Syracuse fined for faking injuries

[Mazhude]

Syracuse fined by ACC for faking injuries vs. Clemson

The ACC has fined Syracuse $25,000 and publicly reprimanded the university for faking injuries in Saturday’s 34-21 upset win over Clemson.
With 9:25 left in the fourth quarter, Syracuse defensive linemen Nissi Ogbebor and Kevin Jobity Jr. — not named by the conference — went to the ground after a 23-yard reception from Tristan Smith in which he broke several tackles.

Officials stopped play for an injury timeout, and a play later, quarterback Cade Klubnik found Bryant Wesco Jr. for a 9-yard touchdown pass that cut Syracuse’s lead to 34-21.

“The actions by the two players — especially with the concurrent action by the coach in the team area — were a clear attempt to gain an unmerited advantage by stopping the game in order to secure an injury timeout,” the ACC said.

The league office and NCAA national coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw reviewed the footage from the game and agreed that the action “violated the spirit of the injury time out and fair play and was done in a way to circumvent the new injury timeout rule to avoid the team being charged a timeout.”

 

[BlueandOG]

Jerks are going to do jerky things

 

[Jetskies]

Sad to hear this, but unfortunately it worked. Many teams would play 5x this price, for a clemson W on their schedule.
Certainly someone like Cuse who probably was still desperate to get the stench of a UConn overtime game off of them.

IMO the punishment does not dissuade others from doing this at all, especially if they've got a massive upset in the works. If you vacate a win or suspend a coach, now we're talking.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Everyone does it. And to beat Clemson, I think a lot of schools will take that 25k penalty.

 

[UConn Dan]

I think there was at least one Syracuse injury when they played us that seemed suspect. I don't remember exactly when or who -- I was listening on the radio in the car -- but seemed like such a critical moment to change momentum.

 

[freescooter]

Maybe fake injuries are allowed in Canadian football.

 

[CTBasketball]

Everyone does it. And to beat Clemson, I think a lot of schools will take that 25k penalty.

We won’t even pay half that for an independent reffing crew. Leave UConn out of this!

 

[mauconnfan]

Everyone does it. And to beat Clemson, I think a lot of schools will take that 25k penalty.

Isn’t everyone beating Clemson?

 

[uconnbill]

Well, this is Cuse. We knew this for years, but making them run after the UConn game told us all we needed to know about them.

 

[UCan3]

Well, this is Cuse. We knew this for years, but making them run after the UConn game told us all we needed to know about them.

Said perfectly.

After that officiating crew put hand on scale - whether it was at some central ACC headquarters or on the field and the run after the game - I don’t care if we ever see Syracuse on the field again.

In fact, thinking about the Wake Forest PI call at end of the game last year and the fact that the ACC football rep has been on a steady decline, I would prefer to move on to play other OCC opponents moving forward.

ACC was once a conference I thought we fit like a glove but now - I think there are much better places for us if/when that opportunity comes along.

 

[gtcam]

UConn should write Cuse off all schedules on any sport.
The number of stoppages due to "injuries" during the UConn/Cuse game this fall was ridiculous - an idiot could tell they were fabricated.
The injury God got them back with the QB injury (I would not wish that type of injury on any athlete).
Cuse is second rate in most every area of athletics and ethics.

 

[gars44]

Hey, they beat Clemson. You ain’t cheatin? You ain’t tryin. That’s what they say. Syracuse is far from the worst offender.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Isn’t everyone beating Clemson?

At this point Clemson is this years FSU

 

[Windham4th]

Said perfectly.

After that officiating crew put hand on scale - whether it was at some central ACC headquarters or on the field and the run after the game - I don’t care if we ever see Syracuse on the field again.

In fact, thinking about the Wake Forest PI call at end of the game last year and the fact that the ACC football rep has been on a steady decline, I would prefer to move on to play other OCC opponents moving forward.

ACC was once a conference I thought we fit like a glove but now - I think there are much better places for us if/when that opportunity comes along.

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