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Overheard after Syracuse football’s overtime win over Virginia Tech: ’Go do grown man stuff’ (PS; $; Axe)
The Syracuse University football team is bowl eligible for the third straight season.
When first asked about that after SU’s 38-31 overtime win over Virginia Tech, SU head coach Fran Brown brushed past the benchmark.
“That was already going to happen.” Brown said. “I don’t really care about that.”
Brown caught himself in that statement and knew it sounded bad, but the point was made.
“The bowl game was not the mission, it was part of the mission,” Brown said.
Having a coach that expects the six-win mark instead of celebrating it is a refreshing breath of confidence, but you’ll have to forgive the Syracuse fan base if they are still soaking it is.
Syracuse hasn’t been bowl eligible for three straight seasons since William Jefferson Clinton was in the White House.
Here’s what else Brown and Syracuse football players were saying after the overtime win over the Hokies.
Fran Brown
On talking Justus Ross-Simmons out of a redshirt:“He came and told me, ‘Coach, I think I want to redshirt.’ I said, ‘Redshirt my butt. You’re not redshirting. You’re about to play this week. You’re going to take off. You’re a part of what we’re doing. Just trust and believe in it.’”
On what he told LeQuint Allen after he picked up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty:
“That’s dumb . Are you a man or are you a little kid? He said ‘I’m a man.’ So I said do man . He said ‘you’re right.’ I said, I know that’s why I’m telling you that. Get back in there and get us a first down. You owe us.”
On LeQuint Allen being the best player on the team:
“He can do everything. I’m thankful to have him on our team. It’s his passion. It’s how he plays the game. He does it the right way and he brings people along. There’s a lot of good football players, but I think the special ones bring others along. I think he does that every day. He’s never down at practice. He’s special. A special kid.”
On what he told the team after it trailed 14-3 after the first quarter:
“You guys wanna quit, then go ahead, I’ll just put all the freshmen in. But we’re not doing that. Let’s play ball. Let’s show them who we are and what we’re about. Take off. It’s time for you guys to take off as men. We got a little saying in there. Go do grown man stuff. Grown men do their job.”
Kyle McCord
On the relentless part of DART shining through against Virginia Tech“I think that in years prior, maybe when the score is 21-3, they would start to quit. There is no quit. There is no sense of panic on the sideline. Which is exactly what you want to see. We just kept swinging”
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ACC football power rankings: Where should Syracuse land after win over Virginia Tech? (Poll) (PS; $; Carlson)
The possibility of an unbeaten ACC team being locked out of the championship game ended over the weekend as Clemson was bludgeoned by Louisville, leaving the number of teams without a conference loss at two.
The result creates a clear pair of ACC Championship Game favorites. It also creates some difficulty ranking Syracuse.
The Cardinals have more losses than Syracuse this season. But the Orange’s losses are eyesores, while Louisville’s are all one-possession defeats to teams ranked inside the AP Top 25.
That’s one of three decisions involving the Orange that are difficult this week along with Clemson and Virginia Tech.
In last week’s poll, the highest percentage of you (33.3%) said I had correctly pegged Syracuse at No. 7. That was followed by 19.3% saying the Orange deserved to be two spots lower.
Here’s how I’d rank the ACC this week.
1. Miami
Record: 9-0 (5-0)Last week’s rank: 1
Last week’s result: Win 55-31 vs. Duke
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Georgia Tech, noon, ESPN
Why No. 1? The Hurricanes are unbeaten. They have the best quarterback in the conference (and probably the country). Their last two victories have been comfortable. They have not scored fewer than 36 points in a game this year.
2. Southern Methodist
Record: 8-1 (5-0)Last week’s ranking: 4
Last week’s result: Win 48-25 vs. Pittsburgh
This week’s schedule: Off
Why No. 2? In its first season in the ACC, SMU is just three wins away from the ACC Championship Game. The toughest of those games is probably at Virginia.
3. Louisville
Record: 6-3 (4-2)Last week’s ranking: 5
Last week’s result: Win 33-21 at Clemson
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Why No. 3? The Cardinals’ only losses are to the two teams in front of them and Notre Dame. All three were one-possession games. A road win at Clemson might be the best result any ACC team has delivered this season.
4. Clemson
Record: 6-2 (5-1)Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s result: Loss 33-21 vs. Louisville
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Why No. 4? You could make a reasonable case for Syracuse over Clemson. Clemson hasn’t beaten a team with a winning record. But the Tigers have dominated their lesser foes and both losses have come against ranked opponents.
