partially earned him the moniker as one of the biggest mammals in the world. He’s now down to 279 pounds, 16 fewer than his listed weight on the Syracuse roster.
“I definitely tried to cut down, be more of a technician-type dude, not just use my size all the time,” Elmore said. “So I’m feeling good, looking good.”
Meanwhile, Aaron Hackett did the opposite. The junior tight end put on “eight or nine” pounds this summer in an effort to strengthen the blocking side of his game, in addition to the pass-catching abilities he already possesses.
The two headline No. 21 Syracuse’s (1-0) fullback-tight end group that head coach Dino Babers uses frequently. The two can line up in the backfield, at the end of the line or split out wide to create mismatches. In SU’s up-tempo offense, Hackett and Elmore can give Syracuse unique advantages in both the running and passing game.
The departures of Ravian Pierce to graduation, Gabe Horan to medical disqualification and Jesse Conners to injury have left the position group thin. But with the improvements to their bodies and skills, Elmore and Hackett have ensured that the group is as effective as any on the team.
“We rotate around a lot,” Elmore said. “We gotta bring (freshman tight end Luke Benson) up to speed, with me and Hackett being the two older guys in the room. But he’s coming along good. It’s nothing we can’t handle.”
Aside from slimming down, Elmore also changed his blocking technique this summer, one that won’t be as reliant on pure size anymore. He aims to play in the NFL one day, he said, and realized during this offseason that if he wants to reach that goal, he’ll have to know the basics of blocking first.
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College football: Syracuse defense shines but offense needs polish (mpnnow.com; AP; Kekis)
Coach Dino Babers is thrilled with how his team played in Saturday’s win over Liberty as it prepares for Saturday’s game at Maryland
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.”
The offense? OK at best.
Redshirt sophomore Tommy DeVito completed 17 of 35 passes for 176 yards and two interceptions in his first game as a starter. He also was sacked twice and rushed for 21 yards on six carries. Babers attributed instances of apparent miscommunication between DeVito and his receiving corps to injuries during preseason camp to receivers Trishton Jackson, Taj Harris and Nykeim Johnson that forced them to miss time.
“We didn’t play our best football,” DeVito said. “Every week going forward we’re going to get better. I’ve definitely got to take care of the ball, especially in the red-zone situations. We’re going to learn from it and move forward.”
The 22nd ranked Orange know this is a major contest and after opening as four point favorites on Sunday, the Orange are now the underdogs. Kickoff is at 12 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN following College GameDay.
Here are three keys for Syracuse to avoid a loss on the road:
Get Tommy DeVito back in sync
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ESPN projects Orange Bowl for Syracuse football; 3 Orange earn high PFF grades; more (PS; Burrows)
ESPN released its first bowl projections for the season this week and has Syracuse football headed to the Orange Bowl.
Both of ESPN’s experts picked SU for the Orange Bowl – one has the Orange facing LSU and one has Penn State.
The Orange Bowl was a pretty common prediction for Syracuse when we last looked at preseason projections, with half of the predictions examined sending SU to Miami.
The Orange Bowl has emerged as a common prediction with many believing Syracuse is the clear second-best team in the ACC. Should Clemson make the College Football Playoff, the No. 2 team in the ACC will head to the Orange Bowl because of an ACC conference tie-in.
In other Orange football news, three players earned high Pro Football Focus grades from the win over Liberty on Saturday.
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Syracuse football prepares for dangerous trip to Maryland: 3 keys to the game (D&C; Johnson)
Syracuse rolled to a 24-0 victory over Liberty in its season opener, but the Orange's first game was marred by uneven play.
On one hand, the defense was sensational in shutting out a Hugh Freeze-led offense while picking up eight sacks and forcing four turnovers.
However, the offense was stuck in neutral most of the night with redshirt sophomore Tommy DeVito tossing two interceptions. The run game struggled to assert itself until the final quarter, plus starting center Sam Heckel was injured in the second quarter and his status for Week 2 remains unclear.
What is clear though is Syracuse's next opponent, the Maryland Terrapins, will be riding high when the Orange come to town. In Mike Locksley's first game as head coach Maryland scored 79 points and held Howard to just 69 total yards.
Obviously, Howard was overmatched against a Big Ten school, but Dino Babers isn't taking the Terrapins' performance lightly.
“We wish we had an offensive outing the way their offense played along with the way their defense played,” Babers said at his weekly press conference. “Our eyes are wide open, and based off of how we played and how they played, I could see how people could have them the favorite.”
Babers was highly complimentary of Locksley, the former Alabama offensive coordinator, especially his efforts to recruit the local area.
"(Maryland) is a team with a lot of good football players. Coach Locksley does a nice job of recruiting the DMV as an area and it's an area we also recruit. We have a lot of kids from that area," Babers said. "It's going to be a very close contest and we definitely have our hands full."
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One Game In, Maryland Football Has Clarity Before Big Test Against Syracuse (pressboxonline.com; Kenziora)
Maryland head coach Michael Locksley believes college football teams make their biggest improvement between Week 1 and Week 2 of the season. Game results provide the kind of answers and data points that practices and scrimmages simply can't. Teams evolve during a season, of course, but those first 60 minutes set an important foundation.
"You never know who you are until you play a game," Locksley said Sept. 3. "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 what your fleas and Achilles' heels are, and they can exploit those things. Whereas when you play your first game, you can really find out, 'Are we who we think we are?' And then you make the adjustments off of those answers."
The Terps probably won't be able to improve on the result from last week -- a 79-0 win against Howard in which they led 623-68 in total yardage -- but Locksley maintains there is room for improvement in several areas. He said the Terps' offense made some mistakes trying to be too up-tempo, while the safeties can better communicate to set up the defense.
"The scoreboard to us, we try not to let that even come into play when we game plan, when we correct from games when we win or when we lose," Locksley said. "The key thing is to go in and get the corrections made for the fundamental mistakes or the mental errors that took place."
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Syracuse Looks to Continue Defensive Dominance Against Maryland (waer.org)
Syracuse Football kicked off its season with a strong defensive showing. The Orange looks to continue to dominate defensively against Maryland this week on the road. Against Liberty, the Syracuse passing game struggled. Quarterback Tommy Devito passed for 176 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Devito only connected on 17 of his 35 pass attempts. Despite the offensive stall, the Orange defense put up a stout performance. The Flames offense was shut out and held to -4 rushing yards. Coach Dino Baber’s defense totaled eight-team sacks. This week the Orange play Maryland, which opens as the home favorite. Both teams are playing for its second win of the season.
Be sure to tune in to WAER at 11:30 for Countdown to Kickoff on 88.3.
Last week, Maryland crushed their opponent. They won 79-0 and only allowed Howard to gain 68 total yards. Even though the Terrapins were projected to win, it is still impressive that the defense could inflict so much damage. There are two similarities between both team’s defenses. Both shutout their opponents and recorded eight-team sacks. Maryland only allowed one rushing yard which is very similar to the negative yards the Orange allowed against Liberty. Just based on how alike the defensive numbers are, this game is going to be a low-scoring affair.
