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The largest terrorist attack in American history took place on September 11, 2001, when four planes were hijacked. Two crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one into a field in Pennsylvania, after passengers tried to stop the hijackers from using the plane as a weapon. Following this tragedy, the American people displayed a sense of patriotism and pride for their country, and stood united to help their fellow citizens. It was also in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy that President George W. Bush issued a proclamation designating September 14, 2001, as a national day of prayer for those who had lost their lives in the attack. Congress then worked to make September 11 a national day of mourning. A joint resolution was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, and signed by President Bush on December 18, 2001. On September 4, 2002, President Bush issued the first proclamation designating September 11 as Patriot Day. Proclamations have been issued in subsequent years, and since 2009, the presidential proclamation has also designated the day as the National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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Orange Watch: Time to rein in expectations for Syracuse as Clemson comes calling - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: If there are two things more useless in gauging how football teams will fare from one season to the next, it is NFL preseason games, and college football preseason rankings. They both mean absolutely nothing in regards to the final week-in, week-out records of a team in its current campaign.
When everything goes wrong in the true FBS opener (Liberty is still FBS in name only) against a Power 5 team to leave a stunning, bitter taste in everyone’s mouth, it’s seemingly safe to predict that this Syracuse football team will be ready to play when it next faces the best team in the land.
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact feeling, but we know the moment. It was following the first drive for SU at Maryland last weekend that ended with a three and out.
The Terrapins promptly marched 67 yards in just five plays in 97 seconds, and 7-0 was about to snowball over the next three hours plus to 63-20. It was like, ‘whoa, that was too easy against the defense.’
As would be proven continuously throughout the afternoon, the defense, which head coach Dino Babers has repeatedly said, along with the kicking game, will define the season, could not figure out what was coming down-by-down , and when the unit zeroed in on red jerseys, the contemporary-to-the-game missed tackle syndrome struck again to produce gobs of extra yardage.
Growing pains with quarterback Tommy DeVito still learning the nuances of the speed and flow of the game, especially with opposing defensive coaches scheming specifically against him is one element to digest, but to see the defense being shredded with self-inflicted mistakes (kicking specialist Andre Szmyt missing a PAT?) is another.
“When you really look at the tackling part, I mean, there was a lot of missed tackles,” Babers lamented after the Terps defeat.
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Syracuse Sports Podcast-Episode 53: Syracuse vs. Clemson preview with ACC Network's Eric Mac Lain (PS; acast.com; podcast)
Syracuse Sports Podcast-Episode 53: Syracuse vs. Clemson preview with ACC Network's Eric Mac Lain
Stopping the Run is Biggest Key vs. Clemson – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Gross)
Syracuse has fallen into the same trap for many of its most painful losses over the last three seasons. Elite running backs have destroyed the SU defense. Last week against Maryland was no different.
The Terrapins were top ten in yards per carry among Power Five teams in 2018, so it came as no surprise that they looked to pound the rock against the Orange. Anthony McFarland Jr., in particular, is a force to be reckoned with.
Other running backs have put up massive numbers against SU in the past few seasons. These are some of them, resulting in SU losses.
(Attempts/Yards)
Quadree Ollison (PIT) – 24/194
AJ Dillon (BC) – 23/196
Cam Akers (FSU) – 22/209
Travis Ettiene (CLEM) – 27/204
Ettiene, now a junior, essentially carried the Tigers to victory against the Orange last season. He was a first-team All-American on ESPN.com and Sporting News. He will suit up again for Clemson on Saturday.
Syracuse lost its marquee run-stopper in Chris Slayton, along with starting linebackers Ryan Guthrie and Kielan Whitner. It’s going to take a monster performance from players like NT Josh Black and LBs Lakiem Williams and Andrew Armstrong.
If Etienne can be stopped, so can Clemson. Maybe.
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(PS; video)
The Maryland Terrapins delivered a punch in the gut to the Syracuse University football team with a 63-20 victory on Sept. 7, 2019. Can the Orange right themselves in preparation to host the No. 1 Clemson Tigers at the Carrier Dome on September 14? Will the Clemson game shine a definitive light on who the Orange really is for the rest of the season?
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article234931067.html (charlotteobserver.com; Connolly)
Clemson’s last trip to Syracuse was a memorable one — for all of the wrong reasons.
The Tigers suffered a stunning 27-24 loss in the Carrier Dome in 2017, ending their 11-game winning streak. Clemson appeared caught off guard the entire night as the Orange piled up 440 yards and 28 first downs against Brent Venables’ defense.
But what surprised then-freshman receiver Amari Rodgers the most was the crowd noise.
“What I remember is they had an awesome environment,” Rodgers said. “It was really better than we expected it to be.”
The crowd should be even better for this weekend’s matchup, particularly if Syracuse can build some early momentum.
The Orange are expecting their first sellout crowd in more than two decades this weekend against Clemson.
