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Welcome to National Tooth Fairy Day!
National Tooth Fairy Day celebrates one of childhood's favorite visitors. The Tooth Fairy is an American tradition with European and superstitious roots.
Losing baby teeth is a sometimes traumatic experience for young children. Enter the world of the friendly, smiling and soothing Tooth Fairy. As a young child's first baby tooth becomes lose, the child often fears losing it. The promise of a visit from the tooth fairy and a gift, turns the occasion into something to look forward to. When the tooth finally falls out, mom cleans it off. It is often put it into a "tooth box". At bedtime, the child puts the tooth under his pillow. The tooth fairy comes after the child falls asleep. She takes the tooth and leaves a small gift, usually money. The tooth fairy leaves a gift every time the child loses a tooth.
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2016 Syracuse Football Burning Questions: Can Eric Dungey stay healthy? - The Juice Online (the juice; Cheng)
As we countdown to kickoff in September, The Juice Online is going to analyze some of the biggest story lines for the 2016 football team. Today’s question: Can Eric Dungey stay healthy this season?
Eric Dungey arrived at Syracuse football media day looking demonstratively different than he did after his final game as a freshmen. SU’s presumptive starting quarterback said he gained about 15 pounds during the offseason.
“I was like, ‘Man, you look like a real good quarterback,'” wide receiver Steve Ishmael said during spring practice. “You look like you can take some hits.”
Syracuse is hoping that the added weight will help him stay healthy this season.
In 2015, Dungey showed flashes of brilliance in the seven games he started, completing 105-of-176 passes for 1,298 yards (a Syracuse record for a true freshman) and 11 touchdowns. Dungey was also no stranger to roaming out of the pocket, rushing for 351 yards and five touchdowns.
While his freelancing ability out of the pocket drew coos from the crowd, it also played a large part in him sustaining two major head injuries. The second of which came against Louisville on Nov. 7, and led to him being helped off the field. That was his final play of his season.
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Mixed Juice: 2016 Syracuse football predictions - The Juice Online (the juice; Staff)
In the latest edition of a multi-part series, editorial staff of The Juice Online discuss various topics on Syracuse athletics. Today’s topic: We’re less than a month away from the start of the 2016 Syracuse football season. What are your predictions?
Jim Stechschulte: Dino Babers’ first season at Syracuse comes with few certainties – a new offense that will go as fast as possible, a new defensive scheme, a few players who can be described as known commodities, and that’s about it. The returning players, even those known commodities, have to adjust to the new staff and their schemes while the incoming players also have to make those changes, as well as the jump to college or a new program (for a couple transfers).
As a result, the team should be a lot more exciting, but that will not translate to instant dividends in the win column. The team faces four teams in the preseason polls, including three in the top ten. Throw in all the changes and that schedule will be a bit off a slog for the Orange. Put me down for slightly sub .500 record with some hopes to be pleasantly surprised.
Prediction: 5-7.
» Related: Pittsburgh Panthers — 2016 Syracuse Football preview
Wes Cheng: Let me first start off by saying that this, offensively, will be the most exciting season in Syracuse football season since Donovan McNabb was under center. The Orange will run plenty of snaps and, at times, put up large offensive numbers. But against better defenses and offenses, the Orange will look like exactly what they are: A school in transition to a new philosophy that is experiencing growing pains.
The adjustment to an up-tempo offense will not be easy. Trying to fit a disruptive scheme recruit into a Tampa 2 defense will be even more difficult. That will lead to losses against most “coin flip” teams. My wins will come from Colgate, UCONN (and even that is not a given) and a split between Boston College and Wake Forest. Expect excitement at first, just not the wins to go with it. But in Dino Babers’ system, just like Novocaine, give it time, and it will start to take hold in the second and third seasons. The results will come; SU fans just have to be patient. Mark my words: Babers is the right man for the job.
Prediction: 3-9.
Gallery: Syracuse football plays paintball, runs youth clinic at Fort Drum (photo gallery; DO; Sheldon)
http://www.nunesmagician.com/2016/8...nge-add-four-future-dates-vs-army-series-2023 (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
The Syracuse Orange scheduled more football games! I know, it’s a stunning development, but here we are. Today, SU announced that they’ll be playing a four-game series with the Army Black Knights beginning in 2023. The teams will meet at the Dome in 2023 and 2025. They’ll head to Army’s Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y. in 2024 and 2026.
Since John Wildhack was named athletic director, SU has now scheduled five future games. While I doubt he was responsible for the Middle Tennessee contest given how close it was to his own announcement, it’s still refreshing to see scheduling be put front-of-mind as future dates for a lot of non-conference programs are filling up fast.
Despite being two of the just three FBS programs in New York State, Syracuse and Army have only met 21 times on the gridiron, and zero times since their last game in 1996. Syracuse is just 11-10 vs. Army, and have won seven of the last eight in the series. The Orange actually started on a four-game losing streak in 1899, 1902, 1904 and 1905, respectively. They broke that slide with a “thrilling” 4-0 triumph in 1906.
SU had a lot to say in the release about how this continues to strengthen the university’s relationship with the military. Some portions of the fan base had been up in arms after the Fort Drum trip (going on today) was cut down to just one day. Hopefully this makes up for that. Said Wildhack:
"We are thrilled to add this football series to an already powerful relationship. We have a long history with Army West Point on the football field and the University is a leader in supporting veterans and military families. We look forward to having the tradition and pageantry of the Army West Point program in the Carrier Dome for our fans to enjoy."
