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There were numerous factors that converged to create an environment that was ripe for an event like the Boston Tea Party to take place, which occurred on today's date in 1773. Some of these included the popularity of tea in the colonies, British debt, acts of Parliament that taxed colonists, the Boston Massacre, and the propping up of a British tea company. The Boston Tea Party can be seen as a tipping point that spurred the revolutionary movement forward, which ultimately allowed for the creation of the United States. It is because of its importance to the formation of the country that we mark Boston Tea Party Day.
Although Britain had been victorious in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), they had accumulated a great national debt and looked to the American colonies for revenue. Parliament instituted taxes on the colonies, the first being the Stamp Act of 1765, which required colonists to pay a tax on printed paper such as newspapers, business cards, and legal documents. Colonists argued that only their representatives in the colonies should have the power to tax them, and that "taxation without representation" was unjust. The Stamp Act was repealed the following year, but the Townshend Acts of 1767 created even more taxes than the Stamp Act, placing them on items such as paper, paint, glass, and tea. The revenue for these taxes was to pay for the salaries of the royal colonial governors. Colonists once again bristled at the idea of being taxed without representation, and they organized boycotts of the taxed goods. Because of this pressure, in April 1770, all of the Townshend Acts except the tax on tea were repealed. The tax on tea was kept as a symbol of Parliament's power and right to levy a tax on the colonies.
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Take a spin through the 2020 class before signing day (PS; Mink)
Syracuse football will soon welcome the first wave of its 2020 recruiting class.
Here is a list of recruits who have announced their intention to sign with the Orange.
Most are expected to sign Wednesday when the three-day, early signing period opens.
Three prospects are scheduled to enroll in January and join the team ahead of winter workouts and spring practice.
Syracuse football 2020 recruiting class
LATARIE KINSLER
Position: Defensive end
School: Pahokee High School (Fla.)
Height: 6-foot-2.5
Weight: 204 pounds
Stars: 3
Status: Committed
January enrollee? Yes
JA’VONTAE WILLIAMS
Position: Wide receiver
School: Glades Central High School (Fla.)
Height: 6-foot
Weight: 196 pounds
Stars: 3
Status: Committed
January enrollee? Yes
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SU football recruiting: Wide receiver commits during official visit (PS; Mink)
Syracuse football picked up a verbal commitment on the final recruiting weekend before the early signing period.
Glades Central High School (Fla.) wide receiver Ja’vontae Williams committed to the Orange on Sunday during an official visit to the Syracuse University campus.
Williams is rated as a three-star prospect, according to 247Sports.com. Florida International, Florida Atlantic, Indiana, Illinois, Miami (Fla.) and Oregon were among the other schools interested in Williams throughout his recruitment.
His commitment brings the number of prospects who intend to sign with the Orange’s 2020 recruiting class to 17.
Prospects can sign a binding letter of intent on Wednesday.
As Assistant Coach Pay for NC State increases, so too does the gap within the ACC (backingthepack.com; PW)
While many Wolfpack fans were less than thrilled about Dave Doeren’s flirtation with Tennessee after the 2017 season that resulted in a contract extension and salary increase for the NC State head coach, the one good thing that came out of Doeren’s new deal was that it included an increase of $750,000 per year to the assistant coach salary pool. As much of an arms race as college football has become in the last couple decades with regards to facilities, just as frenetic has been the increase in football coaching pay.
From 2009 to 2019, NC State increased its overall salary pool for assistant coaches by 131%, or an increase of 108% by the average salary per assistant coach (there were nine assistant coaches in 2009, but that moved to ten assistant coaches starting in the 2018 season).
Despite over doubling the average salary per assistant coach, NC State has really just been keeping up with the overall pace of college coaching pay increases. NC State currently ranks fifth among eight ACC schools in assistant coach pay (Boston College, Duke, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Wake Forest don’t report pay figures as they’re private institutions). That’s the same ranking for NC State as was in 2017, before Doeren signed the above mentioned contract extension that guaranteed the additional pay for assistants. It’s just one spot better than NC State ranked in 2014.