The difference between these two teams is that the Terrapins know how to put up points through the air. Where Syracuse had zero touchdowns, Maryland had five. The majority of these touchdown passes came from junior quarterback Josh Jackson. Along with the ability to score, Jackson also had a completion percentage of above 60 percent. Jackson is an accurate passer who will give the Orange defense their first true test.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...y-season-opener-mean-more-wins/?noredirect=on (washingtonpost.com; Giambalvo)
Maryland’s football team opened the Michael Locksley era with ease, dominating its season debut to the extent that four quarterbacks had the chance to lead drives and the first-team players essentially closed up shop at halftime. But the reality of Saturday’s 79-0 victory, which featured 11 Terrapins touchdowns and a lockdown defense, was that the opponent was, well, Howard. The Football Championship Subdivision foe bears little resemblance to what the Terrapins will face when No. 21 Syracuse marches into College Park this weekend.
So how much does that Howard win really mean? Do season-opening blowouts provide any insight into how a team’s season will unfold? Maryland players say they won’t dwell on the result, and Locksley made note of the team’s correctable mistakes the moment he stepped to the lectern to speak with reporters after the game. But recent history says teams that win openers by 50 points or more typically finish with more victories based on overall win totals in the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
Since 2000, the year Sports Reference’s single-game database begins, the average season win total for an FBS team is 6.5. In that same period of time and not counting this season, 101 FBS teams have won their season openers by at least 50 points; the average win total for those teams jumps to 8.3.
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College Football 2019: 5 bold predictions for Week 2 action (saturdayblitz.com; Warr)
Picking a team favored to win by 5 is a bold prediction?
After a less than eventful Week 1, we head into Week 2 hoping for a more exciting college football slate. Let’s talk bold predictions.
There was only one ranked matchup in Week 1 and while it lived up to the billing, it left many wanting more of the greatness that is college football. Well, that is exactly what is coming your way in Week 2 with two big-time matchups and a bunch of other exciting matchups lined up as well.
On that note, let’s talk bold predictions for Week 2 of the season, starting with a team that absolutely dominated Week 1.
5. Maryland knocks No. 22 Syracuse out of the rankings
Maryland played Howard to open the season, a game that were obviously expected to win. However, they didn’t just win, they dominated 79-0. They won every battle and did everything they were supposed to do to win this one and it showed in the final score and in how the nation is now looking at the Terps.
Episode 1: Howard
Yes, the Syracuse defense is good and I acknowledge that but the Maryland offense is on fire and I don’t see Syracuse being able to douse that flame long enough to win this one. Look for the Terps to win this one and likely knock the Orange out of the rankings and maybe even find a way into the AP Top 25 themselves.
4. Mack Brown continues to bring North Carolina back
When you think of North Carolina, football isn’t the first thought by any means and that is understandable, to say the least. However, now former Longhorn head coach Mack Brown has taken over the program and is looking to change that in a hurry.
No one gave him much of a chance to do anything, saying he was too old to come back to football and his way of playing the game wasn’t going to be good enough to make the comeback.
Now, the Tar Heels take on the Miami Hurricanes in Week 2. Miami struggled against Florida in Week 0 and honestly, the Gators didn’t even play that well to begin with, so that doesn’t look all that great on Miami. North Carolina also faced off against an SEC East team in the first week, pulling off a nice comeback against South Carolina.
I see them easily taking down the Hurricanes to continue Mack Brown’s “Prove Them Wrong” tour.
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ACC Network signs a carriage deal with Cox, gaining even more subs (awfulannoucing.com; Bucholtz)
The last few weeks have seen some very good news for the new ACC Network on the carriage front, with deals with Charter, Dish/Sling TV, and now Cox. ESPN announced Wednesday that Cox has signed on to carry the network:
Disney Media Distribution and Cox Communications have reached an agreement to carry ESPN’s newly launched ACC Network. The deal will allow fans and followers of the Atlantic Coast Conference to access the multiplatform network in all Cox markets once launched.
“We know our customers are passionate about sports, and we’re excited to be able to connect them to exclusive ACC content and games through this agreement,” said Andy Albert, Cox Communications senior vice president, content acquisition.
Added Sean Breen, Disney Media Distribution senior vice president, “Cox Communications’ strong presence in key markets across the ACC footprint makes this agreement great for their consumers and vibrant fan base. With more than 30 remaining football games on tap this season, Cox subscribers will get to welcome the ACC Network in overdrive.”
This comes at a good time for fans of ACC schools who have Cox, as Week 2 of the college football season is on tap and ACCN has a whole lot of games there. They’ll carry William and Mary at Virginia Friday night, then Ohio-Pitt, USF-Georgia Tech, ULM-Florida State, and Miami-North Carolina Saturday, plus Richmond-Boston College, North Carolina A&T-Duke and Eastern Kentucky-Louisville on the streaming-only ACC Network Extra(ACCNX) service through the ESPN app (ACC Network subscriber authentication is now required, and Cox subscribers will be able to access that under the new agreement). The Western Carolina-NC State game will also be available on ACCNX to those who don’t have Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Go.
As per estimates David Glenn of The Athletic relayed in July, Cox has an estimated four million subscribers, so this is a significant addition for ACC Network. And as Breen mentioned in that release, they have a notable presence in many ACC markets. The addition of Cox’s subscribers here also means that ACC Network now has deals with companies that collectively cover around 52 million potential subscribers (not all subscribers to a company will automatically get ACC Network, as that depends on the company’s package deals and where ACC Network is placed), putting them close to the estimates for the more-established Big Ten Network and SEC Network (55 and 59 million respectively). And that further adds to optimism about the network and what it can mean for the conference.
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ACC Power Rankings: Clemson Showcases Plethora of Weapons in Week 1 - The Heights (bcheights.com; Smart)
Three years ago, the ACC had one of the best years a football conference could ever have. The league piled up eight bowl game victories, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson was the Heisman Trophy winner, and of course, Clemson beat Alabama for the national title. Oh, how things have changed. Now, the conference is defined by Clemson and everybody else, with just one other team (Syracuse) cracking the AP Top 25. With that as a backdrop to the 2019 season, here’s what stood out from the first week of action in The Heights ACC Power Rankings.
1) Clemson (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast, AP No. 1)
On a night where superstar quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw two interceptions, junior running back Travis Etienne stole the show. The reigning ACC Player of the Year went off against Georgia Tech in a 52-14 win, helping the defending champs start out on the right foot by running for 205 yards on just 12 carries, a ridiculous 17.1 yards per carry. Etienne busted out a 90-yard touchdown run and finished with three touchdowns. The Tigers came out fast and never let up, scoring 14 points in each of the first three quarters.
2) Virginia (1-0, 1-0)
Five of the Cavaliers’ last six meetings against Pittsburgh had ended in defeat, but Bronco Mendenhall’s team erased a halftime deficit and held the reigning Coastal Division champions scoreless in the second half en route to a 30-14 win. It was a big victory for a program that is hopeful for a breakout season. UVA displayed a stout defense that held Pittsburgh to just 3.4 yards per carry, while registering two interceptions.
