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SU News

https://www.islandpacket.com/sports/college/article265024549.html (SI; McAllister)


Syracuse added talented football players to the roster in its 2022 recruiting class. Here are five true freshmen who could contribute to the Orange this season.

LeQuint Allen - Running Back: Allen flashed vision, playmaking ability and quickness during the spring including the spring game. He has had a solid training camp as well, and could be poised to see carries this season. We know Tucker will see the bulk of them, and Juwaun Price may snag the backup role, but there could still be opportunities to put the ball in Allen's hands.

Maximilian Von Marburg - Punter: Syracuse struggled punting the ball all of last season. While James Williams is the likely starter, do not be surprised if Von Marburg gets a look if Williams struggles. The true freshman comes to Syracuse by way of Australia and has a reputation of having a big leg.

Mekhi Mason - Linebacker: The starters at linebacker are set, but there are talented youngsters waiting in the wings looking to earn a backup role. Mason is one of them and he also flashed in the spring. Do not be surprised if he is in the rotation and plays meaningful snaps this season.

Francois Nolton - Defensive End: As Syracuse looks to solidify its defensive line for the upcoming season, there is the potential that a true freshman earns some snaps. Nolton was a highly regarded recruit who put up monster numbers in high school. If things click for him early, he could be part of the rotation.
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(youtube.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)

Matt Bonaparte and Owen Valentine discuss the importance of week one this football. If SU loses are they doomed? Or does a week one loss mean nothing in the grand scheme of things?

Syracuse football announces 7 team captains for 2022 (PS; Leiker)

Earlier this month, Orange football coach Dino Babers revealed on the ACC’s Gramlich and Mac Lain podcast that his team would have six captains.

With one week until its season opener against Louisville, Syracuse announced its group of captains for 2022 on Saturday, and there was one more than expected. Babers said previously he believes this is the most captains an SU program has ever had.



Seven total players will wear a “C” on their uniform this fall: linebacker Mikel Jones, offensive lineman Matthew Bergeron, kicker Andre Szmyt, quarterback Garrett Shrader, cornerback Garrett Williams, fullback Chris Elmore and long snapper Aaron Bolinsky.
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A team-by-team breakdown of the ACC (lancasteronline.com; Murschel)

With the college football season upon us, here is a team-by-team breakdown of the Atlantic Coast Conference:

Boston College

Last year’s record: 6-6, 2-6 ACC

— The return of QB Phil Jurkovec, following an injury-shortened season, and WR Zay Flowers should help a BC offense that ranked last in the ACC.

— The Eagles showed improvement on defense, particularly in a secondary that ranked No. 3 in the nation, thanks to All-ACC DB Josh DeBerry (53 tackles).

— Coach Jeff Hafley must replace four all-conference offensive linemen, including C Alec Lindstrom and G Zion Johnson.

Clemson

Last year’s record: 10-3, 6-2 ACC

— QB DJ Uiagalelei put together such a forgettable sophomore campaign critics question his status as the No. 1 starter heading into this season.

— Clemson suffered significant attrition on its coaching staff with the departures of longtime coordinators Tony Elliott (offense) and Brent Venables (defense).

— The Tigers may have the best defensive front in the ACC with four all-conference selections in Myles Murphy, Bryan Bresee, Tyler Davis and Xavier Thomas.

Duke

Last year’s record: 3-9, 0-8 ACC

— First-year coach Mike Elko takes over for David Cutcliffe, who parted ways with the school after 14 seasons following a third consecutive losing season.

— The Blue Devils are one of the conference’s least experienced teams, with four seniors listed on their two-deep depth chart.

— Freshman DE Vincent Anthony (Durham, N.C.) was the first 4-star signee by Duke since cornerback Tony Davis (2019).

Florida State

Last year’s record: 5-7, 4-4 ACC

— The Seminoles will benefit from a healthy QB Jordan Travis, who takes over as the No. 1 starter after sharing the role with McKenzie Milton.

— FSU continues to supplement its roster through the transfer portal, adding 13 players including DE Jared Verse (UAlbany), RB Trey Benson (Oregon), WR Mycah Pittman (Oregon) and LB Tatum Bethune (UCF).

— The offensive line returns four starters who have a combined 67 career starts and benefits from the addition of four transfers in Kayden Lyles (Wisconsin), Bless Harris (Lamar), D’Mitri Emmanuel (Charlotte) and Jazston Turnetine (South Carolina).

Georgia Tech

Last year’s record: 3-9, 2-6 ACC

— This could be a make-or-break season for fourth-year coach Geoff Collins, who is 9-25 with a Yellow Jackets program that is riding a six-game losing streak entering this season.

— Attrition hit Georgia Tech hard with more than a dozen players transferring, including RB Jahmyr Gibbs (Alabama) and DLs Jared Ivey (Ole Miss) and Jordan Domineck (Arkansas).

— The quarterback battle could come down to incumbent Jeff Sims (1,468 yards, 12 TDs) or transfer Zach Gibson (1,262 yards, 10 TDs), who started five games for Akron last season.

Louisville

Last year’s record: 6-7, 4-4 ACC

— The multitalented Malik Cunningham looks to capitalize on a 2021 season in which he was the only quarterback in the nation to pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000.

— The Cardinals added 11 transfers in the offseason, led by WRs Tyler Hudson (Central Arkansas) and Dee Wiggins (Miami) and CB Kei’Trel Clark (Liberty).

— UL coach Scott Satterfield enters his fourth season, facing an uncertain future after consecutive losing seasons and a new athletics director.

Miami

Last year’s record: 7-5, 5-3 ACC

— New coach Mario Cristobal faces a mountain of expectations from fans and boosters eager to see the Hurricanes return to the glory days of national relevance.

— QB Tyler Van Dyke went from third-stringer to ACC Rookie of the Year after throwing for 2,931 yards and 25 touchdowns in nine starts.

— The Hurricanes travel to College Station to face Texas A&M on Sept. 17, hoping to snap a 4-game losing streak against SEC opponents.


North Carolina

Last year’s record: 6-7, 3-5 ACC

— QB Sam Howell set school passing records before leaving early for the NFL, leaving Drake Maye and Jacolby Criswell to battle for the starting job.