“I think they’re expecting one of the biggest crowds they’ve had in a long time. I think that’s exciting,” Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. “It’s a night game. I think it’s ABC. We’ve got a national audience. Everybody wants to put their best foot forward, and that includes the fans. The fans will show up and they’ll do an awesome job there. They always do.”
Clemson didn’t just struggle in the Carrier Dome its last trip to Syracuse.
The Tigers had to hold on for a 37-27 victory against Syracuse in 2015. Clemson turned the ball over three times in that game against an Orange team that finished the season 4-8 (2-6).
“It’s a confined space, so there’s just an echo, if you will,” Swinney said. “There’s nowhere for the noise to go, so it stays in there. You let them get it going in there it’ll get rocking. They do a nice job up there.”
SLOWING IT DOWN
Syracuse has given Clemson some problems with its tempo in the past, but the Orange are playing at a slower pace with new starting quarterback Tommy DeVito.
Syracuse is averaging less than 75 snaps per game this season after averaging 82 in 2018.
Swinney does not expect the speed of Syracuse’s offense to cause the Tigers problems this year.
“We’re a tempo offense too, so we practice that way every day... the first couple of games they’ve really slowed it down more than they’ve tempoed,” Swinney siad. “They’ve looked to the sideline a lot and just kind of picked their spots. They have some fire plays where they go really fast. But they have not been lightning quick. They play fast. They play with tempo. But very similar to what we do.”
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https://rubbingtherock.com/2019/09/10/clemson-football-5-storylines-watch-vs-syracuse-2019/ (rubbingtherock.com; Spencer)
The Clemson football team will travel up to Syracuse this weekend. Here are five storylines to watch in the Tigers’ match up with the Orange.
The Clemson football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a win against the Texas A&M Aggies at home Saturday.
The Tigers were on ‘upset alert,’ according to many national analysts, but those predictions certainly didn’t play out. Clemson took control of the game in the second quarter and never looked back, coming away with a 24-10 victory that really wasn’t all that close.
Clemson was the more physical team, the Tigers controlled the lines of scrimmage and they proved to be the deeper team. Once the Clemson football team got out to a 24-3 lead in the third quarter, the Tigers went with conservative play-calling for the remainder of the afternoon.
On the other end of the spectrum, Syracuse enters this game with a 1-1 record after an embarrassing loss to Maryland. The Orange lost the game 63-20 and weren’t able to slow down the Terps’ offense all day on the road. Now, they’ll return home looking for revenge.
The Clemson football team rallied for a victory last season against Syracuse, led by Chase Brice who came in for an injured Trevor Lawrence.
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https://theclemsoninsider.com/2019/...ll-never-forget-last-years-win-over-syracuse/ (clemsoninsider.com; Bethea)
As top-ranked Clemson approaches its matchup with Syracuse on Saturday, thoughts of last year’s game remains in the back of some players’ minds, especially for backup quarterback Chase Brice.
Last year’s game against the Orange was Trevor Lawrence’s first career start, and it was also the same week former quarterback Kelly Bryant quit the team, walking out prior to practice the Monday before.
With Bryant gone, Brice moved up to second-team quarterback as the coaches rushed to make sure he was ready in case Lawrence went down with any kind of injury.
Then, the unthinkable happened. As Lawrence tried to get to the sideline and get out of bounds during a second-quarter play, he fell and was hit in the head by a Syracuse defender. It turned out Lawrence suffered a neck strain and did not return to the game.
“When he first went down, I thought, is he going to be okay? I was worried about him,” Brice said. “Once he walked off the field, I had to take off my penny (jersey) and my hat, and that’s when it got real. I just thought, get into halftime, and then get everything under control. Then we’ll see how he is doing, and if he is going to come back in.”
Clemson trailed 16-7 at the time and things were looking bleak for the Tigers.
“When he was ruled out, I rallied behind the o-line and the defense. They really comforted me and rallied behind me as well,” Brice said. “They said they had confidence in me and after that, I tried to trust the coaches and the play calling, and just do my job. So, hopefully, we would win. That was the goal.”
The goal was achieved thanks to Brice leading the Tigers on two fourth-quarter touchdown drives after they fell behind 23-13 early in the fourth quarter. On the game-winning 94-yard drive, which running back Travis Etienne capped with a 2-yard touchdown run with 41 seconds to play, Brice completed a fourth-and-six pass to Tee Higgins to keep the drive alive. The play covered 20 yards and on the next play, he kept the ball on a 17-yard run to the Syracuse 15, putting the Tigers in position to win the game.
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https://www.greenvilleonline.com/ge...nother-challenge-against-syracuse/2265552001/ (greenvilleonline.com; Keepfer)
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Clemson will face a second consecutive big-armed quarterback when the Tigers play at Syracuse Saturday night.
If the top-ranked Tigers can fare as well against the Orange’s Tommy DeVito as they did against Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond last week, chances are they’ll come away with another victory.
“I like the speed and I love our depth in the secondary,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ve got some guys that can play.
“We’ve got a lot of versatility on the back end and I think you’re going to just see that grow because we’ve still got a lot of guys that are still growing into their opportunities and they’ll get more and more confidence as the season goes.”
