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Welcome to Sacher Torte Day!
Sacher torte (German pronunciation: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] (
listen)) is a specific type of chocolate cake, or torte, invented by AustrianFranz Sacher[1] in 1832 for Prince Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna, Austria.[2] It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties.[3] 5 December is National Sachertorte Day.[4]History
Origins
Recipes similar to that of the Sachertorte appeared as early as the 18th century,[1] one instance being in the 1718 cookbook of Conrad Hagger, another individual represented in Gartler-Hickmann's 1749 Tried and True Viennese Cookbook (Wienerisches bewährtes Kochbuch).
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Syracuse football cornerback Corey Winfield explains why he's leaving program (PS; Mink)
Corey Winfield says the decision to leave the Syracuse football program was a mutual one between him and the coaching staff.
He said he could have chosen to return to the team but is looking for a new opportunity and wants to continue playing football at the Power-Five level.
"I just look at it as a new opportunity for me," Winfield said during an interview this week to discuss his future plans, "and before I came here I set a goal that I was going to graduate from Syracuse, I was going to play on the football team, and I set those goals, so now it's time to set a new goal. That's how I'm looking at it."
Winfield was granted his release from his scholarship earlier this week. He said there are no restrictions on which schools he can transfer to.
The St. Louis native is on track to graduate in May. He intends to take advantage of the NCAA's graduate transfer rule that will allow him to move to another FBS school and use his final season of eligibility in 2017.
Winfield said he met with head coach Dino Babers and defensive backs coach Nick Monroe when making his decision.
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Complete Bowl lineup for the ACC conference - TigerNet.com (theACC.com)
Clemson’s return trip to the College Football Playoff highlights a Sunday in which 11 of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 14 football members secured spots in 2016 postseason bowl games.
The ACC champion Tigers (12-1) are seeded No. 2 in the CFP field and will face No. 3 seed Ohio State (11-1) in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at 7 p.m. ET on New Year’s Eve in the second of two national semifinal games. If the Tigers advance, they will face No. 1 Alabama or No. 4 Washington for the College Football Playoff National Championship at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 9, at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium (ESPN).
The ACC, which tied a league record by landing 11 teams in postseason play for the third time in four years, owns a total of 42 bowl berths over the past four seasons. This marks the 16th consecutive year that at least six ACC teams received postseason berths. The ACC ranks second among all conferences with 106 total bowl bids since 2005.
With Clemson’s selection, the ACC has placed a team in the College Football Playoff in each of its first three years of existence. The Tigers earned the No. 1 seed last season, and Florida State was seeded No. 3 as the ACC champion in 2014. The ACC is one of just two conferences that has placed a team in the College Football Playoff or the BCS Championship in each of the last four years.
A pair of ACC schools will continue the two longest current Division I bowl streaks in the nation, as Florida State (35th straight year) and Coastal Division champion Virginia Tech (24th straight) confirmed their postseason destinations. Virginia Tech’s bowl game streak is the longest active streak recognized by the NCAA.
Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt and Wake Forest are also bound for holiday bowl games. ACC teams will head into bowl competition with 42 victories against nonconference opposition this season – four wins shy of the league record of 46. The ACC’s eight teams with at least eight wins this season are the most of any conference.
Clemson is bidding for the program’s first national title since 1981 and the second by an ACC team in the last four seasons. The Tigers have won four of their last five postseason games and take a 20-19 all-time postseason record into their meeting with Ohio State. The Tigers and Buckeyes last met in in the 2013 Orange Bowl, with Clemson posting a 40-35 win. The only other meeting between the teams came in the 1978 Gator Bowl, where the Tigers posted a 17-15 win.
No. 11 Florida State (9-3) will face No. 6 Michigan (10-2) in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. (ESPN). The Seminoles own a 27-16-2 all-time record in bowl games, a winning percentage of .622 that ranks fifth among all schools that have played 15 or more postseason games. This year’s berth is Florida State’s fifth straight in a BCS/New Year’s Six bowl, which ties defending national champion Alabama for the longest such streak in the nation.
Since 2012, the ACC has posted a 5-3 record in the New Year’s Six Bowls and College Football Playoff Games – the best among peer conferences.
The ACC has won four consecutive Orange Bowl games, and is the first conference in 57 years to do so since the Big Eight Conference won four straight from 1956-59.
Two ACC teams are bound for Orlando, Florida, this postseason as Louisville landed a spot in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, and Miami is headed to the Russell Athletic Bowl.
No. 13 Louisville (9-3), which will face No. 20 LSU (7-4) on Dec. 31 (11 a.m., ABC), will be making the first appearance by an ACC team in the Citrus Bowl since Clemson on Jan. 1, 1992. The Cardinals will make their third bowl appearance in as many years as an ACC member and their seventh straight overall. Louisville, which will play in a bowl game for the 21st time, owns a 10-9-1 all-time record in previous appearances.
Miami (8-4) makes its third bowl appearance in Orlando since 2009 and its 40th bowl appearance overall when it faces No. 16 West Virginia (10-2) on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN). The Hurricanes own a 19-20 all-time record in previous bowl game appearances.
No. 23 Pitt (8-4) heads to the Bronx for a Dec. 28 meeting with Northwestern (6-6) in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium (2 p.m., ESPN). The Panthers, who own a 13-19 all-time record in bowl games, are making their ninth straight postseason appearance.
No. 22 Virginia Tech (9-4) will play in the Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina, for the first time when it faces Arkansas (7-5) on the evening of Dec. 29 (5:30 p.m., ESPN). The Hokies, under first-year head coach Justin Fuente, are 13-17 all-time in bowl games and are seeking their third straight win in postseason play.