3) Syracuse (1-0, 0-0, AP No. 21)
While the Orange are one of just two teams in the AP Top 25 in the ACC, an easy 24-0 win over Liberty didn’t exactly inspire confidence. New quarterback Tommy DeVito, taking over for the tenured starter Eric Dungey, averaged just five yards per attempt, threw two interceptions, and didn’t have a passing touchdown. The defense was impressive, but posting just 368 yards on offense is concerning with a road trip to Maryland and a huge game against Clemson on tap.
4) North Carolina (1-0, 0-0)
In Mack Brown’s first game as a head coach in five years, the Tar Heels erased an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, downing South Carolina, 24-20. In the first three quarters, it was clear that UNC was hesitant offensively, especially with a true freshman quarterback in Sam Howell. They managed just nine points on three field goals, but struck for 15 in the fourth alone as Howell threw two touchdown passes. He finished 15-of-24 for 245 yards with a 175.7 passer rating, second among ACC signal callers.
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Pitt Football Loses Defensive Tackle Keyshon Camp For Season After Knee Injury (cbslocal.com)
For the second time this season, Pitt has lost a key defensive lineman to injury for the year.
The team announced season-ending surgery for junior defensive tackle Keyshon Camp, who injured his knee in the season opener against Virginia at Heinz Field.
“Coach Pat Narduzzi announced that defensive tackle Keyshon Camp will undergo season-ending surgery for an injury sustained in the opener.”
Earlier in the year, Pitt lost junior defensive end Rashad Weaver to a knee injury during training camp.
ACC Experiencing Highs, Lows of High-Profile Transfers (ny times; AP)
The Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division could serve as a case study for the extremes of college football's transfer spectrum.
At one end is Miami, where the NCAA allowed quarterback Tate Martell to play immediately after coming in from Ohio State. At the other is Virginia Tech, where an outpouring of outrage came after Coastal Carolina transfer Brock Hoffman was denied in his request to play this year.
"In my estimation, he went about this thing the right way," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said, "and was punished because of it."
Transfers — whether they actually play this year or not — have emerged as a dominant off-field storyline around the ACC and beyond.
The opening-week depth charts for the ACC's 14 schools listed 21 players who came from other Division I programs. And according to the transfer tracker at 247sports.com, league schools had a combined 108 players transfer out before this season while 51 came in.
The vast majority of those on the two-deeps were graduate transfers who came through the NCAA's transfer portal without much issue. A few underclassmen received waivers from the NCAA to play right away. Others must spend a season on the sideline after the governing body denied their requests.
Boston College coach Steve Addazio says the number of transfers wanting to play immediately has "gotten out of whack" and says he supports the American Football Coaches Association's proposal for undergraduate transfers to sit out a year, then regain that year of eligibility if they graduate from their new school.
"You can't have free agency in college football," Addazio said. "You have an elite player and one of these schools comes in and poaches them," he added. "You can't do that. That's just ridiculous."
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Miami at UNC: What do the numbers say? (stateoftheu.com; Forrest)
After surrendering 10 sacks to the University of Florida in last month’s season opener, the question on everyone’s mind is: Will the Miami offensive line and quarterback Jarren Williams bounce back in game two at North Carolina?
The easy response is to compare the UNC defensive front with Florida’s front-seven and how there’s no comparison between the two. The Gators are simply better.
Another favorable stat: The last time Miami allowed more than two sacks to a Tarheels’ defense, Kyle Wright was at quarterback and Randy Shannon was in his first season at the helm.
During that 33-27 loss back in 2007, the Miami O-line didn’t play poorly — allowing just three sacks while Wright threw four picks and came up empty on two of five trips to the red zone. Since moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004, the aforementioned 2007 contest is the only occasion where Miami allowed three-or-more sacks to the Tarheels.
For reference, here are the sack totals and results vs UNC since 2004. Games at UNC are noted with an asterisk.
2004: L 31-28, 1 sack*
2005: W 34-16, 1 sack
2006: W 27-7, 1 sack
2007: L 33-27, 3 sacks*
2008: L 28-24, 2 sacks
2009: L 33-24, 2 sacks*
2010: W 33-10, 1 sack
2011: W 30-24, 2 sacks*
2012: L 18-14, 2 sacks
2013: W 27-23, 1 sack*
2014: W 47-20, 2 sacks
2015: L 59-21, 2 sacks*
2016: L 20-13, 2 sacks
2017: W 24-19, 2 sacks*
2018: W 47-10, 2 sacks
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ACC Power Rankings: Week 1 (shakinthesouthland.com; Goldin)
Welcome back to another year of ACC football! Weeks 0 & 1 provided us with some excitement, some snoozers, and some good laughs. Just a reminder: it’s hard to gauge a team off of one game, so there may be some disagreements with the rankings in this week, and probably will be some disagreements for the first few weeks. Feel free to voice your opinions and post your own rankings in the comment section.
#1 Clemson (1-0)
Opening up with a 38 point win over a conference rival that used to give us fits is always a good feeling. There’s really not much I can say here that my fellow STS writers won’t say better. There were some concerns. Trevor Lawrencelooked rusty at times, penalties on the OL, etc. But in recent years Clemson never seems to play perfect games early on, so to still come away with an easy win is great. Travis Etienne absolutely crushed it and jump started his Heisman campaign. And beyond ETN, our stable of running backs all looked good. All in all, a good night.
#2 Notre Dame (1-0)
First off, yes, I’m going to continue to include quasi ACC team Notre Dame in these rankings. Deal with it. Notre Dame had a bit more trouble handling Louisville than expected, but still came away with a 35-17 victory in front of a raucous Cardinal Stadium crowd. Saturday the Irish will host New Mexico, so we still won’t know too much about them, but the following week they go to Athens for a date with #3 UGA, which will be a real test. I’d suggest the Dawgs get their cheerleaders some helmets with Ian Book in town.
Syracuse trouncing Liberty 24-0 would probably qualify as one of the least interesting games in week one in most circumstances. However, this time, it became one of the more talked about games of the week.
If you don’t know the story, former Ole Miss and current Liberty Head Coach Hugh Freeze underwent surgery in mid August after a staph infection caused him an increase in his already intense back pain. Freeze is expected to make a full recovery, but is still dealing with pain from the surgery, making it hard to stand. So instead of letting an assistant coach game one, Freeze had a hospital bed set up in a box, coached from there, video chatted with his players at halftime, and video chatted the media for his press conference. It was quite an interesting scene, to say the least. Anyway, Syracuse got the win, and will go on to face Maryland in week two, who put up 79 points in their shutout win over Howard.
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The ACC Football Show: Noles Collapse & Heels Upset Ft. Taylor Vippolis - Chris Landry Football (landryfootball.com; podcast)
Chris and TJ break down all the action from the ACC and preview the upcoming games. They also take a deeper dive into the collapse in Tallahassee. Later, they bring Tyler Vippolis (InsideCarolina) to talk about UNC’s upset against South Carolina and their big matchup with Miami this weekend.
Updated ACCN subs, compared to SECN launch (RX; HM)
Updated ACCN subs, compared to SECN launch
With the addition of Cox Communications, here's where the ACC Network stands in terms of subscribers with the ACCN channel available to them:
Here's how that compares to the SEC Network at launch:
* NOTE: all subscriber numbers are in millions.