Foremost among that group would be sophomore Derion Kendrick, a newcomer to the secondary who moved from wide receiver to cornerback last spring.
He has embraced his new role and excelled in coverage.
“He has swag to him,” Swinney said. “He has mental toughness. When you play corner, that’s one of the key ingredients.
“You’re going to give up big plays sometimes, especially going against the guys he has to go against every day.”
Kendrick has indeed experienced a baptism by fire, covering receivers such as Tee Higgins, Justyn Ross, Frank Ladson and Joseph Ngata on a regular basis.
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https://www.tigernet.com/story/Swinney-says-it-will-take-mental-toughness-to-win-at-Syracuse-18125 (tigernet.com; Hood)
Top-ranked Clemson has won the first two home games of the season but takes to the road Saturday to play Syracuse, and head coach Dabo Swinney is excited about the challenge.
The Orange defeated Clemson in the Carrier Dome two years ago – starting quarterback Kelly Bryant was knocked out of the game early – and the Tigers used a late drive to defeat the Syracuse a year ago in Death Valley. "Excited about the challenge this week and taking this team on the road. Obviously, we have not done that yet," Swinney said during his Tuesday press conference. "We've had two good opponents here in the Valley. Excited about how our team as improved to his point but we still have a long way to go. Definitely off to a good start. We're 2-0 and that's where we wanted to be. We have a lot of improving to do if we want to get where we want to get to.
Swinney says it will take "mental toughness" to win at Syracuse | TigerNet https://www.tigernet.com/story/Swinney-says-it-will-take-mental-toughness-to-win-at-Syracuse-18125 2/6 next goal for us is to win the division, so that start this week. "First division game for us, on the road at a place where we lost two years ago, great environment. They do an awesome job up there and we're going to have to play well. It's as simple as that." Swinney said there is no doubt the Tigers respect the Orange.
"We've got a lot of respect for Syracuse. They beat us two years ago and then last year had us on the mat for a two count," he said. "We were able to get up and be able to find a way to win the game. Very fortunate. I have a lot of respect for Syracuse. Our team has a lot of respect for Syracuse. Dino has done a great job up there. We're very well aware of the type of effort, energy, toughness that we will face in this Syracuse team."
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https://www.thesportscol.com/2019/0...morable-game-had-nothing-to-do-with-football/ (thesportscol.com; Fear)
Maryland trounced #19 Syracuse last weekend, 63-20. The Terrapins put away the game early—up 42-13 at the half—one their way to a 43-point win as a 1.5 point favorite. The long-time rivals were playing for the 38th time in a series that’s one year shy of the century mark.
But one of the most memorable meetings between the Terrapins and Orange had nothing to do with what happened on the field. In fact, the game very well could have been canceled.
1937 was the year. The place was College Park, Maryland (just as it was last Saturday). What made the game eventful? Maryland threatened to boycott the game.
Attention focused on one SU player, a QB named Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. Sidat-Singh wasn’t an ordinary player. He was a star, dubbed “The Syracuse Walking Dream.”
SU claimed Sidat-Singh was “a Hindu from India,” but Maryland thought otherwise. The Terps believed he was African American–prompted to think that way after a local reporter wrote a piece that revealed Sidat-Singh’s true identity.
The reporter was right. Sidat-Singh wasn’t a “Hindu from India,” and his birth name wasn’t Sidat-Singh. It was Webb. Of African-American lineage, Wilmeth Webb was born in Washington DC. He took his stepfather’s surname after his mother remarried.
Why all the fuss? The Terrapins had exclusionary policies in place back then. Maryland was a lily-white team on a lily-white campus. It would be years before the first students-of-color arrived in College Park (early 1950s). The school’s first athlete-of-color didn’t compete until the 1960s.
“Negro to Play U. of Maryland” read a headline in The Washington Tribune. That sealed the deal. Maryland threatened to cancel the game unless SU benched Sidat-Singh. SU complied.
Maryland went on to beat #17 Syracuse, 13-0, that day, October 23, 1937, in front of 10,000 fans. A year later, SU got revenge. The Orange trounced the Terrapins, 53-0, at SU’s Archbold Stadium. It was a home game, so (guess what?) Sidat-Singh played and led his team to victory.
After his college days, Sidat-Singh signed up to serve the U.S. in World War II. He became a pilot and died in 1943 on a training flight over Lake Huron.
Sidat-Singh was gone, but not forgotten. Decades later—in 2005—Syracuse retired his jersey number with his descendants in attendance. Wilmeth’s number hangs in the rafters at SU’s Carrier Dome. (Sidat-Singh also played basketball for the Orange.)
“Growing up, my father always told me about that 1937 game,” Lyn Henley, Sidat-Singh’s cousin, told The Washington City Paper in 2008. “He watched Sidat-Singh the whole game, just seeing him sitting on the bench with a wet towel draped over his head and his head down.”