North Carolina, 14-18 in 32 previous bowl appearances, will play in a postseason game for the eighth time in nine years and for the fourth straight year under head coach Larry Fedora when the Tar Heels (8-4) meet No. 18 Stanford (9-3) in the Hyundi Sun Bowl in El Paso on Friday Dec. 30 (2 p.m., CBS). The UNC has played in three previous Sun Bowls – most recently versus Texas in 1994 – and owns an all-time record of 1-2 in the event.
Georgia Tech (8-4) has accepted an invitation to participate in the 72nd-annual TaxSlayer Bowl, where it will face Kentucky (7-5) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The Yellow Jackets are 24-19 in all-time bowl appearances. This year’s TaxSlayer Bowl will be shown nationally by ESPN.
Also representing the ACC will be Boston College in the Quick Lane Bowl, NC State in the Camping World Independence Bowl, and Wake Forest in the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.
Boston College will be the first ACC team to kick off a bowl game when it meets Maryland (6-6) at Detroit’s Ford Field on Monday, Dec. 26 at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN). The Eagles, who are 13-11 all-time in bowl games, will be going after their first postseason win since 2007.
NC State (6-6) is set to meet Vanderbilt (6-6) at Shreveport, Louisiana on Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. (ESPN2). The Wolfpack stands 15-13-1 all-time in bowl games and will take part in postseason play for the third straight year under fourth-year head coach Dave Doeren.
Wake Forest, 6-4 all-time in bowl games, makes its first postseason appearance since 2011 when it faces American Athletic Conference champion and 24th-ranked Temple (10-3) at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium on the afternoon of Dec. 27 (3:30 p.m., ESPN).
All starting times listed for upcoming bowl games involving ACC teams are Eastern.
Clemson notes: Relocation leads to ACC Championship record for lowest attendance (postandcourier.com; Brenner)
The ACC viewed its relocation of the league’s football championship to Orlando as “a smooth transition,” though game attendance took a hit Saturday night at Camping World Stadium.
In September, the ACC removed all championship events from the state of North Carolina in response to House Bill 2, a discriminatory bill known as “the bathroom law,” and soon announced Orlando as a replacement site for this year’s football championship game.
“We’re very pleased with that transition and really grateful for the reception that we have had,” ACC commissioner John Swofford said Friday in a press conference the day before the game.
However, with Orlando far less a convenient location for Clemson and Virginia Tech fans, ticket prices plummeted on the secondhand market. About a hundred of Clemson’s allotment of tickets went unsold, according to a school spokesperson, and those tickets were distributed to families in the area.
At kickoff Saturday night, the lower bowl of 70,000-seat Camping World Stadium was mostly full, with fans in Clemson orange holding a bit of a numbers edge over Virginia Tech maroon. But the upper decks were sparsely populated, and official attendance was announced as 50,628, the lowest total in the ACC Championship's 12-game history.
Multiple reports indicated the league was offering free admission to Disney employees; a league spokesperson disputed the volume that was being reported (“tens of thousands,” according to one account) but acknowledged the ACC was giving out free tickets to Orlando business partners.
The ACC made its decision to lift the game from Charlotte a couple days after the NCAA pulled all of its championship events from North Carolina in response to HB2, which figures to be tied up in state legislation for months.
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Orange Bowl: Michigan Wolverines vs. Florida State Seminoles (espn ACC blog; Ward & Hale)
College Football Playoff semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 2 Clemson Tigers
Date: Dec. 31, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale, Arizona
Curtis Samuel came around the left edge with a clear path to the end zone, the Horseshoe erupted with perhaps the loudest cheer the vaunted stadium has ever produced as Ohio State clinched the comeback, double-overtime victory over Michigan. There hadn’t been all that much to cheer for when the Buckeyes were trailing, allowing the Ohio State fans and players to save up for the celebration and unleash it all at once.
Lowest moment: Urban Meyer’s programs are known for their prolific work on special teams, which made it all the more puzzling and disappointing for Ohio State when its perfect season was lost thanks in large part to two blocked kicks at Penn State. The Buckeyes bounced back, obviously, but that loss certainly created some headaches.
Key player: For all the records J.T. Barrett has broken and the quarterback’s command of the offense, it’s possible Samuel might actually be the true key for the Buckeyes to reach their explosive potential. When the H-back is consistently involved, he’s a matchup nightmare for defenses with his versatility, and he’ll be in the spotlight on the sport’s biggest stage.
Motivation level: Off the charts. The Buckeyes let a chance to repeat as national champs slip away last season with one of the most talented teams in program history, but a hungry group of youngsters is out to prove it can bring home the hardware the way their predecessors did two seasons ago. -- Austin Ward
Deshaun Watson as a legitimate Heisman Trophy threat.
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'Quick hit of snow' could slow CNY morning commute (PS; Coin)
A "quick hit of snow" is hitting Central New York just in time for the Monday morning commute.
The National Weather Service says the Syracuse area will see about 1 to 2 inches as the sun rises, with up to 5 inches in Oswego and northern Oneida counties. A winter weather advisory has been issued for Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego counties until 1 p.m.
Roads could get slippery just in time for the morning commute, the weather service said. Several school districts have announced delays this morning.
Most of the snow should end by dawn, but it will keep falling through the morning in the Tug Hill region.
This is just a warmup for later this week, when Arctic air will descend on Upstate New York and likely bring some significant lake effect snow.
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