Cade Klubnik wasn't happy about Syracuse faking injuries

The ACC has fined Syracuse $25,000 and issued a public reprimand for violating NCAA rules on "feigning" injuries by players during the Orange's 34-21 win over Clemson football on Sept. 20. The conference identified actions by two Syracuse players and the coach in the team area as a deliberate attempt to gain an unfair advantage by stopping the game to secure an injury timeout. This occurred with 9:25 remaining in the game, while Clemson trailed 34-14. The ACC described the actions as "unethical and contrary to the spirit of the rules."

Clemson's quarterback Cade Klubnik expressed frustration postgame, suggesting Syracuse's faked injuries to disrupt the Tigers' offensive tempo. "Props to them, they stopped us on some third downs in certain times, then they have an injury or something like that when we really got going," Klubnik said, using air quotes when he said "injury," indicating he doubted the players were actually hurt.

"That's up to them if they want to be honest about that. This season, college football enforced stricter measures against fake injuries, as teams previously used this tactic to disrupt high-tempo offenses or gain an extra pseudo timeout.