5. Pittsburgh
Record: 7-1 (3-1)Last week’s ranking: 3
Last week’s result: Loss 48-25 at SMU
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Virginia, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Why No. 5? One week after demolishing Syracuse the Panthers were on the other end of that feeling against Southern Methodist.
6. Syracuse
Record: 6-2 (3-2)Last week’s ranking: 7
Last week’s result: Win 38-31 vs. Virginia Tech in overtime
This week’s schedule: Saturday at Boston College, noon, CW
Why No. 6? The Orange beat Virginia Tech head-to-head so Syracuse gets the nod. Barely. The Orange has better wins than much of the ACC, but its two losses are much bigger eyesores than most of the middle class.
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Syracuse football plans to change November narrative this year. It’s off to a good start (PS; $;
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Syracuse football running back LeQuint Allen let out one of his signature chuckles at the end of an answer postgame Saturday.
His three teammates sitting next to him couldn’t help but follow suit, laughs spilling from behind their hands or from faces turned away from the microphones.
It was an infectious giddiness, one that took a second to quell before questions continued and felt unfamiliar for Syracuse in early November.
The November narrative for the Orange in most recent seasons has been one of heartbreak, disappointment, loss. It‘s been that of letdown after strong starts and of clawing to a mediocre finish.
This year‘s Syracuse team isn’t having that. SU head coach Fran Brown isn’t having that.
“We don‘t wanna have that second-half slump in the season,” tight end Oronde Gadsden II said before Saturday’s 38-31 overtime win against Virginia Tech.
“We wanna change things. We got a new era of football. We got a new head coach, and he don’t want it to be like that no more. He want us to be great each and every season.”
With a comeback, overtime win over Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon, Syracuse took a step toward changing that narrative. It still has four more games before it can hit publish on the full rewrite.
Over the previous eight seasons, Syracuse held an 8-23 record in the final month of the regular season. It finished without a November win four times in that stretch and with a winning record for the month just once.
Brown, who as he said Saturday was hired in part because of his knowledge and respect for Syracuse’s football history, was well-aware of those stats and the perception they created about the Orange.
He made sure his players were aware of them, too. The reputation wasn‘t something they’d thought much about until Brown told them directly, Gadsden said.
There‘s an interesting balance in that fact between Brown’s respect for the Orange’s history and his habit of wanting to live in the moment.
“It wasn’t about what the coach did on the field, it was about what we were doing as men off the field,” Brown said when asked about that balance postgame. “How we were living, how we were going to class, how we were handling our day-to-day business because I think that is all a direct correlation of what you’re going to do on the football field.”
Off-field habits have been a recurrent theme throughout Brown‘s first year as head coach, tying into the “DART” principle he’s built his program on.
Brown and his staff make regular drop-ins to players' classes to make sure they’re not just attending, but paying attention and participating. Players have schedule sheets they have to fill out and turn in each week.
As Allen put it, snapping this narrative started with “the little things like controlling what you can control.”
Being late to class, he said, can translate to being late in a game. And there‘s a lot more that can go wrong if you’re late on a play or a drive in a game.
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Axe: Fran Brown expecting bowl eligibility for Syracuse football is a welcome flex (PS; $; Axe)
“That was already going to happen. “I don’t really care about that.”
That was Syracuse football head coach Fran Brown’s immediate response on Saturday afternoon when asked how he felt about the Orange attaining bowl eligibility after a 38-31 overtime win over Virginia Tech.
It was delivered without a hint of hesitation and did not require what came out of his mouth next.
“I’m sorry,” Brown said. “Because now they’re going to say ‘who does he think he is?’
There was no need to apologize, Fran.
To Brown and his players, a bowl game is an expected mile marker on a journey to something bigger.
“Us getting six wins,” Syracuse linebacker Marlowe Wax said. “Like Coach Fran said, that’s common sense. We’re not just trying to get by. We’re trying to be way more than that. That’s the plan.”
Syracuse linebacker/safety Justin Barron was even more blunt about it before the season began.
“I came here to win championships, not to play in bowl games before Christmas,” Barron told syracuse.com in July “To win ACC championships and play, not just in bowl games, but playoff games. ... We’re surrounded by guys that think like that now. It’s exciting.”
OK, fellas. We get it.
The occasion doesn’t call for a banner to be raised in the JMA Wireless Dome, but what it does need is a little perspective.
Syracuse is bowl eligible for the third straight season. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it’s one of the longest streaks in program history.
The Orange made six consecutive bowls from 1987-1992 and five straight from 1995-1999.
