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Welcome to World Rainforest Day!
Created by Rainforest Partnership and first held in 2017, World Rainforest Day raises awareness and encourages action to save the rainforests, one of the Earth's most important resources. Found in South and Central America, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia, rainforests make up just 2% of the Earth's surface area. They usually are lush, humid, and hot, with an average temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 68 degrees Fahrenheit at night. They tend to receive rain year-round, usually more than 70 inches. Not all rainforests are the same, however, with tropical, temperate, mangrove, and monsoon rainforests differing from each other.
SU News
Syracuse lobbyists went to the full-court press in Albany for a friendly NIL law (PS; $; Carlson)
Syracuse University successfully lobbied New York lawmakers this year to pass a law that would help Orange athletes get paid in ways prohibited by the NCAA.
In its lobbying, Syracuse and its representatives cited the loss of star basketball player Jesse Edwards, who transferred to West Virginia for more money, as a reason the school needed the law, one lawmaker said.
The legislation allows coaches, athletic officials and schools in New York to help facilitate payments to players. It also prohibits the NCAA from launching investigations against New York schools for pay-related violations, including those committed by donor-backed collectives or boosters of the university.
The bill sailed through the Assembly and Senate and needs only Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law.
The NCAA, the ruling body of college sports, limits the involvement coaches and schools can have in helping athletes get paid. For instance, coaches are not allowed to encourage money to be directed to certain athletes, to encourage boosters to meet certain financial demands or to tell collectives how much money they need to build a roster.
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SU football lineman shares injury history on his podcast (PS; Leiker)
Veteran Syracuse football offensive lineman Chris Bleich is getting candid about the injuries that have impacted his football career in his new podcast.
Bleich shared the first episode of his podcast, “Let’s Talk FIL,” on Sunday, introducing himself and providing a timeline of his injury history throughout his collegiate football career. “FIL” stands for football, injury and life.
“I wanted to start it to share my experience that I went through for the past 8 years and all the processes I dealt with being a football player,” Bleich said near the beginning of the 20-minute episode. “I always wanted someone to be able to relate with me, with what I was going through at the time.”
Bleich is entering his sixth and final season of college football, his fourth spent at Syracuse after transferring from Florida. He sat out the 2020 season due to NCAA transfer rules and has started 19 games at guard for the Orange since then.
The 2022 season was his first year of collegiate ball not limited by injury. He said it felt “amazing” to make it through the whole season, of which he started 12 games.
On the podcast, Bleich details the beginning of his injury troubles while he was at Florida.
Bleich had bilateral hip injuries caused in part by genetics that he said were the “most extensive injury” he’s ever had. His hip bones, he said, didn’t fit properly in their sockets, tearing his labrums (soft tissue that surrounds the socket to stabilize it) and putting excess stress on his hip flexors.
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Syracuse football: 2024 DB Braheem Long commits to the Orange (TNIAAM; Wall)
The Syracuse Orange football program continues to add to the 2024 recruiting class.
On Tuesday evening, defensive back Braheem Long from Camden, NJ became the 11th verbal commit for the class. Long comes from the same high school as Duce Chestnut and Alijah Clark.
The 6’ 160-lb Long chose Syracuse over offers from Boston College, Pitt, West Virginia, and others. He’s rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals.
Syracuse is now up to eleven verbal commits for 2024 and the current class rates 50-52 nationally.
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What's Syracuse Getting in Jamie Tremble? (orangefizz.net; Griffin)
If you like new offensive players, the past few days have been kind to you if you’re a Syracuse Football fan. You heard about how the Orange picked up QB Brandon Zurbrugg. Well, he’s going to have a friend to throw to.
The tight end position has become very underrated in college football- partly because receivers keep getting more athletic- but Oronde Gadsden showed us what a good tight end could do last season. It’s not realistic to expect Tremble to live up to that right out of the chute, but he will have an opportunity to continue an awesome trend in the 315.
Jason Beck cannot rely on having Gadsden on the roster a year from now when preparations for 2024 are underway. Barring a decision to de-commit, Tremble will be ready to go. It’s no secret that the receiver position has been one that hasn’t exactly produced a multitude of studs over the last few years- it’s been Taj Harris and who else? That creates an opportunity for tight ends on the roster, Tremble included, to make an immediate impact in the pass-catching game, and a big one too.