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https://cnycentral.com/news/local/s...estimated-to-bring-in-7-9-million-to-syracuse (cnycentral.com; Sladek)
The streets of downtown Syracuse will likely be crawling with out-of-town sports fans by Friday night for the upcoming football game between Syracuse University Football and Clemson on Saturday night.
However, the economic impact of the event will be spread far beyond the city limit, especially at hotels and restaurants.
Visit Syracuse President and CEO Danny Liedka estimates that the Clemson game alone will pour $7-9 million dollars into the county.
Not only is the number one team in college football coming to town, but it’s also homecoming weekend for SU, bringing in even more alumni and families with interests other than football.
https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/saturday-cable-ratings-sept-7-2019/ (tvbythenumbers.com)
The Saturday cable ratings were, once again, dominated by live sports.
ESPN’s “College Gameday” special topped the night with a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49, while the network’s late-afternoon broadcast of the women’s final match of this year’s U.S. Open tied for first place with a 0.7 and 3.22 million viewers.
ESPN grabbed the chart’s following three spots as well with its broadcasts of the Stanford vs. USC (0.6), BYU vs. Tennessee (0.4), and Syracuse vs. Maryland (0.4) college football games. The network also grabbed several of the night’s other spots with its continued sports coverage throughout the day, generating a total of 9 of the night’s 25 highest-rated broadcasts.
Top 25 original cable shows among adults 18-49 for Saturday, September 7, 2019
| Show | Net | Time | Total viewers (000s) | 18-49 rating |
| COLLEGE GAMEDAY | ESPN | 9:00 AM | 1,849 | 0.7 |
| TENNIS: US OPEN AFT: WOMENS FINALS | ESPN | 4:00 PM | 3,219 | 0.7 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME – STANFORD/USC | ESPN | 10:42 PM | 1,857 | 0.6 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME – BYU/TENNESSEE | ESPN | 7:00 PM | 1,600 | 0.4 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT – SYRACUSE/MARYLAND | ESPN | 12:01 PM | 1,279 | 0.4 |
| DRAGON BALL SUPER | ADULT SWIM | 11:00 PM | 764 | 0.4 |
| SPORTSCENTER MORNING | ESPN | 1:51 AM | 846 | 0.3 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT – MURRAY STATE/GEORGIA | ESPN2 | 4:00 PM | 942 | 0.3 |
| GEN:LOCK | ADULT SWIM | 11:30 PM | 452 | 0.3 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD | ESPN2 | 7:18 PM | 745 | 0.2 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL REG SSN SUST | ESPN | 3:06 PM | 853 | 0.2 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD | ESPN | 3:00 AM | 532 | 0.2 |
| SPORTSCENTER 12AM | ESPN2 | 12:00 AM | 521 | 0.2 |
| RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE | FOOD | 9:00 PM | 996 | 0.2 |
| DR. STONE | ADULT SWIM | 12:00 AM | 400 | 0.2 |
| COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME – TULANE/AUBURN | ESPN2 | 7:30 PM | 763 | 0.2 |
https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2019/09/10/syracuse-football-cant-let-maryland-beat-you-twice/ (itlh; Esden Jr)
Syracuse football QB Tommy DeVito said it best after the Maryland loss. Here’s what he meant and why the Orange should embrace that mentality.
Syracuse football lost to the Maryland Terrapins in Week 2, 63-20, but now it’s over and time to move on.
Well, at least that’s the mentality of the Orange as they move forward towards a pivotal tilt vs the Clemson Tigers in Week 3. Tommy DeVito shared the mentality shortly after the matchup vs the Terps:
"As I said in the past, I don’t think the rankings had any impact on how we play football. We really don’t pay much mind to it. Y’all can rank us on the top or the bottom at the end of the day we still have to go out and play football.
As far as refocusing moving forward, coach always tells us this: don’t let them beat you twice. What he means by that is coming off of a loss you don’t want that to leak into the next week, you have to reset and get ready for the next game.”
Dino Babers has a lot of sayings and phrases that have become more and more popular over the years, but the one DeVito referenced is a personal favorite.
As bad as that loss was to the Terps, it’s over. Also, it only counts as one loss. Whether you lose by one point or 100, it all counts the same. Syracuse is now 1-1 on the season with another 10 games to go to define there season.
Believe me, Syracuse is going to have enough issues with the Clemson Tigers as is, they don’t need any additional things to think about.
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https://www.newsleader.com/story/sp...ork-comcast-negotiations-virginia/2272646001/ (newsleader.com; Hite)
Barbara Franklin is about at the breaking point when it comes to her cable television provider.
The Waynesboro woman and her husband, Humes, are huge college sports fans, specifically of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The two have season tickets for University of Virginia football and basketball, so they get to see home games in person.
When the Cavaliers are on the road, though, they like to watch the games on television. They also watch any other ACC team they can, just to keep up with Virginia's competition.
"Pretty much all we watch on TV are sports," she said. "And ACC sports."
Watching ACC sports, however, has become increasingly difficult for the Franklins since August 22. That's when the brand new ACC Network, a joint venture of the conference and ESPN, launched.
