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Welcome to National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!
National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day is dedicated to strawberry rhubarb pie! This pie mixes the sweet fruit, strawberries, with the tart vegetable—yes vegetable—rhubarb. Rhubarb is harvested between mid-May and early June, which helps to explain why this day is celebrated on June 9th. Rhubarb pies are popular in the United Kingdom, and can have a variety of styles of crust. The most popular upper crust in the United States for this type of pie is the lattice style. Rhubarb pies are also popular in Canada, as rhubarb can survive in their climate.
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SU experts on football in a reduced-capacity Dome (PS; Bailey)
Dino Babers’ vision for Syracuse football five years ago might not be a possibility in 2020.
“Visualize this,” SU’s head coach began in his memorable introductory press conference speech. “You’re in the Carrier Dome. Your house is filled. The feeling is electric. The noise is deafening."
A jam-packed, reverberating dome doesn’t align with the reality of athletics during the coronavirus pandemic. Athletic director John Wildhack admitted as much last week when he announced to season-ticket holders that the school was expecting a reduced capacity during the football season this fall.
Wildhack shared no details regarding the number of fans who may be allowed in, Syracuse’s process for making that decision or the steps the school is taking to stop the spread of Covid-19 at games. A series of questions pertaining to ticket availability was not answered by SU Athletics.
Other uncertainties include seating restrictions, mask usage and security alterations. Wildhack is expected to field questions from media for the first time since April 23 on Thursday.
With three-plus months until SU is set to host Colgate in its home opener on Sept. 19, much could still change in regard to transmission rate, immunity understanding and the potential seasonal nature of the virus. Speaking with the knowledge they have now, two Syracuse professors who are epidemiologists and members of the school’s public health task force weighed in with their expectations.
“Right now, things are going down,” Brittany Kmush, an assistant professor in SU’s public health program, said. “If we continue in that trajectory even with reopenings, I think that’s a good sign that we could have some reduced capacity settings for the games.”
“In terms of whether sporting events are safe in specific areas, it really depends on the transmission rate within the community,” David Larsen, an associate professor in SU’s school public health program, said. “If there is transmission in the community, then you might be able to mitigate it with distancing.”
How fans are directed before, during and after the game will be key to managing the virus. Larsen split all gameday interactions into two types: intimate and casual.
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Opponent Preview: Syracuse (aseaofred.com; Jones)
Following a home contest against ULM, Liberty will travel to Syracuse to face the Orange in week seven.
Week seven’s matchup is a rematch from 2019, when Syracuse defeated Liberty 24-0 in the season opener for both teams. Liberty hung around until late in the game, but a fourth-quarter touchdown put the game out of reach for the Flames. This year could be different.
Syracuse, who entered week one of 2019 ranked 22nd in the nation, struggled in the weeks following the Liberty game. The Orange were blown out by Maryland and third-ranked Clemson in weeks two and three before picking up week four and five wins over Western Michigan and Holy Cross. Hardly impressive wins for an ACC team, Syracuse struggled the rest of the way: dropping five of their seven games to conclude a 2019 many Orange faithful saw as a potential bowl-winning season.
In 2020, Syracuse will bring back Tommy DeVito at quarterback. DeVito didn’t shine against the Flames in 2019: tossing for 176 yards, two picks and no touchdowns. He finished the season with 2,360 yards passing, 19 touchdowns, and five interceptions. Liberty should know what to expect from DeVito, having seen him in 2019.
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Canadian contingent keen to impress with the Orange (fingerlakes1.com)
As we head towards the fall, the prospect of enjoying college football edges tantalizingly closer. Although 2020 has been far from your typical year so far, the athletics program at Syracuse University is already planning the summer workouts, ahead of the upcoming NCAA Division I FBS football season.
After posting an impressive 10-3 overall record in 2018 and 6-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), hopes were high for another strong campaign last season. However, the team based in the Finger Lakes region of New York State were frustrating in 2019, registering a disappointing 2-6 conference record and 5-7 overall.
The latest American football odds for the NCAA 2020 CFP title have unsurprisingly marked Clemson Tigers as favorites, and they’re expected to dominate the Atlantic Division again after posting a perfect 8-0 record last season. Those are the kind of numbers that Syracuse could only dream of aspiring towards. Nevertheless, there are hopes that Dino Babers can come up with a winning formula, during what will be his 5th season as head coach of the Orange.