— The Tar Heels need to replace three starters on an offensive line that allowed a league-worst 49 sacks, the most by a Power 5 program last season.

— Gene Chizik rejoins Mack Brown’s coaching staff as defensive coordinator, hoping to revive a unit ranked near the bottom of the conference in defensive scoring, rushing defense and total defense.

N.C. State

Last year’s record: 9-3, 6-2 ACC

— The Wolfpack return a conference-best nine senior starters, including five from a defense that allowed 19.7 points and 331 yards per game.

— Devin Leary is one of three returning quarterbacks in the league to pass for more than 3,000 yards and 30 touchdowns.

— N.C. State’s only two conference losses were by a combined four points to Miami (31-30) and Wake Forest (45-42).

Pittsburgh

Last year’s record: 11-3, 7-1 ACC

— USC transfer Kedon Slovis steps into the QB role vacated by Kenny Pickett, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist after passing for 4,319 yards and 42 touchdowns.

— The loss of Biletnikoff Award winner Jordan Addison (1,593 yards, 17 TDs), who transferred to USC in late spring, leaves Pitt without one of the biggest playmakers in college football.

— The Panthers return an experienced group on the offensive line with five seniors, led by all-conference selections Carter Warren, Gabe Houy and Marcus Minor.

Syracuse

Last year’s record: 5-7, 2-6 ACC

— Garrett Shrader was the fourth-leading rushing quarterback in the nation with 781 yards and his 14 rushing touchdowns were the second-most behind Louisville’s Malik Cunningham.

— No team in the ACC has allowed more sacks since 2018 than Syracuse (158), ahead of Florida State (149) and Miami (138).

— Syracuse faces one of the most demanding schedules in the nation, with nine games against teams who appeared in bowl games last season.
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Wake Forest Football Preview: Syracuse Orange (bloggersodear.com; Bridgers)

For the final home game of the season, the Deacs will take on Atlantic rival Syracuse on Senior Day. The last few years have been pretty rough for the Orange; after winning 10 games and reaching 12th in the AP Top 25 in 2018, Syracuse has won just 11 total games over the past 3 seasons. Despite that, 2 of the last 3 games Wake has played against the Orange have gone into overtime, with both teams picking up a win on the final play of the game. It will be nice to finally get to play Syracuse at home again, as the Deacs have played 3 straight road games against the Orange in the Carrier Dome.

Snapshot

  • Opponent: Syracuse
  • Date: Saturday, November 19th, 2022
  • Location: Truist Field | Winston Salem, NC
  • Vegas Insider Total Wins: 5
  • 2021 Record: 5-7 (2-6)
  • Previous Matchup: Wake 40—Cuse 37 (2021)
  • All time vs Wake Forest: 6-5
The Orange were not a very good offensive team last season. Syracuse finished the season 91st in the nation with 25 points per game and 93rd in the nation with just 367 yards per game. They were, however, a very good rushing team, finishing top 20 in the nation in rushing yards per game (214), yards per carry (5.3), and rushing touchdowns per game (2.3). This was pretty obvious against Wake Forest last season, where the Orange ran the ball 58 times for a season high 354 yards and 3 touchdowns.
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‎Locked On Syracuse - Daily Podcast On Syracuse Orange Football & Basketball: Did Syracuse Misuse Tommy DeVito? op Apple Podcasts (apple.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)

Hosts Matt Bonaparte and Owen Valentine take a look at Tommy DeVito's first start in a new Orange + Blue. Plus, a look at two new Syracuse Basketball recruits.

Stan Cotten "Orange Nation" 8-26 (ESPN; radio; Orange Nation)

Stan Cotten, play-by-play voice of Wake Forest, joins Steve and Paulie to discuss the Demon Deacons expectations for this season and provide an update on Sam Hartman.

30 Minutes In Orange Nation 8-26 (ESPN; radio; Orange Nation)

Steve and Paulie react to the news of Tommy Devito starting for Illinois. Later, they take a few calls, discuss some of the headlines heading into the final week of the NFL preseason, and react to last night’s Ice-T concert.


Syracuse Football: 10 reasons why the Orange could be special in 2022 (itlh; Fiello)

So recently I’ve shared three different posts breaking down the Syracuse football 2022 schedule into three segments where I also included predictions.

First I wrote about the September schedule in July, then I covered the October portion of the schedule and finally wrapped up the season with my November preview and predictions.

If you’ve read them, you’ll see I’m feeling pretty optimistic about this team and its potential if guys stay healthy. I’m sure many will read them as though I’m just predicting it with Orange-colored glasses (and I’m a fan so that plays a role), but I truly believe this could be a special team in Syracuse football history.

To prove my point, I wanted to briefly give you my top 10 reasons why my heart and my brain both are telling me it’s more than just my fandom this season.

Here is why Syracuse football is poised to have a stellar 2022 campaign.

Improved Tucker & backfield depth
Syracuse football Head Coach Dino Babers himself has said star running back Sean Tucker looks even better this season in practice. If you’ve followed Coach over his tenure at Syracuse, you probably know he doesn’t make statements like that lightly. And this is a guy in Tucker who in 2021 set records at SU and spent time atop the rushing leaders in the NCAA.

And now let’s add New Mexico State transfer Juwan Price and true freshman LeQuint Allen, who was the Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year in his senior year of high school, plus the mobility of QB Garrett Shrader, and I think the running game will be a huge plus in 2022.

Bergeron and the best offensive line in years
In order for that to happen, those guys are going to need space. In recent years, Syracuse football offensive line coach Mike Schmidt has built an impressive unit and this year one name leading the way is Matthew Bergeron, who I think stands a legitimate chance to play at the next level.
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Syracuse Football’s Most Important Players: #4 Garrett Williams – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Bainbridge)

Syracuse football’s opener against Louisville is now just a calendar week away. If you haven’t been riveted by today’s Week 0 college football matchups, don’t worry. The Orange and Cards are likely to light up the Dome with some offensive fireworks – unless our No. 4 player on the Fizz’ Top 10 players list has anything to say about it.