Biggest reason for the higher number: SECN had Comcast, ACCN still doesn't.
On the other hand, if/when the ACCN does get Comcast on board, the number will jump from 65.1 million to 87.2 million - at which point the ACC would be ahead of the SEC in its first year.
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Week Two 2019 ACC FB Broadcast Teams (RX; HM)
Week Two 2019 ACC FB Broadcast Teams
Want to know who's on the broadcast team for your favorite team this weekend? or how to listen on satellite radio? or who leads the all-time series, or when was the last meeting? It's all in this week's official ACC week 2 schedule release...
OFFICIAL ACC RELEASE: Upcoming ACC Football Schedule, WEEK 2
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BR: 2019 Week 2 Game Predictions (RX; HM)
BR: 2019 Week 2 Game Predictions
From Bleacher Report: College Football Picks: Week 2 Predictions for Every Game
Friday Games
William & Mary (1-0) at Virginia (1-0), 8 p.m. ET
As long as Virginia doesn't allow William & Mary to run efficiently, the ACC squad shouldn't have much trouble improving to 2-0. Bryce Perkins' mobility will likely be a major factor in helping UVA build an early lead and control the clock.
Prediction: Virginia 38, William & Mary 10
Wake Forest (1-0) at Rice (0-1), 8 p.m. ET
After a season filled with subpar defense, allowing just 14 points to Army in the season opener must've been refreshing for Rice. Sustaining that performance is now the difficulty, and it's unlikely to happen opposite a Wake Forest offense that scored 38 points on Utah State.
Prediction: Wake Forest 41, Rice 14
Saturday Early Games
No. 21 Syracuse (1-0) at Maryland (1-0), Noon ET
From a national perspective, the matchup is mildly notable. But Syracuse has rarely played a power-conference opponent as a ranked favorite, and Maryland is looking to prove it can compete with Top 25-caliber teams in Mike Locksley's first year. Last week, Maryland looked dramatically improved with Virginia Tech transfer Josh Jackson in charge of the offense. The Terps will spring the upset.
Prediction: Maryland 34, Syracuse 30
Old Dominion (1-0) at Virginia Tech (0-1), Noon ET
In 2018, Virginia Tech's season began to crumble when Old Dominion pulled off a stunning upset. Another ODU victory is improbable now that offensive stars Blake LaRussa, Jonathan Duhart and Travis Fulgham are gone. The Hokies will bounce back from a frustrating loss at Boston College and get in the win column.
Prediction: Virginia Tech 42, Old Dominion 13
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https://www.syracuse.com/business/2...uld-be-2nd-biggest-in-world-is-it-amazon.html (PS; Moriarty)
A proposed distribution center with 1,000 jobs in Clay would have more floor space than any other warehouse in the world except for one.
Who could possibly need that much space? Amazon is a very good bet, some experts say.
Trammell Crow Co. wants to build the $280 million distribution center on 111 acres of land occupied by the Liverpool Public Golf and Country Club on Morgan Road, Onondaga County officials said this week.
The building would have a ground-floor footprint of 820,000 square feet, which is plenty big by itself. But it would have a mezzanine level and four floors above that, giving the structure nearly 3.8 million square feet of distribution and warehouse space.
Put another way, its floor space would equal that of 14 Carrier Domes.
Only the 4.3-million-square foot Boeing factory warehouse in Everett, Washington, has more floor space, according to several business listings.
Trammell has not said who would use the facility, but the company has given a strong hint. It would be leased to an e-commerce or retail company “to facilitate and augment the future tenant’s logistics network,” the company said in an application for $65 million in tax breaks.
It “could only be one company -- Amazon," said Marc Wulfraat, president of MWPVL International, a Montreal global supply chain and logistics consulting firm.
The world’s biggest online retailer has been rumored to want to open a fulfillment center along the Interstate 90 corridor that could serve an area from Buffalo to Syracuse and possibly as far east as Albany, he said.
Syracuse, in the middle of that corridor, would be a logical choice, he said. The site is just 1 mile from state Thruway (I-90) exit 38.
“It may be the best place to service the northern New York corridor,” Wulfraat said.
Amazon’s only other fulfillment center in New York state is an 855,000-square-foot facility on Staten Island, about 256 miles away.
Amazon has proposed a distribution center in Schodack, 10 miles south of Albany, but neighbors opposed to the project have filed a lawsuit to try to stop it.
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National Cheese Pizza Day is dedicated to the pie shaped flatbread with toppings, first eaten in Naples in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At the time, this coastal city was not part of Italy, but its own kingdom. The working poor, or lazzaroni, lived outside or in small homes, and needed cheap food. Pizza consisted of flatbread with toppings such as tomatoes, garlic, cheese, oil, or anchovies, and it was sold by street vendors and informal restaurants, and eaten for any meal. Naples became part of Italy in 1861, and in 1889, Queen Margherita and King Umberto visited Naples and tried pizza. Legend has it that she loved mozzarella pizza, which included mozzarella cheese, red tomatoes, and green basil—the colors of the Italian flag. The pizza then took her namesake. But, pizza didn't end up becoming popular in the rest of Italy until the 1940's.
It was in the United States, where Neapolitans immigrated to, that pizza gained in popularity. The first pizzeria in the United States was Lombardi's, which was started in New York City in 1905. Lombardi's is still in business, although it is in a new location, but the original oven is still in use. Neapolitans brought pizza to many other cities, including Trenton, New Haven, St. Louis, Chicago, and Boston. Pizza became popular all over the country, especially following World War II. Many styles of crusts and different toppings became popular in different regions. Eventually pizza made its way back to Italy, as well as to other parts of the world.
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Fizz Film Room: Why Tommy DeVito Struggled – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Leonard)
Tommy DeVito didn’t put together the game he wanted in his first career start at Liberty Saturday. The redshirt sophomore went 17/35 for just 176 yards, while tossing two interceptions and no TDs. We went into the film room to figure out why the four-star recruit struggled.
Forcing The Issue
Perhaps DeVito’s worst mistake of the game came right before the end of the first half. Syracuse drove down the field to set up a 2nd & 10 at right around the Liberty 14 yard line. Facing pressure from the Flames Jesse Lemonier, DeVito spun around and was forced to role out of the pocket. As you can see below, no one was really open, except for maybe the receiver blocked by the score bug, so this was frankly his only option.
The issue comes when DeVito comes near the sideline. Instead of just throwing the ball away and ending the dead play, the Syracuse quarterback tries to squeeze it into a tight window where Aaron Hackett is at the far side of the three yard line.
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Chris Elmore, Aaron Hackett’s blocking key to Syracuse’s running game (DO; Black)
Chris Elmore loves hitting guys. That is, lining up at fullback or tight end, springing forward when the ball is snapped and blocking oncoming defenders. That’s part of the reason why he earned the nickname “Rhino” last season — because of his willingness to run through anyone and anything.
This summer, Elmore made an effort to shed some of the weight that partially earned him the moniker as one of the biggest mammals in the world. He’s now down to 279 pounds, 16 fewer than his listed weight on the Syracuse roster.
