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Andre Szmyt has hit less than 43% of his attempts from over 35 yards this season.
Vasudevan: Without a coordinator, Syracuse is no longer Special Teams U (DO; Vasudevan)
Andre Szmyt stared directly at the 10-yard line, focusing on the central part of the spray-painted white turf where the ball would be placed by holder Mike Midkiff.
After the ball hit the spot, Szmyt leaned back on his left foot before taking his usual three steps to kick the ball. But as the ball left the ground it was deflected by Virginia Tech’s Chamarri Conner, and it bounced onto the turf to the left of Szmyt. Syracuse’s McKinley Williams picked up the ball and tried to run forward before it was knocked out of his hands.
Szmyt walked to his left, trying to locate the ball in the scrum before finally seeing it in the hands of the Hokies’ Dorian Strong. Most SU players mimicked Szmyt’s slow movement and reacted too late as Strong had already taken off with an array of blockers around him. Kingsley Jonathan was the only Orange player to even touch Strong, and he only got his right hand on Strong’s left shoulder pad.
The game would’ve been tied at 14-14, but since Strong took the ball all the way back for a touchdown, Syracuse went into halftime with a 16-13 deficit.
Syracuse fought back through the help of Sean Tucker and Garrett Shrader to beat Virginia Tech 41-36, but costly special teams mistakes have lost wins for SU, erasing scoring possessions and tarnishing Syracuse’s reputation as Special Teams U. According to Football Outsiders’ Special Teams Fremeau Efficiency Index, the Orange had the 14th-best special teams unit in the nation last season. They’re 14th-best in the ACC this year — currently 97th out of 130 teams nationally.
So how does one of the best kicking groups in the country become one of the worst in less than a year? The answer is pretty simple — coaching, or more specifically a lack of coaching.
While Jonathan was one of the only players who got close to stopping Strong, he made a costly mistake at the beginning of the play. The Hokies overloaded the right side of Syracuse’s formation — directly in front of Jonathan — which forced him to choose the player he needed to block. Instead of working from the inside to outside, Jonathan grabbed the most exterior player, allowing Conner to get in front of the kick.
But it wasn’t just Jonathan’s fault that Strong ran the ball back all the way. The Orange were unprepared for what to do when a kick was blocked since it was the first time it had happened to SU this season.
Head coach Dino Babers didn’t just blame his players for the lack of execution, he also added that his assistant coaches have to do a better job, too. He used the analogy of a game being a test, and his assistant coaches being teaching assistants that couldn’t give the actual answers to players but could only help them through the process.
“I want my coaches to do a better job with reminders and then I want those guys to go out there and do a better job of execution,” Babers said. “It’s not rocket science out there.”
But why have TA’s giving advice when you can hire another full-time teacher? Of the 65 Power 5 schools, The Orange are one of only seven without a special teams coordinator on staff. Although Babers said he has certain assistants in charge of specific special teams’ operations, he didn’t specify who was in charge of each facet.
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Axe: How long can SU football hold off a full focus on basketball season? (PS; $; Axe)
”Is it basketball season yet?”
It’s been an all-too-common refrain in these parts when the calendar flips to November and for good reason.
The Orange football team has qualified for just six bowl games since 2000.
Does Dino Babers’ squad have what it takes to make it seven?
Syracuse football is 5-4 and coming off its much-needed bye week with three games remaining in the 2021 regular season.
One more win and SU goes bowling.
Louisville presents Syracuse’s first opportunity for a sixth win on Saturday with kickoff set for 12 p.m.
You think Syracuse has had drama this season? Talk to a stressed-out Cardinals fan.
Louisville has lost two consecutive games and four of its past five. Louisville gave up game-winning scores with 22 seconds left against both Wake Forest and Virginia, while falling to Clemson after failing on 4th-and-goal from the 2.
Cardinals quarterback Malik Cunningham, the engine that drives the Cardinals, needs some repairs before facing Syracuse. Cunningham left Louisville’s loss to Clemson with an ankle injury. He was able to get back on the field in the fourth quarter but did not look like his usual dominant self.
Louisville came up short of a winning score, losing to Clemson 30-24. Before his injury, Cunningham threw for 174 yards and rushed for 134 against the Tigers. On the final drive, Cunningham got the Cardinals down to the Clemson 2-yard line in the game’s final minute. However, on fourth-and-goal, he stumbled on a rollout at the 4-yard line with 10 seconds left to secure the victory.
Cunningham is not the only key player for the Cardinals playing hurt. Louisville will be without its top defensive player, Kei’Trel Clark, who is out for the season with a knee injury.
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Why This Bye Week Is So Important For Syracuse Football (SI; McAllister)
As the season gets shorter, the days get longer. This sort of daylight saving’s reference can attest to the much needed rest of the Syracuse football team.
A bye week this late in the season proves to be necessary for the Orange. With only three games left in the regular season, the Orange are one game away from bowl eligibility. However, winning that one game may be the most difficult feat of the season.
After three close heartbreaking losses in ACC play to Florida State, Wake Forest, and Clemson, the Orange have now turned things around winning two straight. The wins come against Virginia Tech and Boston College making the Orange 2-3 in conference play. The play of Garrett Shrader and Sean Tucker is taking the Orange to new heights after the abysmal 1-10 season last year. The duo is known as one of the nations most fierce rushing attacks however with the amount of touches each has had this season… they are certainly entitled to some rest. Tucker leads the nation in rushing yards while the Syracuse offense is fifth in rushing yards per game and third in rushing touchdowns.
The load carried by Shrader and Tucker deserves a bye week… maybe two. The 613 plays on offense this season demonstrates where and who the Orange want to get the ball to. Tucker’s 201 rushing attempts and Shrader’s 120 rushing attempts account for 321 plays this season. Those 321 combined rushing attempts are more than 20 teams total rushing attempts.
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Syracuse Football’s Bye Week Report Card – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Bainbridge)
Syracuse football finally gets a well-deserved break this week in the form of a bye. It might’ve come a little later than Dino Babers would like, but the Orange now get some time off. Now that we’ve seen the team play nine games, it seems appropriate that we give this year’s squad some grades based on what we’ve seen so far.
These were unfortunately present during SU’s three consecutive three-point losses against Florida State, Wake Forest, and Clemson back in October. The most tolerable of those losses is Wake Forest – no shame in going down in overtime against a team that entered this week ranked No. 9 – but dropped games against then-winless FSU and the worst Clemson squad in years makes last month’s struggles a jagged pill to swallow.
That being said, Syracuse has scored impressive, feel-good wins against Liberty and Virginia Tech this year thanks to a team that runs its gameplans well and plays hard until the whistle. Last week, the Orange handled Boston College the way most expected them to. Offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert has found his footing in Year 2, and defensive coordinator Tony White’s 3-3-5 defense has turned into a sack machine. If nothing else, Babers has assuredly earned himself another year to see what he can make with a suddenly intriguing group.
DeVito isn’t the guy who has finished games 6 of 15 and 5 of 14 passing. Those lines belonged to Shrader in his first start (against Liberty) and his last (against BC). Expecting Shrader to be a high-percentage passer isn’t realistic at this point, but he’s avoided the type of negative plays that crippled this team last year by throwing just three interceptions and avoiding quite a few sacks with his legs.