Redshirt-sophomore cornerback Garrett Williams is the second of two defensive backs to grace our list, and is the second half of a one-two punch tandem at corner along with sophomore Duce Chestnut. Williams’ third-year presence makes him a de facto elder statesman among his defensive backfield mates; his teammates are either youthful or inexperienced pieces filling vacated spots.

After a dynamic redshirt-freshman season in 2020, Williams took a slight statistical step back in ‘21. Last year’s campaign saw Williams’ tackle (64 to 52) and sack (1 to 0) numbers decrease, and the North Carolinian failed to haul in even a single interception in 10 games. However, that may be more by design than by chance – in year two facing ACC competition, head coaches around the Atlantic Coast decided they’d just stop throwing at Williams altogether. That zero in the pick column didn’t prevent Williams from logging in as an occasional selection as the conference’s best corner.

WHY SYRACUSE NEEDS HIM

In two seasons with Syracuse, Williams has been a bonafide All-Conference level talent. Even more impressive is the fact that he was one of the unlucky souls to step into a vacant defensive backfield following the departure of SU’s 2020 NFL-bound trio of Andre Cisco, Ifeatu Melifonwu, and Trill Williams. Those three are long gone, but Williams helped SU fans forget them a little more quickly.

With a second-year cornerback mate in Chestnut and big question marks at safety this season, Williams is the one being eyeballed for another big year. The quarterback talent in the ACC has generally done down following the drafting of Sam Howell (UNC) and Kenny Pickett (Pitt), so lower-level passers may be easy pickings for Williams to become more of a ball hawker and big play artist in ‘22.
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Why Syracuse football will finish 8-4 in 2022 (TNIAAM; Wall)
Ok you’ve reached the weekend and many of you have speculated about our special guest. We saw guesses of Troy Nunes, Doug Marrone and Charley Loeb. A few expected James Arthur but contract negotiations ended when we couldn’t match what the Mets were offering (next year we’ll try a GoFundMe). So we gathered together a group to handle the most optimistic prediction of this exercise...TNIAAM Pets assemble!

The Nunes Pets got together via zoom to offer their reasons why Syracuse can get 8-4 in 2022 so let’s see what they said about the upcoming season.

Louisville Cardinals- Win (1-0, 1-0)

“Starting the year off with birds. Not sure how you play a game with them since they just fly away when you approach them. It seems like Syracuse should just run right at them with the ball and they will get out of the way.”- Fergus

at UConn Huskies- Win (2-0, 1-0)

“This dog looks kind of sad and maybe that’s what happens when you have war daddies to play with. Tug of war is fun but not as fun as fetch. They don’t seem like they are good at catching long throws so the Orange guys should make it a game of fetch”- Ruby

Purdue Boilermakers- Loss (2-1, 1-0)
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Syracuse Football 2022 Schedule Review (SI; McAllister)

Syracuse football faces one of the more difficult schedules in college football. The Orange faces five ranked opponents including two in the top five and three in the top 15. Three of the five ranked opponents are on the road. How does Syracuse navigate the schedule to get to six wins and a bowl berth?

1. Win the Games You Should

Syracuse has to beat Wagner and UConn. Period. Both are teams that should be inferior to Syracuse. If you cannot win both of those games, you are not going bowling.

2. Win "Toss-Up" Games

There are several games on the schedule that will be viewed as "toss-up" types that could go either way. They include Louisville, Purdue, Virginia, Florida State and Boston College. Obviously if Syracuse wins four of those five, after winning the games in number one above, that is six games and bowl eligibility. If not, an upset or two will be necessary. The good news for the Orange is that all four are at home.

3. Pull Off an Upset

If Syracuse does not win at least four of the toss-up games, upsets will be needed to make up for that. Syracuse does get NC State and Notre Dame at home, but both will be heavily favored. The Wolfpack blew out Syracuse last season while the Irish did so two years ago. The Orange was the road team for both of those games, however. In addition, Syracuse will have opportunities at Clemson, at Pittsburgh and at Wake Forest. If Syracuse goes 3-2 in the toss up games, beating one of NC State, Notre Dame, Clemson, Pittsburgh or Wake Forest will be necessary for bowl eligibility. If Syracuse goes 2-3 in the toss up games, the Orange will need to win two of the "upset" games.
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Syracuse Football 2022 Season Preview (SI; McAllister)

Our annual Syracuse football season preview is out! It is divided into several categories. Within each are stories you can read on that topic. The title of each will be linked to the related story. Simply click to access.

THE BASICS

Roster

Schedule

Depth Chart (Will Link Once Released)

Captains

ANALYSIS

Breakout Candidates

Five True Freshmen Who Could Make an Impact This Season

How to Navigate the Schedule to Earn Bowl Eligibility

Record Predictions

TRAINING CAMP INTERVIEWS

FB/TE Chris Elmore
DB Duce Chestnut
DL Kevon Darton
LB Marlowe Wax
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Syracuse Football 2022 Breakout Candidates (SI; McAllister)

Syracuse football is set to start the 2022 season in a matter of days. Here are three players on offense and three on defense would break out for the Orange.

OFFENSIVE

D'Marcus Adams - Wide Receiver: The speedy receiver transferred in from Florida Atlantic. He has had a strong camp and has worked under new Syracuse wide receivers coach Mike Johnson during his time at FAU. He could be the fastest player on the team, and it would not be a big surprise if Syracuse utilized that speed to stretch the field.

Juwaun Price - Running Back: Sean Tucker is going to be the workhorse of the Syracuse offense. But he now has a viable backup who can make plays in his own right in transfer Juwaun Price. Do not be surprised if Price comes in and has some success to provide hope for life after Tucker.

Oronde Gadsden - Wide Receiver: Gadsden has had a strong camp, has a great frame at 6-5 and could provide a steady target for Garrett Shrader this season. The second year player is one to watch in a receiving corps looking for a number one option.

DEFENSIVE

Steven Linton - Defensive End: The biggest question on the defense is the line. Syracuse lost all three starters from last year's team. Linton has flashed during training camp as someone who has potential to be a strong pass rusher. Do not be surprised if he helps solidify the line by providing much needed pass rushing ability.
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Syracuse freshman Dom Foster suspended for violating team rules (DO; Smith)

Syracuse freshman defensive back Dom Foster has been suspended from the team for a violation of team rules, SU Athletics announced. The length of the suspension remains unclear.