“I definitely tried to cut down, be more of a technician-type dude, not just use my size all the time,” Elmore said. “So I’m feeling good, looking good.”
Meanwhile, Aaron Hackett did the opposite. The junior tight end put on “eight or nine” pounds this summer in an effort to strengthen the blocking side of his game, in addition to the pass-catching abilities he already possesses.
The two headline No. 21 Syracuse’s (1-0) fullback-tight end group that head coach Dino Babers uses frequently. The two can line up in the backfield, at the end of the line or split out wide to create mismatches. In SU’s up-tempo offense, Hackett and Elmore can give Syracuse unique advantages in both the running and passing game.
The departures of Ravian Pierce to graduation, Gabe Horan to medical disqualification and Jesse Conners to injury have left the position group thin. But with the improvements to their bodies and skills, Elmore and Hackett have ensured that the group is as effective as any on the team.
“We rotate around a lot,” Elmore said. “We gotta bring (freshman tight end Luke Benson) up to speed, with me and Hackett being the two older guys in the room. But he’s coming along good. It’s nothing we can’t handle.”
Aside from slimming down, Elmore also changed his blocking technique this summer, one that won’t be as reliant on pure size anymore. He aims to play in the NFL one day, he said, and realized during this offseason that if he wants to reach that goal, he’ll have to know the basics of blocking first.
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College football: Syracuse defense shines but offense needs polish (mpnnow.com; AP; Kekis)
Coach Dino Babers is thrilled with how his team played in Saturday’s win over Liberty as it prepares for Saturday’s game at Maryland
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.”
The offense? OK at best.
Redshirt sophomore Tommy DeVito completed 17 of 35 passes for 176 yards and two interceptions in his first game as a starter. He also was sacked twice and rushed for 21 yards on six carries. Babers attributed instances of apparent miscommunication between DeVito and his receiving corps to injuries during preseason camp to receivers Trishton Jackson, Taj Harris and Nykeim Johnson that forced them to miss time.
“We didn’t play our best football,” DeVito said. “Every week going forward we’re going to get better. I’ve definitely got to take care of the ball, especially in the red-zone situations. We’re going to learn from it and move forward.”
The 22nd ranked Orange know this is a major contest and after opening as four point favorites on Sunday, the Orange are now the underdogs. Kickoff is at 12 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN following College GameDay.
Here are three keys for Syracuse to avoid a loss on the road:
Get Tommy DeVito back in sync
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ESPN projects Orange Bowl for Syracuse football; 3 Orange earn high PFF grades; more (PS; Burrows)
ESPN released its first bowl projections for the season this week and has Syracuse football headed to the Orange Bowl.
Both of ESPN’s experts picked SU for the Orange Bowl – one has the Orange facing LSU and one has Penn State.
The Orange Bowl was a pretty common prediction for Syracuse when we last looked at preseason projections, with half of the predictions examined sending SU to Miami.
The Orange Bowl has emerged as a common prediction with many believing Syracuse is the clear second-best team in the ACC. Should Clemson make the College Football Playoff, the No. 2 team in the ACC will head to the Orange Bowl because of an ACC conference tie-in.
In other Orange football news, three players earned high Pro Football Focus grades from the win over Liberty on Saturday.
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Syracuse football prepares for dangerous trip to Maryland: 3 keys to the game (D&C; Johnson)
Syracuse rolled to a 24-0 victory over Liberty in its season opener, but the Orange's first game was marred by uneven play.
On one hand, the defense was sensational in shutting out a Hugh Freeze-led offense while picking up eight sacks and forcing four turnovers.
However, the offense was stuck in neutral most of the night with redshirt sophomore Tommy DeVito tossing two interceptions. The run game struggled to assert itself until the final quarter, plus starting center Sam Heckel was injured in the second quarter and his status for Week 2 remains unclear.
What is clear though is Syracuse's next opponent, the Maryland Terrapins, will be riding high when the Orange come to town. In Mike Locksley's first game as head coach Maryland scored 79 points and held Howard to just 69 total yards.
Obviously, Howard was overmatched against a Big Ten school, but Dino Babers isn't taking the Terrapins' performance lightly.
“We wish we had an offensive outing the way their offense played along with the way their defense played,” Babers said at his weekly press conference. “Our eyes are wide open, and based off of how we played and how they played, I could see how people could have them the favorite.”
Babers was highly complimentary of Locksley, the former Alabama offensive coordinator, especially his efforts to recruit the local area.
"(Maryland) is a team with a lot of good football players. Coach Locksley does a nice job of recruiting the DMV as an area and it's an area we also recruit. We have a lot of kids from that area," Babers said. "It's going to be a very close contest and we definitely have our hands full."
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One Game In, Maryland Football Has Clarity Before Big Test Against Syracuse (pressboxonline.com; Kenziora)
Maryland head coach Michael Locksley believes college football teams make their biggest improvement between Week 1 and Week 2 of the season. Game results provide the kind of answers and data points that practices and scrimmages simply can't. Teams evolve during a season, of course, but those first 60 minutes set an important foundation.
"You never know who you are until you play a game," Locksley said Sept. 3. "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 what your fleas and Achilles' heels are, and they can exploit those things. Whereas when you play your first game, you can really find out, 'Are we who we think we are?' And then you make the adjustments off of those answers."
The Terps probably won't be able to improve on the result from last week -- a 79-0 win against Howard in which they led 623-68 in total yardage -- but Locksley maintains there is room for improvement in several areas. He said the Terps' offense made some mistakes trying to be too up-tempo, while the safeties can better communicate to set up the defense.
"The scoreboard to us, we try not to let that even come into play when we game plan, when we correct from games when we win or when we lose," Locksley said. "The key thing is to go in and get the corrections made for the fundamental mistakes or the mental errors that took place."
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Syracuse Looks to Continue Defensive Dominance Against Maryland (waer.org)
Syracuse Football kicked off its season with a strong defensive showing. The Orange looks to continue to dominate defensively against Maryland this week on the road. Against Liberty, the Syracuse passing game struggled. Quarterback Tommy Devito passed for 176 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Devito only connected on 17 of his 35 pass attempts. Despite the offensive stall, the Orange defense put up a stout performance. The Flames offense was shut out and held to -4 rushing yards. Coach Dino Baber’s defense totaled eight-team sacks. This week the Orange play Maryland, which opens as the home favorite. Both teams are playing for its second win of the season.
Be sure to tune in to WAER at 11:30 for Countdown to Kickoff on 88.3.
Last week, Maryland crushed their opponent. They won 79-0 and only allowed Howard to gain 68 total yards. Even though the Terrapins were projected to win, it is still impressive that the defense could inflict so much damage. There are two similarities between both team’s defenses. Both shutout their opponents and recorded eight-team sacks. Maryland only allowed one rushing yard which is very similar to the negative yards the Orange allowed against Liberty. Just based on how alike the defensive numbers are, this game is going to be a low-scoring affair.