The network is available in a variety of ways, including cable providers and streaming services, but as of now it's not available for customers of Comcast's Xfinity. That's the provider the Franklins currently have.
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https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/co...acc-clemson-georgia-tech-maryland/2257232001/ (dnj; Spears)
Playing the best schedule they can has been a staple of Rick Stockstill's Middle Tennessee State football teams since he was named the coach.
Stockstill noted that playing teams from the likes of the Big Ten and SEC helps prepare the Blue Raiders once conference play rolls around. Playing teams from the ACC has been a common theme for the Blue Raiders, including Saturday's home game at 6 p.m. vs. Duke. Since 2006, Stockstill's teams are 4-6 against ACC teams.
Here's a look at how MTSU has fared against the ACC since 2006.
24-10 loss to Maryland (Sept. 9, 2006)
The Blue Raiders outgained the Terrapins 321-274. However three turnovers, including a pair of fumbles, proved to be the downfall for MTSU as the Blue Raiders.
23-21 loss to Virginia (Oct. 6, 2007)
It took a 34-yard field goal by Chris Gould with eight seconds remaining for the Cavaliers to pull this one out. Dwight Dasher led the Blue Raiders with 244 yards of total offense and a pair of touchdown passes.
24-14 win over Maryland (Sept. 6, 2008)
Students rushed the field as the Blue Raiders avenged their two prior losses to Maryland and picked up their highest-profile home win in school history up to that point. Joe Craddock went 28-of-40 for 256 yards and a pair of touchdown passes. MTSU picked off Chris Turner three times, including one late in the fourth quarter by Alex Suber to seal the win.
37-14 loss to Clemson (Sept. 5, 2009)
What may be Stockstill's best team at MTSU had no answer for Clemson, which jumped out to a 30-7 first-half lead. Clemson rushed for 202 yards and picked off three Dasher passes.
32-31 win over Maryland (Sept. 19, 2009)
The Blue Raiders picked up what may have been their best win of the season. Trailing by two with 1:30 remaining, the Blue Raiders drove 73 yards in eight plays, leading to a game-winning 19-yard field goal by Alan Gendreau as time expired.
42-14 loss to Georgia Tech (Oct. 16, 2010)
Georgia Tech outscored MTSU 28-7 in the second half, including a 21-0 third quarter. The Yellow Jackets finished with 329 rushing yards and five touchdowns on the ground.
49-28 loss to Georgia Tech (Sept. 10, 2011)
For the second straight season, the Blue Raiders had no answer for Georgia Tech's rushing game as the Yellow Jackets rushed for 382 yards and five touchdowns.
49-28 win over Georgia Tech (Sept. 29, 2012)
Tied at 21 at the half, MTSU outscored Georgia Tech 28-7 in the second thanks to a huge game from Benny Cunningham, who rushed for 218 yards and five touchdowns.
40-20 loss to North Carolina (Sept. 7, 2013)
Turnovers and a slow start doomed the Blue Raiders in their first trip to Chapel Hill. North Carolina jumped out to a 23-0 halftime lead and while MTSU cut the deficit to 26-13 with 12 minutes left, North Carolina scored a pair of touchdowns late to seal the win. MTSU had three turnovers and gave up 339 yards through the air to Bryn Renner.
30-23 win over Syracuse (Sept. 9, 2017)
MTSU outscored Syracuse 21-10 in the second half at the Carrier Dome. Brent Stockstill went 22-of-36 for 269 yards and a touchdown. Freshman safety Reed Blankenship had five tackles and a key interception midway through the fourth quarter.
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https://www.wralsportsfan.com/holliday-unc-suddenly-winning-close-games/18624334/ (wralsportsfan.com; Holliday)
After losing 85% of the close games over the last two seasons - and really the "losing the close ones" thing dates to the last part of the Mitch Trubisky year in 2016 - North Carolina under Mack Brown has suddenly started winning cliffhangers. The Tar Heels overcame a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter against South Carolina, then followed that with a thrilling win over Miami in a game that featured a great start and finish for UNC with what can best be described as resilience in between.
What a beginning Saturday night. The Tar Heels kicked a field goal in the game's first two minutes, forced a Miami three and out, then hit pay dirt on a 62-yard strike from Sam Howell to Dyami Brown. The Heels also scored on their third possession, as Javonte Williams ran for one yard into a wall of Miami defenders, but keep his legs churning and somehow broke free into the end zone. That made the score 17-3 with four minutes left in the first quarter. UNC would need all of these early points - plus a few late ones - to survive against a very talented Miami team which looks good enough to win a lot of games, even after its 0-2 start.
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/09/150-greatest-teams-of-all-time.html (RX; HM)
150 Greatest Teams of All Time
From ESPN: The 150 greatest teams in college football's 150-year history
That makes perfect sense. After all, sometimes two of the greatest teams in a given decade might peak in the same year; if they face each other in the championship game, one of them has to lose.