Listed as a wide receiver, Foster saw time as both a wideout and defensive back during training camp. He enrolled this spring and started as a cornerback before asking head coach Dino Babers to be moved to wide receiver early in preseason camp, where he practiced up until the time of his suspension.

Foster was recruited out of Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio, and ranked as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals. He recorded 18 touchdowns and 1,453 yards as a wide receiver over his high school career, and in his senior year notched 1,700 all-purpose yards, 21 touchdowns and two interceptions while playing both sides of the ball. Foster also averaged over 40.8 yards per return as a kickoff and punt return specialist in high school.

The 5-foot-11, 166-pound Foster was not expected to contribute right away; the Orange return a number of notable receivers including Courtney Jackson, Damien Alford and Anthony Queeley, while also adding former Florida Atlantic and Florida State wideout D’Marcus Adams. Michigan quarterback Dan Villari also has seen time at wide receiver during training camp, creating a crowded room for Foster to compete for playing time.

SU opens its season next Saturday at home against Louisville, which handled the Orange 41-3 last season.


Axe: Louisville is most important SU football opener in Dome era (PS; $; Axe)

This isn’t Rhode Island, Central Connecticut State or Ohio.

No offense to other past opening guests like Colgate, Villanova, Liberty or Akron, but Syracuse football’s first opponent of the 2022 season pegs the big game scale much higher.

How important is SU’s game against Louisville on Saturday night at the JMA Wireless Dome?

It can be argued it feels like the biggest since the Dome opened in 1980.
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Former Syracuse football QB Tommy DeVito leads Illinois to blowout win in opener (PS; AP)

Chase Brown scored three touchdowns and rushed for 151 yards and former Syracuse quarterback Tommy DeVito completed 27 of 37 passes for 192 yards and two scores in his debut as Illinois breezed past Wyoming 38-6 in a season-opener on Saturday.

Only 41 seconds elapsed before Brown found his way into the end zone, latching on to a 14-yard pass from DeVito to put Illinois in front.

The Fighting Illini open the scoring quick @chasebrown____ x @IlliniFootball pic.twitter.com/NwsqnkDXpA
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) August 27, 2022

“I thought Tommy really showed great composure,” Illinois coach Bret Bielema said. “He’s a very accurate passer. He had some glitches today, but things we can definitely clean up.”

DeVito, who transferred to Illinois from Syracuse, said he had enough time in the pocket to sift through his third and fourth options on certain passing downs.
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Florida State AD Michael Alford talks new senior administrators, 3-5-5 format and more | Q&A Part II (tallahassee.com; Karels)

Michael Alford had a busy first eight months as Florida State’s athletic director.

Three coaching searches, facility updates across multiple sports, the ACC changing its football scheduling model and the conference realignment madness dominated the conversation and were among responsibilities Alford needed to handle.

Alford insists that the under-the-radar hires of two new senior administrators, though, have been one of the more impactful recent developments within FSU’s athletic department.

Alycia (Lisa) Varytimidis, senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, and Janeen Lalik, deputy athletics director for external operations, assumed their new roles last month.

Varytimidis, who comes from Austin Peay in a similar role, is involved with Title IX and gender equity. She also oversees student-athlete development, compliance, and the indoor and outdoor volleyball teams.

Lalik oversees all external operations, including marketing and promotions, multimedia rights, public relations, Seminole Productions, ticket operations, social media and video services. She also manages the external partnerships with the athletics department and has sport oversight responsibilities.

Part I, which came out on Aug. 23, covered Alford’s expectations for the football team.

Michael Alford Q&A Part II

What will Varytimidis bring to the athletic department?
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One change that came in the offseason was the 3-5-5 football scheduling model, which will begin in 2023. Did you advocate for that format, and what was your take on it?

Alford:
I liked it. I give (ACC senior associate commissioner for football) Michael Strickland in the ACC office all the credit in the world. He came up with about 65 different models.


But I was an advocate for it, because you look at the student-athlete experience, and this allows every student-athlete to play every ACC school on the road. … So when you look at it as a student-athlete experience, that was factor number one for me.

Factor two was looking at the future of college football. If the College Football Playoff expands, and we go to automatic qualifiers, I don’t know. But if that is one of the qualifications of getting in the CFP, then as a conference, we’ve got to look at, ‘How do we get two teams in? How do we possibly get three?’

That’s why we did away with the divisions. You didn’t want an 11-1 team playing a 6-6 team for the championship, and then you just eliminated the opportunity to maybe get two teams into the playoffs.

So just looking at it for what is best for the conference, that made the most sense for the future of where we are forecasting college football is going to be in a few years.

Clemson and Miami seemed like easy choices as two of the three permanent opponents. Did you prefer Syracuse as the third? And why Syracuse over the fan-favorite option, Georgia Tech?

Alford:
There were a bunch of different teams thrown in there. And it really didn’t matter. What we looked at, though, was TV markets. And we are trying to grow the brand of the conference. And we are trying to grow our brand. We are a very highly-watched brand across the country.



The ACC wants to look at, ‘Well, where do I get that logo of Florida State in more markets for more television viewerships? In the market, out of market and all of the above. How do I get that brand in different markets that we see that could penetrate and then hopefully help us grow as a conference?’”

So Syracuse made the most sense because it reaches the New York market?

Alford:
New York. Miami is playing Boston College. So it’s trying to look at our TV markets and, ‘How do we grow the brand of the conference?’


Teel: ACC's top football executive details how and why league changed scheduling model (richmond.com; Teel)

Michael Strickland did not have a vote. So please, spare the ACC’s senior associate commissioner for football any objections to the league’s new scheduling model.
But after nine seasons on the job, Strickland became convinced that change was essential. There had to be a more equitable way, he concluded, to schedule and determine the ACC championship game matchup. There had to be a format better for athletes, fans and, yes, ESPN.
So Strickland welcomed his charge, no matter how complex and laborious, to craft myriad options for a working group of the league’s athletic directors to parse.
The full group of ADs approved a final draft this summer, and during a 45-minute interview Friday with The Times-Dispatch, Strickland detailed a process that took nearly a decade to complete.