Tucker’s explosion has him just 106 yards away from breaking Joe Morris’ single-season program record set in 1979. It would be a deserved accomplishment for Syracuse’s best player and a guy who worked his way up from fourth on the depth chart at the start of the 2020 season.
The positive to this group is the emergence of redshirt-freshman Courtney Jackson as a legitimate playmaker. Jackson currently leads the team in receptions, yards, and tacked on a punt return touchdown against Boston College.
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Syracuse-Louisville betting line: Orange opens as small underdog as it tries to clinch bowl eligibility (PS; Carlson)
The Syracuse football team opened as a slight underdog for its road game against Louisville on Saturday, a matchup that will pit two teams with mobile quarterbacks trying to scratch their way to six wins.
The consensus betting line on VegasInsider.com on Sunday listed Louisville as a 3-point favorite, with early lines included in the consensus favoring the Cardinals between 1.5 and 3 points. The consensus over-under was 56.5 points,
Syracuse (5-4, 2-3) will face Louisville (4-5, 2-4) on Saturday at noon. The game will be broadcast on regional sports networks (YES Network in Central New York). The Cardinals will be retiring the jersey of former star Lamar Jackson.
Both teams have suffered three close losses this season and feature mobile quarterbacks. The two quarterbacks for the game rank seventh (Malik Cunningham) and eighth (Garrett Shrader) in the ACC in rushing yards per game.
One of the key concerns for Louisville will be the health of Cunningham.
The quarterback left Louisville’s loss to Clemson with an ankle injury. While his return was in question at one point, he was able to get back on the field in the fourth quarter but unable to help the Cardinals to a game-winning score in a 30-24 loss.
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Louisville vs. Syracuse NCAA Football Odds, Plays and Insights | November 13, 2021 (SI;l Skrive)
Two of the nation's top rushing attacks meet when the Louisville Cardinals (-3.5)
Orange Zone pregame show: Syracuse football is turning the tide (cnycentral.com; video; Sladek)
Sports Director Tommy Sladek takes a look at the Syracuse football season up until the bye week, breaks down the win over Boston College, and what's next for a team on the rise.
ACC Power Rankings: Where does Syracuse football stand heading into the stretch run? (PS; $; Staff)
The ACC’s last realistic hopes for placing a team in the College Football Playoffs were banished on Saturday as previously undefeated Wake Forest fell to rival North Carolina in a non-conference game.
Wake Forest was the only team from the ACC ranked among the top 15 teams by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and it would take a seemingly impossible combination of events for any team to vault into the top four, especially considering the lack of high-level wins available in the ACC.
Despite the loss, the Demon Deacons are still unbeaten in the ACC and will play North Carolina State this week in a game that will likely determine the ACC Atlantic champion.
On the other side of the league, Pittsburgh’s road to a division title suddenly looks a little more daunting following the improvement of North Carolina. The Panthers will face the feisty Tar Heels in a matchup of quarterbacks Kenny Pickett and Sam Howell, giving the league two big games this week.
The results also create a conundrum at the top of these rankings where, once again, there are arguments for at least three different teams.
Which one would you choose?
Who would you rank No. 1 in the ACC this week?
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Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s result: Win 54-29 at Duke
This week’s schedule: Thursday vs. North Carolina (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 1? The Panthers sleepwalked through the first quarter on the road against Duke following an emotional loss. No big deal.
Quarterback Kenny Pickett has been the most consistent player at the most important position, improving his season statistics to 26 touchdowns thrown against just three interceptions.
Last week’s ranking: 3
Last week’s result: Win 28-14 at Florida State
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Wake Forest
Why No. 2? The Wolfpack might be the ACC’s most balanced team, capable of winning with offense, defense and, apparently, special teams.
Punter Trenton Gill put the Seminoles inside their own 12-yard-line on five different occasions and inside their 5-yard-line twice, helping the Wolfpack dominate a field-position game.
In a league that plays a lot of competitive games it was North Carolina State’s second consecutive comfortable win, with neither coming against a bad team.
Last week’s ranking: 1
Last week’s result: Loss 58-55 at North Carolina
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. North Carolina State
Why No. 3? Wake Forest’s poor defense finally hurt the Demon Deacons in the loss to North Carolina but the struggles aren’t new.
The Demon Deacons have scored at least 35 points in every game this season, but they have also given up at least 30 points in four of their past five games.
Fortunately for Wake Forest the in-state rivalry game was considered a non-conference game, meaning this week’s game against North Carolina State will likely decide the ACC Atlantic champion. It’s part of a difficult finish for Wake Forest that also includes a game against Clemson.
Last week’s ranking: 4
Last week’s result: Win 30-24 at Louisville
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. UConn (Noon, ACC Network)
Why No. 4? Clemson has maintained a tremendous defense all season and is starting to find itself on offense. Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei’s 220 passing yards were his most this season and he led the Tigers on a game-winning touchdown drive, capping it with an 8-yard touchdown run with 4:12 remaining.
It was the second consecutive 30-point game for the Tigers, who failed to hit the number in any of their first six games against FBS opponents.
Last week’s ranking: 6
Last week’s result: Win 33-30 vs. Georgia Tech
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Florida State (3:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 5? This week wasn’t one to write home about but the Hurricanes survived against Georgia Tech after beating the two top teams on this list back-to-back. The three straight wins have only come by a combined 10 points.
Oklahoma transfer Charleston Rambo has come alive while teaming with quarterback Tyler Van Dyke. He caught seven passes for 210 yards against Georgia Tech, his third consecutive game with at least 100 yards receiving. Van Dyke has thrown for more than 300 in each of those games.
Miami has the league’s softest finish with games against Florida State, Virginia Tech and Duke remaining.
Last week’s ranking: 5
Last week’s result: Open
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Notre Dame (7:30, ABC)
Why No. 6? This is where I think you can start making the case for Syracuse.
Virginia is a strange blend of the ACC’s best passing offense (401 yards per game) and worst run defense (219.1 yards per game). They shared the league’s latest open week with Syracuse. Perhaps some improved health will help shore up that weakness.
All of Virginia’s losses have come against teams that were ranked at the time of the game, with two teams sustaining that Top 25 mark. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers’ stretch run includes two more against Notre Dame and Pittsburgh.
Last week’s ranking: 10
Last week’s result: Win 58-55 vs. Wake Forest
This week’s schedule: Thursday at Pittsburgh (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 7? North Carolina will get a chance to play spoiler two weeks in a row with quarterback Sam Howell operating at an extremely high level.
One of the league’s most talented throwers, Howell has also run for at least 90 yards in four straight weeks, helping UNC put together the league’s second-most potent run game behind only Syracuse.
Last week’s ranking: 7
Last week’s result: Open
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Louisville (Noon, regional sports networks)
Why No. 8? Syracuse has become one of the conference’s most balanced teams despite a minimal passing game.
Only three teams have scoring offenses and defenses that rank in the top of the ACC. The top two teams in these rankings and Syracuse.