Thanks to the ACC’s decision to shake up its schedule alignment, how you stack up with the rest of the conference matters more than ever today. SU will see every team in its conference every other year at minimum. So, chances are you feel even better about securing Tremble’s services when you assess some of the schools Syracuse beat out. Four other ACC schools were in the mix for Tremble, those being Duke, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and one of the Orange’s new annual rivals in Boston College. The SEC and Big Ten are establishing themselves as the two alphas among Power conferences, the best SU can do to stay afloat is crawl toward the top of the ACC. This is a step in the right direction.
3-star Texas OT to announce commitment Monday; Syracuse in mix (PS; Leiker)
Syracuse football could add a second ranked offensive lineman to its 2024 class next week.
Willie Goodacre, a 3-star offensive tackle from Texas, shared via Twitter he’s planning to announce his commitment 2 p.m. ET Monday. The commitment ceremony will be streamed on the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s YouTube page.
SU is one of six schools Goodacre said he’d be choosing between on June 2. The other five are Arizona State, Tulane, Cal, Houston and Kansas.
Goodacre made an official visit to Syracuse this past weekend and, according to 247 Sports, will be in Kansas the weekend prior to his commitment.
According to the 247 Sports Composite, Goodacre (6-foot-4.5, 315-pounds) is the No. 89 inside offensive lineman in the country and No. 156 player overall in Texas. He attends Guyer High School in Denton, Texas.
The Orange offered Goodacre in January after his second season playing left tackle. He switched to the position from defensive line during his second year at Guyer.
Noah Rosahac, a three-star from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, is the only O-lineman currently committed to SU’s 2024 class. There are also two big men on the other side of the ball in three-star defensive ends Tristen Graham and David McMorris.
Syracuse will host more lineman prospects from both the class of 2024 and beyond at its Big Man Camp this weekend.
https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/recruiting/john-wildhack-discusses-nil-situation-at-syracuse (SI; Crawford)
At Director of Athletics John Wildhack's press conference wrapping up the 2022-2023 scholastic year on Tuesday, NIL, the all-encompassing buzz word that has dominated any significant discussion around collegiate sports the past few years, was once again front and center. Wildhack addressed NIL directives in wake of Jesse Edwards’ departure to West Virginia, stating that “efforts and significant process” were made to open up NIL opportunities to Edwards, seemingly assuring media that the program went out swinging in their pursuit to keep productive center. Besides that recruitment (infinitely more murky following Bob Huggins’ departure), several questions regarding Adam Weitsman and his public severance from the program were posed, and Wildhack reiterated multiple times that SU is not in a worse position in the NIL space without the millionaire CEO.
“We’ve had a number of people step up in significant ways, and they’ve done so quietly," Wildhack said. "We're thankful for Adam for his support, but we’ve had others step up, and I think we’re in a better place with NIL than we were ninety days ago.”
With the NIL space still in its infancy stages, it can look like the Wild Wild West at times, and Wildhack expressed a wanting for more clarity and disclosure in NIL dealings. Even suggesting a national database where NIL deals and the information around them sits. When asked about what potential revenue-sharing ideals and what tagging student-athletes as employees could potentially look like at SU, Wildhack pointed towards Olympics sports and hinted at how serious an undertaking it would be divvying up profits and determining percentages amongst all sports.
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Syracuse Football Preview 2023 (youtube.com; podcast; ACC Nation)
Special guest Tim Leonard, the Pre/Post/Half-Time Host and Sideline Reporter for Syracuse football joins ACC Nation Football Preview to let fans in on what's expected this fall. There's more to the Orange than meets the eye as QB Garrett Schrader teams up with RB LeQuint Allen on offense. On defense linebackers Stefon Thompson and the exciting return of Marlowe Wax are just one small part of an emerging team
Syracuse football recruiting is heating up (cbssports.com; video; Finneral)
247Sports' James Finneral breaks down the new additions to Syracuse's 2024 recruiting class.
https://www.si.com/college/syracuse...tayvion-galloway-sets-syracuse-official-visit (SI; McAllister)
Class of 2024 tight end Tayvion Galloway will officially visit Syracuse this weekend, he confirmed. The news was first reported by 247Sports. Galloway will spend his senior season at Pickerington High School in Ohio after playing for Chillicothe last season. During his junior campaign, the 6-5, 230 pounder had 36 catches for 697 yards and six touchdowns.