The four-year rotation for 2023-26, still with eight league games per season, scraps the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions and assigns each school three annual opponents. You face the remaining 10 conference teams twice each, once at home and once on the road, during those four years.

When Strickland joined then-commissioner John Swofford’s staff in January 2013, an archaic NCAA mandate rendered such an approach a nonstarter. Conferences of at least 12 teams were required to play a round-robin schedule or have divisions in order to stage a football championship game.
With the ACC expanding from 12 to 14 football schools in 2013, this was problematic. In an eight-game league schedule, with each team playing its six division rivals and one crossover opponent annually, nearly half of your conference matchups, six of 13, would be staged once every six years.

Moreover, those six teams from the opposite division would visit your stadium only once every dozen years, absurd infrequency.

That’s why, less than two weeks into his tenure, Strickland was directed to explore a new divisional alignment that would ditch the annual crossovers and, therefore, nearly double the frequency of interdivisional matchups.

But consensus proved elusive, saddling the ACC with a flawed model, which by the way, mirrors the SEC’s. Finally, after years of internal debate and persistent lobbying of the NCAA, the impasse began to break in January.

The NCAA was poised this spring to erase the divisions rule, and with six of the conference’s 14 members having changed ADs in the previous 18 months, new perspectives energized the deliberations.

“The overall approach just felt different this time,” Strickland said. “There was more desire by more of the group to find the right type of change. ... I just think that whole atmosphere and attitude was different this go-around.”

Strickland showed dozens of versions of various models to the athletic director working group, and at the conference’s annual winter meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., he presented to all the ADs. Soon thereafter, the group embraced a model they call 3-5-5.
“It certainly is the cleanest and the simplest [model],” Strickland said. “The math works out over a nice four-year cycle. It’s perfectly fair and balanced in that you play 10 teams twice, so the disparity in the number of games against any one opponent is much more fair and equitable across all 14 schools than a divisional format.”
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Clemson football set to reclaim ACC title, playoff berth. Our game-by-game predictions (greenvilleonline.com; Keepfer)

Clemson’s 2022 football schedule has one notable advantage over last year’s – namely, the Tigers don’t open the season against Georgia.

There is that pesky trip to South Bend, Indiana, in early November, but the Tigers’ two most challenging ACC games are at home: Oct. 1 against N.C. State and Nov. 19 against Miami.

A school-record 12th consecutive season with 10 or more victories appears to be in the offing, but Clemson, which went 10-3 last season, will be hunting for bigger game, including a seventh ACC title in eight years and a return to the College Football Playoff.

Here are our game-by-game predictions of the outcome of Clemson's regular-season games:

Sept. 5: vs. Georgia Tech (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta)

Last season: Clemson won, 14-8. Georgia Tech went 3-9.

The buzz: There’s not much buzz about these Yellow Jackets, who have won a total of nine games in three seasons under Geoff Collins. Jahmyr Gibbs, their best offensive playmaker, transferred to Alabama, and Clemson’s deep and experienced defensive front should have a field day against a Tech offensive line that is questionable at best.

The pick: Clemson wins, 31-6.

Sept. 10: vs. Furman

Last season: Did not play. Furman went 6-5.

The buzz: The first football game in Clemson history came against Furman on Oct. 31, 1896, with the Tigers claiming a 14-6 win in Greenville. The series was competitive early, but not so much of late – Clemson has won 31 consecutive games against the Paladins.

The pick: Clemson wins, 45-10

Sept. 17: vs. Louisiana Tech

Last season: Did not play. Louisiana Tech went 3-9.

The buzz: Sonny Cumbie is in his first season at Louisiana Tech, where he promises a high-octane offense that could surprise some teams in Conference USA. A bigger surprise would be if the Bulldogs avoid being throttled by Clemson’s defense.

The pick: Clemson wins, 41-7

Sept. 24: at Wake Forest

Last season: Clemson won, 48-27. Wake Forest went 11-3.

The buzz: Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman may still be sidelined with a “medical issue” for this game, which tilts the outcome heavily in Clemson’s favor. Dabo Swinney has never lost to the Demon Deacons and isn’t about to start this year.

The pick: Clemson wins, 31-14

Oct. 1: vs. N.C. State

Last season: N.C. State won, 27-21 (2 OT). N.C. State went 9-3.

The buzz: The Wolfpack, with preseason ACC Player of the Year Devin Leary at quarterback, have a chance to knock off Clemson for a second straight season. In what sizes up as a monumental battle featuring the league’s top two defenses, the nod goes to the Tigers in Death Valley, where N.C. State hasn’t won since 2002.

The pick: Clemson wins, 21-17

Oct. 8: at Boston College

Last season: Clemson won, 19-13. Boston College went 6-6.

The buzz: Games in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, have a soft spot in Swinney’s heart – this is where he claimed his first victory as a head coach in 2008. Boston College beat the Tigers in 2010 and has come close to winning on multiple occasions since, but Clemson has won 11 in a row in the series.

The pick: Clemson wins, 28-10

Oct. 15: at Florida State

Last season: Clemson won, 30-20. Florida State went 5-7.

The buzz: Clemson hasn’t lost to the Seminoles since 2014, winning six in a row, including the past three meetings by an average margin of 46-7. A similar result this year may have the FSU faithful running Mike Norvell out of town by midseason.

The pick: Clemson wins, 30-14

Oct. 22: vs. Syracuse

Last season: Clemson won, 17-14. Syracuse went 5-7.

The buzz: Syracuse, which has managed to play Clemson close multiple times in recent years, has the best running back in the ACC in Sean Tucker, but the Orange will need much more than Tucker to keep the Tigers’ defense from dominating this one.

The pick: Clemson wins, 38-7
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Pitt football preview: That pretty ACC championship trophy from 2021 means nothing in 2022 (triblive.com; DiPaola)

When Pat Narduzzi appeared on the ACC Network last week — somewhat of a celebrity after winning the conference championship nine months ago — Pitt’s coach said he planned to put a blanket over the 2021 conference championship trophy.

“We’ll just focus on what we’re going to do this year,” he said.

Of course, he was kidding. Narduzzi, his staff and players invested too much time into winning that shiny piece of hardware to have it collect dust and fail to be a constant reminder of a job well done.

