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“Thus, for the past 66 years, the only non Greg Robinson coaches to be below .500 for two consecutive seasons were Ben Schwartzalder’s last two and Dick MacPherson’s first two. Two straight losing records at Syracuse is simply unacceptable.” Also, Frank Maloney–who coached in between Schwartzwalder’s last two and MacPherson’s first two, never had two straight losing seasons.
Confidential Fantasy Football Game: Week 12Entry Page
Even if you missed out on Weeks 1 through 11, the Confidential’s Fantasy Football Game is still joinable in Week 12. You can certainly be a spoiler. As those who entered know, the game is free and simple… just pick your team. See rules. Here is the recap of Week 11and the standings. To enter, just comment with your entry for Week 10.
RETURNING ENTRANTS, PLEASE KINDLY POST BOTH LAST WEEK’S ROSTER AND YOUR ROSTER FOR THIS WEEK! IT WILL BE GREATLY HELPFUL!
ENTRY DEADLINE 11:59 A.M. on SATURDAY NOV 21, 2015!
Good luck to all!
Syracuse-Clemson Game Does Not Impact Shafer’s Status
So the end result is that Syracuse does not face a must-win against North Carolina State next week, but Scott Shafer surely does. If the team plays as well as they have against LSU and Clemson, he likely saves his job. If the team does not rise to the occasion and pull the mild upset, the writing is on the wall.
ACC Fantasy Football: Week 11Recap!
Thanks to all those who continue to participate in our weekly fantasy football league! It is a free game. There is a prize on a season-long basis. The rules are here. Feel free to enter the season-long game. These are the results from Week 11–individual team results are located here in the comments section. In any event, here is the week 10 recap:
As always, this is done by hand so the potential for error is there. It is final in 48 hours.
RESULTS
With 9 entries, 4 teams get wins (bold), 4 teams get losses, and 1 team gets a tie (italic):
MSU = 139.9 pts
Chrislords = 138.9 pts
HHuntley = 127.4 pts
Commander = 112.9 pts
Josh V = 110.9 pts
LD = 110.1 pts
ACwolfpacker = 107.8 pts
Lenville = 105.0 points
Brian = 89.0 pts
STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 11:
- Accwolfpacker 7-3-1 (15 pts–in a hypothetical 2 pts per win, 1 pt per tie format)
- Commander 7-4; MSU Bulldog 7-4 (14 pts)
- LenvilleCards 6-3-2 (14 pts)
- LD 6-5 (12 pts)
- HHuntley17 4-6-1 (9 pts)
- Brian 3-6-2 (8 pts)
- Josh V 2-5-4 (8 pts)
- Chrislords 3-8 (6 pts)
With two weeks left, the top 4 are separated by one point! And LD is only 3 points out of first place. Going to go down to the wire obviously…
GREAT JOB BY EVERYONE! On to Week 12….
Confidential Survivor League Update Week 11
The Confidential runs two fantasy football leagues each year… an individual player league (see here) and a double-elimination survivor league. We are down to 16teams, as a few entrants decided to go against the grain and pick upsets THIS week. All 16 teams remaining went with one of FSU, ND, Clemson, or Louisville. Next week should be interesting with a lot of close matchups.
Survivor Pool Standings and Poolwide Picks
| No | User Name | Wk4 | Wk1 | Wk2 | Wk3 | Wk4 | Wk5 | Wk6 | Wk7 | Wk8 | Wk9 | Wk10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 TIME | DUKE | NCST | LOU | FSU | ND | VIRG | UNC | CLEM | MIA |
LOU
ND
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| 2 | BCEAGLE74 | WF | BC | NCST | ND | FSU | DUKE | UNC | LOU | CLEM | MIA |
CLEM
ND
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| 3 | INTOTH | WF | BC | VIRG | LOU | FSU | DUKE | CLEM | UNC | ND | NCST |
LOU
CLEM
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| 4 | SUATO92 | SYR | BC | WF | ND | FSU | DUKE | UNC | LOU | CLEM | MIA |
CLEM
ND
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| 5 | UOFL223 | GT | SYR | NCST | LOU | FSU | DUKE | UNC | PITT | CLEM | MIA |
LOU
ND
|
| 6 | ACAFFREY | NCST | BC | VIRG | LOU | FSU | DUKE | UNC | SYR | CLEM | ND |
CLEM
LOU
|
| 7 | CLEMSON82 | SYR | DUKE | VIRG | NCST | FSU | BC | UNC | PITT | LOU | ND |
CLEM
LOU
|
| 8 | HHUNTLEY17 | BC | VTC | VIRG | UNC | FSU | DUKE | CLEM | LOU | GT | ND |
ND
LOU
|
| 9 | LD17 | SYR | BC | VIRG | LOU | FSU | DUKE | UNC | NCST | GT | MIA |
ND
LOU
|
| 10 | LENVILLEC | WF | DUKE | VIRG | UNC | VTC | ND | CLEM | LOU | FSU | NCST |
LOU
ND
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| 11 | MADCADDI | GT | BC | VIRG | ND | FSU | PITT | UNC | LOU | DUKE | CLEM |
LOU
ND
|
| 12 | MSU_DAW | WF | PITT | VIRG | UNC | FSU | DUKE | CLEM | LOU | GT | MIA |
ND
FSU
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| 13 | RIGHT PRO | WF | BC | UNC | LOU | FSU | DUKE | VIRG | PITT | GT | MIA |
LOU
ND
|
| 14 | SNATCH AD | PITT | NCST | SYR | VTC | FSU | ND | CLEM | DUKE | LOU | UNC |
ND
FSU
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| 15 | TWOHOOS | WF | BC | VIRG | LOU | GT | DUKE | UNC | NCST | FSU | ND |
CLEM
ND
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| 16 | WAHOO 88 | SYR | BC | VIRG | UNC | GT | DUKE | CLEM | NCST | FSU | MIA |
LOU
ND
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The Collision of Syracuse Basketball and Syracuse Football
“The Syracuse football team is the one that needs to pull upsets to get back to prominence, while the Syracuse basketball team–despite sanctions–will continue to try to avoid same. That has been the case for many years now. So it is nothing new. As the two sports collide every fall, the different trajectories could not contrast more.”