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Virginia Tech-Syracuse recap. (youtube; podcast; Lindsley)
Virginia Tech-Syracuse recap
https://www.waer.org/sports/2024-11...use-footballs-comeback-win-over-virginia-tech (warer.org; Selover)
Justus Ross-Simmons had not caught a pass all season for Syracuse through halftime of game eight against Virginia Tech. The Colorado State transfer wide receiver averaged over 60 yards per game with the Rams in 2023. Saturday, Ross-Simmons provided the jumpstart that Syracuse needed in a 38-31 overtime win over Virginia Tech.
For the fifth time in an Orange jersey, Ross-Simmons took the field on Saturday against the Hokies. The junior has battled a hamstring injury since fall camp. With over half the third quarter time elapsed, Syracuse trailed Virginia Tech 21-3. The Orange offense had turned the ball over twice and was yet to find the endzone. Ross-Simmons turned his first reception from Kyle McCord into a game changing highlight. On a five-yard comeback route at midfield, Ross-Simmons broke one tackle and put everyone else in the rearview mirror.
“When I was on the sideline, Coach Ross (Douglas) said, ‘J-Ross, I need you to make a play,’” said Ross-Simmons. “’I said, ‘I got you.’ Went in and that’s exactly what I did.”
After LeQuint Allen scored on the next Syracuse drive, Duce Chestnut forced a Virginia Tech fumble to end the third quarter. Marlowe Wax, in his second game back from injury, recovered it in plus territory for the Orange. Five plays later, Ross-Simmons split the seams for a 28-yard score to give Syracuse its first lead of the game. Three straight touchdowns and two from Ross-Simmons put the Orange up 24-21.
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The Hokies pieced together back-to-back scoring drives plus a defensive stop, though. A touchdown and a field goal put the Orange back down a touchdown with five minutes of regulation to play.
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Syracuse football: becoming bowl eligible is still a big deal for this program (TNIAAM; Wall)
It was sure looking like the same old November Syracuse Orange football team yesterday in the JMA Dome. Virginia Tech had taken a 21-3 lead and the fans in the Dome and online were rightfully upset about what they were watching.
After the debacle at Pitt, the Orange had returned home and let a team without their starting QB and RB go up and down the field on the defense, while the offense had two turnovers in three trips inside the Virginia Tech 40. There were dropped passes, missed tackles, bad penalties. You name something coaches get mad about and Syracuse was doing it repeatedly. It certainly looked like yet another November nosedive...but then Justus Ross-Simmons made his first catch of the season and took it to the house.
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It was the big play everyone had been begging for Syracuse to make and it sure seemed to wake up the team and the crowd. Veteran leaders stepped up: Duce Chestnut forced a fumble, LeQuint Allen started to unleash angry runs, and Kyle McCord led the Orange on a 75 yard drive in the final 5 minutes to send the game to overtime.
There it was Allen and Marlowe Wax delivering the final blows and sending the Orange back to their third-straight bowl game- the first time since they went to five straight from 1995-99. It’s important for a program trying to establish a foundation to get to bowl games to help change perception among recruits (and transfers) while providing extra practices for player development.
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Cuse RB LeQuint Allen has no quit enroute to be team MVP (itlh; Fiello)
The Syracuse Orange football team came back from a 21-3 deficit to beat Virginia Tech in overtime, 38-31, on Saturday afternoon at the JMA Wireless Dome.
Several players made big plays to help lead the comeback including Marlowe Wax, Fadil Diggs, Duce Chestnut, Justus Ross-Simmons and LeQuint Allen Jr.
Twice this season, Syracuse has won in overtime, and twice it was LeQuint who scored the winning touchdown in overtime to win the game. In this game, he also scored the touchdown that helped to tie the game to take it into overtime with only 29 seconds left.
Running back LeQuint Allen Jr. was tremendous in Syracuse football's win over Virginia Tech.
But it's not just that he scores or sets records...it's how determined and driven he looks to get there. He is a combination of Superman when needed at the goal line and an unstoppable freight train when it calls for him to just hit the hole in the line hard with a touch of magic hands when Kyle McCord passes him the ball.
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Syracuse football stages epic second-half comeback to beat Virginia Tech in overtime (wnyt.com; video; Stone)
Syracuse football stages epic comeback to beat Virginia Tech in overtime
The Orange put up 35 points in the second half, with running back LeQuint Allen running in the game-winning touchdown in overtime.
Syracuse Football on Instagram: "back like he never left 2️⃣"
cusefootball on November 3, 2024: "back like he never left 2️⃣".
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Marlowe is back and poor #24 is covered with tiremarks...
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Four star DB Khary Adams recaps Syracuse visit (247sports.com; $; McAllister)
Class of 2026 Towson (MD) Loyola Blakefield defensive back Khary Adams is one of the best prospects in the country regardless of position. The four star recruit is ranked the 52nd best player in his class, seventh best cornerback and fourth best player in the state of Maryland. His offer list is extensive already, including schools like Boston College, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and others.