But his point was clear: Resting upon laurels, no matter how resplendent they may be, doesn’t bode well for the future.

And the future has arrived. Nothing Kenny Pickett did in 2021 will help Pitt win a game in 2022. The current team needs to set its own course.

While many teams become the prey in the season after winning a title, Narduzzi has other ideas.

“We’re not the hunted. We’re going hunting,” he said on ACC Network.

With some new weaponry.

Kedon Slovis has replaced Pickett at quarterback, and two of the top three pass catchers from a year ago — wide receiver Jordan Addison and tight end Lucas Krull — are gone. That’s 138 receptions for 2,044 yards and 23 of Pitt’s 44 touchdown receptions. Likewise, offensive coordinator Mark Whipple left for Nebraska and a bigger payday and was replaced by veteran play-caller Frank Cignetti Jr.

Narduzzi said it will be a “totally different football team.”

Slovis can throw the football — his accuracy was a tick under 72% as a freshman three years ago — but the five returning offensive linemen want to prove they can run-block, too.

Someone, perhaps junior running back Izzy Abanikanda, might surpass 1,000 yards this season.

Narduzzi still wants an explosive offense — quick scores early in the game put pressure on the opponent — but he also craves toughness.
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For NC State football, 2022 is year of 'unfinished business' (fayobserver.com; Thompson)

Dave Doeren's facial hair is more than just a new look.

For NC State's football coach — now entering his 10th season with a contract extension that could keep him in Raleigh until 2026 — the salt and peppered beard is a daily reminder of last season's controversial end.

The Wolfpack were set to face UCLA in the Dec. 28 Holiday Bowl with a chance to win their 10th game for only the second time in program history before the Bruins pulled out hours before kickoff due to COVID-19 issues within the program.

Doeren told reporters later that day he "felt lied to" and said that UCLA was deceptive when it came to the health of its players. The NCAA later ruled the game a no-contest, leaving NC State with nine wins and prompting Doeren to give college sports' governing body a new acronym.

“The NCAA stands for No Clue At All in my opinion,” Doeren said in December.

Six months later, that anger remains.

"When I started it (growing the beard), it was just my protest of how our season ended," Doeren told the USA TODAY Network. "I was pissed off at the world when all that stuff happened."

It's the perfect narrative for Doeren to adopt as the Wolfpack enters the 2022 season with the highest expectations of any team over the last decade. It's a program that thrives as an underdog but has struggled as a favorite; a place they find themselves this year.
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Lightning forces ACC Network to use All-22 camera for part of UNC vs. Florida A&M game (awfulannouncing.com; Dixon)


Those watching Saturday’s college football game between Florida A&M and North Carolina might have noticed a decline in their video feed during a portion of the game. As it turns out, it wasn’t due to any errors from the ESPN-owned ACC Network, which was broadcasting the game. Rather, the video issues were mandated by outside forces.

There was lightning in the area of the game for a while. As a safety measure, ESPN had to shut down some of the cameras. That left the broadcast with what was essentially an All 22 camera, though the score bug remained intact and the announcers still called the action.

ESPN has had to shut down some of its cameras and now we’re watching North Carolina – FAMU from not quite the Goodyear Blimp pic.twitter.com/792HqIDmJM
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) August 28, 2022

Lightning is not uncommon, particularly during the early weeks of the college football season in late August and early September. What made this situation unusual is that the game still went on. Normally, if lightning in the area is so bad that the sideline cameras need to be powered down, it’s bad enough to delay the game. Evidently, that was not the case here. Things were eventually restored and the game returned to a broadcast with better cameras.

This game just seems to have something of a curse on it. On Friday, there were reports that due to several players on the team being ineligible, Florida A&M wasn’t sure if it would even be able to play. Later in the day, it was announced that the Rattlers would play, though without 20 players.

Fortunately, the game was played and the weather issues were only temporary.
...


https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/will-espn-open-their-wallets.html (RX; HM)

Will ESPN open their wallets?

From ESPN with "every incentive" to help ACC Financials.

Cincinnati fan "Bear Catlett" wrote:

Yeah, I wouldn't put too much faith in ESPN coming to your rescue.
Whatever they end up doing, it will be the absolute minimum that they can get away with. Mess with them and they'll Big East you.

Here's my response:

I tend to agree with you based on their track record. However, there is a few reasons to think things may be different this time:
1. They just lost the Big Ten, and even if they're able to get a slice in the future, it's clear that the B1G no longer cares whether they're on ESPN or not - it's just about the money. Which means it will be expensive. Corollary: ESPN now has reason to fear losing ACC teams to the Big Ten.
2. They are at extreme risk of losing Notre Dame. The Irish are not joining the ACC nor even the SEC in full. That means the only way to keep a piece of ND is to keep the current arrangement going - but that requires a vibrant, competitive ACC. ESPN surely realizes there is some amount of financial gap that makes it impossible for ACC football to compete - and for Notre Dame to justify the 5-game scheduling agreement (they won't play a bunch of scrubs).
3. The ACC Network has become a big money-maker for Disney (to the tune of several hundred million dollars per year). If ACC sports (mainly football and men's basketball) don't remain competitive, people won't watch.
Does any of that mean ESPN will give the ACC an extra $50M per school ($710M per year)? Nope - but they know they don't have to. An extra $10M per school would go a long way ($142M per year).
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/espns-2022-predictions-for-acc-football.html (RX; HM)

ESPN's 2022 Predictions for ACC Football


From ESPN: Predicting every college football Power 5 conference for the 2022 season

Here are their ACC predictions for the 2022 football season (click the link to see the other four power conferences):

Predicted Records

ACC PredictionsALLACC
AtlanticCoastalWLWL
Clemson11180
NC State10262
Miami9362
Louisville8453
Pittsburgh8453
N. Carolina8453
Wake Forest8444
Florida State6644
Boston College6635
Virginia6635
Virginia Tech6635
Syracuse4826
Georgia Tech3926
Duke21008

From this we can see that ESPN thinks NC State is the second-best team, but won't play in the ACC Championship Game this year because of the divisions (which end after this season - good riddance!)
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/acc-factoids-2022-aug-26th.html (RX; HM)