There’s room to climb too if the Orange can continue to hit a couple of big plays per game through the air, but Syracuse does have a difficult closing schedule.
Last week’s ranking: 8
Last week’s result: Loss 30-24 vs. Clemson
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Syracuse (Noon, regional sports networks)
Why No. 9? Like Syracuse, Louisville has a running quarterback and has suffered from close losses, with three defeats coming by less than one score. The Cardinals have surrendered game-winning scores in the final five minutes three times this year.
A key factor against Syracuse will be the health of quarterback Malik Cunningham. The Cardinals were beating Clemson until he suffered an ankle injury. He returned to the game but was unable to lead Louisville to a game-winning score, getting stopped on a 4th-and-2 run. He did rush for 134 yards against the Tigers, while throwing for 174 yards.
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/11/05/syracuse-football-report-unveils-best-college-towns-cuse-make/ (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse football is trending in a positive direction, as the Orange enjoys its bye week with a 5-4 record and two Atlantic Coast Conference wins in a row.
Coming off a paltry one-victory campaign a season ago, the ‘Cuse is just one success away from reaching post-season eligibility, which if secured would prove a tremendous achievement.
As all of us Orange fanatics out there take a week off from Cardiac ‘Cuse on the field, I’ve got an interesting article to share from one of my FanSided colleagues, Nick Villano.
Villano recently published a comprehensive piece where he explored the best college town in every state, with college football as the backdrop. As Villano explains, rather appropriately in my opinion, this feature isn’t necessarily about the biggest cities or the sport’s best teams around the country.
So when I came across Villano’s story, my bias of course kicked into high gear. I obviously felt that the city where my alma mater is located should get included in his feature.
Thankfully, Nick obliged. For New York state, he has none other than Syracuse, N.Y. Yay!
Villano does a terrific job encapsulating many of the wonderful attributes that make Syracuse a wonderful college town, such as Orange athletics, the Carrier Dome, museums, the zoo, architecture, restaurants and retail … the list goes on and on.
I invite you to check out Nick’s column, not only for what he says about Syracuse, N.Y., but also to soak in the other stellar college towns nationwide that he discusses.
Well done, Nick. I’m sure your piece took a lot of effort to research and write, and that hard work has paid off. Go ‘Cuse!
ACC Panic Room: Pack and Deacs set for epic division tilt :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsports.;com; video; Brownlow & Ovies)
Lauren Brownlow and Joe Ovies discuss an interesting weekend of ACC football, which set up an epic Atlantic Division showdown between NC State and Wake Forest.
Miami football at Florida State gets national broadcast attention spot (caneswarning.com; Rubenstein)
The Miami football team will kick off on Saturday at Florida State at 3:30 PM eastern time on ESPN. WIth there of their last four games on the ACC Network or regional sports networks, the Hurricanes and Seminoles get the prime kickoff time and key national attention on ESPN. Miami and Florida State were on ABC in 2020.
The Hurricanes and Seminoles played in primetime in front of a limited crowd of 12,806 at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020. Florida State has had a streaky season. The Seminoles began 2021 with four straight losses followed by three straight wins. Florida State will host Miami with two straight losses.
Miami alternated losses and wins through their first four games. The Hurricanes lost their next two to drop to 3-4. Miami has won three straight games to go over .500 for the first time in 2021. The Hurricanes have not lost in Tallahassee since 2015 and have a four-game winning streak against the Seminoles.
The Miami football team ended a seven-game losing streak to Florida State in 2017 at Doak Campbell Stadium. That win began the Hurricanes four-game winning streak at Florida State. The 52-10 victory Miami had over Florida State at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020 was the most points scored by one team in the rivalry.
Miami has dominated Florida State defensively in the last three seasons. The Seminoles offense has not scored more than 21 points as Miami has extended their streak. Florida State had a punt return for a TD in a 28-27 loss at Hard Rock Stadium in 2018 and lost 27-10 to Miami at home in 2019.
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https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article255620751.html (newsobserver.com; Pope IV)
Onto the next one. N.C. State defeated Florida State, 28-14, on the road Saturday night. It was the second road win in four attempts, but the big one to set up next weekend’s showdown in Winston-Salem. What Saturday’s win did was allow N.C. State to still control its own destiny. A win over the Seminoles means N.C. State is still very much in the hunt for its first football championship since 1979.
The road to that championship goes through Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons are 5-0 in ACC play and 8-1 overall. State’s lone ACC loss was to Miami, a member of the Coastal Division.
N.C. State has two divisional games remaining: at Wake Forest and at home against Syracuse the following week. The Demon Deacons’ final three games are all against Atlantic Division foes, including a trip to Clemson after taking on N.C. State.
Winning out would be the best bet for the Wolfpack to advance to its first ACC championship game. A loss at Wake Forest would just complicate things down the road. As the message has been all season, N.C. State still holds the pen.
“It’s a really special thing,” tight end Trent Pennix said after the win over Florida State. “We have a really special team.” With three games remaining in the regular season, plus the bowl game, the Wolfpack can possibly win 11 games if they win out, 12 if they make it to and win the ACC title game.
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How Clemson could still win the ACC's Atlantic Division title (greenville.com; Keepfer)
It may not be the path of least resistance, but Clemson still has a route to a seventh consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game.
The odds aren’t exactly in the Tigers’ favor, but here’s what the Tigers need to unfold over the final three games of the season in order to claim the Atlantic Division title:
1. Defeat Wake Forest on Nov. 20, which would give the Tigers a 6-2 ACC record;
2. Have Wake Forest (5-0) lose to N.C. State or Boston College, which would make the Demon Deacons 6-2 and give Clemson the tiebreaker since they beat Wake head to head;
3. Have N.C. State (4-1) beat Wake Forest on Saturday, then lose against Syracuse and North Carolina, making the Wolfpack 5-3 and finishing behind 6-2 Clemson; if both teams finish 6-2, N.C State wins the tiebreaker.
Random Thoughts (after Week 10) (RX; HM)
...and if not, is there any way he ends up at Virginia Tech?
Who will win the FSU/UF game this year? True, the game is in "The Swamp" - but that place isn't nearly as scary as it once was. What's more, the Gators are definitely trending down, while the Seminoles are on their way up. A few weeks ago I would've said Florida State had no chance, but now...?
It's been 41 years since the last national championship for the Georgia Bulldogs. If they don't win another one this season, will they ever? How it must gnaw at Bulldog fans to know that, despite all the victories over in-state rival Georgia Tech, it's the Yellow Jackets who own the most recent natty (1990).
Something very similar could be said of NC State. The last time the Wolfpack won the ACC football championship was 1979, and while they still trail Wake Forest in the conference standings, they control their own football destiny with only three games left. If not 2021, when?
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AP Poll 2021-11-07 (RX; HM)
The New AP Poll is out and it has 3 ACC teams in the top 25...
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OT: US News Rankings (RX; HM)
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This is the highest I've ever seen Florida State and the lowest I've ever seen BC and Clemson.
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/article255617886.html (thestate.com; Brown)
Here’s the situation: North Carolina and Wake Forest have played one of the longest running series in each program’s history. The beginnings date back to 1888 and they played every season from 1919 until 2004. TOP ARTICLES Skip Ad Then expansion happened.