And therein lies the issue: what seemed like a huge increase at the time was really just a matter of keeping up with the neighbors. Moreover, that one-time increase won’t sustain if it’s not continually backed up by even more increases.
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CLEMSON FOOTBALL: Winning in the ACC built Tigers for playoff (thetandd.com; Lentz)
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For Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, the last five seasons have been incredibly special.
Not because the Tigers have been able to reach the playoffs for five straight years or because they won the school’s third national championship last year, but because of the four ACC titles.
“That’s what it's all about. If we can compete for this league, then we have a chance to do bigger and better things,” Swinney said. “So, you know, this is important. When I got the job, that was when I said, 'We got to compete in the league. We'll become great from the inside out. We got to learn how to compete in practice. We got to learn how to think. Got to create this attitude of belief. I got to get other people to believe in what we're doing. We got to become a consistent team in our league, then we'll blossom from there.'”
While many around the country may look at the ACC as the ugly duckling of the Power 5 conferences, for Swinney, the Tigers' ability to win the league has made everything possible.
“To get back here again ... this is what we set out to do every single year,” Swinney said. “We keep our goals simple. We want to win the opener, want to win our division, win our state championship, win this league, win the closer. Those allow us to compete at the highest level.
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https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/acc/clemson-university/article238333863.html (thestate.com; Connolly)
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“We’ve always had three weeks to get ready, and this year you’ve got two weeks. We play two weeks from (Saturday),” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “So it’s a whole different calendar. It’s a very compressed time. But it’s the same for everybody. Everybody’s got the exact same schedule. So we’ve got a good plan.”
The Tigers are practicing every day from last Friday through this Wednesday, with Sunday’s workout being more of a jog-through than a typical practice.
Clemson players will then be off from Thursday to Sunday (Dec. 22), when the Tigers will gather to head to Arizona. The Tigers will have a light workout and meetings on the 22nd before leaving for Phoenix later that day.
But before Clemson leaves, it has plenty to accomplish in the Upstate.
“It’s kind of back to the basics,” Swinney said. “It’s fundamentals and technique of what you do. It’s working on Clemson. And then it’s installation, working on Ohio State. And then it’s player development.”
Player development consists of spending extra time with players who were on the scout team this season or who didn’t have a large role but will be counted on in 2020 and beyond.
“Just give them some attention, give them some coaching, give them some work when everybody’s kind of out of the way and take advantage of the practices that we do get to just coach those guys,” Swinney said. “Hopefully build a little confidence in those guys coming out of the season. They’ve been scout team and all of that, so it’s always a fun time. We’ll balance all of that out. We’ve got a good plan.”
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Divisionless? 9 Games? Try this instead! (RX; HM)
Divisionless? 9 Games? Try this instead!
Any time the ACC has a bad football season, there's always talk of what the conference needs to do. Some say it needs to eliminate divisions and put the two best teams into the ACC CG. Others think it needs to go to a 9-game schedule. While I definitely would like to see division-less scheduling - for better regular season games, not to improve the CCG. Keep in mind that the ACC already had the two best teams in the CCG this year (so did the SEC, Big XII and Pac-12... only the Big Ten failed to match their two best teams, but it didn't seem to hurt them any).
Do I want more Virginia Tech vs. Clemson, Florida State and Louisville? YES! But that's the primary benefit to the ACC - not improving the CCG. And going to a 9-game schedule just spreads another half-loss per team around, which is one reason why the Big Ten had fewer bowl-eligible teams than the ACC. This is not a solution to the ACC's immediate problems, either.
Obviously the best solution if for more ACC teams to simply 'get better'.
However, if you're looking for a scheduling solution, try these:
* don't play so many early-season conference games next year - it just saddles half of the teams with early losses, knocking them out of the Top 25.
