Syracuse picked up a key 34-21 win over Clemson on Saturday. However, the victory didn't come without controversy. The ACC wasn't pleased with Syracus e and fined the school $25,000 Monday for faking injuries, calling its actions "unethical and contrary to the spirit of the rules."
In a statement, the conference said the Orange violated an NCAA rule to prevent slowing down play. With 9:25 left in the fourth quarter, the ACC said the action of two players and a coach "were a clear attempt to gain an unmerited advantage by stopping the game in order to secure an injury timeout."
Syracuse defensive linemen Nissi Ogbebor and Kevin Jobity Jr. are both seen falling to the ground after a 23-yard completion from Clemson QB Cade Klubnik to Tristan Smith for a first down to the Orange 9-yard line. The game was stopped so trainers could attend to them.
According to the ACC, the action "violated the spirit of the injury timeout and fair play and was done in a way to circumvent the new injury timeout rule to avoid the team being charged a timeout."
Klubnik accused Syracuse of faking injuries after the loss."We were playing with tempo and props to them, they stopped us on some third downs and then they have an injury or something like that when we really got going," Klubnik said. "That's up to them if they want to be honest about that.
Syracuse returns home to face Duke on Saturday (Noon ET, ACCN).
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