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Welcome to National French Fries Day!
Although the exact origin of French fries is unknown, one theory suggests that they date back to 17th century Belgium. The inhabitants of this region often cooked small fried fish to accompany their meals. When weather conditions made it too dangerous to go fishing, they cut up potatoes in long, thin strips (to resemble the fish) and fried them!
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SU Football Recruiting: Craig Watts Decommits from Wisconsin, Are Orange Back In It? (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
One-time Syracuse target Craig Watts, a four-star safety from St. Petersburg, Fla. (Admiral Farragut Academy) announced his de-commitment from Wisconsin on Friday, opening the floodgates for the large collection of suitors to get right back into the game. Watts met with Orange head coach Scott Shafer back in January, and had mentioned to Scout's Mike McAllister he thought very highly of the process (at the time). Though he committed to the Badgers in June, he headed to Colorado shortly after that and Scout's Benjamin Worgull notes his status with UW never seemed incredibly firm. He's currently ranked as the 22nd-best safety in the class of 2016 by Scout.
This could be the latest in a strange trend of Wisconsin de-commits giving Syracuse some serious consideration. The first was Jake Pickard, who ended up joining the 2015 class for the Orange after leaving the Badgers behind. This past Thursday, former UW commit Cycoby Burch confirmed to the Daily Orange that he'll be visiting Syracuse soon. And now Watts could add a third name to that list, should he allow SU to jump back into things in earnest.
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Get to Know Your Orange Man -#51 DE Donnie Simmons (TNIAAM; Szuba)
Name: Don Wayne "Donnie" Simmons Jr.
Position: Defensive End
Year: Senior
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 242
Hometown: Hartsdale, NY
High School: Archbishop Stepinac
2014 Stats: Simmons played in 11 games and recorded his first career tackle at Wake Forest. Finished with two tackles on the season.
2015 Projections: Simmons figures to start at defensive end opposite of Ron Thompson. With Thompson garnering most of the attention, Simmons should take advantage of single coverage on the edge. It will be interesting to see Simmons in a more involved role this season.
How'd He Get Here?: Simmons was considered a sleeper at the Penn State Nike Training Football Camp. Syracuse would offer him shortly after said camp.
What Did Recruiting Sites Say?: Scout rated him at three stars while Rivals rated him a two star recruit.
Money Quote: "When you're put in that situation where you tear your ACL, and it's a heavy thing on your mind because you never suffered an injury like that before, it gives you a different perspective on the way you look at different things. And because of that, having these two elements coming into your life, you have a different outlook on various different things."
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Flashback 1984 Syracuse Express Football (cnycentral.com; Malnoske)
NBC 3 Sports goes back in time to July 1984 in a special video flashback. We take a look back at the minor league football team called the Syracuse Express. Over the last three decades, the Syracuse minor league football team has had many different names. Names such as the Shock, Storm and even today's version the Strong.
Amid the change, a championship was won in the Empire Football League (EPL) in 1985 by Syracuse. Take a special look back at this 31-year-old sports video with NBC 3 for more.
Potentially Storng El Nino Approaching and What It Could Mean for CNY (PS; Montreuil)
Chances are, you've heard of El Niño. It, and the related but opposite La Niña, seem to be one of the media's favorite weather terms to use. El Niño is making the news again, with good consensus in the long-range global models that a strong El Niño event may unfold this winter.
El Niño at its simplest is the warm phase of a reoccurring fluctuation in the temperatures of the eastern pacific ocean near the equator. When these waters are warmer than normal, it is classified as an El Niño. When they are cooler than normal, a La Niña sets in.
El Niño tends to make the news because it is an important part of the global weather circulation and can have far reaching effects. For example, in El Niño summers, the Atlantic Hurricane season tends to be quieter than normal. With cooler than normal water temperatures across the tropical Atlantic, this certainly seems like it will be the case this year.
Here in Central New York, along with the rest of the United States, El Niño has its main impacts on our weather during the winter months. We can look at past strong El Niño events to get a hint what sort of an impact this global factor may have locally.
The Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, has released some maps for the United States winter in anticipation of the upcoming possibly strong El Niño. Each map shows a blend of 10 previous El Niño events.
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