While I could certain nit-pick the order of the top 20 or so, I must admit that overall they did a pretty good job here. That said, you'll notice there's plenty of Clemson, Florida State, Miami and Notre Dame near the top - with a little Pitt, Syracuse and Georgia Tech sprinkled in as well.
Here's ESPN's top 150, along with their ACC-related comments:
1. 1971 Nebraska (13-0)
2. 2004 USC (13-0)
3. 1972 USC (12-0)
4. 1995 Nebraska (12-0)
5. 2018 Clemson (15-0)
Coach: Dabo Swinney
The Tigers routed defending national champion Alabama 44-16 in the College Football Playoff championship (the fourth straight year the teams met in the playoff) to become the first 15-0 team since 1897. Clemson dominated thanks to a coming-of-age season by freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who took over as starter for Kelly Bryant in the fifth game. That might be why Clemson won its last 10 games by at least 20 points. The offense averaged 526 yards per game, but the defense, which held eight teams to 10 points or fewer, carried the load. Clemson gave up 13 points per game, best in the nation, and 291 yards per game, sixth in the FBS. Two veteran defensive linemen won national awards: Clelin Ferrell took the Hendricks Award as best DE, and Christian Wilkins earned the Campbell Trophy as the best student-athlete. Ferrell, Wilkins and offensive lineman Mitch Hyatt made the consensus All-America team. The Tigers won their fourth consecutive ACC title, a school first.
6. 2005 Texas (13-0)
7. 2001 Miami (12-0)
Coach: Larry Coker (national coach of the year as first-year HC)
The Hurricanes extended the winning streak that began in 2000 to 22 games. They held eight opponents to fewer than 10 points en route to humiliating Nebraska 37-14 in the BCS title game in the Rose Bowl. The Canes led 34-0 at halftime. Quarterback Ken Dorsey won the Maxwell Award. Offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie, the Outland Trophy winner, and safety Ed Reed, a Hall of Famer in the college and pro ranks, were consensus All-Americans. Tight end Jeremy Shockey, offensive tackle Joaquin Gonzalez and corner Phillip Buchanon also made at least one All-America team.
8. 1979 Alabama (12-0)
9. 1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
10. 2009 Alabama (14-0)
11. 1987 Miami (12-0)
Coach: Jimmy Johnson
After coming close to winning the national championship in the previous two seasons, the Hurricanes reached the top by defeating six ranked teams, including a 20-14 defeat of No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl (the game wasn't that close; the Sooners scored a late touchdown on a fumblerooski). Miami had the advantage of playing eight home games, including their last six (the Orange Bowl was certainly a home game). But their most memorable victory came on the road, a 26-25 decision at No. 4 Florida State in which the Canes overcame a 19-3 deficit. Safety Bennie Blades, the Jim Thorpe Award winner and a College Football Hall of Famer, and defensive lineman Daniel Stubbs made the consensus All-America team. The offense, under first-year starter Steve Walsh at quarterback, scored more than 40 points in five of the first seven games, and it didn't score more than 27 in the final five. But that's all Miami needed: The Canes gave up only 10.4 points per game.
12. 1999 Florida State (12-0)
Coach: Bobby Bowden
Unlike Bowden's first national champion six years earlier, these Seminoles left little room for doubt. They won their eighth consecutive ACC title (in eight years in the league) and defeated five ranked teams, including No. 2 Virginia Tech 46-29 in a humdinger of a Sugar Bowl. The Seminoles went wire to wire as No. 1. Only unranked Clemson held Florida State to fewer than 31 points. That might have had something to do with the Tigers' being coached by Tommy Bowden, Bobby's son, in the first "Bowden Bowl." That win was Bobby's 300th. Wide receiver Peter Warrick had a real shot at the Heisman as a wide receiver/kick returner, until he was suspended for two games for shoplifting at a local mall. Warrick "settled" for being a consensus All-American, along with offensive lineman Jason Whitaker, kicker Sebastian Janikowski and defensive end Corey Simon. Against the Hokies, Warrick caught scoring passes of 64 and 43 yards and returned a punt 59 yards for a score.
13. 1968 Ohio State (10-0)
14. 1974 Oklahoma (11-0)
15. 1994 Nebraska (13-0)
16. 1994 Penn State (12-0)
17. 1969 Texas (11-0)
18. 1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
Coach: Lou Holtz
The Fighting Irish won their first national title in 11 seasons (and, at this writing, their most recent) with a stifling defense and a punishing ground game. Notre Dame won 10 games by at least 10 points, including its last two games, a 27-10 dismantling of No. 2 USC in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the 34-21 defeat of undefeated No. 2 West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl. This Irish team, however, will be best remembered for its other defeat of a top-3 team, the 31-30 victory over No. 1 Miami in South Bend, Indiana. The Irish won by stopping a two-point conversion late in the game. Miami coach Jimmy Johnson maintains to this day that instant replay would have overruled a called fumble by Canes running back Cleveland Gary at the Irish goal line. Defensive lineman Frank Stams and linebacker Michael Stonebreaker made the consensus All-America team. Sophomore quarterback Tony Rice led the team with 700 rushing yards and threw for nearly 1,200 more. His poise, despite his inexperience, justified Holtz's belief in him.
