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Message: [QUOTE="Mazhude, post: 5338767, member: 2960"] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6651816/2025/09/22/syracuse-fined-faking-injuries-clemson-upset/']Syracuse fined by ACC for faking injuries vs. Clemson[/URL] 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.” [/QUOTE]