The difference between these two teams is that the Terrapins know how to put up points through the air. Where Syracuse had zero touchdowns, Maryland had five. The majority of these touchdown passes came from junior quarterback Josh Jackson. Along with the ability to score, Jackson also had a completion percentage of above 60 percent. Jackson is an accurate passer who will give the Orange defense their first true test.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...y-season-opener-mean-more-wins/?noredirect=on (washingtonpost.com; Giambalvo)
Maryland’s football team opened the Michael Locksley era with ease, dominating its season debut to the extent that four quarterbacks had the chance to lead drives and the first-team players essentially closed up shop at halftime. But the reality of Saturday’s 79-0 victory, which featured 11 Terrapins touchdowns and a lockdown defense, was that the opponent was, well, Howard. The Football Championship Subdivision foe bears little resemblance to what the Terrapins will face when No. 21 Syracuse marches into College Park this weekend.
So how much does that Howard win really mean? Do season-opening blowouts provide any insight into how a team’s season will unfold? Maryland players say they won’t dwell on the result, and Locksley made note of the team’s correctable mistakes the moment he stepped to the lectern to speak with reporters after the game. But recent history says teams that win openers by 50 points or more typically finish with more victories based on overall win totals in the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.
Since 2000, the year Sports Reference’s single-game database begins, the average season win total for an FBS team is 6.5. In that same period of time and not counting this season, 101 FBS teams have won their season openers by at least 50 points; the average win total for those teams jumps to 8.3.
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College Football 2019: 5 bold predictions for Week 2 action (saturdayblitz.com; Warr)
Picking a team favored to win by 5 is a bold prediction?
After a less than eventful Week 1, we head into Week 2 hoping for a more exciting college football slate. Let’s talk bold predictions.
There was only one ranked matchup in Week 1 and while it lived up to the billing, it left many wanting more of the greatness that is college football. Well, that is exactly what is coming your way in Week 2 with two big-time matchups and a bunch of other exciting matchups lined up as well.
On that note, let’s talk bold predictions for Week 2 of the season, starting with a team that absolutely dominated Week 1.
5. Maryland knocks No. 22 Syracuse out of the rankings
Maryland played Howard to open the season, a game that were obviously expected to win. However, they didn’t just win, they dominated 79-0. They won every battle and did everything they were supposed to do to win this one and it showed in the final score and in how the nation is now looking at the Terps.
Episode 1: Howard
Meanwhile, Syracuse matched up against Hugh Freeze’s Liberty team which was all over the media for another reason, but that is a different conversation. They won, but only 24-0. I know I’m not the only one that expected more from the Orange than what was shown.
Yes, the Syracuse defense is good and I acknowledge that but the Maryland offense is on fire and I don’t see Syracuse being able to douse that flame long enough to win this one. Look for the Terps to win this one and likely knock the Orange out of the rankings and maybe even find a way into the AP Top 25 themselves.
4. Mack Brown continues to bring North Carolina back
When you think of North Carolina, football isn’t the first thought by any means and that is understandable, to say the least. However, now former Longhorn head coach Mack Brown has taken over the program and is looking to change that in a hurry.
No one gave him much of a chance to do anything, saying he was too old to come back to football and his way of playing the game wasn’t going to be good enough to make the comeback.
Them: “Why did Mack Brown come out of retirement?”
Well, his game against South Carolina in which the Tar Heels pulled off a nice little comeback proves the doubters wrong for sure.
Now, the Tar Heels take on the Miami Hurricanes in Week 2. Miami struggled against Florida in Week 0 and honestly, the Gators didn’t even play that well to begin with, so that doesn’t look all that great on Miami. North Carolina also faced off against an SEC East team in the first week, pulling off a nice comeback against South Carolina.
I see them easily taking down the Hurricanes to continue Mack Brown’s “Prove Them Wrong” tour.
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ACC Network signs a carriage deal with Cox, gaining even more subs (awfulannoucing.com; Bucholtz)
The last few weeks have seen some very good news for the new ACC Network on the carriage front, with deals with Charter, Dish/Sling TV, and now Cox. ESPN announced Wednesday that Cox has signed on to carry the network:
Disney Media Distribution and Cox Communications have reached an agreement to carry ESPN’s newly launched ACC Network. The deal will allow fans and followers of the Atlantic Coast Conference to access the multiplatform network in all Cox markets once launched.
“We know our customers are passionate about sports, and we’re excited to be able to connect them to exclusive ACC content and games through this agreement,” said Andy Albert, Cox Communications senior vice president, content acquisition.
Added Sean Breen, Disney Media Distribution senior vice president, “Cox Communications’ strong presence in key markets across the ACC footprint makes this agreement great for their consumers and vibrant fan base. With more than 30 remaining football games on tap this season, Cox subscribers will get to welcome the ACC Network in overdrive.”
This comes at a good time for fans of ACC schools who have Cox, as Week 2 of the college football season is on tap and ACCN has a whole lot of games there. They’ll carry William and Mary at Virginia Friday night, then Ohio-Pitt, USF-Georgia Tech, ULM-Florida State, and Miami-North Carolina Saturday, plus Richmond-Boston College, North Carolina A&T-Duke and Eastern Kentucky-Louisville on the streaming-only ACC Network Extra(ACCNX) service through the ESPN app (ACC Network subscriber authentication is now required, and Cox subscribers will be able to access that under the new agreement). The Western Carolina-NC State game will also be available on ACCNX to those who don’t have Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Go.
As per estimates David Glenn of The Athletic relayed in July, Cox has an estimated four million subscribers, so this is a significant addition for ACC Network. And as Breen mentioned in that release, they have a notable presence in many ACC markets. The addition of Cox’s subscribers here also means that ACC Network now has deals with companies that collectively cover around 52 million potential subscribers (not all subscribers to a company will automatically get ACC Network, as that depends on the company’s package deals and where ACC Network is placed), putting them close to the estimates for the more-established Big Ten Network and SEC Network (55 and 59 million respectively). And that further adds to optimism about the network and what it can mean for the conference.
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ACC Power Rankings: Clemson Showcases Plethora of Weapons in Week 1 - The Heights (bcheights.com; Smart)
Three years ago, the ACC had one of the best years a football conference could ever have. The league piled up eight bowl game victories, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson was the Heisman Trophy winner, and of course, Clemson beat Alabama for the national title. Oh, how things have changed. Now, the conference is defined by Clemson and everybody else, with just one other team (Syracuse) cracking the AP Top 25. With that as a backdrop to the 2019 season, here’s what stood out from the first week of action in The Heights ACC Power Rankings.
1) Clemson (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast, AP No. 1)
On a night where superstar quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw two interceptions, junior running back Travis Etienne stole the show. The reigning ACC Player of the Year went off against Georgia Tech in a 52-14 win, helping the defending champs start out on the right foot by running for 205 yards on just 12 carries, a ridiculous 17.1 yards per carry. Etienne busted out a 90-yard touchdown run and finished with three touchdowns. The Tigers came out fast and never let up, scoring 14 points in each of the first three quarters.