The ACC split into the Atlantic and Coastal divisions and in doing so, squashed the annual rivalry between the two schools. (The same thing happened to the rivalry between N.C. State and Duke.)
Had the Tar Heels and Demon Deacons stuck to the ACC schedule, their first meeting since 2015 wouldn’t come until the 2022 season. But since the schools see value in maintaining a traditional opponent — as well as adding a quality opponent — they signed on to play the past three seasons as non-conference foes.
Wake won the first meeting in Winston-Salem in 2019. Carolina won last year’s meeting in Chapel Hill, 59-53, and Saturday’s game, 58-55. Next season, the teams will play in a game that counts in the ACC standings in Winston-Salem.
Is this simply the best way to get around the ACC’s division-hampered scheduling?
Or should the league look to a new model so that teams, especially many of the league’s traditional rivals who are now in separate divisions, don’t go long stretches between games?
HOW WOULD YOU CALL IT?
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-week-11-tv-schedule.html (RX; HM)
https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-week-10-biggest-losers.html (RX; HM)
#3 Michigan State lost by 11 at Purdue, 29-40
What is it about the Boilermakers, that they seemingly can only beat ranked Big Ten opponents?
#12 Baylor lost by 2 at TCU, 28-30
Come on, you knew the Bears were going to lose again, didn't you?
#13 Auburn was shut down by #14 Texas A&M, 3-20
This game was 3-6 going into the 4th quarter, where the Aggies scored a pair of late TDs to get the final margin.
#17 Mississippi St lost by 3 at Arkansas, 28-31
This is the Bulldogs 4th loss! Can we please get them out of the Top 25?
#18 Kentucky lost to Tennessee by 3 at home, 42-45
After starting 6-0, the Wildcats have now lost 3 in a row.
#20 Minnesota lost to Illinois by 8 at home, 6-14
I guess the little Gophers just weren't rowing hard enough?
#23 Fresno State was exposed by Boise State in Fresno, 14-40
You wanna be the man, you gotta beat the man...
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https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021...l-university-not-credible-campus-reopens.html (PS; O'Toole)
A bomb threat that forced Cornell University to evacuate the Ithaca campus Sunday was “not credible,” according to a university alert.
Police spent five hours searching after Cornell University’s law school, as well as Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall after someone called to say there were bombs in those buildings.
Cornell University started sending an emergency alerts at 1:57 p.m. Initially, the university asked people to avoid the arts quad and Goldwin Smith Hall, and to shelter in place. Within 15 minutes, the alerts became more urgent, telling everyone to evacuate the law school, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall.
Several roads and paths were blocked with yellow police tape, and students slowly walked away from Central Campus toward North Campus and Collegetown as police and state troopers investigated.
Students, staff and community members turned to social media to ask why the campus was evacuated. By 3:25 p.m., Cornell University explained in an alert they had received a call saying bombs were being placed in the law school, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall.
Police searched the buildings and the university continued to send updates throughout the day.
At 7:33 p.m., Cornell University announced the bomb threat was not credible and the campus was back open.
“Law enforcement has concluded search of the Ithaca campus; no credible threats were found,” Cornell University announced in its final alert. “It is safe to resume all normal activities.”
The bomb threat at Cornell University was one of three at Ivy League college campuses on Sunday. Columbia and Brown universities also evacuated after receiving threats of bombs on campus. Several other colleges across the country also have received similar bomb threats in recent days: Thursday at Cleveland State University’s law building; Friday at Yale University; and Saturday at Ohio University and Miami University.
All have turned out to be unfounded.
In 1895 there was an incredible discovery made, one that would utterly change the way we looked at the human body, both literally and figuratively. On the back of this discovery, a million new technologies would be developed in the areas of medicine, security, and much more. The man who discovered all this? Wilhelm Röntgen, and as a result, he may just be one of the most important men in medical history. X-Ray Day celebrates his discovery and everything that’s come from it.
History of X-Ray Day
The X-Ray was discovered by accident, as part of an experiment where Wilhelm was attempting to ascertain whether or cathode rays could pass through glass. Nearby there was a chemically coated screen, and from it was emanating an odd glow, and dubbed the rays causing that glow X-Rays. Why you ask? Because he didn’t know what they were, so the ubiquitous ‘X for unknown’ was utilized. They’ve been called X-Rays ever since.SU News
Andre Szmyt has hit less than 43% of his attempts from over 35 yards this season.
Vasudevan: Without a coordinator, Syracuse is no longer Special Teams U (DO; Vasudevan)
Andre Szmyt stared directly at the 10-yard line, focusing on the central part of the spray-painted white turf where the ball would be placed by holder Mike Midkiff.
After the ball hit the spot, Szmyt leaned back on his left foot before taking his usual three steps to kick the ball. But as the ball left the ground it was deflected by Virginia Tech’s Chamarri Conner, and it bounced onto the turf to the left of Szmyt. Syracuse’s McKinley Williams picked up the ball and tried to run forward before it was knocked out of his hands.
Szmyt walked to his left, trying to locate the ball in the scrum before finally seeing it in the hands of the Hokies’ Dorian Strong. Most SU players mimicked Szmyt’s slow movement and reacted too late as Strong had already taken off with an array of blockers around him. Kingsley Jonathan was the only Orange player to even touch Strong, and he only got his right hand on Strong’s left shoulder pad.
The game would’ve been tied at 14-14, but since Strong took the ball all the way back for a touchdown, Syracuse went into halftime with a 16-13 deficit.
Syracuse fought back through the help of Sean Tucker and Garrett Shrader to beat Virginia Tech 41-36, but costly special teams mistakes have lost wins for SU, erasing scoring possessions and tarnishing Syracuse’s reputation as Special Teams U. According to Football Outsiders’ Special Teams Fremeau Efficiency Index, the Orange had the 14th-best special teams unit in the nation last season. They’re 14th-best in the ACC this year — currently 97th out of 130 teams nationally.
So how does one of the best kicking groups in the country become one of the worst in less than a year? The answer is pretty simple — coaching, or more specifically a lack of coaching.
While Jonathan was one of the only players who got close to stopping Strong, he made a costly mistake at the beginning of the play. The Hokies overloaded the right side of Syracuse’s formation — directly in front of Jonathan — which forced him to choose the player he needed to block. Instead of working from the inside to outside, Jonathan grabbed the most exterior player, allowing Conner to get in front of the kick.
But it wasn’t just Jonathan’s fault that Strong ran the ball back all the way. The Orange were unprepared for what to do when a kick was blocked since it was the first time it had happened to SU this season.
Head coach Dino Babers didn’t just blame his players for the lack of execution, he also added that his assistant coaches have to do a better job, too. He used the analogy of a game being a test, and his assistant coaches being teaching assistants that couldn’t give the actual answers to players but could only help them through the process.
“I want my coaches to do a better job with reminders and then I want those guys to go out there and do a better job of execution,” Babers said. “It’s not rocket science out there.”
