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SU football report card: position-by-position grades, superlatives (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse football entered the 2019 season with hopes of upsetting Clemson and chasing a spot in the Orange Bowl.
The program exits Year 4 of the Dino Babers era with a 5-7 record, a fired defensive coordinator and more staff changes coming.
Before fully turning the page to what projects as a very busy offseason, The Post-Standard | Syracuse.com is taking one last look back at the season. Here are our position-by-position grades and team superlatives:
Quarterback
Stephen Bailey: B-
Tommy DeVito might’ve been dealt the toughest situation of any Power-Five quarterback this season. The Orange allowed 45 sacks through nine games, leading him to play through multiple injuries with little running game to provide balance until the final quarter of the year. Still, there were issues with early season decision making and year-long chemistry with his receivers. Finding renewed comfort in the pocket will be critical for his growth this offseason.
Nate Mink: B-
If this season taught us anything, it’s that Tommy DeVito can only be as good as his surrounding cast. To that end, DeVito’s numbers landed in the middle of the ACC. He will take a season of learning with him in 2020, along with an 8-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio in league games. A more pressing need is developing or bringing in immediate depth to the quarterback room.
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D.O. Sportscast: Beat writers recap Syracuse's disappointing season (DO; sportscast; Staff)
After starting the season in the AP Top 25, the Orange recorded only two Atlantic Coast Conference wins and finished with a 5-7 overall record. Our beat writers recap Syracuse’s disappointing season in the final football edition of The D.O. Sportscast.
The stats that defined each fall Syracuse sports team’s season (DO; Staff)
With all of Syracuse’s fall sports wrapped up, The Daily Orange Sports Staff reviewed each team’s season. No team made it out of the second round of their respective sport’s NCAA tournament, and some teams failed to make the postseason altogether. Still, players like Ryan Raposo shined, and teams like Field Hockey, who beat three top-five teams, enjoyed high-points.
Below are the season-defining statistics for each Syracuse fall team.
50
Syracuse football allowed 50 sacks this year. Only two teams – Old Dominion and Akron – allowed more in the regular season. As SU (5-7, 2-6 Atlantic Coast) slipped further down the conference ranks, the sacks piled up. By the time the Orange lost to Florida State on Oct. 26, Syracuse had allowed seven or more sacks in three-straight games against Power 5 opponents and 37 total.
The Orange’s protection of the quarterback improved in the final four games of the season, leading to two Syracuse wins. Part of the success came following a lineup switch when Carlos Vettorello and Airon Servais rotated spots, putting Servais at left tackle and Vettorello at center. Following that switch, SU’s quarterbacks were sacked just five times in three games.
But the early season woes on the offensive line will be what is remembered from Syracuse’s 2019 season because of how much it inhibited the offense. For a large portion of the year, SU couldn’t run the ball. When forced to pass, quarterback Tommy DeVito rarely had time to set his feet before a defender had hands on him.
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Syracuse Football: ‘It’d be surprising’ if Steve Stanard retains DC gig (itlh; Esden Jr)
‘It’d be surprising’ if Steve Stanard is retained as the permanent Syracuse football DC. Here’s who said that and what it all means.
Syracuse football will be making a ton of tough decisions this offseason and one of their biggest is the future of the defensive coordinator position.
With three games to go in 2019, Dino Babers fired Brian Ward and promoted Steve Stanard to interim DC.
Syracuse finished 2-1 in that stretch and had their fair share of ups and downs on the defensive side of the ball.
Syracuse football beat reporter Stephen Bailey of Syracuse.com joined Boy Green on The Score 1260 on Wednesday and provided the details on whether or not he’ll be retained:
“I would be surprised if he was retained as the full-time defensive coordinator. Although I could see a situation where he’s the linebackers or defensive line coach in 2020. In the last three games, he did show some things to Dino Babers. How Steve recruits in the Carolinas could be deemed an asset. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hung around but I’d be very surprised if he was the defensive coordinator.”
Stephen Bailey (The Manchild Show with Boy Green 12-4-19)
Syracuse Football Beat Writer Stephen Bailey joined Boy Green on the Score 1260 to discuss: - How recruiting will playout this off-season. - What kind of attitude Syracuse will bring to the off-seaso
Carlson: Syracuse football's schedule favors return to bowl game in 2020 - The Juice Online (the juice; podcast; Cheng)
Syracuse.com’s Chris Carlson calls in to review the 2019 Syracuse football season and look ahead to 2020 with host Wes Cheng on The Juice on the Cuse podcast hosted by SNY.tv. TJO editor in chief Brad Bierman then calls in to chat about the basketball team’s historic struggles in the early going.
Galaxy Media Syracuse launches "Cuse Sports Talk" on Twitch (cnycentral.com; Tamurian)
Galaxy Media in Syracuse is known for being locally owned by Ed and Pam Levine along with bringing radio stations like K-Rock, TK-99 and ESPN Syracuse among so many others to the air in Central New York.
Now, they're looking further into the future.
In partnership with Syracuse University, Galaxy is launching the first 24/7 Syracuse Sports Channel on Twitch which will feature their ESPN radio shows but also some very unique content.