ACC Roundtable of the Confidential Correspondents: Week 10/11
Welcome to the ACC Roundtable of the ACC Correspondents! As is and will be the plan for the remainder of the football season, the Confidential correspondents will discuss the Week that was (Week 19) and the Week that will be (Week 11) for the ACC and their respective schools. Tell us what you think below.
1. What was most notable about your school’s performance in Week 10?
- HHuntley (NC State): This was really an encouraging win. It was the first game without either of the top 2 running backs, and the running game survived. Defense rebounded nicely from the week before.11
- Lenville (Louisville): The Cards turned in their first complete game & got above .500 for the first time this season. The offense racked over 500 yards through the air & on the ground while the defense held Syracuse to 17 points. The Cards opponents have now committed over 50 turnovers in the last 22 games.
- Commander/ACaffrey (Syracuse): That the Syracuse defense continues to be unable to do ANYTHING well. It is like a chess game between a grand master and a novice. Another QB coming off the bench to have a career day.
2. What are you looking to see out of your school in Week 11?
- HHuntley (NC State): Oh boy, not really for this one. NC State hasn’t had great luck playing in Tallahassee recently, and FSU is going to be coming off a tough loss against Clemson. I guess I’m looking to keep it close…
- Lenville (Louisville): Will Bolin remain as the starter at quarterback & can the Cards put together another complete game. The Cardinals lost at Virginia last season & will look to get their first victory against their cross division rival to become bowl eligible.
- Commander/ACaffrey (Syracuse): This week’s game will have little to do with Scott Shafer’s tenure. If he wins the last two games, he will likely be back in 2016. However, will the team respond with the type of performance that they had against LSU? Will Shafer play to win, rather than his usual “play not to lose”? I thought he turned the corner with the LSU game and had finally realized this. Instead, he has regressed miserably. If the game is still a game after halftime, that will be a baby step.
3. Who impressed you the most in the ACC in Week 10?
- HHuntley (NC State): UNC looked better than ever in a dominant win over Duke. Does this say more about UNC or Duke? I’m temped to say it’s how good UNC can be, but both teams have had a rollercoaster of a year.
- Lenville (Louisville): North Carolina is looking good & put together another dominant performance. FSU also gave Clemson a better game than what I was expecting.
- Commander (Syracuse): How about Miami getting to bowl eligibility? The ACC could benefit with UNC beating Miami this week, but Miami could win out and have a 10-3 season with a bowl victory. The loss to Cincinnati stings more than the loss to Clemson. That is the type of game that Miami HAS TO win 100% of the time. In any event, if Miami can finish by winning 2 of its last 3, that would make it an 8-4 team heading into the bowls.
4. If the playoffs started today, who would you vote in? Who do you think will be there at season’s end?
- HHuntley (NC State): Chaos reigned supreme this week atop the polls, so my vote right now would be: Clemson, Ohio State, the Big 12 winner, and Notre Dame. I would choose Notre Dame over Alabama because Notre Dame has a better loss right now than Alabama.
- Lenville (Louisville): 1 Clemson 2 Ohio St 3 Alabama 4 Oklahoma St. The Buckeyes have a chance to jump Clemson for the top spot with Michigan St & other quality opponents coming up on their schedule, including a possibly undefeated Iowa team in the B1G championship game. Oklahoma St should be in after their dominating performance against TCU. Alabama is looking like the best team in the country since their loss but they shouldn’t be any higher than #3, they have quality wins that other undefeated teams just don’t have. I would put Notre Dame, Baylor & Stanford as the next three.
- Commander (Syracuse): Season ends today & season’s end: 1. Clemson, 2. Ohio State, 3. LSU, and 4. Baylor. Alabama, Notre Dame, and Stanford are all in mix obviously.
What do you think? How would you answer these questions?
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Stephen Bailey @Stephen_Bailey1 2h2 hours ago
Syracuse will not make its QBs available for interview tonight to avoid giving Clemson an advantage in its preparation.
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Confidential Fantasy Football Game: Week 11 Entry Page
Even if you missed out on Weeks 1 through 10, the Confidential’s Fantasy Football Game is still joinable in Week 11. You can certainly be a spoiler. As those who entered know, the game is free and simple… just pick your team. See rules. Here is the recap of Week 10 and the standings. To enter, just comment with your entry for Week 10.
RETURNING ENTRANTS, PLEASE KINDLY POST BOTH LAST WEEK’S ROSTER AND YOUR ROSTER FOR THIS WEEK! IT WILL BE GREATLY HELPFUL!
ENTRY DEADLINE 7:29 P.M. on THURSDAY NOV 12, 2015!
Good luck to all!
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