ACC Factoids, 2022 AUG 26th

From FBSchedules: 26 amazing facts about the 2022 college football schedule
By Amy Daughters - August 25, 2022

Before Week 1 gets underway next Thursday – a smorgasbord featuring a delicious 84 contests over five days – here’s a look at some of the wacky and wild caveats of the larger 2022 schedule [ACC-related only; click the link above to read the rest - Hokie Mark]:
2. JAMES MADISON will play its first ever season in the FBS
James Madison’s move from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt expands the FBS ranks to 131 members... JMU is 44-61-1 all-time vs. the current FBS and 2-19 vs. Power 5 members, the only-ever wins coming in 2010 at Virginia Tech (21-16) and in 1982 at Virginia (21-17). The Dukes’ 2022 slate is the only FBS schedule with just 11 opponents.
3A. AUBURN, FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI STATE, SOUTH CAROLINA, and TEXAS are the only teams scheduled to play THREE members of the preseason AP Top TEN
South Carolina: (3) Georgia, at (4) Clemson, (6) Texas A&M
6. NORTH CAROLINA, VANDERBILT, and VIRGINIA TECH will play TWO G5 roadies
While 15 Power programs have dates booked at a Group of 5 venue in 2022, this trio doubles down with a pair of such trips.
North Carolina: at Appalachian State, at Georgia State
Virginia Tech: at Old Dominion, at Liberty
12A. FIVE teams will play EIGHT games at home
While the lions’ share of the FBS is set to play six or seven home games this season, these clubs will host eight – or 66 percent – of their opponents at home. It also means these lucky winners have just four true road trips booked.
The Winners: AUBURN, (20) KENTUCKY, (2) OHIO STATE, (8) MICHIGAN, UCLA
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/2022-week-0-results.html (RX; HM)

2022 Week 0 Results

ACC Football is back! (Well, for two teams at least). Here are some highlights from the ACC Digital Network...

Duquesne vs. Florida State


https://youtu.be/4qE4LJjVPfk

Duquesne vs. Florida State: The 'Noles made an impressive 2022 debut as they disposed of Duquesne, 47-7. FSU quarterback Jordan Travis passed for 207 yards. Three FSU running backs rushed for 100 yards on the day led by Treshaun Ward, who rushed for 127 yards and 2 scores. Lawrence Toafili ran for 101 yards, Trey Benson racked up 105 yards and they each visited the end zone once. The Seminole defense surrendered a paltry 164 total yards, made 6.0 tackles for loss and transfer Jared Verse got their only sack for the day.
...



The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Duquesne Dukes, 47-7, to open the 2022 season. The Seminoles rolled on the ground with three running backs going for over 100 yards in the game, Treshaun Ward with 127 yards and 2 touchdowns, Trey Benson with 105 yards and a touchdown and Lawrance Toafili with 101 yards and a touchdown.


The North Carolina Tar Heels won their 2022 season opener, 56-24 over the Florida A&M Rattlers. Drake Maye delivered with 294 passing yards, 5 touchdown throws and 55 yards rushing in his debut at quarterback for the Tar Heels. Freshman running backs Omarion Hampton and George Pettaway combined for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns in the win. Standout wide receiver Josh Downs hauled in 9 catches for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead 10 Tar Heels who caught passes.

https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/top-50-biggest-cfb-stadiums.html (RX; HM)

Top 50 Biggest CFB Stadiums

I saw this tweet Saturday

Largest stadiums by capacity. Biggest surprise?#cfb #CollegeFootball #sports #ncaafootball #ncaaf #ncaa #nfl #football #SEC #BigTen pic.twitter.com/G2cvQqjdJE
— JWP Sports  (@JWPSports) August 26, 2022
Problem is, it's WRONG! According to official NCAA stats, here's the correct Top 50 biggest stadiums:
RankInstitutionConf.Stadium Cap.
1MichiganBig Ten107,601
2Penn St.Big Ten106,572
3Texas A&MSEC102,733
4TennesseeSEC102,455
5Ohio StateBig Ten102,329
6LSUSEC102,321
7AlabamaSEC101,821
8TexasBig 12100,119
9GeorgiaSEC92,746
10FloridaSEC88,548
RankInstitutionConf.Stadium Cap.
11AuburnSEC87,451
12NebraskaBig Ten87,091
13ClemsonACC81,500
14Notre DameIndep.80,795
15UCLAPac-1280,616
16WisconsinBig Ten80,321
17South CarolinaSEC80,250
18OklahomaBig 1280,126
19Florida StateACC79,560
20U.S.C.Pac-1277,500
RankInstitutionConf.Stadium Cap.
21Michigan St.Big Ten75,005
22UABC-USA72,000
22ArkansasSEC72,000
24WashingtonPac-1270,138
25TempleAmerican69,596
26IowaBig Ten69,250
27PittACC68,400
28South Fla.American65,857
29Virginia TechACC65,632
30U.N.L.V.Mtn West65,000
RankInstitutionConf.Stadium Cap.
31Miami (FL)ACC64,767
32Arizona St.Pac-1264,248
33Ole MissSEC64,038
34B.Y.U.Indep.63,470
35CaliforniaPac-1262,467
36Iowa St.Big 1261,500
36VirginiaACC61,500
38Mississippi St.SEC61,337
39KentuckySEC61,000
40LouisvilleACC60,800
RankInstitutionConf.Stadium Cap.
41IllinoisBig Ten60,670
42Texas TechBig 1260,454
43MissouriSEC60,168
44West VirginiaBig 1260,000
45MemphisAmerican58,318
46NC StateACC57,600
47PurdueBig Ten57,236
48Oklahoma St.Big 1256,790
49Georgia TechACC55,000
50OregonPac-1254,000
50MarylandBig Ten54,000
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2022/08/pac-12-valuations.html (RX; HM)

Pac-12 Valuations

Pac-12 expert John Canzano asked retired television media rights expert Bob Thompson about the media value for each Pac 12 school. Here's what they came up with (translated into dollar values by VT fan "Random Asian Guy"):

Now Canzano didn't really give the actual $ value for each school. But using the points in the table, I calculated the dollar value of each school as below.
Nameest value
Washington$51.4
Oregon$48.5
Stanford$42.8
Arizona St$35.7
Utah$31.4
Cal$28.5
Arizona$27.1
Wazzu$22.8
Colorado$21.4
Oregon St$14.3
Total$323.9
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https://www.theonlycolors.com/2022/...partans-and-the-acc-notre-dame-series-history (theonlycolors.com; Knight)

My offseason series looking at Big Ten Conference expansion as it relates to the Michigan State Spartans comes to a conclusion today with a look at potential ACC members that might be prime candidates to join the league and Notre Dame. While the Fighting Irish are an independent in football, Notre Dame is a member of the ACC in men’s basketball. Additionally, Notre Dame is already a member of the Big Ten as well in men’s ice hockey.