2) Virginia (1-0, 1-0)
Five of the Cavaliers’ last six meetings against Pittsburgh had ended in defeat, but Bronco Mendenhall’s team erased a halftime deficit and held the reigning Coastal Division champions scoreless in the second half en route to a 30-14 win. It was a big victory for a program that is hopeful for a breakout season. UVA displayed a stout defense that held Pittsburgh to just 3.4 yards per carry, while registering two interceptions.
3) Syracuse (1-0, 0-0, AP No. 21)
While the Orange are one of just two teams in the AP Top 25 in the ACC, an easy 24-0 win over Liberty didn’t exactly inspire confidence. New quarterback Tommy DeVito, taking over for the tenured starter Eric Dungey, averaged just five yards per attempt, threw two interceptions, and didn’t have a passing touchdown. The defense was impressive, but posting just 368 yards on offense is concerning with a road trip to Maryland and a huge game against Clemson on tap.
4) North Carolina (1-0, 0-0)
In Mack Brown’s first game as a head coach in five years, the Tar Heels erased an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, downing South Carolina, 24-20. In the first three quarters, it was clear that UNC was hesitant offensively, especially with a true freshman quarterback in Sam Howell. They managed just nine points on three field goals, but struck for 15 in the fourth alone as Howell threw two touchdown passes. He finished 15-of-24 for 245 yards with a 175.7 passer rating, second among ACC signal callers.
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Pitt Football Loses Defensive Tackle Keyshon Camp For Season After Knee Injury (cbslocal.com)
For the second time this season, Pitt has lost a key defensive lineman to injury for the year.
The team announced season-ending surgery for junior defensive tackle Keyshon Camp, who injured his knee in the season opener against Virginia at Heinz Field.
“Coach Pat Narduzzi announced that defensive tackle Keyshon Camp will undergo season-ending surgery for an injury sustained in the opener.”
“We are really heartbroken for Keyshon,” Narduzzi said. “He put a tremendous amount of work in during the offseason and was outstanding against Virginia before he got hurt. Keyshon is a strong young man, though, and I know he won’t let this adversity sidetrack him.”
Earlier in the year, Pitt lost junior defensive end Rashad Weaver to a knee injury during training camp.
ACC Experiencing Highs, Lows of High-Profile Transfers (ny times; AP)
The Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division could serve as a case study for the extremes of college football's transfer spectrum.
At one end is Miami, where the NCAA allowed quarterback Tate Martell to play immediately after coming in from Ohio State. At the other is Virginia Tech, where an outpouring of outrage came after Coastal Carolina transfer Brock Hoffman was denied in his request to play this year.
"In my estimation, he went about this thing the right way," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said, "and was punished because of it."
Transfers — whether they actually play this year or not — have emerged as a dominant off-field storyline around the ACC and beyond.
The opening-week depth charts for the ACC's 14 schools listed 21 players who came from other Division I programs. And according to the transfer tracker at 247sports.com, league schools had a combined 108 players transfer out before this season while 51 came in.
The vast majority of those on the two-deeps were graduate transfers who came through the NCAA's transfer portal without much issue. A few underclassmen received waivers from the NCAA to play right away. Others must spend a season on the sideline after the governing body denied their requests.
Boston College coach Steve Addazio says the number of transfers wanting to play immediately has "gotten out of whack" and says he supports the American Football Coaches Association's proposal for undergraduate transfers to sit out a year, then regain that year of eligibility if they graduate from their new school.
"You can't have free agency in college football," Addazio said. "You have an elite player and one of these schools comes in and poaches them," he added. "You can't do that. That's just ridiculous."
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Miami at UNC: What do the numbers say? (stateoftheu.com; Forrest)
After surrendering 10 sacks to the University of Florida in last month’s season opener, the question on everyone’s mind is: Will the Miami offensive line and quarterback Jarren Williams bounce back in game two at North Carolina?
The easy response is to compare the UNC defensive front with Florida’s front-seven and how there’s no comparison between the two. The Gators are simply better.
Another favorable stat: The last time Miami allowed more than two sacks to a Tarheels’ defense, Kyle Wright was at quarterback and Randy Shannon was in his first season at the helm.
During that 33-27 loss back in 2007, the Miami O-line didn’t play poorly — allowing just three sacks while Wright threw four picks and came up empty on two of five trips to the red zone. Since moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004, the aforementioned 2007 contest is the only occasion where Miami allowed three-or-more sacks to the Tarheels.
For reference, here are the sack totals and results vs UNC since 2004. Games at UNC are noted with an asterisk.
2004: L 31-28, 1 sack*
2005: W 34-16, 1 sack
2006: W 27-7, 1 sack
2007: L 33-27, 3 sacks*
2008: L 28-24, 2 sacks
2009: L 33-24, 2 sacks*
2010: W 33-10, 1 sack
2011: W 30-24, 2 sacks*
2012: L 18-14, 2 sacks
2013: W 27-23, 1 sack*
2014: W 47-20, 2 sacks
2015: L 59-21, 2 sacks*
2016: L 20-13, 2 sacks
2017: W 24-19, 2 sacks*
2018: W 47-10, 2 sacks
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ACC Power Rankings: Week 1 (shakinthesouthland.com; Goldin)
Welcome back to another year of ACC football! Weeks 0 & 1 provided us with some excitement, some snoozers, and some good laughs. Just a reminder: it’s hard to gauge a team off of one game, so there may be some disagreements with the rankings in this week, and probably will be some disagreements for the first few weeks. Feel free to voice your opinions and post your own rankings in the comment section.
#1 Clemson (1-0)
Opening up with a 38 point win over a conference rival that used to give us fits is always a good feeling. There’s really not much I can say here that my fellow STS writers won’t say better. There were some concerns. Trevor Lawrencelooked rusty at times, penalties on the OL, etc. But in recent years Clemson never seems to play perfect games early on, so to still come away with an easy win is great. Travis Etienne absolutely crushed it and jump started his Heisman campaign. And beyond ETN, our stable of running backs all looked good. All in all, a good night.
#2 Notre Dame (1-0)
First off, yes, I’m going to continue to include quasi ACC team Notre Dame in these rankings. Deal with it. Notre Dame had a bit more trouble handling Louisville than expected, but still came away with a 35-17 victory in front of a raucous Cardinal Stadium crowd. Saturday the Irish will host New Mexico, so we still won’t know too much about them, but the following week they go to Athens for a date with #3 UGA, which will be a real test. I’d suggest the Dawgs get their cheerleaders some helmets with Ian Book in town.
#3 Syracuse (1-0)
Syracuse trouncing Liberty 24-0 would probably qualify as one of the least interesting games in week one in most circumstances. However, this time, it became one of the more talked about games of the week.
— Paid man gets bored (@cjzero) September 1, 2019
If you don’t know the story, former Ole Miss and current Liberty Head Coach Hugh Freeze underwent surgery in mid August after a staph infection caused him an increase in his already intense back pain. Freeze is expected to make a full recovery, but is still dealing with pain from the surgery, making it hard to stand. So instead of letting an assistant coach game one, Freeze had a hospital bed set up in a box, coached from there, video chatted with his players at halftime, and video chatted the media for his press conference. It was quite an interesting scene, to say the least. Anyway, Syracuse got the win, and will go on to face Maryland in week two, who put up 79 points in their shutout win over Howard.