Adams was in attendance for Syracuse's 38-31 thrilling comeback win over Virginia Tech on Saturday inside the JMA Wireless Dome. He left impressed by what he saw.
"Good, I liked it," Adams said.
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Top New York 2025 prospect, brother of Syracuse football commit picks ACC foe over Orange (PS; $; Leiker)
A Top 10 New York Class of 2025 prospect made his collegiate decision Saturday, choosing an ACC foe over Syracuse football.
Defensive lineman Blake Belin, brother of Orange quarterback commit Rich Belin, committed to Georgia Tech on an Instagram live stream. Belin also has an older brother, Henry, who plays at Duke.
Belin (6-foot-2, 281 pounds) is a three-star and the No. 9 player in New York this cycle per the 247Sports Composite. He chose between Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Duke and Virginia.
Belin plays at Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx. The Cardinals are currently 6-3 after an eight-point loss Saturday. According to Cardinal Hayes' MaxPreps page, Belin has 31 tackles this season, including three for loss.
There’s about a month to go until the Early Signing Period opens Dec. 4 and verbal commitments turn to binding ones with signed letters of intent.
The signing period was moved up this year to accommodate an increasingly busy schedule for college football staffs with an expanded College Football Playoff, bowl season and the transfer portal window.
Syracuse currently has 30 verbal commits to its 2025 class, at least five of whom are committed as defensive linemen. The class is ranked No. 34 in the country by the 247Sports Composite.
Virginia Tech football: 5 takeaways from Hokies’ crushing loss to Syracuse (gobbercountry.com; Manning)
The Virginia Tech Hokies entered Saturday’s game on the precipice of a huge showdown at Lane Stadium with Clemson next week in Blacksburg. Before that game, the Hokies had some business to care for on Saturday. Tech would play a tough Syracuse team on the road at the famed JMA Wireless Dome, and the Hokies would need to do without starting quarterback Kyron Drones and running back Bhayshul Tuten.
With Drones and Tuten, Syracuse was a tough matchup. Without them, Tech’s chances to win on the road seemed minimal. However, backup quarterback Collin Schlee had other plans. Schlee helped lead Tech to a 14-3 halftime lead and a 21-3 lead late into the third quarter before disaster struck.
One negative play on defense opened the floodgates for the Orange, who would score 21 consecutive points to take a 24-21 lead in the fourth quarter. Schlee had an answer, but Tech’s defense — among other things — failed late, and the Orange won the game in overtime. How we got there was interesting.
Here are five takeaways from Syracuse’s 38-31 overtime victory over Virginia Tech — it wasn’t a good day for head coach Brent Pry.
Don’t blame the backups
If you looked at Virginia Tech’s box score from Saturday and saw that Schlee completed 16 of 24 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 47 yards and a touchdown, you’d feel pretty good.Then, you see that Malachi Thomas carried the ball 14 times for 73 yards and a touchdown, and Jeremiah Coney rushed for 96 yards on nine rushes, and, again, you’d feel pretty good.
Considering the Hokies were without Drones and Tuten and received that type of production, it is beyond impressive. Syracuse came into the game doing a solid job of stopping the run, and Tech ran for 242 yards.
A Schlee-led offense rolled up 455 yards of total offense. You couldn’t ask for a better performance from the three fill-ins on Saturday. These guys deserved a win.
End of the first half was a preview of things to come
What the heck happened at the end of the first half? The Hokies were up 14-3, and cornerback Mansoor Delane had just forced a fumble, giving Virginia Tech the football at its 36-yard line with 1:03 remaining in the first half and multiple timeouts. How did the Hokies respond?By trying to run out of the clock, but Coney had other plans, rushing for 33 yards on two plays to get Tech to the Syracuse 49. Then, Pry had an epiphany: “Maybe we can score.” I am not sure what Pry was watching, but Virginia Tech’s offense had moved the ball well throughout the first half, and the Hokies have one of the nation’s top kickers. Therefore, the plan should have always been to score.
Anyhow, the next play was wild. Schlee took a low snap and carried it deep into Syracuse territory with under 10 seconds remaining. The Hokies called timeout. However, the replay showed his knee was down when he took the snap, losing five yards. It was the correct call. But what about that timeout?
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So, Pry said the officials told him they would return the timeout but didn’t. And you let that slide? And he said he was told there’d be 17 seconds on the clock, not seven, as Tech used its timeout. There weren’t 17 seconds on VT’s next snap, nor did he get the timeout back.