But why have TA’s giving advice when you can hire another full-time teacher? Of the 65 Power 5 schools, The Orange are one of only seven without a special teams coordinator on staff. Although Babers said he has certain assistants in charge of specific special teams’ operations, he didn’t specify who was in charge of each facet.
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Axe: How long can SU football hold off a full focus on basketball season? (PS; $; Axe)
”Is it basketball season yet?”
It’s been an all-too-common refrain in these parts when the calendar flips to November and for good reason.
The Orange football team has qualified for just six bowl games since 2000.
Does Dino Babers’ squad have what it takes to make it seven?
Syracuse football is 5-4 and coming off its much-needed bye week with three games remaining in the 2021 regular season.
One more win and SU goes bowling.
Louisville presents Syracuse’s first opportunity for a sixth win on Saturday with kickoff set for 12 p.m.
You think Syracuse has had drama this season? Talk to a stressed-out Cardinals fan.
Louisville has lost two consecutive games and four of its past five. Louisville gave up game-winning scores with 22 seconds left against both Wake Forest and Virginia, while falling to Clemson after failing on 4th-and-goal from the 2.
Cardinals quarterback Malik Cunningham, the engine that drives the Cardinals, needs some repairs before facing Syracuse. Cunningham left Louisville’s loss to Clemson with an ankle injury. He was able to get back on the field in the fourth quarter but did not look like his usual dominant self.
Louisville came up short of a winning score, losing to Clemson 30-24. Before his injury, Cunningham threw for 174 yards and rushed for 134 against the Tigers. On the final drive, Cunningham got the Cardinals down to the Clemson 2-yard line in the game’s final minute. However, on fourth-and-goal, he stumbled on a rollout at the 4-yard line with 10 seconds left to secure the victory.
Cunningham is not the only key player for the Cardinals playing hurt. Louisville will be without its top defensive player, Kei’Trel Clark, who is out for the season with a knee injury.
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Why This Bye Week Is So Important For Syracuse Football (SI; McAllister)
As the season gets shorter, the days get longer. This sort of daylight saving’s reference can attest to the much needed rest of the Syracuse football team.
A bye week this late in the season proves to be necessary for the Orange. With only three games left in the regular season, the Orange are one game away from bowl eligibility. However, winning that one game may be the most difficult feat of the season.
After three close heartbreaking losses in ACC play to Florida State, Wake Forest, and Clemson, the Orange have now turned things around winning two straight. The wins come against Virginia Tech and Boston College making the Orange 2-3 in conference play. The play of Garrett Shrader and Sean Tucker is taking the Orange to new heights after the abysmal 1-10 season last year. The duo is known as one of the nations most fierce rushing attacks however with the amount of touches each has had this season… they are certainly entitled to some rest. Tucker leads the nation in rushing yards while the Syracuse offense is fifth in rushing yards per game and third in rushing touchdowns.
The load carried by Shrader and Tucker deserves a bye week… maybe two. The 613 plays on offense this season demonstrates where and who the Orange want to get the ball to. Tucker’s 201 rushing attempts and Shrader’s 120 rushing attempts account for 321 plays this season. Those 321 combined rushing attempts are more than 20 teams total rushing attempts.
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Syracuse Football’s Bye Week Report Card – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Bainbridge)
Syracuse football finally gets a well-deserved break this week in the form of a bye. It might’ve come a little later than Dino Babers would like, but the Orange now get some time off. Now that we’ve seen the team play nine games, it seems appropriate that we give this year’s squad some grades based on what we’ve seen so far.
COACHING: C
This grade might seem a little harsh considering SU is just one win away from a bowl following last year’s 1-10 season. However, it’s impossible to ignore that they should be at least a game or two better than what they are. Jim Boeheim is right in saying we should appreciate this team’s overachievement – but some of Dino Babers’ decisions have rightly deserved questioning and second-guessing. Some head-scratching time management sequences and strange fourth down decisions have haunted the Orange, and those issues come from the sideline.These were unfortunately present during SU’s three consecutive three-point losses against Florida State, Wake Forest, and Clemson back in October. The most tolerable of those losses is Wake Forest – no shame in going down in overtime against a team that entered this week ranked No. 9 – but dropped games against then-winless FSU and the worst Clemson squad in years makes last month’s struggles a jagged pill to swallow.
That being said, Syracuse has scored impressive, feel-good wins against Liberty and Virginia Tech this year thanks to a team that runs its gameplans well and plays hard until the whistle. Last week, the Orange handled Boston College the way most expected them to. Offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert has found his footing in Year 2, and defensive coordinator Tony White’s 3-3-5 defense has turned into a sack machine. If nothing else, Babers has assuredly earned himself another year to see what he can make with a suddenly intriguing group.
QUARTERBACKS: B-
This may seem like a low grade with Garrett Shrader sitting at 20 total touchdowns on the season, but I’m still little concerned about SU’s passing game. With that said, it’s clear that Shrader has a lot of ability and deserves his starting role. Former starter Tommy DeVito’s move toward the transfer portal was unsurprising, but his season was off to a dreadful start before he lost his starting gig prior to Liberty. The Orange looked one-dimensional against Ohio and awful against Rutgers back in September with DeVito at the helm. It’s not an exaggeration to say Shrader might’ve saved the season, but he hasn’t done a ton of the lifting with his arm.DeVito isn’t the guy who has finished games 6 of 15 and 5 of 14 passing. Those lines belonged to Shrader in his first start (against Liberty) and his last (against BC). Expecting Shrader to be a high-percentage passer isn’t realistic at this point, but he’s avoided the type of negative plays that crippled this team last year by throwing just three interceptions and avoiding quite a few sacks with his legs.
RUNNING BACKS: A+
This is an incredibly easy grade to give thanks to the season put up by Sean Tucker. The freshman has 201 carries for 1,267 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. He has eight (count ‘em) 100-yard games and 6.3 yards-per-carry. The rest of Syracuse’s backs that are still on the team have combined for just 27 total carries, but does it really matter when you feature the nation’s leading rusher?Tucker’s explosion has him just 106 yards away from breaking Joe Morris’ single-season program record set in 1979. It would be a deserved accomplishment for Syracuse’s best player and a guy who worked his way up from fourth on the depth chart at the start of the 2020 season.
WIDE RECEIVERS: C-
SU’s other main offensive skill group hasn’t been nearly as good. Entering the season, wideouts Taj Harris and Anthony Queeley were expected to be key factors in the offense. Disappointingly, the top guys at an already thin position haven’t produced. Harris is now at Kentucky, and Queeley has just 12 catches on the year. You can’t blame SU’s receivers for an unexpected shift to a run-heavy offense, but their impact has been surprisingly limited. Drop problems from an inexperienced group have stalled an already-lacking passing game.The positive to this group is the emergence of redshirt-freshman Courtney Jackson as a legitimate playmaker. Jackson currently leads the team in receptions, yards, and tacked on a punt return touchdown against Boston College.
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Syracuse-Louisville betting line: Orange opens as small underdog as it tries to clinch bowl eligibility (PS; Carlson)
The Syracuse football team opened as a slight underdog for its road game against Louisville on Saturday, a matchup that will pit two teams with mobile quarterbacks trying to scratch their way to six wins.