19. 1955 Oklahoma (10-0)
20. 1991 Miami (12-0)
Coach: Dennis Erickson
The Canes won their second AP national title in three seasons under Erickson pretty much as Miami had won in 1987 under Jimmy Johnson: with a dominant defense and an explosive, balanced offense. Defensive back Darryl Williams and kicker Carlos Huerta made the consensus All-America team. Miami led the nation by giving up only 8.3 points per game; you had to be ranked in the top 10 to score more than 14. No. 9 Penn State fell 26-20 (in a game in which the telecast was partially preempted by the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas). More famous was the Canes' 17-16 victory at No. 1 Florida State, known forever as Wide Right I. Seminoles kicker Gerry Thomas' 34-yard field goal attempt drifted just to the right in the first season after the NCAA narrowed the goal post by some six feet. Miami embarrassed No. 11 Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl and shared the national title with Washington.
21. 1992 Alabama (13-0)
22. 1976 Pittsburgh (12-0)
Coach: Johnny Majors (coaches and writers voted him Coach of the Year)
The Panthers cruised to their first national title since 1937 by steamrollering nearly every opponent. Only West Virginia came within eight points of the Panthers, who didn't become No. 1 until only three games remained, two of them against ranked teams. The Panthers defeated cross-state rival No. 16 Penn State 24-7, then routed No. 5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl 27-3. Senior tailback Tony Dorsett, who won the Heisman, the Maxwell and the Walter Camp, capped a remarkable collegiate career by rushing for 2,150 yards and 22 touchdowns. Quarterback Matt Cavanaugh didn't throw much -- the Panthers ran on nearly 80% of their snaps -- but he still finished seventh in the Heisman vote. Defensive lineman Al Romano joined Dorsett on the consensus All-American team.
23. 1991 Washington (12-0)
24. 1997 Nebraska (13-0)
25. 2000 Oklahoma (13-0)
26. 1986 Penn State (12-0)
27. 1963 Texas (11-0)
28. 1973 Notre Dame (11-0)
Titles: AP, FWAA, NFF (Alabama won coaches)
Coach: Ara Parseghian
Led by: QB Tom Clements, TE Dave Casper
What to know: Defeated No. 6 USC and No. 20 Pittsburgh, and No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Against the Crimson Tide, Notre Dame rallied from deficits three times, falling behind 23-21 on a halfback-to-quarterback pass. But Clements led the Irish on a 79-yard scoring drive in which his 30-yard pass to Casper set up a go-ahead field goal.
29. 2013 Florida State (14-0)
Titles: BCS
Coach: Jimbo Fisher
Led by: QB Jameis Winston, LB Telvin Smith
What to know: Defeated No. 25 Maryland, No. 3 Clemson and No. 20 Duke, and No. 2 Auburn in the BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl. Behind Winston, the Heisman Trophy winner, the Seminoles won by an average margin of 39.5 points and scored 40 points or more in 12 games. They set an NCAA single-season scoring record with 723 points.
30. 1979 USC (11-0-1)
31. 1971 Oklahoma (11-1)
32. 1985 Oklahoma (11-1)
33. 1980 Georgia (12-0)
34. 2002 Ohio State (14-0)
35. 1998 Tennessee (13-0)
36. 1983 Nebraska (12-1)
37. 1949 Oklahoma (11-0)
38. 1966 Alabama (11-0)
39. 1959 Syracuse (11-0)
Titles: AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI
Coach: Ben Schwartzwalder
Led by: RB Ernie Davis, G Roger Davis
What to know: Led in the backfield by Davis, who would become the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, the Orange defeated No. 7 Penn State and No. 17 UCLA, and No. 4 Texas 23-14 in the Cotton Bowl to win the school's only national championship. Syracuse shut out five opponents and gave up only 59 points during the regular season.
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/09/accn-vs-secn-tv-packages.html (RX; HM)
ACCN vs SECN tv packages
Several of you have asked if the ACCN is on the same tier as the SECN or not. I can tell you this information wasn't as easy to get as it should've been - some of these tv carriers haven't updated their channel guides to even include the ACC Network at all! Nonetheless, I was able to get most of them in the ACC footprint, which I've compiled for you here...
As far as I can tell, the ACC and SEC Networks are on the same tier/package with the following tv carriers:
- DirecTV (Choice)
- Spectrum (Select)
- Dish Network (AT120+Sports)
- Hulu Live TV
- YouTube TV
- Altice/Optimum (Select vs. Premiere)
- Cox Cable* (Contour vs. Ultimate)
SlingTV apparently has the SECN on the Sports Extra package, but it is unclear whether that's true of the ACCN or if it's on the Orange package as some sources indicate.
Finally, Verizon/Fios has the SEC Network on the "Extreme" package, but I couldn't find anything posted yet on the ACC Network.