Current Syracuse player on Dino Babers:
“Coach Babers not only wants to win football games but he grooms young men into being great men. He focuses on helping us become great husbands, fathers, and sons and preaches these things to us even more than he does football.”#ACC #cfb
— Inside The Team (@InsideTheTeam_) July 2, 2019
Interestingly, his team will feature the biggest contingent of Canadian players anywhere in the FBS, with seven on the roster. Syracuse University has always maintained a traditionally strong relationship with athletes from north of the border, although this year there will be more Canadians than ever in the side, with seven in total.
The best ranked Canadian player in college football is Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, who finished eighth in the 2019 Heisman Trophy voting. Nevertheless, his compatriots based in Syracuse will be keen to make their mark with the Orange in 2020, with Matthew Bergeron perhaps the leading name amongst the Canadian contingent.
Bergeron was a starter in the final five games of the 2019 season, producing impressive displays as an offensive lineman, becoming the first true freshman to start at tackle for more than a decade. He will be keen to hold down a regular starting berth in the team throughout the 2020 campaign, while his other Canadian companions aim to follow suit.
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Orange Watch: The Carrier Dome name no longer exists for Syracuse University - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: Apparently until further notice, and until legalities allow the announcement of a new name, the building on campus in which the Orange football, basketball and lacrosse teams compete will be simply known as the “Stadium.” At least that’s how the structure was referred to in the first sentence of a release the university emailed on Monday announcing a basketball date with Maryland-Baltimore County this coming November.
The basic concrete edifice that helped contain the air-supported roof of the Carrier Dome when it debuted in 1980 still exists, but everything about the renovation when completed in stages over the next couple of years will shout “new sports stadium!”
The central New York Dome opened to amazement in an era in which four other similar style, air-supported, Teflon roof facilities also sprouted to host both football and large basketball crowds, but have since been replaced or entirely renovated. The cities covered were cold weather and Midwest oriented:
- Pontiac (Mich.) Silverdome-1975-2013. Replaced by Ford Field.
- Minneapolis Metrodome-1982-2013. Replaced by Target Field and U.S. Bank Stadium.
- Vancouver B.C. Place I (no basketball)-1983-2009. Replaced by renovated B.C. Place II.
- Indianapolis Hoosier Dome-1984-2008. Replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium.
Top 3 Quarterbacks in Syracuse History Part 1 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Bonaparte)
Over the years Syracuse has had some incredibly talented players grace the gridiron. Most of them came in the form of running backs, Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, and Larry Csonka are just a few that may ring a bell. While important to any teams offense, a running back is never as valuable as a Quarterback, the Orange have had plenty of flashy names throw the ball too. This list will focus on the three greatest Syracuse Quarterbacks of all time.
#3: RYAN NASSIB
From 2010-2012 Ryan Nassib was the leader of the Syracuse offense. He found his way to the hill despite being ranked as just a 2-star (via 247). Nassib redshirted his first year on campus in 2008 and played behind Greg Paulus in 2009. By 2010 Nassib was ready to go and he showed it. In his first season as the starter, he threw for over 2000 yards alongside 19 touchdowns, good enough to carry the squad up above the 6-win mark, making the Orange bowl-eligible for the first time since 2004. Syracuse landed in the Pinstripe Bowl where it faced off against Kansas State. There, the redshirt Sophomore put on a show, 3 touchdowns on 239 yards passing accompanied by a phenomenal performance from running back Delone Carter was enough to spur the Orange past the Wildcats 36-34. That bowl win marked the first since 2001 for SU. Two years later Nassib put together what’s arguably the greatest single-season ever from an Orange Quarterback. In his final year donning Syracuse threads, the 6’2’’ right-hander tossed for 3,749 yards and 26 touchdowns, landing his squad in the Pinstripe Bowl once again. This time West Virginia made the trek to a snowy Yankee Stadium and unlike two years prior, the score wasn’t close. A 23-point 3rd quarter gave the Orange a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. The final score was 38-14, Syracuse victorious again.
Today, Nassib sits 1st in program history for single-season and single-game passing yards, as well as touchdowns and second in passing yards and touchdowns for his career at SU. After his career in Orange, Nassib declared for the NFL draft. He was selected with the 10th pick in the 4th round by the New York Giants where he spent a couple of years an eventually fizzled out. Though he didn’t spend a lot of time in the pros, his time with the Orange is unforgettable.