Galloway is rated a four star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals. He is a three star per On3. Both 247Sports and ESPN have him ranked inside their top 200 prospects overall. 247Sports puts Galloway as the 12th best tight end in the 2024 cycle, while ESPN has him fourth best at his position. Rivals ranks Galloway 29th among tight ends while On3 puts him 34th.
He is a former LSU commit who reopened his recruitment earlier this month. In addition to the Tigers, Galloway holds offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and West Virginia, among others. He has already visited Purdue and Central Florida.
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Tom Dienhart "The 315" 6-21-23 (ESPN; radio; The 315)
Week 3 of the 12 Games in 12 Weeks series for Syracuse football rolls around with a look at the Purdue Boilermakers. On3 Purdue writer Tom Dienhart joins Brian to take a look at their matchup with the Orange under the bright lights. Plus, how will Purdue look without their head coach and starting QB from last season?
30 Minutes In Orange Nation 6-21-23 (ESPN; radio; Orange Nation)
Steve and Paulie start the show examining some of SU AD John Wildhack’s comments on NIL and Dino Babers’ contract from yesterday’s press conference. Then, Boeheim’s Army’s first TBT opponent is out and the guys have more info… Sort of. Later, Steve found another way to get hurt while seated and this time it was on camera!
John Wildhack lays out plans for the future of Syracuse Athletics (TNIAAM; Ostrowski)
The 2022-23 Syracuse Orange athletic season came to a close with a press conference from Director of Athletics John Wildhack. It was held in the football wing of the Lally Athletics Complex Tuesday afternoon.
Wildhack, who is approaching the seventh anniversary of his hiring at SU, spoke about the state of the department and what it will be focusing on over the coming years.
The Dome has multiple scheduled enhancements over the next two plus years, with one major addition on track to debut this fall. A long-awaited replacement of the building’s Wi-Fi should be complete before football season, with JMA installing a 5G network.
New seating is still planned for 2024, as is the Miron Victory Court, which will connect the Dome to the Barnes Center at the Arch.
A new football operations center is also expected to open in 2024, with an Olympic Sports Center now given a timetable of summer 2025. (Why they needed to focus on a new front door first instead of the practical stuff is beyond me, but at least it’s not delayed any further.)
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Syracuse sports stock report: My view of the health of SU athletics (PS; $; Axe)
Syracuse University athletic director John Wildhack met with local media on Tuesday to give his overview for the completed 2022-23 sports season.
Here are four things that stood out on the state of SU athletics based on Wildhack’s comments.
1. A quiet place
Wildhack sounded confident Syracuse was on solid footing in the high-stakes game of name, image and likeness, even in the wake of local businessman Adam Weitsman pulling his financial support of SU athletics.
“We’ve had a number of people step up in significant ways to support our NIL efforts,” Wildhack said. “They’ve done so quietly. We’re thankful to Adam for his support. We’re in a better place today with NIL than we were 90 days ago.”
...
ACC News
Taylor Tannebaum Talks ACC Football on TNR (youtube; podcast; TNR)
Taylor Tannebaum Talks ACC Football on TNR
Mack Brown more concerned with winning now vs. ACC's future :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsportsfan.com; video; Jennings)
The UNC football coach addressed the media for the first time since the latest ACC meetings and talked about the future of the league.
Would Western Expansion Work for the ACC? (RX; HM)
Would Western Expansion Work for the ACC?
What if the Pac-12 collapses and the ACC decided to add 4 teams - would travel be horrible (for football)? No. Here's why...
Therefore, 8 current ACC teams could play just ONE team from out West, and the other 6 ACC teams would play TWO of them. The six would each play one home game and one away; for the other 8, four would play at home and four on the road. That's not so bad.
Teams would rotate between the 6 or the 8 team groups (it's a 7-year cycle in which you play the 6-team home AND away schedule for 3 years and the home OR away schedule for 4 years). The biggest "cost" of this format (if you want to think of it that way) is that you won't be able to play East Coast teams quite as often (instead of 5 per year it would be either 3 or 4 per year, in addition to your 3 annual games). So the ACC might want to rethink its 3 annual "rivals" if it did this to make sure each team is playing the right 3!
Thoughts on the CFP Playoffs (RX; HM)
Thoughts on the CFP Playoffs
Two things I want to address in this post:
1. On-going complaints from "stay at four" fans who claim that the expanded playoffs make the regular season less important, and
2. Nick Saban's whining about the way playoff teams are selected.
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1. Claim: "With a 4-team field, every game mattered, but the expanded playoffs will devalue the regular season." This is utter nonsense! First of all, the 4-team playoffs eliminates so many teams so early in the season that, my mid-season, only a handful of games actually matter at all (from a playoff point-of-view). There are even websites which track when each FBS team is eliminated from contention, such as this page posted on All Sports Discussion [LINK].