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Former Syracuse three-star commit Bo MacCormack flips to Boston College (PS; $; Carlson)
Former three-star Syracuse verbal commit Bo MacCormack announced on social media on Saturday night that he is now verbally committed to Boston College.
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MacCormack is ranked as the No. 1,572 player in the country by the 247 Sports Composite Rankings and the No. 9 player in Massachusetts. He is listed as a 6-foot, 190-pound running back. He is ranked as a three-star recruit by all four of the major recruiting websites.
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College Football 25 | Boston College vs Syracuse | NCAA Gameplay PS5 (youtube; simulation; Maraions Gaming)
Other than the location of the game and all the game details, this simulation is solid.
ACC News
How Do the ACC Football Standings Look After Week 10? (pittsburghsportsnow.com; Ludwig)
There's no doubt that a loss to No. 20 SMU hurt, especially in such dramatic fashion, but the Panthers aren’t dead yet. Four games are left, and while the Panthers don’t control their destiny anymore, there’s plenty to play for.
Pitt has Virginia, Clemson, Louisville and Boston College on the schedule to finish the season, and there’s a lot of work to be done in matching up with conference foes, but the conference foes aren’t in the best places either.
Virginia has lost three in a row, and the Panthers will host the Cavaliers at Acrisure Stadium next.
Boston College had the week off, but Virginia, Clemson and Louisville all lost this weekend. The conference isn’t closed yet, despite a loss to the Mustangs. But it doesn’t look great either.
Miami and SMU are firmly atop the conference, and the two teams won’t play each other this season. So, if the Hurricanes and Mustangs handle their business, they’ll meet in the ACC championship game. All Pitt can do now is win its remaining games, especially against Clemson.
It’s easier said than done, but despite a loss, the Panthers are still firmly in the mix.
ACC Standings, Post-Week 10
Miami — 5-0
SMU — 5-0
Clemson — 5-1
Pitt — 3-1
Louisville — 4-2
Syracuse — 3-2
Virginia Tech — 3-2
Georgia Tech — 3-3
Wake Forest — 2-2
Duke — 2-3
North Carolina — 2-3
North Carolina State — 2-3
Virginia — 2-3
Boston College — 1-3
Stanford — 1-5
Florida State — 1-7
Cal — 0-4
ACC TIEBREAKER?! Clemson DISASTER + Texas A&M gets BEAT DOWN! | The Matt Barrie Show (youtube; podcast; ESPN College Football)
On The Matt Barrie Show, Matt embarks on his Week 10 recap after a long night at ESPN.
0:00 Week 10 was a doozy!
0:50 SMU’s win over Pittsburgh
3:00 Louisville’s win over Clemson in the ACC5:00 The path in the ACC
6:40 Texas Tech beats Iowa State
8:15 South Carolina BEAT DOWN Texas A&M
10:30 Penn State vs. Ohio State reaction
12:30 Big Ten could have FOUR teams in the College Football Playoff?!
Watch out for SMU in the ACC #collegefootball #smu #cfb (youtube; podcast; Joe Broback)
Watch out for SMU in the ACC
ACC Football Review: Louisville, Miami, SMU Post Big Wins (SI; Curtis)
Only three ACC games played Saturday mattered.
Yes, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton had a big game with 265 yards from scrimmage (172 rushing, 93 receiving) in the Tar Heels’ 35-11 victory over Florida State, whose 1-8 record continues to shock the nation.
And, granted, North Carolina State freshman quarterback CJ Bailey was just short of spectacular, completing 18-of-20 passes for 234 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in a 59-28 win over Stanford, which has lost in last six games by a combined margin of 146 points.
And it’s true that Syracuse’s rally from a 21-3 deficit midway through the third quarter to post a 38-31 victory over Virginia Tech was impressive.
But we’ll focus on the three ACC games that had an impact on the college football landscape:
Louisville 33, Clemson 21
(Louisville is 6-3, 4-2 ACC; Clemson is 6-2, 5-1 ACC)---This result erased a major concern coming into the weekend that three teams could finish with unbeaten ACC records, leaving one 8-0 team – possibly Miami – out of the ACC championship game. Clemson, Miami and SMU don’t play each other this season, making it possible before this weekend for all three to finish the regular season with unbeaten conference marks, leaving it up to a complicated tiebreaker scenario to determine the two ACC title-game teams.
But Clemson’s loss means only two teams – SMU and Miami – can finish with unbeaten conference records.
Having said that, Clemson is still in College Football Playoff contention, as it seems likely that at least one two-loss team will make the 12-team field, perhaps even a three-loss team.
---Clemson seemed almost unbeatable at home, especially at night, and not only did the Tigers lose, but Louisville made them look meek in a dominating 33-21 victory that was not as close as the score suggests.