Among that content on Cuse Sports Talk is the "Watch Party" for select Orange games, where fans can watch the raw reaction of Orange legends like Lawrence Moten, Roosevelt Bouie and Eric Devendorf as the Syracuse vs. Georgetown game unfolds live.
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https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article238031129.html (newsobserver.com; Giglio)
The College Football Playoff rankings came out on Tuesday. The ACC had two teams in the top 25.
That moved the ACC bowl picture one step closer to being clearer.
Sorta. Kinda.
It’s always complicated when it comes to the ACC bowl selection process. How it looks after the penultimate CFP rankings were unveiled and heading into Saturday’s conference championship game between Clemson (12-0) and Virginia in Charlotte:
ORANGE/CITRUS SCENARIOS
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Clemson Football: Travis Etienne deservedly wins ACC Player of the Year (rubbingtherock.com; Spencer)
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Clemson football running back Travis Etienne was announced as the ACC Player of the Year for a second-straight season Wednesday morning.
The ACC announced Wednesday morning that two Clemson football players were named as the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year for the conference.
RB Travis Etienne was named the conference’s overall player of the year and the offensive player of the year. Clemson football LB Isaiah Simmons was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.
Both Etienne and Simmons were deserving of their honors and, ultimately, Etienne finished just a little ahead in the voting due to his explosive ability, impressive statistics and record-breaking season.
For the season, Etienne has rushed 168 times for 1,386 yards (8.3 YPC) and 16 touchdowns. That impressive 8.3 yards per carry mark leads the nation and proves just how efficient the running back has been during this season.
In addition to having a solid junior season, Etienne also broke the ACC career record for total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns.
Though Etienne has played just three seasons with Clemson football, he is currently ranked No. 3 on the Tigers’ all-time career rushing board (3,810 yards). He surpassed CJ Spiller a few weeks ago and is now just behind James Davis (3,881 yards) and Raymond Priester (3,966 yards). For those of you counting along, that means the running back is just 72 yards away from passing Davis and 157 yards away from holding the record.
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Worst Power Conference, by year (RX; HM)
Worst Power Conference, by year
Andrew Percival tweeted this analysis of conferences which shows the ACC in last place...
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/12/2019-individual-player-game-highs.html (RX; HM)
2019 Individual Player Game Highs
2019 ACC Individual Game Highs, 2019
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS
Points scored
26 Cam Akers (Florida State) vs SYRACUSE (Oct 26, 2019)
18 Travis Etienne (Clemson) vs GEORGIA TECH (Aug 29, 2019)
18 AJ Dillon (Boston College) vs RICHMOND (Sep 07, 2019)
18 Cam Akers (Florida State) vs ULM (Sep 07, 2019)
18 Tutu Atwell (Louisville) vs WKU (Sep 14, 2019)
18 DeeJay Dallas (Miami) vs BETHUNE-COOKMAN (Sep 14, 2019)
18 Wayne Taulapapa (Virginia) vs FLORIDA STATE (Sep 14, 2019)
18 Cam Akers (Florida State) vs LOUISVILLE (Sep 21, 2019)
18 Dalton Keene (Virginia Tech) at Miami (Oct 05, 2019)
18 Sage Surratt (Wake Forest) vs LOUISVILLE (Oct 12, 2019)
18 AJ Dillon (Boston College) vs NC STATE (Oct 19, 2019)
18 Bryce Perkins (Virginia) vs DUKE (Oct 19, 2019)
18 Travis Etienne (Clemson) vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Oct 26, 2019)
18 Diondre Overton (Clemson) vs BOSTON COLLEGE (Oct 26, 2019)
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2019/12/what-is-value-of-ccg-in-2019.html (RX; HM)
What is the Value of a CCG in 2019?
Way back at the beginning of this year (2019), the Fox Sports TV network walked away from an option to carry 3 years' worth of Big XII Football Championship Games. The issue was over money, of course:
source: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2019/01/14/Media/Big-12.aspx
Apparently the Big XII wanted $20M for those rights, Fox offered something "in the high teens", they couldn't reach an agreement, so the rights went on the open market, where ESPN ultimately purchased them as part of a package deal:
This deal also included 3rd tier rights from 8 of the 10 Big XII schools and, in fact, represents all remaining T3 rights for those 8 schools:
source: https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2019/04/10/ESPN-Big-12.aspx
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Other
https://www.syracuse.com/best-of-cn...chicken-sandwich-and-its-unanimous-video.html (PS; Miller)
The first-ever fried chicken sandwich from Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen was so popular when it hit restaurants Aug. 12 that hungry people waited hours in line to get one. Fifteen days later, Popeyes sold out.
The Popeyes drought ended last month when the world’s most famous chicken sandwich returned. And that marked the start of the chicken sandwich challenge.
People all over began pitting the Popeyes sandwich against the so-called original from its competitor, Chick-fil-A. They’d buy a sandwich from each and do a blind taste-test to see which one was the best. Many posted their challenges on YouTube.
Both of these sandwiches are fried breaded chicken breasts. Both have two pickle slices. Both are on buttery, toasty buns. They’re similar in price: Popeyes is $3.99; Chick-fil-A is $4.29. So how could one be so much better than the other?
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