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Links, news and rumors - 12/13/19
This blog is about ACC Football - past glory, what went wrong, and how to fix it and get back to the glory days again.
accfootballrx.blogspot.com
Links, news and rumors - 12/13/19
For those who like to gripe that the ACC Atlantic has no competition in the ACC championship -- let the conference who is well-balance cast the first stone!
TRUE.
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Weekend Links - 12/15/19 (RX; HM)
Weekend Links - 12/15/19
Boston College hires Ohio State assistant Jeff Hafley as head coach
Hafley, 40, revived Ohio State’s defense in his first season in Columbus, as the Buckeyes finished No. 2 nationally in total defense a year after they finished No. 72.
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow walked away with the Heisman Trophy this year.
USA Today says Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields lead early 2020 Heisman Trophy favorites, but there are two other ACC players also in contention:
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Tweets - 12/16/19 (RX; HM)
Tweets - 12/16/19
There isn't much actually going on in the world of college football this week, but here are a couple of interesting tweets at least...
1. This really puts some things into perspective, doesn't it?
...is Burrow the oldest Heisman winner since Weinke?
2. Those of you who attended high school in the Upstate area of South Carolina are probably at least familiar with "Radio":
... fans of T. L. Hanna High School - and all high schools for miles around - will certainly miss him.
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UVA quarterback Bryce Perkins wins Dudley Award for second straight season (wtkr.com; Plain)
Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins was named the winner of the 2019 Dudley Award as the state’s top Division I collegiate player, earning the prestigious honor for the second year in a row.
The announcement was made at the annual Dudley Award Banquet in Richmond on Sunday night. He is the first repeat winner from Virginia and joins Vad Lee (JMU) as the second-ever back-to-back winner. Virginia Tech’s Lee Suggs was a repeat winner as well, but earned the honor in 2000 and 2002. The other finalists in 2019 were defensive lineman Ron’Dell Carter of JMU and linebacker Rayshard Ashby of Virginia Tech.
In addition to winning the Dudley Award, Perkins was honored by the Touchdown Club of Richmond as the state’s Offensive Back of the Year for the second year in a row. Also honored by the Touchdown Club of Richmond on Sunday night was Joe Reed (specialist of the year) and Bronco Mendenhall (Bobby Ross Coach of the Year).
Perkins’ back-to-back wins has brought the Dudley Award to Charlottesville for the 10th time. Previous UVA winners include quarterback Shawn Moore (1990), quarterback Matt Blundin (1991), defensive end Mike Frederick (1994), tailback Tiki Barber (1996), safety Anthony Poindexter (1997), wide receiver Billy McMullen (2001), defensive end Chris Long (2007) and inside linebacker Micah Kiser (2017). With Kiser winning in 2017, UVA has three winners in a row for the first time in program history.
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25 things that make Syracuse great: Our doctors and nurses (PS; Eisenstadt)
They go anywhere at any time in any weather to save kids
The healthcare industry is thriving In Central New York, employing more than 45,000 people.
The efforts of the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital are just one example of how those thousands of workers make Central New York a great place to live and raise a family.
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Allie Yackel hadn’t opened her eyes or taken a breath on her own in 12 hours.
She’d gone to Towanda Memorial Hospital on Feb. 20 for a routine tonsillectomy that morning. But something happened and she stopped breathing, her mother, Rebecca Yackel, said.
Doctors told her family they needed to get her somewhere with more specialized pediatric care. But there was a relentless, icy storm, Yackel said. None of the helicopters could fly in the ice storm so the hospital began calling ambulances.
All the child’s parents could do was wait and worry.
“She was completely lifeless, hooked up to machines,” Yackel said.
One ambulance began the journey, but had to turn back.
“We thought no one would come get her,” Yackel said.
But the next call was to the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Team at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse. And they came.
The group is a SWAT team of sorts for critically ill kids who need to be moved from other facilities, or home, to the children’s hospital in Syracuse. The transport team serves a 17-county area and beyond. Sometimes they come by helicopter, sometimes by ambulance. When they are needed, they go outside that 17-county area to Canada and Pennsylvania as they did that icy day in February.
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