“We looked like a very poorly coached team tonight,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.
Clemson was 69-3 at home in the College Football Playoff era and had not lost a night game at home in 11 years.
The last time Clemson lost a home game to an unranked team was 2001, when North Carolina beat the Tigers 38-3.
---Louisville freshman running back Isaac Brown is one of the surprises of the ACC season. He had his fourth 100-yard game of the season against Clemson, rushing for a career-high 151 yards while averaging 7.6 yards per carry.
“Their running back was the difference in the game,” Swinney said.
For the season, Brown is averaging 7.55 yards per carry, which is fourth-best in the country and easily the best among freshmen. His 800 rushing yards rank second in the nation for freshmen, just 11 yards behind Louisiana-Monroe freshman Ahmad Hardy.
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ACC power rankings: SMU rises after Week 10 with dominant win over undefeated Pitt (usatoday.com; Curtright)
Miami avoided a scare to Duke, but Clemson was upset by Louisville to shake up the ACC power rankings in Week 10 of the college football season.
SMU also handily defeated undefeated Pitt 48-25 at home, showing the Mustangs are true conference championship contenders. SMU and Miami are the only two ACC programs that control their own destiny for a spot in the ACC Championship Game, meaning if they both win out, they will face off for the conference title.
Florida State continued its disappointing season with a 35-11 loss to North Carolina, falling to 1-8 on the season and 1-7 in conference play. NC State also defeated Stanford 59-28, while Syracuse defeated Virginia Tech 38-31.
Here's the updated ACC power rankings after Week 10 of the college football season:
ACC football power rankings
1. Miami (9-0, 5-0 ACC)
- Last week: 1
- This week: at Georgia Tech
2. SMU (8-1, 5-0)
- Last week: 4
- This week: Bye
3. Clemson (6-2, 5-1)
- Last week: 2
- This week: at Virginia Tech
4. Pitt (7-1, 3-1)
- Last week: 3
- This week: vs. Virginia
5. Louisville (6-3, 3-2)
- Last week: 7
- This week: Bye
6. Syracuse (6-2, 3-2)
- Last week: 5
- This week: at Boston College
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Week 10 ACC Football Power Rankings: Clemson & Virginia Tech Tumble, New No. 1 Climbs (fightinggobbler.com; Roche)
The first two months of the ACC football season had some exciting moments and upsets. As the calendar turned to November on Friday, the first weekend of the last month of the 2024 regular season didn't disappoint.
Week 10 was one that saw some dominating peformances, some stunning comebacks and one upset at night that not many people saw coming. The ACC in 2024.
Miami got a battle from Duke for two-plus quarters, but in typical Hurricanes fashion this season, they pulled away late for a win over former coach Manny Diaz and the Blue Devils. Virginia Tech was shorthanded at the JMA Wireless Dome against Syracuse but built a 21-3 lead midway through the third quarter only to collapse big time in a 38-31 overtime loss to the Orange. Fans are getting frustrated with Brent Pry, to say the least.
SMU made a loud and clear statement Saturday night with a blowout win at home over Pittsburgh in a battle of two of the four remaining undefeated teams in conference play. Then Clemson suffered their first conference loss at home to Louisville, 33-21. What did this past weekend's results have on the latest power rankings?
Week 10 ACC Football Power Rankings
| Rank | Team | Record | Last Week |
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| 1. | Miami | 9-0 | 2 |
| 2. | SMU | 8-1 | 3 |
| 3. | Louisville | 6-3 | 7 |
| 4. | Clemson | 6-2 | 1 |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 3 |
| 6. | Syracuse | 6-2 | 8 |
| 7. | Duke | 6-3 | 6 |
| 8. | Virginia Tech | 5-4 | 5 |
| 9. | Georgia Tech | 5-4 | 9 |
| 10. | NC State | 5-4 | 11 |
| 11. | North Carolina | 5-4 | 13 |
| 12. | California | 4-4 | 12 |
| 13. | Boston College | 4-4 | 10 |
| 14. | Wake Forest | 4-4 | 14 |
| 15. | Virginia | 4-4 | 15 |
| 16. | Stanford | 2-7 | 16 |
| 17. | Florida State | 1-8 | 17 |
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/article294965744.html (newsobserver.com; Carter)
This really has been a year in Triangle college athletics in which anything has proven possible. N.C. State won the ACC men’s basketball tournament, and then reached the Final Four (two Final Fours, actually, with the women also making it). Both State and North Carolina again made it to Omaha, and the College World Series. And Mack Brown, on Saturday, finally beat Florida State.