The consensus betting line on VegasInsider.com on Sunday listed Louisville as a 3-point favorite, with early lines included in the consensus favoring the Cardinals between 1.5 and 3 points. The consensus over-under was 56.5 points,
Syracuse (5-4, 2-3) will face Louisville (4-5, 2-4) on Saturday at noon. The game will be broadcast on regional sports networks (YES Network in Central New York). The Cardinals will be retiring the jersey of former star Lamar Jackson.
Both teams have suffered three close losses this season and feature mobile quarterbacks. The two quarterbacks for the game rank seventh (Malik Cunningham) and eighth (Garrett Shrader) in the ACC in rushing yards per game.
One of the key concerns for Louisville will be the health of Cunningham.
The quarterback left Louisville’s loss to Clemson with an ankle injury. While his return was in question at one point, he was able to get back on the field in the fourth quarter but unable to help the Cardinals to a game-winning score in a 30-24 loss.
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Louisville vs. Syracuse NCAA Football Odds, Plays and Insights | November 13, 2021 (SI;l Skrive)
Two of the nation's top rushing attacks meet when the Louisville Cardinals (-3.5)
Over/Under Insights
- Louisville and its opponents have combined to put up more than 55.5 points in three of eight games this season.
- So far this season, 44.4% of Syracuse's games (4/9) have had more combined points than Saturday's total of 55.5.
- Saturday's over/under is 2.7 points lower than the two team's combined 58.2 points per game average.
- This contest's over/under is 5.5 points above the 50 these two squads combine to surrender per game this season.
- Cardinals games this season feature an average total of 60.6 points, a number 5.1 points higher than Saturday's over/under.
- The 55.5 over/under in this game is 5.2 points above the 50.3 average total in Orange games this season.
Louisville Stats and Trends
- Louisville has four wins against the spread in nine games this season.
- The Cardinals have covered the spread once this season when favored by 3 points or more (in two chances).
- Louisville's games this year have eclipsed the over/under in 37.5% of its opportunities (three times in eight games with a set point total).
- This year, the Cardinals score 6.2 more points per game (28.8) than the Orange give up (22.6).
- Louisville is 4-3 against the spread and 4-4 overall in games when it scores more than 22.6 points.
- The Cardinals rack up 442.9 yards per game, 126.1 more yards than the 316.8 the Orange give up per matchup.
- When Louisville piles up more than 316.8 yards, the team is 4-4 against the spread and 4-5 overall.
- The Cardinals have turned the ball over six more times (12 total) than the Orange have forced a turnover (6) this season.
- Find the latest spread and moneyline odds for Louisville at SISportsbook.
Syracuse Stats and Trends
- Against the spread, Syracuse is 8-1-0 this year.
- This year, the Orange have an ATS record of 5-0 in their five games as an underdog of 3 points or more.
- Syracuse's games this year have gone over the point total four times in nine opportunities (44.4%).
- The Orange rack up 29.4 points per game, comparable to the 27.4 the Cardinals give up.
- Syracuse is 5-0 against the spread and 3-2 overall in games when it scores more than 27.4 points.
- The Orange average 415.1 yards per game, just 7.5 more than the 407.6 the Cardinals allow.
- Syracuse is 3-0 against the spread and 2-1 overall when the team totals over 407.6 yards.
- This year the Orange have nine turnovers, three fewer than the Cardinals have takeaways (12).
- Head to SISportsbook to find the latest moneyline, spread and over/under odds for this matchup.
Orange Zone pregame show: Syracuse football is turning the tide (cnycentral.com; video; Sladek)
Sports Director Tommy Sladek takes a look at the Syracuse football season up until the bye week, breaks down the win over Boston College, and what's next for a team on the rise.
ACC Power Rankings: Where does Syracuse football stand heading into the stretch run? (PS; $; Staff)
The ACC’s last realistic hopes for placing a team in the College Football Playoffs were banished on Saturday as previously undefeated Wake Forest fell to rival North Carolina in a non-conference game.
Wake Forest was the only team from the ACC ranked among the top 15 teams by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and it would take a seemingly impossible combination of events for any team to vault into the top four, especially considering the lack of high-level wins available in the ACC.
Despite the loss, the Demon Deacons are still unbeaten in the ACC and will play North Carolina State this week in a game that will likely determine the ACC Atlantic champion.
On the other side of the league, Pittsburgh’s road to a division title suddenly looks a little more daunting following the improvement of North Carolina. The Panthers will face the feisty Tar Heels in a matchup of quarterbacks Kenny Pickett and Sam Howell, giving the league two big games this week.
The results also create a conundrum at the top of these rankings where, once again, there are arguments for at least three different teams.
Which one would you choose?
Who would you rank No. 1 in the ACC this week?
Wake Forest
North Carolina State
Pittsburgh
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1. Pittsburgh
Record: 7-2 (4-1)Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s result: Win 54-29 at Duke
This week’s schedule: Thursday vs. North Carolina (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 1? The Panthers sleepwalked through the first quarter on the road against Duke following an emotional loss. No big deal.
Quarterback Kenny Pickett has been the most consistent player at the most important position, improving his season statistics to 26 touchdowns thrown against just three interceptions.
2. North Carolina State
Record: 7-2 (4-1)Last week’s ranking: 3
Last week’s result: Win 28-14 at Florida State
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Wake Forest
Why No. 2? The Wolfpack might be the ACC’s most balanced team, capable of winning with offense, defense and, apparently, special teams.
Punter Trenton Gill put the Seminoles inside their own 12-yard-line on five different occasions and inside their 5-yard-line twice, helping the Wolfpack dominate a field-position game.
In a league that plays a lot of competitive games it was North Carolina State’s second consecutive comfortable win, with neither coming against a bad team.
3. Wake Forest
Record: 8-1 (5-0)Last week’s ranking: 1
Last week’s result: Loss 58-55 at North Carolina
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. North Carolina State
Why No. 3? Wake Forest’s poor defense finally hurt the Demon Deacons in the loss to North Carolina but the struggles aren’t new.
The Demon Deacons have scored at least 35 points in every game this season, but they have also given up at least 30 points in four of their past five games.
Fortunately for Wake Forest the in-state rivalry game was considered a non-conference game, meaning this week’s game against North Carolina State will likely decide the ACC Atlantic champion. It’s part of a difficult finish for Wake Forest that also includes a game against Clemson.
4. Clemson
Record: 6-3 (5-2)Last week’s ranking: 4
Last week’s result: Win 30-24 at Louisville
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. UConn (Noon, ACC Network)
Why No. 4? Clemson has maintained a tremendous defense all season and is starting to find itself on offense. Quarterback DJ Uiagalelei’s 220 passing yards were his most this season and he led the Tigers on a game-winning touchdown drive, capping it with an 8-yard touchdown run with 4:12 remaining.
It was the second consecutive 30-point game for the Tigers, who failed to hit the number in any of their first six games against FBS opponents.