As an addendum to Tuesday’s article regarding Pac-12 candidates, after I wrote the piece, but before it was published, there were reports that Oregon has begun preliminary discussions with the Big Ten about joining the league.

Oregon has initiated preliminary discussions in Chicago w/Big Ten to determine if Ducks are compatible in the Big Ten, source told @ActionNetworkHQ. Big Ten “not done expanding,” sources told @ActionNetworkHQ last week. https://t.co/DYMZADm17v
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 22, 2022

So without further ado, here are the top schools in the ACC (in no particular order) that might end up as Big Ten additions down the road and their history in football and men’s basketball against Michigan State. Please note, however, that in diving through archives for Michigan State, there are a number of errors in MSU’s records among several ACC programs that failed to account for games prior to around the 1999 season. As a result, some of these may not have games prior to the 1950s as outside websites do not have data prior to that decade, either.


Miami (FL) Hurricanes

Michigan State is 1-3 in football versus the University of Miami. The first game between the two came in 1959, but the programs played just twice more last century in 1982 and 1989. COVID-19 canceled what would have otherwise been just the second visit to East Lansing by the U in 2020, but MSU traveled to Hard Rock Stadium last season and defeated the Hurricanes for the first time, by a final score of 38-17.
...


https://www.stltoday.com/sports/col...cle_269b8690-9328-5af4-a9de-31dd7b7a1cff.html (stltoday.com; Decatur)

One thing that was unmistakable for the Illinois wide receivers was the confidence of their new quarterback, Tommy DeVito.

Isaiah Williams referenced his swagger on the first day of spring practice, while DeVito also told reporters during his introductory press conference that the word scared — he calls it the “s-word” — is not in his vocabulary.

“Tommy brings a swag to the team for sure,” receiver Pat Bryant said. “He just makes us go out and be ourselves."

DeVito can’t pinpoint the source, but that confidence is one of the things that won him the Illini’s starting quarterback job, one that gives him a fresh start heading into his final college season.

“I don’t really notice it; people kind of just mention it to me,” DeVito said. “I guess it’s kind of just how I am.”

He comes to Champaign after an up-and-down time at Syracuse where he entered as a four-star recruit, he’s still the highest-ranked recruit Orange coach Dino Babers has signed during his tenure, and ended with him entering the transfer portal after losing the starting job during the 2021 season.
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Other

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The spotted lanternfly, shown here in the adult stage, is moving steadily northward from Pennsylvania into Upstate New York.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/...rapes-and-apples-has-infested-central-ny.html (PS; Coin)

The rapidly spreading spotted lanternfly, feared by vineyard and orchard owners because of the damage it could cause to the state’s most important crops, has been found in Central New York.

About a dozen lanternfly nymphs were discovered in the railyards of East Syracuse this summer, and adult lanternflies were spotted there last week, according to experts from the state Agriculture and Markets Department. The insects often hitch a ride on train cars and motor vehicles.

Onondaga County now becomes the third in Upstate New York to be infested by the lanternfly, according to Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Integrated Pest Management Program. The others are Broome and Tompkins.

Individual bugs have also been spotted in Cortland and Oswego counties.

“The occurrence of it definitely seems to have accelerated,” said Brian Eshenaur, a senior extension agent with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Integrated Pest Management Program. “We’re definitely seeing reports of it increase.”

The invasive bug “is a significant threat” to New York farms and forests, the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The spotted, winged adults feed on more than 70 plant species, including grapes and apples. They draw sap from plants, making them vulnerable to other pests and disease, and they also excrete a sticky substance called “honeydew.” which coats plants and fruit and attracts molds that do further damage.
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Why Syracuse football will finish 8-4 in 2022 (TNIAAM; Wall)
Ok you’ve reached the weekend and many of you have speculated about our special guest. We saw guesses of Troy Nunes, Doug Marrone and Charley Loeb. A few expected James Arthur but contract negotiations ended when we couldn’t match what the Mets were offering (next year we’ll try a GoFundMe). So we gathered together a group to handle the most optimistic prediction of this exercise...TNIAAM Pets assemble!

The Nunes Pets got together via zoom to offer their reasons why Syracuse can get 8-4 in 2022 so let’s see what they said about the upcoming season.

Louisville Cardinals- Win (1-0, 1-0)

“Starting the year off with birds. Not sure how you play a game with them since they just fly away when you approach them. It seems like Syracuse should just run right at them with the ball and they will get out of the way.”- Fergus

at UConn Huskies- Win (2-0, 1-0)

“This dog looks kind of sad and maybe that’s what happens when you have war daddies to play with. Tug of war is fun but not as fun as fetch. They don’t seem like they are good at catching long throws so the Orange guys should make it a game of fetch”- Ruby

Purdue Boilermakers- Loss (2-1, 1-0)
...
BIG PROBLEM: They're saying 'Cuse will win 8 games but lose the one game the ACC needs them to win? That's effectively dishing out 8 "distributive property" losses to Purdue to 8 other ACC teams. Counting the loss SU would take, that's like adding 9 losses to the conference - all because the Orange are conceding victory to the Boilermakers! No, no, no!!! That is the single most important game on the entire schedule for Syracuse, and every fan, every player, and every coach needs to be on board. I cannot stress this enough!
[/rant]
 
The spotted lanternfly is a planthopper indigenous to parts of China. It has spread invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Its host plants include grapes, stone fruits, and Malus species, although its preferred host is Ailanthus altissima. Wikipedia


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