* information for the Cox channel guide is based on Virginia (other states may vary)
BOTTOM LINE: Based on what I was able to dig up, it appears that the ACCN is on the same or lower tier than the SECN - within the ACC footprint. I would expect just the opposite for states outside the ACC footprint, but I don't have that data.
By the way - in case you're interested - Comcast has placed the SEC Network on its "Select" package, which includes 210 channels.
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/09/2019-week-3-factoids.html (RX; HM)
2019 Week 3 Factoids
From FBSchedules: Breaking down Week 3 of the 2019 college football schedule
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https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/t...lips-commitment-from-tennessee-to-acc-school/ (saturdaydownsouth.com; Holcomb)
The hits keep on coming for Tennessee football.
As if starting 0-2 for the first time in more than 30 years wasn’t enough, with both losses coming against non-Power 5 opponents, the Volunteers lost a commit to Louisville. Florida cornerback and 3-star prospect Lovie Jenkins, who verbally committed to Tennessee in June, flipped to the Cardinals on Tuesday.
Jenkins announced his change of heart on Twitter:
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https://chopchat.com/2019/09/10/fsu-football-upset-loss-virginia-gave-hope-acc/ (chopchat.com; Parker)
FSU Football was coasting through their first three and a half seasons in the conference – until a call still questioned a quarter century later changed it.
For the first three and a half seasons that the FSU football team played in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Seminoles didn’t just run what was then a nine team league – they did it in a fashion that had many people wondering if the Noles were ever going to lose a game in their time in the ACC.
Through the first 29 games in the conference, the Seminoles were barely even challenged in more than maybe two games their first season. Not only did the Noles win each of those 29 games they played against ACC foes, they did so with dominating performances on both offense and defense that had some wondering why they would have joined an inferior group.
On a cool night two days after Halloween in 1995, the Seminoles headed to the state of Virginia on a Thursday night for a game that would change all of that – and give the ACC’s other eight teams hope that things were going to change sooner rather than later.
FSU football, a heavy favorite, came into the game confident and had a 14-7 lead heading into the second quarter – before the Cavaliers put 20 points on the board in the second frame and went into the locker room at the half with a six point lead that had many wondering what’s going on.
That lead was extended into 12 points in the fourth quarter before legendary former FSU football running back Warrick Dunn scored his second touchdown of the game – but with seconds left, Dunn’s comeback efforts would be stopped after taking the snap and being ruled by officials to be just short of the goal line.
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https://www.journalnow.com/sports/c...cle_3c5f27ee-b1f0-5d83-979b-fa2272576a01.html (journalnow.com; O'Neill)
This is the game on Wake Forest’s football schedule that Cade Carney would have played in July in Advance — if necessary.
“I’ll play Carolina tomorrow in the backyard just to play them,” Carney said at the ACC Kickoff in Charlotte.
The turf of BB&T Field on Friday night will do just fine for this strange, unique, historic meeting.
For the first time since 2015, Wake Forest and North Carolina will play football against each other and resume their 131-year-old rivalry. The first game between the Deacons and Tar Heels was in 1888, a 6-4 win by Wake Forest. The teams played every season from 1944 to 2004, before conference expansion placed them in separate ACC divisions.
This is the 107th meeting in series history, but only the sixth in the last 15 seasons. It’s the first time since 1952 — the year before the ACC was founded — that these teams will play and it won’t count in the league standings.
The only players on Wake Forest’s roster who have played against North Carolina are sixth-year offensive lineman Justin Herron and redshirt senior receiver Kendall Hinton; the other Deacons who were on the roster in 2015 were redshirted that season.
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https://www.syracuse.com/entertainm...a-parade-of-homes-15-things-to-do-in-cny.html (PS; Hernandez)
While the Syracuse University hill will be buzzing with Syracuse football’s first home game of the season and sellout crowd against Clemson, the rest of Central New York will be full of festivals, Friday the 13th haunts, and a Harry Potter bar crawl.
Here’s what is on tap for the weekend:
Thoughts of a Colored Man
Seven men tell the stories of being Black, proud, and thriving in the 21st century. This world premiere of a new play by Keenan Scott II is told with music, poetry, and passion.
Where: Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY 13210
When: Sept. 4- Sept. 21 with varying showtimes
How much: $25-$55
Syracuse Style Fashion Show
See fashions from showcasing downtown apparel boutiques and salons with a runway fashion show. The show is free and open to the public, but VIP tickets are granted front-row access to the runway, and an invitation to an exclusive pre-show party at Empire Brewing Company starting at 6:00 pm. There, VIP attendees will enjoy beverage service, hors d’oeurves and food stations.
Where: 100 block of Walton Street, downtown Syracuse
When: Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
How much: General admission is free, VIP preshow $20, VIP preshow and front row seats $40
Festa Italiana
With live music, dance performances, and more Italian food than you can mangia, Festa Italiana takes over City Hall in downtown Syracuse this weekend.
Where: 233 E Washington St, Syracuse, NY 13202
When: Sept. 13-15 from 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
How much: Free
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