What’s next? The Wolfpack and Tar Heels winning a conference championship in football? Any one of the Triangle schools winning it for the first time since 1989?
Well, let’s not start talking crazy here. One rare-to-impossible sporting feat at a time.
Including his years at Tulane and his first go-around at UNC in the 1980s and ‘90s, Brown entered Saturday with an 0-11 head coaching record against FSU. It was one of those quirky things amid a long and otherwise largely successful career — that no matter what, he just couldn’t ever beat the Seminoles. That his alma mater (Brown graduated from FSU in 1974) always got the better of him.
Until now, that is.
Not even the might of a supposed coaching curse could compete with the stench of the Seminoles’ season on Saturday in Tallahassee. Not even decades of bad mojo and bad luck, for Brown against Florida State, could endure against this FSU team. UNC on Saturday did what no Brown-coached team had ever done and, in the process, created a compelling trivia question:
Name the only school in college football history to try to sue its way out of its conference, under the guise that it’s just too good for it, only to finish 1-7 in conference games the very next football season after filing its lawsuit. Answer: Florida State. Way to go, Seminoles.
FSU’s debacle of a season continues to be one of the most unintentionally funny things to ever happen in college sports. The school that has argued, essentially, that the ACC is just holding it back will finish this season 1-7 in the conference, and near the bottom of the standings. The good news, for the Seminoles: the conference portion of their schedule is over. They can’t do any worse in league play, at least.
As has been the case since its season-opening defeat against Georgia Tech in Ireland, FSU again on Saturday reinforced a truth that has become more and more clear: it’s not always about money. It’s not always about resources. Less-monied schools have beaten the Seminoles pretty much every week this season, and proven a lot of their lawyers’ arguments to be absurd.
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2024/11/ap-poll-2024-nov-3.html (RX; HM)
AP Poll 2024 Nov 3
A new AP poll came out Sunday, and it has five ACC teams, plus Notre Dame - in November! Let's examine this poll more closely as we also compare it to last week's AP poll to see the movement...
| AP Top 25 (Week 11) | |||
| RK | Team | W-L | Week 10 |
| 1 | Oregon | 9-0 | Oregon |
| 2 | Georgia | 7-1 | Georgia |
| 3 | Ohio St | 7-1 | Penn State |
| 4 | Miami | 9-0 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Texas | 7-1 | Miami |
| 6 | Penn State | 7-1 | Texas |
| 7 | Tennessee | 7-1 | Tennessee |
| 8 | Indiana | 9-0 | Notre Dame |
| 9 | BYU | 8-0 | BYU |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 7-1 | Texas A&M |
| 11 | Alabama | 6-2 | Iowa State |
| 12 | Boise St | 7-1 | Clemson |
| 13 | SMU | 8-1 | Indiana |
| 14 | LSU | 6-2 | Alabama |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 7-2 | Boise State |
| 16 | Ole Miss | 7-2 | LSU |
| 17 | Iowa State | 7-1 | Kansas St |
| 18 | Army | 8-0 | Pittsburgh |
| 19 | Clemson | 6-2 | Ole Miss |
| 20 | Wash. State | 7-1 | SMU |
| 21 | Colorado | 6-2 | Army |
| 22 | Kansas St | 7-2 | Wash. State |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 7-1 | Colorado |
| 24 | Vanderbilt | 6-3 | Illinois |
| 25 | Louisville | 6-3 | Missouri |
| Others receiving votes: | |||
| 26 | Missouri | 6-2 | Vanderbilt |
| 27 | S Carolina | 5-3 | Memphis |
| 28 | Tulane | 7-2 | Tulane |
| 29t | UNLV | 6-2 | Navy |
| 29t | Louisiana | 7-1 | Louisville |
| 31 | Washington | 5-4 | UNLV |
| 32 | Arizona St | 6-2 | Arkansas |
| 33t | Texas Tech | 6-3 | Lafayette |
| 33t | Iowa | 6-3 | S Carolina |
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2024 Bowl Tracker / Predictions Nov 3
Already Bowl-eligible
- Miami 9-0
- SMU 8-1
- Clemson 6-2
- Pitt 7-1
- Louisville 6-3
- Syracuse 6-2
- Duke 6-3
Needs one more win
- Virginia Tech 5-4
- Georgia Tech 5-4
- N Carolina 5-4
- NC State 5-4
Needs two more wins
- Wake Forest 4-4
- Virginia 4-4
- Boston College 4-4
- California 4-4
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A rendering of what the Bronze Foundry Lofts apartment complex would look like. (Ashley McGraw Architects)Ashely McGraw Architects
https://www.syracuse.com/business/2...ing-a-big-apartment-project-will-it-work.html (PS; Doran)
Village leaders are backing a proposal to build a 270-unit apartment complex on an empty industrial site tucked behind a retail and business strip, about half a mile from the village’s center.