5. Miami
Record: 5-4 (3-2)Last week’s ranking: 6
Last week’s result: Win 33-30 vs. Georgia Tech
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Florida State (3:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 5? This week wasn’t one to write home about but the Hurricanes survived against Georgia Tech after beating the two top teams on this list back-to-back. The three straight wins have only come by a combined 10 points.
Oklahoma transfer Charleston Rambo has come alive while teaming with quarterback Tyler Van Dyke. He caught seven passes for 210 yards against Georgia Tech, his third consecutive game with at least 100 yards receiving. Van Dyke has thrown for more than 300 in each of those games.
Miami has the league’s softest finish with games against Florida State, Virginia Tech and Duke remaining.
6. Virginia
Record: 6-3 (4-2)Last week’s ranking: 5
Last week’s result: Open
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Notre Dame (7:30, ABC)
Why No. 6? This is where I think you can start making the case for Syracuse.
Virginia is a strange blend of the ACC’s best passing offense (401 yards per game) and worst run defense (219.1 yards per game). They shared the league’s latest open week with Syracuse. Perhaps some improved health will help shore up that weakness.
All of Virginia’s losses have come against teams that were ranked at the time of the game, with two teams sustaining that Top 25 mark. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers’ stretch run includes two more against Notre Dame and Pittsburgh.
7. North Carolina
Record: 5-4 (3-3)Last week’s ranking: 10
Last week’s result: Win 58-55 vs. Wake Forest
This week’s schedule: Thursday at Pittsburgh (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Why No. 7? North Carolina will get a chance to play spoiler two weeks in a row with quarterback Sam Howell operating at an extremely high level.
One of the league’s most talented throwers, Howell has also run for at least 90 yards in four straight weeks, helping UNC put together the league’s second-most potent run game behind only Syracuse.
8. Syracuse
Record: 5-4 (2-3)Last week’s ranking: 7
Last week’s result: Open
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Louisville (Noon, regional sports networks)
Why No. 8? Syracuse has become one of the conference’s most balanced teams despite a minimal passing game.
Only three teams have scoring offenses and defenses that rank in the top of the ACC. The top two teams in these rankings and Syracuse.
There’s room to climb too if the Orange can continue to hit a couple of big plays per game through the air, but Syracuse does have a difficult closing schedule.
9. Louisville
Record: 4-5 (2-4)Last week’s ranking: 8
Last week’s result: Loss 30-24 vs. Clemson
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Syracuse (Noon, regional sports networks)
Why No. 9? Like Syracuse, Louisville has a running quarterback and has suffered from close losses, with three defeats coming by less than one score. The Cardinals have surrendered game-winning scores in the final five minutes three times this year.
A key factor against Syracuse will be the health of quarterback Malik Cunningham. The Cardinals were beating Clemson until he suffered an ankle injury. He returned to the game but was unable to lead Louisville to a game-winning score, getting stopped on a 4th-and-2 run. He did rush for 134 yards against the Tigers, while throwing for 174 yards.
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Syracuse football is trending in a positive direction, as the Orange enjoys its bye week with a 5-4 record and two Atlantic Coast Conference wins in a row.
Coming off a paltry one-victory campaign a season ago, the ‘Cuse is just one success away from reaching post-season eligibility, which if secured would prove a tremendous achievement.
As all of us Orange fanatics out there take a week off from Cardiac ‘Cuse on the field, I’ve got an interesting article to share from one of my FanSided colleagues, Nick Villano.
Villano recently published a comprehensive piece where he explored the best college town in every state, with college football as the backdrop. As Villano explains, rather appropriately in my opinion, this feature isn’t necessarily about the biggest cities or the sport’s best teams around the country.
Syracuse football is situated within a truly fabulous college town.
Now, as some of you know, I’m a proud alum of Syracuse University. My four years on the Hill, in the late 1990s until I graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in philosophy, were some of the best years of my life.So when I came across Villano’s story, my bias of course kicked into high gear. I obviously felt that the city where my alma mater is located should get included in his feature.
Thankfully, Nick obliged. For New York state, he has none other than Syracuse, N.Y. Yay!
Villano does a terrific job encapsulating many of the wonderful attributes that make Syracuse a wonderful college town, such as Orange athletics, the Carrier Dome, museums, the zoo, architecture, restaurants and retail … the list goes on and on.
I invite you to check out Nick’s column, not only for what he says about Syracuse, N.Y., but also to soak in the other stellar college towns nationwide that he discusses.
Well done, Nick. I’m sure your piece took a lot of effort to research and write, and that hard work has paid off. Go ‘Cuse!
ACC Panic Room: Pack and Deacs set for epic division tilt :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsports.;com; video; Brownlow & Ovies)
Lauren Brownlow and Joe Ovies discuss an interesting weekend of ACC football, which set up an epic Atlantic Division showdown between NC State and Wake Forest.
Miami football at Florida State gets national broadcast attention spot (caneswarning.com; Rubenstein)
The Miami football team will kick off on Saturday at Florida State at 3:30 PM eastern time on ESPN. WIth there of their last four games on the ACC Network or regional sports networks, the Hurricanes and Seminoles get the prime kickoff time and key national attention on ESPN. Miami and Florida State were on ABC in 2020.
The Hurricanes and Seminoles played in primetime in front of a limited crowd of 12,806 at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020. Florida State has had a streaky season. The Seminoles began 2021 with four straight losses followed by three straight wins. Florida State will host Miami with two straight losses.
Miami alternated losses and wins through their first four games. The Hurricanes lost their next two to drop to 3-4. Miami has won three straight games to go over .500 for the first time in 2021. The Hurricanes have not lost in Tallahassee since 2015 and have a four-game winning streak against the Seminoles.
The Miami football team ended a seven-game losing streak to Florida State in 2017 at Doak Campbell Stadium. That win began the Hurricanes four-game winning streak at Florida State. The 52-10 victory Miami had over Florida State at Hard Rock Stadium in 2020 was the most points scored by one team in the rivalry.
Miami has dominated Florida State defensively in the last three seasons. The Seminoles offense has not scored more than 21 points as Miami has extended their streak. Florida State had a punt return for a TD in a 28-27 loss at Hard Rock Stadium in 2018 and lost 27-10 to Miami at home in 2019.
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https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article255620751.html (newsobserver.com; Pope IV)
Onto the next one. N.C. State defeated Florida State, 28-14, on the road Saturday night. It was the second road win in four attempts, but the big one to set up next weekend’s showdown in Winston-Salem. What Saturday’s win did was allow N.C. State to still control its own destiny. A win over the Seminoles means N.C. State is still very much in the hunt for its first football championship since 1979.
The road to that championship goes through Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons are 5-0 in ACC play and 8-1 overall. State’s lone ACC loss was to Miami, a member of the Coastal Division.
N.C. State has two divisional games remaining: at Wake Forest and at home against Syracuse the following week. The Demon Deacons’ final three games are all against Atlantic Division foes, including a trip to Clemson after taking on N.C. State.
Winning out would be the best bet for the Wolfpack to advance to its first ACC championship game. A loss at Wake Forest would just complicate things down the road. As the message has been all season, N.C. State still holds the pen.