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Watch Now: Examples of recent activism throughout ACC football | ACC Today with Bill Roth (roanoke.com; video; Roth)
Examples of recent activism throughout ACC football | ACC Today with Bill Roth
New Boston College AD Kraft: We will compete for ACC titles | WTOP (wtop.com; AP)
New Boston College athletic director Patrick Kraft hired two football coaches in his last three years at his old job, and it’s fine with him if he doesn’t have to do it again any time soon.
The former Temple AD, who was hired last week to take over in Chestnut Hill, inherits former Ohio State assistant Jeff Hafley, who was brought on by BC AD Martin Jarmond before he left to take over at UCLA.
“He is definitely a great hire,” Kraft said in a Zoom call with reporters — and many BC coaches, including Hafley. “I’ve had to make my share of hires in football. I am really excited to get together with Jeff and his staff. … I believe in where Jeff’s mind is, where he’s going, what he wants to do, how hard he wants to work. I couldn’t be more excited.”
Kraft, 43, was a football player at Indiana who took over the Temple athletic department in 2015. After Matt Rhule left for Baylor, Kraft brought in Geoff Collins, and then hired Rod Carey when Collins left for Georgia Tech.
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JHowell's Projections for Weeks 0-1, 2020 (RX; HM)
JHowell's Projections for Weeks 0-1, 2020
From JHowell.net: Below are his ACC-related projections for games through Labor Day, 2020. The favorite is listed first, with the projected margin of victory in parenthesis. 'TP' if the projected total number of points expected to be scored, and 'Odds' are the odds of the favorite winning straight-up (not to cover).
Week 0
Saturday, August 29, 2020
#7-Notre Dame (-11) @ #27-Navy (TP=57 Odds=.664)
COMMENT: The Irish would've enjoyed a 14-point spread and .706 odds of winning - had the game remained in Dublin, Ireland as scheduled. However, by moving it to Annapolis - thus giving Navy a true home field advantage - we get the tighter game shown above.
Week 1
Thursday, September 3, 2020
#1-Clemson (-32.5) @ #91-Georgia Tech (TP=55 Odds=.914)
#54-Louisville (-7.5) vs. #78-N.C. State (TP=60 Odds=.606)
COMMENT: One of these days the Yellow Jackets will give the Tigers all they can handle - this just ain't one of them days. NC State @ Louisville should be really good, though.
Friday, September 4, 2020
#17-Central Florida (-17.5) vs. #66-North Carolina (TP=62 Odds=.734)
#48-Wake Forest (-17) @ #123-Old Dominion (TP=57 Odds=.745)
#60-Boston College (-3.5) vs. #63-Syracuse (TP=59 Odds=.554)
COMMENT: I'm not surprised the home team is favored to win, but I'm SHOCKED that JHowell has installed UCF as a 17.5-point favorite (with a 73.4% chance to win) over UNC! Wake over ODU and BC over Syracuse are not surprising - although I wouldn't count that BC victory just yet, given the fact that the Eagles have a new coaching staff.
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Analysis of NIL Letter from the P5 to Feds (RX; HM)
Analysis of NIL Letter from the P5 to Feds
In 3-page letter, obtained by @Stadium, Power 5 league commissioners ask Congress to “enact clear national policy on NIL & not wait for NCAA process to conclude” & “so there will be uniform national standard that will preempt state NIL laws. ... time is of the essence.” pic.twitter.com/VbaRCHTGXL
The so-called "Power Five" - Big Ten, SEC, Big XII, Pac-12 and ACC - wrote a letter to some key people in the U.S. federal government - namely Nacy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and Charles Schumer - to ask for federal involvement in the Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) issue.
The letter starts out with an appeal for one standardized, national set of NIL laws instead of a patch-work of 50 potentially very different state laws. The reason for this should be clear if we consider the fact that P5 conferences span 33 of the 50 states, and there are NCAA schools in all 50.
You can read the entire letter from Brett McMurphy's twitter pictures, but here is the text of the "consensus principles" in the letter (I've added some italics):
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89 days to Miami football: Ted Hendricks first UM superstar defender (caneswarning.com; Rubenstein)
Ted Hendricks was the first superstar the Miami football program had on defense. Hendricks is the only three-time all-American and first Heisman finalist the Hurricanes had on defense.
Ted Hendricks grew up in Hialeah and became a standout defensive end for the Miami football program from 1966-68. Hendricks was an All-American in 1967 and ’68 and finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1968. With 327 career tackles, Hendricks is the Miami all-time leader for defensive linemen.