For instance, in 2022's Week 7 - middle of the season - how much did these games "matter"?
ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on Bill Hancock's 2025 CFP Retirement Announcement (theacc.com)
Comment from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. on Bill Hancock’s 2025 CFP Retirement Announcement:
“Bill Hancock has led the highest level of postseason college football for nearly two decades and has done so with incredible steadiness and collaboration. His love for college athletics, and specifically the student-athletes, has radiated throughout his 50-year distinguished career and we look forward to his continued expertise. Bill is a wonderful friend who has poured his heart and soul into his family, friends and profession. To be certain, I am thrilled for him and Nicki as they look forward to this next chapter.”
Ranking them First to Last—The Summer ACC Power Rankings - Chris Landry Football (landryfootball.com; podcast; Landry Football)
The season is fast approaching and will be here in a little over two months. We have gotten a good look at teams during spring and can now start comparing and contrasting these teams. Let’s take a look at my power rankings for the ACC heading into 2023.
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See which streets will be closed for this week’s Jazz Fest in Syracuse (PS; Alba)
The Syracuse Jazz Fest takes over downtown starting Wednesday night. The festival ends Sunday and several streets will be closed starting Thursday morning.
Concerts are free and will be held at multiple venues, including Hanover Square and Clinton Square. These streets will be closed for the festival:
Created by Rainforest Partnership and first held in 2017, World Rainforest Day raises awareness and encourages action to save the rainforests, one of the Earth's most important resources. Found in South and Central America, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia, rainforests make up just 2% of the Earth's surface area. They usually are lush, humid, and hot, with an average temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and 68 degrees Fahrenheit at night. They tend to receive rain year-round, usually more than 70 inches. Not all rainforests are the same, however, with tropical, temperate, mangrove, and monsoon rainforests differing from each other.
SU News
Syracuse lobbyists went to the full-court press in Albany for a friendly NIL law (PS; $; Carlson)
Syracuse University successfully lobbied New York lawmakers this year to pass a law that would help Orange athletes get paid in ways prohibited by the NCAA.
In its lobbying, Syracuse and its representatives cited the loss of star basketball player Jesse Edwards, who transferred to West Virginia for more money, as a reason the school needed the law, one lawmaker said.
The legislation allows coaches, athletic officials and schools in New York to help facilitate payments to players. It also prohibits the NCAA from launching investigations against New York schools for pay-related violations, including those committed by donor-backed collectives or boosters of the university.
The bill sailed through the Assembly and Senate and needs only Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law.
The NCAA, the ruling body of college sports, limits the involvement coaches and schools can have in helping athletes get paid. For instance, coaches are not allowed to encourage money to be directed to certain athletes, to encourage boosters to meet certain financial demands or to tell collectives how much money they need to build a roster.
...
SU football lineman shares injury history on his podcast (PS; Leiker)
Veteran Syracuse football offensive lineman Chris Bleich is getting candid about the injuries that have impacted his football career in his new podcast.
Bleich shared the first episode of his podcast, “Let’s Talk FIL,” on Sunday, introducing himself and providing a timeline of his injury history throughout his collegiate football career. “FIL” stands for football, injury and life.
“I wanted to start it to share my experience that I went through for the past 8 years and all the processes I dealt with being a football player,” Bleich said near the beginning of the 20-minute episode. “I always wanted someone to be able to relate with me, with what I was going through at the time.”
Bleich is entering his sixth and final season of college football, his fourth spent at Syracuse after transferring from Florida. He sat out the 2020 season due to NCAA transfer rules and has started 19 games at guard for the Orange since then.
The 2022 season was his first year of collegiate ball not limited by injury. He said it felt “amazing” to make it through the whole season, of which he started 12 games.
On the podcast, Bleich details the beginning of his injury troubles while he was at Florida.
Bleich had bilateral hip injuries caused in part by genetics that he said were the “most extensive injury” he’s ever had. His hip bones, he said, didn’t fit properly in their sockets, tearing his labrums (soft tissue that surrounds the socket to stabilize it) and putting excess stress on his hip flexors.
...
