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Welcome to Great American Pot Pie Day!
Great American Pot Pie Day celebrates an American creation that has been around for decades to warm us from the inside out, the Pot Pie. Pot pies are the American answer to British meat pies.
This holiday was created in 2002 by Marie Callender's, a licensed brand of ConAgra Foods. That year, they made a donation for each of their pot pies that were sold during the holiday's date. Originally, it was intended that this holiday be celebrated on the first day of Fall, which in 2002 fell on September 23rd. Though, it appears the September 23rd date for this holiday has stuck as references going back as early as 2007 quote this holiday's date as September 23rd.
SU News
What You Need to Know About LSU (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 ACC) hosts No. 8 LSU (2-0, 2-0 SEC) in the Carrier Dome at noon on Saturday. For those who can't make it to the game, it will be televised on ESPN.
Here is what you need to know about the Tigers.
Coach
Les Miles (11th season, 15th overall)
Miles has done nothing but win in his 10-plus seasons at LSU. A pair of 8-5 finishes, including last year, are his worst since arriving in Baton Rogue in 2005.
He has a 105-29 record overall at LSU, winning the BCS National Championship Game in 2007 and losing it in 2013.
Before arriving at LSU, Miles racked up a 28-21 mark in four seasons at Oklahoma State from 2001-04.
Best player
RB Leonard Fournette
You may have heard of him. SU head coach Scott Shafer certainly has.
Fournette, a sophomore, is the early Heisman Trophy favorite after taking 19 carries for a career-high 228 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' win over then-No. 18 Auburn. He brings speed, power and a tremendous offensive line in front of him.
The Tigers' blocking has allowed Fournette to avoid early contact and get his 6-foot-1, 230-pound frame going downhill.
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Visual Breakdown: 3 Key Plays From Syracuse-Central Michigan (DO; Schwedelson)
Syracuse (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast) scratched out an overtime win against Central Michigan (1-2) on Saturday. Here’s a breakdown of three decisive plays late in the game.
Ben McCord 27-yard game-tying touchdown reception
Time and score: 15 seconds left in fourth quarter, Syracuse leading 24-17
Down and distance: Third-and-17 from SU’s 27-yard line
Scenario: Central Michigan must score a touchdown in the game’s final 15 seconds to send it to overtime
Result: CMU quarterback Cooper Rush rolls to his right and unloads a strike to tight end McCord to keep the Chippewas alive
ESPN3
McCord, who runs the post route (red arrow), lines up in the slot to the left of Rush. The four-receiver set that CMU presents will force SU’s linebackers and safeties to help in coverage.
Syracuse drops into a zone coverage and McCord splits three defenders (yellow circles). When he cuts toward the far corner, space opens up for him.
ESPN3
Syracuse defensive tackle John Raymon (light blue circle) pressures Rush (dark blue circle) up the middle, flushing him to roll out to the right. Simultaneously, the three defenders (yellow circles) designated to cover the middle of the field let McCord (red circle) run right by them.
Rush successfully avoids Raymon and since Syracuse’s defenders are facing forward, McCord gets a head start and beats them to the end zone.
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The Syracuse 8
Author Discusses Book on Syracuse 8 (DO; Mattingly)
Al Newton, Dana Harrell, Duane Walker, Bucky McGill, John Godbolt, Rich Bulls, and Greg Allen will not be playing football for Syracuse this fall. They are black. On August 28, they were suspended from the team after refusing to sign a statement which they felt reprimanded them but absolved the University and the coaching staff of blame for the circumstances that resulted in their boycott of spring football practice.
Several of them are risking careers in professional football to make their point. They charge that the coaching staff, headed by Coach Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder, has behaved in a racist manner and that Syracuse University, as represented by its administration, has refused to act in good faith to resolve the dispute.