During his career with Miami, Hendricks was given the nickname the Mad Stork because of his lanky 6’7, 220-pound frame. As a senior in 1968, Hendricks was the first Miami defensive player to receive votes in the Heisman Trophy, finishing fifth.
Long before hybrid positions became common in football, Hendricks practically revolutionized the sport playing defensive end and linebacker. Hendricks is the only player in Miami football history inducted into the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame to also have his number retired by the Hurricanes.
Following his collegiate career, Hendricks was the 33rd overall pick of the NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. Hendricks won Superbowl V with the Colts and XI, XV and XVIII with the Raiders. Hendricks was NFL First-team all 1970s and 1980s, a four-time first-team all-pro and eight-time pro-bowler.
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BOZICH | New football opponent for Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana: Expectations (wdrb.com; Bozich)
There’s a new opponent on the schedule for Scott Satterfield’s University of Louisville football team this season.
The strange thing is the same opponent showed up in Lexington to challenge Mark Stoops in Kentucky.
And, also in Bloomington for Tom Allen and Indiana.
The opponent is the University of Expectations. They’re everywhere you look.
Starting with the Athlon Sports College Football Yearbook, where the Cardinals (No. 30), Wildcats (No. 32) and Hoosiers (No. 40) are all ranked among the nation’s top 40 teams — ahead of programs like TCU, Virginia, Michigan State and UCLA.
It’s not just an Athlon thing. ESPN’s football power index includes the three programs in its Top 40 but in a different order — Louisville No. 20, Indiana No. 23 and Kentucky No. 33.
All three are projected to win at least seven games, with Louisville’s number 8.4.
I don’t have a research assistant. If you remember a season that kicked off with the Cardinals and the Hoosiers ranked in the Top 25, send an email to rbozich@wdrb.com.
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Noles News: ACC odds released (tomahawknation.com; Marchant)
Recruiting:
First and above all, here again is our Recruiting Thread — the recruiting game never stops, and neither does the discussion. Which is good, because recruiting is the lifeblood of all programs.
The hot topic right now? The commit of four-star cornerback Omarion Cooper. We’ve already got analysis and film breakdown of the lengthy blue-chip corner.
Four-star 2022 American Heritage cornerback prospect Earl Little Jr. has numerous high-quality offers, and he spoke to TomahawkNation about his FSU offer and his recruitment.
2023 tight end prospect Randy Pittman was also asked about his Florida State offer and his plans to visit campus.
2022 defensive back prospect Devin Moore can see himself playing in Doak Campbell:
Everytime I Get On The Phone With @Coach_MWoodson I Fantasize About Playing In That Garnet And Gold! #OneTribe
Football:
If you missed it, FSU announced the fall semester schedule, which will have an impact on college football.
2020 ACC divisional/championship odds were released — do you think Florida State’s odds are too high or too low?
It’s a big story that the only DT FSU signed last class, Emanuel Rogers, will instead head to JUCO. But Florida State isn’t the only program that’s losing signees:
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ACC College Football | ACC 2020 | Top 10 Football Performances Since 2000 (247sports.com; video)
Oh dear
We are counting down the top 10 football single-game performances in the ACC since 2000.
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Amid coronavirus, a landmark downtown Syracuse restaurant is for sale (PS; Cazentre)
Steve Morrison admits his timing could have been better.
Earlier this year he decided to “test the waters” and put The Mission, the downtown Syracuse restaurant he’s operated for 20 years, up for sale.
“Then this pandemic hit,” he said. “Obviously, this is not the greatest time to try to sell a restaurant.”
So Morrison is continuing to operate The Mission -- for now in a takeout-only mode of course -- and see what happens.
The restaurant at 304 E. Onondaga St. is listed with University Hill Realty for $100,000. That is for the business, not the property on Columbus Circle or the historic 19th-century former church the restaurant occupies.
“Popular downtown restaurant for sale,” the listing reads. “THE MISSION restaurant has been on the dining scene in Syracuse for some 20 years. Full of character, located in the Central Business District surrounded by private, city and County offices- its a landmark- and a beautiful one at that. If you have ever wanted to be in the restaurant business this is a premier opportunity!”
Under Morrison, The Mission has served what he calls a Pan-American menu, with dishes from Mexico and other parts of Latin America mixed with flavors of the American southwest.
It operated for takeout-only for a week after the state ordered restaurant dining rooms to shut down in mid-March. Then it closed up, reopening for special pop-up takeout service on May 5 -- Cinco de Mayo. That was successful enough for Morrison to go back into takeout, with limited staffing.
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