Syracuse football: 2024 DB Braheem Long commits to the Orange (TNIAAM; Wall)
The Syracuse Orange football program continues to add to the 2024 recruiting class.
On Tuesday evening, defensive back Braheem Long from Camden, NJ became the 11th verbal commit for the class. Long comes from the same high school as Duce Chestnut and Alijah Clark.
The 6’ 160-lb Long chose Syracuse over offers from Boston College, Pitt, West Virginia, and others. He’s rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals.
Syracuse is now up to eleven verbal commits for 2024 and the current class rates 50-52 nationally.
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What's Syracuse Getting in Jamie Tremble? (orangefizz.net; Griffin)
If you like new offensive players, the past few days have been kind to you if you’re a Syracuse Football fan. You heard about how the Orange picked up QB Brandon Zurbrugg. Well, he’s going to have a friend to throw to.
The tight end position has become very underrated in college football- partly because receivers keep getting more athletic- but Oronde Gadsden showed us what a good tight end could do last season. It’s not realistic to expect Tremble to live up to that right out of the chute, but he will have an opportunity to continue an awesome trend in the 315.
Jason Beck cannot rely on having Gadsden on the roster a year from now when preparations for 2024 are underway. Barring a decision to de-commit, Tremble will be ready to go. It’s no secret that the receiver position has been one that hasn’t exactly produced a multitude of studs over the last few years- it’s been Taj Harris and who else? That creates an opportunity for tight ends on the roster, Tremble included, to make an immediate impact in the pass-catching game, and a big one too.
Thanks to the ACC’s decision to shake up its schedule alignment, how you stack up with the rest of the conference matters more than ever today. SU will see every team in its conference every other year at minimum. So, chances are you feel even better about securing Tremble’s services when you assess some of the schools Syracuse beat out. Four other ACC schools were in the mix for Tremble, those being Duke, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and one of the Orange’s new annual rivals in Boston College. The SEC and Big Ten are establishing themselves as the two alphas among Power conferences, the best SU can do to stay afloat is crawl toward the top of the ACC. This is a step in the right direction.
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3-star Texas OT to announce commitment Monday; Syracuse in mix (PS; Leiker)
Syracuse football could add a second ranked offensive lineman to its 2024 class next week.
Willie Goodacre, a 3-star offensive tackle from Texas, shared via Twitter he’s planning to announce his commitment 2 p.m. ET Monday. The commitment ceremony will be streamed on the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s YouTube page.
SU is one of six schools Goodacre said he’d be choosing between on June 2. The other five are Arizona State, Tulane, Cal, Houston and Kansas.
Goodacre made an official visit to Syracuse this past weekend and, according to 247 Sports, will be in Kansas the weekend prior to his commitment.
According to the 247 Sports Composite, Goodacre (6-foot-4.5, 315-pounds) is the No. 89 inside offensive lineman in the country and No. 156 player overall in Texas. He attends Guyer High School in Denton, Texas.
The Orange offered Goodacre in January after his second season playing left tackle. He switched to the position from defensive line during his second year at Guyer.
Noah Rosahac, a three-star from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, is the only O-lineman currently committed to SU’s 2024 class. There are also two big men on the other side of the ball in three-star defensive ends Tristen Graham and David McMorris.
Syracuse will host more lineman prospects from both the class of 2024 and beyond at its Big Man Camp this weekend.
https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/recruiting/john-wildhack-discusses-nil-situation-at-syracuse (SI; Crawford)
At Director of Athletics John Wildhack's press conference wrapping up the 2022-2023 scholastic year on Tuesday, NIL, the all-encompassing buzz word that has dominated any significant discussion around collegiate sports the past few years, was once again front and center. Wildhack addressed NIL directives in wake of Jesse Edwards’ departure to West Virginia, stating that “efforts and significant process” were made to open up NIL opportunities to Edwards, seemingly assuring media that the program went out swinging in their pursuit to keep productive center. Besides that recruitment (infinitely more murky following Bob Huggins’ departure), several questions regarding Adam Weitsman and his public severance from the program were posed, and Wildhack reiterated multiple times that SU is not in a worse position in the NIL space without the millionaire CEO.
“We’ve had a number of people step up in significant ways, and they’ve done so quietly," Wildhack said. "We're thankful for Adam for his support, but we’ve had others step up, and I think we’re in a better place with NIL than we were ninety days ago.”