The Bronze Foundry Lofts would include seven apartment buildings, four garages and a clubhouse. The $70 million project would be near the intersection of Routes 31 and 370 – a busy three-way intersection on Baldwinsville’s eastern side.
The lofts would provide the type of dense homes that housing experts and Onondaga County leaders say is urgently needed to put a dent in the current housing shortage. It’s also needed for the long haul, they say, to meet the expected population growth as Micron Technology moves into nearby Clay.
“Dense housing and apartments are good for the community,” said Charlie Breuer, a managing member of this project and part of Hueber-Breuer Construction, which is building similar suburban apartments in other parts of the county.
“These are necessary in order to meet the housing demand,” he told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. “Apartments are one way to do that.”
Apartment complexes also can draw criticism from local residents, who often push back with complaints about added traffic and changing the character of a community.
But Breuer and village officials have been working on the project for a year, and they’ve taken steps to try to address criticism.
So far, village leaders say they support the proposal, which still has several more steps to clear before construction can begin.
“I would say the village is supportive as we work through the process,” Planning Board Chair Terrie King said in an email to syracuse.com.
“We hope it will stimulate growth in our village downtown,” Mayor Bruce Stebbins said.
The project would remake a 17-acre site once home to a foundry that dates back to 1941. It started as the Seneca Bronze Foundry, which helped serve Morris Machine Works in World War II. In 1945, James Jardine bought it, and the Jardine Bronze Foundry operated for the next 40 years.
Today, the foundry’s ruins remain, including several dilapidated buildings that would be torn down.
In their place, developer AC Hammer LLC would build one- and two-bedroom apartments in seven, three-story buildings, according to Breuer, who’s a managing member of the development company.
That’s smaller than the original proposal, which called for 400 apartments in a collection of three and four-story buildings.
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Foo Fighters Tribute - Fooz Fighters
The Award Winning Foo Fighters tribute band featuring dynamic frontman Nicky Rich, FOOZ FIGHTERS have blazed a trail to become the most sought-after Foo Figh...
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https://www.syracuse.com/living/202...shoppes-15-things-to-do-this-week-in-cny.html (PS; $; Sneha KC)
This week in Central New York, there are live shows, holiday events and charity functions in store.
Start off the week with Syracuse-based musician Jess Novak or rock band A Day to Remember. If you’re feeling nostalgic, choose between Phish experience band Cliffside Push or tribute band Fooz Fighters on Thursday.
Get some early holiday shopping out of the way at the Holiday Shoppes starting Friday or dance with drag queen Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. On Saturday, opt for some family friendly fun at the Veterans Parade or Syracuse Foodmachine.
Round out the week and get in the Christmas spirit (yes, November counts!) at the Nutcracker Christmas Ballet on Sunday.
MONDAY
Jess Novak
Syracuse singer-songwriter Jess Novak will perform at Potters Farm at Port on Monday. This show is one of the hundreds she performs annually and will feature songs from her previous 12 albums.Where: 1951 NY-31, Port Byron.
When: Monday at 6 p.m.
How much: Ticket alerts and reminders can be found here.
A Day to Remember
Rock band A Day to Remember will perform at The Oncenter War Memorial on Monday as part of the Couple More Shows Tour with special guests August Burns Red and Stand Atlantic. The tour follows the release of their single Feedback and two summer shows at the O2 Academy in London.Where: 800 S. State St., Syracuse.
When: Monday at 7 p.m.
How much: Tickets start at $30 and are available here.
THURSDAY
Cliffside Push: A Phish Experience
Cliffside Push, a Phish Experience band based in Connecticut, will perform at Funk ‘n Waffles on Thursday. Expect a powerhouse performance by the quartet that draws from Phish’s expansive discography as you enjoy delicious food and drinks.Where: 307-13 Clinton St., Syracuse.
When: Thursday from 8 to 11 p.m. (Doors at 7 p.m.)
How much: Tickets are $18 and available here.
Fooz Fighters
Fooz Fighters, a Foo Fighters tribute band, will perform at the Middle Ages Beer Hall on Thursday. They‘ve played hundreds of shows across the United States and abroad alongside frontman Nicky Rich. In 2021, the group won Jimmy Fallon’s Clash of the Cover Bands (Episode 5) and made an appearance on The Ellen Show.Where: 120 Wilkinson St., Syracuse.
When: Thursday from 8 to 11 p.m.
How much: Tickets are $24.90 and available here.
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