“It’s a really special thing,” tight end Trent Pennix said after the win over Florida State. “We have a really special team.” With three games remaining in the regular season, plus the bowl game, the Wolfpack can possibly win 11 games if they win out, 12 if they make it to and win the ACC title game.
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How Clemson could still win the ACC's Atlantic Division title (greenville.com; Keepfer)
It may not be the path of least resistance, but Clemson still has a route to a seventh consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game.
The odds aren’t exactly in the Tigers’ favor, but here’s what the Tigers need to unfold over the final three games of the season in order to claim the Atlantic Division title:
1. Defeat Wake Forest on Nov. 20, which would give the Tigers a 6-2 ACC record;
2. Have Wake Forest (5-0) lose to N.C. State or Boston College, which would make the Demon Deacons 6-2 and give Clemson the tiebreaker since they beat Wake head to head;
3. Have N.C. State (4-1) beat Wake Forest on Saturday, then lose against Syracuse and North Carolina, making the Wolfpack 5-3 and finishing behind 6-2 Clemson; if both teams finish 6-2, N.C State wins the tiebreaker.
Random Thoughts (after Week 10) (RX; HM)
Random Thoughts (after Week 10)
Is there any way Dan Mullen can remain the head football coach of the Florida Gators?...and if not, is there any way he ends up at Virginia Tech?
Who will win the FSU/UF game this year? True, the game is in "The Swamp" - but that place isn't nearly as scary as it once was. What's more, the Gators are definitely trending down, while the Seminoles are on their way up. A few weeks ago I would've said Florida State had no chance, but now...?
It's been 41 years since the last national championship for the Georgia Bulldogs. If they don't win another one this season, will they ever? How it must gnaw at Bulldog fans to know that, despite all the victories over in-state rival Georgia Tech, it's the Yellow Jackets who own the most recent natty (1990).
Something very similar could be said of NC State. The last time the Wolfpack won the ACC football championship was 1979, and while they still trail Wake Forest in the conference standings, they control their own football destiny with only three games left. If not 2021, when?
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AP Poll 2021-11-07 (RX; HM)
AP Poll 2021-11-07
The New AP Poll is out and it has 3 ACC teams in the top 25...
| AP Top 25 | |
| RK | TEAM |
| 1 | Georgia |
| 2 | Cincinnati |
| 3 | Alabama |
| 4 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Oregon |
| 6 | Ohio State |
| 7 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Michigan State |
| 9 | Michigan |
| 10 | Oklahoma State |
| 11 | Texas A&M |
| 12 | Ole Miss |
| 13 | Wake Forest |
| 14 | BYU |
| 15 | UTSA |
| 16 | Auburn |
| 17 | Houston |
| 18 | Baylor |
| 19 | Iowa |
| 20 | Wisconsin |
| 21 | NC State |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina |
| 23 | Penn State |
| 24 | Louisiana |
| 25 | Pittsburgh |
OT: US News Rankings (RX; HM)
OT: US News Rankings
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COMMENTS:
This is the highest I've ever seen Florida State and the lowest I've ever seen BC and Clemson.
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/article255617886.html (thestate.com; Brown)
Here’s the situation: North Carolina and Wake Forest have played one of the longest running series in each program’s history. The beginnings date back to 1888 and they played every season from 1919 until 2004. TOP ARTICLES Skip Ad Then expansion happened.
The ACC split into the Atlantic and Coastal divisions and in doing so, squashed the annual rivalry between the two schools. (The same thing happened to the rivalry between N.C. State and Duke.)
Had the Tar Heels and Demon Deacons stuck to the ACC schedule, their first meeting since 2015 wouldn’t come until the 2022 season. But since the schools see value in maintaining a traditional opponent — as well as adding a quality opponent — they signed on to play the past three seasons as non-conference foes.
Wake won the first meeting in Winston-Salem in 2019. Carolina won last year’s meeting in Chapel Hill, 59-53, and Saturday’s game, 58-55. Next season, the teams will play in a game that counts in the ACC standings in Winston-Salem.
Is this simply the best way to get around the ACC’s division-hampered scheduling?
Or should the league look to a new model so that teams, especially many of the league’s traditional rivals who are now in separate divisions, don’t go long stretches between games?
HOW WOULD YOU CALL IT?
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-week-11-tv-schedule.html (RX; HM)
2021 Week 11 TV Schedule
From the official ACC release of Nov. 6, 2021...ACC Updates Football Game Times & Networks for Nov. 13
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners updated the football game times and networks for Nov. 13, three of which were previously under a six-day hold....
https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2021/11/2021-week-10-biggest-losers.html (RX; HM)
2021 Week 10 Biggest Losers
Here are the Top 25 teams that lost in Week 10...#3 Michigan State lost by 11 at Purdue, 29-40
What is it about the Boilermakers, that they seemingly can only beat ranked Big Ten opponents?
#12 Baylor lost by 2 at TCU, 28-30
Come on, you knew the Bears were going to lose again, didn't you?
#13 Auburn was shut down by #14 Texas A&M, 3-20
This game was 3-6 going into the 4th quarter, where the Aggies scored a pair of late TDs to get the final margin.
#17 Mississippi St lost by 3 at Arkansas, 28-31
This is the Bulldogs 4th loss! Can we please get them out of the Top 25?
#18 Kentucky lost to Tennessee by 3 at home, 42-45
After starting 6-0, the Wildcats have now lost 3 in a row.
#20 Minnesota lost to Illinois by 8 at home, 6-14
I guess the little Gophers just weren't rowing hard enough?
#23 Fresno State was exposed by Boise State in Fresno, 14-40
You wanna be the man, you gotta beat the man...
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https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021...l-university-not-credible-campus-reopens.html (PS; O'Toole)
A bomb threat that forced Cornell University to evacuate the Ithaca campus Sunday was “not credible,” according to a university alert.
Police spent five hours searching after Cornell University’s law school, as well as Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall after someone called to say there were bombs in those buildings.
Cornell University started sending an emergency alerts at 1:57 p.m. Initially, the university asked people to avoid the arts quad and Goldwin Smith Hall, and to shelter in place. Within 15 minutes, the alerts became more urgent, telling everyone to evacuate the law school, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall.
Several roads and paths were blocked with yellow police tape, and students slowly walked away from Central Campus toward North Campus and Collegetown as police and state troopers investigated.
Students, staff and community members turned to social media to ask why the campus was evacuated. By 3:25 p.m., Cornell University explained in an alert they had received a call saying bombs were being placed in the law school, Goldwin Smith, Upson Hall and Kennedy Hall.
Police searched the buildings and the university continued to send updates throughout the day.
At 7:33 p.m., Cornell University announced the bomb threat was not credible and the campus was back open.
“Law enforcement has concluded search of the Ithaca campus; no credible threats were found,” Cornell University announced in its final alert. “It is safe to resume all normal activities.”
The bomb threat at Cornell University was one of three at Ivy League college campuses on Sunday. Columbia and Brown universities also evacuated after receiving threats of bombs on campus. Several other colleges across the country also have received similar bomb threats in recent days: Thursday at Cleveland State University’s law building; Friday at Yale University; and Saturday at Ohio University and Miami University.
All have turned out to be unfounded.