With the NIL space still in its infancy stages, it can look like the Wild Wild West at times, and Wildhack expressed a wanting for more clarity and disclosure in NIL dealings. Even suggesting a national database where NIL deals and the information around them sits. When asked about what potential revenue-sharing ideals and what tagging student-athletes as employees could potentially look like at SU, Wildhack pointed towards Olympics sports and hinted at how serious an undertaking it would be divvying up profits and determining percentages amongst all sports.
...
Syracuse Football Preview 2023 (youtube.com; podcast; ACC Nation)
Special guest Tim Leonard, the Pre/Post/Half-Time Host and Sideline Reporter for Syracuse football joins ACC Nation Football Preview to let fans in on what's expected this fall. There's more to the Orange than meets the eye as QB Garrett Schrader teams up with RB LeQuint Allen on offense. On defense linebackers Stefon Thompson and the exciting return of Marlowe Wax are just one small part of an emerging team
Syracuse football recruiting is heating up (cbssports.com; video; Finneral)
247Sports' James Finneral breaks down the new additions to Syracuse's 2024 recruiting class.
https://www.si.com/college/syracuse...tayvion-galloway-sets-syracuse-official-visit (SI; McAllister)
Class of 2024 tight end Tayvion Galloway will officially visit Syracuse this weekend, he confirmed. The news was first reported by 247Sports. Galloway will spend his senior season at Pickerington High School in Ohio after playing for Chillicothe last season. During his junior campaign, the 6-5, 230 pounder had 36 catches for 697 yards and six touchdowns.
Galloway is rated a four star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals. He is a three star per On3. Both 247Sports and ESPN have him ranked inside their top 200 prospects overall. 247Sports puts Galloway as the 12th best tight end in the 2024 cycle, while ESPN has him fourth best at his position. Rivals ranks Galloway 29th among tight ends while On3 puts him 34th.
He is a former LSU commit who reopened his recruitment earlier this month. In addition to the Tigers, Galloway holds offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and West Virginia, among others. He has already visited Purdue and Central Florida.
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Tom Dienhart "The 315" 6-21-23 (ESPN; radio; The 315)
Week 3 of the 12 Games in 12 Weeks series for Syracuse football rolls around with a look at the Purdue Boilermakers. On3 Purdue writer Tom Dienhart joins Brian to take a look at their matchup with the Orange under the bright lights. Plus, how will Purdue look without their head coach and starting QB from last season?
30 Minutes In Orange Nation 6-21-23 (ESPN; radio; Orange Nation)
Steve and Paulie start the show examining some of SU AD John Wildhack’s comments on NIL and Dino Babers’ contract from yesterday’s press conference. Then, Boeheim’s Army’s first TBT opponent is out and the guys have more info… Sort of. Later, Steve found another way to get hurt while seated and this time it was on camera!
John Wildhack lays out plans for the future of Syracuse Athletics (TNIAAM; Ostrowski)
The 2022-23 Syracuse Orange athletic season came to a close with a press conference from Director of Athletics John Wildhack. It was held in the football wing of the Lally Athletics Complex Tuesday afternoon.
Wildhack, who is approaching the seventh anniversary of his hiring at SU, spoke about the state of the department and what it will be focusing on over the coming years.
Dome Renovations and Lally Complex Updates
First on the agenda was the latest on upgrades to the JMA Dome and the still-under-construction Lally Complex.The Dome has multiple scheduled enhancements over the next two plus years, with one major addition on track to debut this fall. A long-awaited replacement of the building’s Wi-Fi should be complete before football season, with JMA installing a 5G network.
New seating is still planned for 2024, as is the Miron Victory Court, which will connect the Dome to the Barnes Center at the Arch.
A new football operations center is also expected to open in 2024, with an Olympic Sports Center now given a timetable of summer 2025. (Why they needed to focus on a new front door first instead of the practical stuff is beyond me, but at least it’s not delayed any further.)
Syracuse and N.I.L.
SU and NIL have been in a bit of a complicated situation since the departure of Adam Weitsman as the program’s de facto fundraiser. His public persona and relationship with Jim Boeheim made him the center of attention in that regard....
Syracuse sports stock report: My view of the health of SU athletics (PS; $; Axe)
Syracuse University athletic director John Wildhack met with local media on Tuesday to give his overview for the completed 2022-23 sports season.
Here are four things that stood out on the state of SU athletics based on Wildhack’s comments.