Morale on the team has not been good for the past two years, and Schwartzwalder has expressed his belief that the attitudes of his black players have been to blame. Last spring, the controversy gained a public spotlight when nine of the team’s ten black players began a boycott of spring practice. The nine included the eight players now suspended and Robin Griffin who was invited to rejoin the team over the summer. Ron Page did not participate in the spring boycott, and his status has not come into question.
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Time Machine: DO Story on the Syracuse 8 From September 1970 (DO; Leogrande, Hemingway)
The idea for a book about the Syracuse 8 came more than 40 years ago, but the connection wasn’t there. Then came David Marc.
Marc sits in the Alumni Conference Room in the Women’s Building on the Syracuse University campus, discussing his latest book, “Leveling the Playing Field: The Story of the Syracuse 8” and frequently interrupts with facts about the eight key members of SU football and university history. The 344-page book was published by Syracuse University Press, making it the first book published by the university about a divisive time in its history.
The book, which came out over the summer, was written with oral histories of each member of the Syracuse 8 and features a foreword by former SU standout Jim Brown. The Syracuse 8 is a group of nine SU football players, mistakenly called the “Syracuse 8,” who petitioned for racial equality on the football team during the 1969-70 season. The group was kicked off the team and rejected reinstatement from the university.
While the idea for the book came more than 40 years ago, there wasn’t the right connection to have it written, said Larry Martin, the vice president of SU’s Office of Program Development.
“We’ve had many false starts with good will, but no one was able to accomplish it. At the same time, this is still a very sensitive subject,” Martin said. “There are people who won’t let go of the past and as a result, there are some bitter feelings out there about the book and I think David’s done a terrific job. It’s an honest appraisal of what happened.”
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Greg Allen Returns to SU Community, Puts Aside the Past (DO; Burke)
It was early 1992 when Larry Martin reached out to Greg Allen, first by letter and then again by phone. Martin wanted to know if Allen was interested in returning to Syracuse University for a Coming Back Together reunion.
It had been nearly 20 years since Allen, who played football at SU, had graduated from the university. He hadn’t been back since.
But he accepted Martin’s offer, coming back to Syracuse with five other members of the Syracuse 8. Since returning to the Hill, he’s become an active member of the community and now co-owns the new brick-oven pizza shop on Marshall Street.
Allen was a member of the “Syracuse 8” — a group of nine black players who boycotted spring football practice in 1970, citing racial discrimination in the program. The group was referred by local media as the “Syracuse 8,” and the name stuck.
After sitting out the 1970 season, Allen returned to the team in 1971. At that point, the team had undergone some changes at the request of the administration, rather than the coaches.
He graduated in 1973, with the boycott and feelings of bitterness fresh in his mind.
Even though his place in the Syracuse 8 is immortalized at the university, Allen said his identity has become more than the events that transpired so many years ago.
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Other
SUMB Invited to Perform at Next Year's New Year's Day Celebration in London (DO; Feldman)
The Syracuse University Marching Band has officially been invited to perform at next year’s London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival.
During a ceremony at the Carrier Dome on Sept. 14, the band was invited to take part in the 31st annual parade, which is scheduled to be held between Dec. 27, 2016 and Jan. 3, 2017 in London. The parade boasts a worldwide TV audience of more than 300 million viewers and about two-thirds of a million people attend the parade, according to an SU News release.
The SUMB was first recommended for the nomination by a band that performed in a past parade, and thus began the process. The organizers of the parade and festival researched the SUMB by watching videos and investigating their numerous social media outlets.
Finally, SUMB director Justin Mertz received a call this summer. The parade committee liked what they had seen of SUMB’s performances, and extended the invitation to perform in London to Mertz and the rest of the band.
Though the offer was made in the summer, it was not made official until last week, when the Lord Mayor of England, Catherine Longworth, visited the university. She presented Mertz with a framed recognition of invitation and extended a formal offer to host the band at next year’s parade.
Mertz said he is extremely honored by the invitation, but he is not yet sure if the band will be able to make the trip.
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