Chancellor Kent Syverud added:
"Syracuse has a century long history of veteran engagement, and we continue to lead with nationally renowned programs led by our Institute for Veterans and Military Families. "The renewed football series with the United States Military Academy is a wonderful symbol of mutual respect and commitment and it will further our important work supporting veterans and their families."
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Syracuse Football visits Fort Drum 10th Mountain Division for 5th consecutive year (cnycentral.com; Hauswirth)
Take a look around college football -- how many teams do the same thing Syracuse does during fall camp?
The answer is not many, if any at all.
It began five years ago under the Doug Marrone regime when the Orange began visiting the brave servicemen and women at Fort Drum. The event continued under former coach Scott Shafer, and has now made its way to Dino Babers.
"This is my fourth time up here, so every year it gets better and better," Orange junior quarterback Austin Wilson said. "I think the kids camp this year went awesome. The kids were very interactive with us, giving their all on everything we did."
"We learn a lot from the soldiers and the families up here," SU senior linebacker Eric Anthony explained. "I mean, they're the hardest working people in the world and if we can just take just a little bit of the hard work and discipline from them and put it into our everyday lives, I really think it makes a difference for us."
Babers, the son of a military family while growing up, knows exactly how much it means to all of the servicemen and women in the North Country.
"I grew up on military bases and to have an opportunity to bring our young men here to see how this whole thing works, and the responsibility that goes on in running a unit like this -- it's big time. I think the more time we spend around our military personnel, we understand how much we really need to appreciate them. Anything that we can do to help them in the future, in any way, if it's within my power, we'll definitely try to do it."
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Syracuse University football players spend day making connections at Fort Drum (watertowndailytimes.com; Block)
In small moments, teaching tackling to young football players, or having a meal with soldiers, the Syracuse University football team made connections during their short time on post.
Head coach Dino Babers, the son of a Navy serviceman, said he hoped the time with soldiers on Sunday gave lessons about service and commitment, and an appreciation for their sacrifices.
“It moves me, it almost moves me tears. This is a big deal,” he said. “I can’t thank them enough for the job that they do.”
The day on post for team members included a short training camp for youth football players, a meal with soldiers and a game of paintball featuring teams with both soldiers and players.
The morning camp had youth players of all ages rotating between stations invovling tackling, catching and footwork. The Syracuse players could be seen having some fun with the young students, encouraging them to show off their touchdown dances, or having large linemen fall over after being tackled by the younger players.
“They’re teaching them everything,” said Jessica Portofee, whose son, Carter, 8, attended the camp. Her husband, Michael, said his son was more excited than ever to go out for the post’s youth team this season.
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College Football Tailgating - College Football Fan (collegefootballfan.com; Steveo)
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On Sunday, August 26, 2001 we kicked off the Collegefootballfan.com 2001 season at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands with the 19th annual Kick-off Classic played in the venue that was leveled and replaced by MetLife Stadium (we liked the original, demolished stadium much better) in 2010.
Preseason No. 10 Georgia Tech, off a 9-3, 6-2 record from the previous year, started the season looking forward to challenging powerful Florida State for the ACC championship at least. The Syracuse Orange, coming in at 6-5, 4-3 from the previous year, came to represent the late Big East filling in an obligational berth to fulfill the Classic’s requirement to be assure each major conference was represented within agreed to time constraints to be represented.
The Orange weren’t expected to amount to much that season. Tech got off to a 10-0 lead by halftime, but the Orange finally came up with seven half way through the third period. The SU defense led by Senior DE Dwight Freeney held the Yellow Jackets to a FG late in the same stanza. Tech RB Joe Burns helped control the balance of the game keeping the ball on the ground in the final period to control the clock and take the win back to Atlanta in a very uninspiring “classic”. The Tech season did not land them in the 2001 Top 25 as anticipated.
They finished 8-5 including a loss to Florida State late in the season who only finished at 8-4. The Jackets played their final game in the now defunct Seattle Bowl where they defeated Stanford. Surprising Maryland took the ACC with a 10-2, 7-1 record and a trip to the Orange Bowl where they fell to Florida. As for Syracuse, they were a surprise team in 2001 finishing 10-3, 6 -1 overall to finish the season ranked at No. 14.
They lost the following week to Tennessee and late in the season to the eventual national champion (read further below), but they came up with a win in the Insight.com bowl over Kansas State. The Orange and the Jackets play each other every few years now as members of the ACC in two different divisions. This year we will see the Orange host another former Big East team in South Florida on September 17, and we will see them back at the Meadowlands at our Big Tailgate against Notre Dame on October 1.
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Maine-Endwell's second game in Little League World Series washed out by rain (PS; Kramer)
Maine-Endwell will have to wait at least one more day before taking the field again in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
The team's game against the Southeast champion on Sunday was postponed by rain. It has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. on Monday. Both Maine-Endwell and the Southeast representative from Tennessee are 1-0.
The game will be televised by ESPN.
If Maine-Endwell loses on Monday, it will play a potential elimination game on Tuesday night. If it wins Monday, Maine-Endwell will next play on Wednesday night.