1. A quiet place
Wildhack sounded confident Syracuse was on solid footing in the high-stakes game of name, image and likeness, even in the wake of local businessman Adam Weitsman pulling his financial support of SU athletics.
“We’ve had a number of people step up in significant ways to support our NIL efforts,” Wildhack said. “They’ve done so quietly. We’re thankful to Adam for his support. We’re in a better place today with NIL than we were 90 days ago.”
...
ACC News
Taylor Tannebaum Talks ACC Football on TNR (youtube; podcast; TNR)
Taylor Tannebaum Talks ACC Football on TNR
Mack Brown more concerned with winning now vs. ACC's future :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsportsfan.com; video; Jennings)
The UNC football coach addressed the media for the first time since the latest ACC meetings and talked about the future of the league.
Would Western Expansion Work for the ACC? (RX; HM)
Would Western Expansion Work for the ACC?
What if the Pac-12 collapses and the ACC decided to add 4 teams - would travel be horrible (for football)? No. Here's why...
The Eastern Teams
If the ACC invited 4 teams from out West, keeping the current 3+5 divisionless scheduling format, the 4 newbies could be each other's annual foes. That just leaves 5 rotating games each for the rest of the ACC.Therefore, 8 current ACC teams could play just ONE team from out West, and the other 6 ACC teams would play TWO of them. The six would each play one home game and one away; for the other 8, four would play at home and four on the road. That's not so bad.
Teams would rotate between the 6 or the 8 team groups (it's a 7-year cycle in which you play the 6-team home AND away schedule for 3 years and the home OR away schedule for 4 years). The biggest "cost" of this format (if you want to think of it that way) is that you won't be able to play East Coast teams quite as often (instead of 5 per year it would be either 3 or 4 per year, in addition to your 3 annual games). So the ACC might want to rethink its 3 annual "rivals" if it did this to make sure each team is playing the right 3!
The Western Teams
Meanwhile, the four Western teams would play...
Thoughts on the CFP Playoffs (RX; HM)
Thoughts on the CFP Playoffs
Two things I want to address in this post:
1. On-going complaints from "stay at four" fans who claim that the expanded playoffs make the regular season less important, and
2. Nick Saban's whining about the way playoff teams are selected.
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1. Claim: "With a 4-team field, every game mattered, but the expanded playoffs will devalue the regular season." This is utter nonsense! First of all, the 4-team playoffs eliminates so many teams so early in the season that, my mid-season, only a handful of games actually matter at all (from a playoff point-of-view). There are even websites which track when each FBS team is eliminated from contention, such as this page posted on All Sports Discussion [LINK].
For instance, in 2022's Week 7 - middle of the season - how much did these games "matter"?
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ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips on Bill Hancock's 2025 CFP Retirement Announcement (theacc.com)
Comment from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. on Bill Hancock’s 2025 CFP Retirement Announcement:
“Bill Hancock has led the highest level of postseason college football for nearly two decades and has done so with incredible steadiness and collaboration. His love for college athletics, and specifically the student-athletes, has radiated throughout his 50-year distinguished career and we look forward to his continued expertise. Bill is a wonderful friend who has poured his heart and soul into his family, friends and profession. To be certain, I am thrilled for him and Nicki as they look forward to this next chapter.”
Ranking them First to Last—The Summer ACC Power Rankings - Chris Landry Football (landryfootball.com; podcast; Landry Football)
The season is fast approaching and will be here in a little over two months. We have gotten a good look at teams during spring and can now start comparing and contrasting these teams. Let’s take a look at my power rankings for the ACC heading into 2023.
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See which streets will be closed for this week’s Jazz Fest in Syracuse (PS; Alba)
The Syracuse Jazz Fest takes over downtown starting Wednesday night. The festival ends Sunday and several streets will be closed starting Thursday morning.
Concerts are free and will be held at multiple venues, including Hanover Square and Clinton Square. These streets will be closed for the festival:
- Clinton Street from Genesee Street to Washington Street from 7 a.m. Thursday through Sunday morning.
- 200 block of Erie Boulevard West from Clinton Street to Franklin Street from 7 a.m. Thursday through Sunday morning.
- 200 block of West Water Street from Clinton Street to Franklin Street from 7 a.m. Thursday through Sunday morning. No parking will be allowed on the block starting at 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
- 100 block of East Water Street from South Salina Street to South Warren Street from 7 a.m. Thursday through Friday morning. No parking will be allowed on the block starting 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