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The ACC Football Show: Noles Collapse & Heels Upset Ft. Taylor Vippolis - Chris Landry Football (landryfootball.com; podcast)
Chris and TJ break down all the action from the ACC and preview the upcoming games. They also take a deeper dive into the collapse in Tallahassee. Later, they bring Tyler Vippolis (InsideCarolina) to talk about UNC’s upset against South Carolina and their big matchup with Miami this weekend.
Updated ACCN subs, compared to SECN launch (RX; HM)
Updated ACCN subs, compared to SECN launch
With the addition of Cox Communications, here's where the ACC Network stands in terms of subscribers with the ACCN channel available to them:
Distributor | subs* |
DirectTV | 18.7 |
Charter/Spectrum | 15.8 |
Dish Network | 9.6 |
Verizon/FiOS | 5.7 |
Altice/Optimum | 4.6 |
Sling TV | 2.4 |
Hulu TV | 2 |
YouTube TV | 1 |
PlayStation Vue | 0.8 |
Cox | 4.5 |
Total Subs | 65.1 M |
Here's how that compares to the SEC Network at launch:
Distributor | subs* |
Dish Network | 14 |
AT&T Uverse | 5.7 |
Cox Comm. | 6 |
Comcast | 21.7 |
Time Warner* | 11.4 |
DirecTV | 20.2 |
Mediacom | 0.95 |
Verizon Fios | 5.2 |
Total Subs. | 85 M |
* NOTE: all subscriber numbers are in millions.
Biggest reason for the higher number: SECN had Comcast, ACCN still doesn't.
On the other hand, if/when the ACCN does get Comcast on board, the number will jump from 65.1 million to 87.2 million - at which point the ACC would be ahead of the SEC in its first year.
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Week Two 2019 ACC FB Broadcast Teams (RX; HM)
Week Two 2019 ACC FB Broadcast Teams
Want to know who's on the broadcast team for your favorite team this weekend? or how to listen on satellite radio? or who leads the all-time series, or when was the last meeting? It's all in this week's official ACC week 2 schedule release...
OFFICIAL ACC RELEASE: Upcoming ACC Football Schedule, WEEK 2
Friday, Sept. 6 | Time | TV | Sirius | XM | App/Web |
William & Mary (1-0) at Virginia (1-0) | 8 p.m. | ACCN | 78 | 193 | 955 |
Series: Virginia leads, 29-6-1; Last meeting: Virginia, 28-10 (2017) | |||||
ACCN: Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Kris Budden | |||||
Wake Forest (1-0) at Rice (0-1) | 8 p.m. | CBSSN | 81 | 81 | 81 |
Series: Tied, 1-1-1; Last meeting: Wake Forest, 56-24 (2018) | |||||
CBSSN: Ben Holden, Ross Rucker | |||||
Saturday, Sept. 7 | Time | TV | Sirius | XM | App/Web |
Ohio (1-0) at Pitt (0-1) | 11 a.m. | ACCN | 133 | 193 | 955 |
Series: Pitt leads, 7-1; Last meeting: Ohio, 16-10 (2005) | |||||
ACCN: Clay Matvick, John Congemi, Dr. Jerry Punch | |||||
#21/22 Syracuse (1-0) at Maryland (1-0) | Noon | ESPN | 105 | 201 | 964 |
Series: Syracuse leads, 19-15-2; Last meeting: Maryland, 34-20 (2014) | |||||
ESPN: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Olivia Dekker |
BR: 2019 Week 2 Game Predictions (RX; HM)
BR: 2019 Week 2 Game Predictions
From Bleacher Report: College Football Picks: Week 2 Predictions for Every Game
Friday Games
William & Mary (1-0) at Virginia (1-0), 8 p.m. ET
As long as Virginia doesn't allow William & Mary to run efficiently, the ACC squad shouldn't have much trouble improving to 2-0. Bryce Perkins' mobility will likely be a major factor in helping UVA build an early lead and control the clock.
Prediction: Virginia 38, William & Mary 10
Wake Forest (1-0) at Rice (0-1), 8 p.m. ET
After a season filled with subpar defense, allowing just 14 points to Army in the season opener must've been refreshing for Rice. Sustaining that performance is now the difficulty, and it's unlikely to happen opposite a Wake Forest offense that scored 38 points on Utah State.
Prediction: Wake Forest 41, Rice 14
Saturday Early Games
No. 21 Syracuse (1-0) at Maryland (1-0), Noon ET
From a national perspective, the matchup is mildly notable. But Syracuse has rarely played a power-conference opponent as a ranked favorite, and Maryland is looking to prove it can compete with Top 25-caliber teams in Mike Locksley's first year. Last week, Maryland looked dramatically improved with Virginia Tech transfer Josh Jackson in charge of the offense. The Terps will spring the upset.
Prediction: Maryland 34, Syracuse 30
Old Dominion (1-0) at Virginia Tech (0-1), Noon ET
In 2018, Virginia Tech's season began to crumble when Old Dominion pulled off a stunning upset. Another ODU victory is improbable now that offensive stars Blake LaRussa, Jonathan Duhart and Travis Fulgham are gone. The Hokies will bounce back from a frustrating loss at Boston College and get in the win column.
Prediction: Virginia Tech 42, Old Dominion 13
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https://www.syracuse.com/business/2...uld-be-2nd-biggest-in-world-is-it-amazon.html (PS; Moriarty)
A proposed distribution center with 1,000 jobs in Clay would have more floor space than any other warehouse in the world except for one.
Who could possibly need that much space? Amazon is a very good bet, some experts say.
Trammell Crow Co. wants to build the $280 million distribution center on 111 acres of land occupied by the Liverpool Public Golf and Country Club on Morgan Road, Onondaga County officials said this week.
The building would have a ground-floor footprint of 820,000 square feet, which is plenty big by itself. But it would have a mezzanine level and four floors above that, giving the structure nearly 3.8 million square feet of distribution and warehouse space.
Put another way, its floor space would equal that of 14 Carrier Domes.
Only the 4.3-million-square foot Boeing factory warehouse in Everett, Washington, has more floor space, according to several business listings.
Trammell has not said who would use the facility, but the company has given a strong hint. It would be leased to an e-commerce or retail company “to facilitate and augment the future tenant’s logistics network,” the company said in an application for $65 million in tax breaks.
It “could only be one company -- Amazon," said Marc Wulfraat, president of MWPVL International, a Montreal global supply chain and logistics consulting firm.
The world’s biggest online retailer has been rumored to want to open a fulfillment center along the Interstate 90 corridor that could serve an area from Buffalo to Syracuse and possibly as far east as Albany, he said.
Syracuse, in the middle of that corridor, would be a logical choice, he said. The site is just 1 mile from state Thruway (I-90) exit 38.
“It may be the best place to service the northern New York corridor,” Wulfraat said.
Amazon’s only other fulfillment center in New York state is an 855,000-square-foot facility on Staten Island, about 256 miles away.
Amazon has proposed a distribution center in Schodack, 10 miles south of Albany, but neighbors opposed to the project have filed a lawsuit to try to stop it.
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