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Welcome to The First Day of Winter!
Winter solstice (or hibernal solstice) is an astronomical phenomenon marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice.
The axial tilt of Earth and gyroscopic effects of its daily rotation mean that the two opposite points in the sky to which the Earth's axis of rotationpoints (axial precession) change very slowly (making a complete circle approximately every 26,000 years). As the Earth follows its orbit around the Sun, the polar hemisphere that faced away from the Sun, experiencing winter, will, in half a year, face towards the Sun and experience summer. This is because the two hemispheres face opposite directions along Earth's axis, and so as one polar hemisphere experiences winter, the other experiences summer. The winter solstice is considered by some to mark the end of autumn and the start of winter.
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SU football 2016 report card: Defensive line (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
While the Syracuse Orange went 4-8 for the second consecutive year, it was far from the same 4-8 the team saw in its final season under Scott Shafer. In Dino Babers’s first campaign, SU’s offense looked far more capable and the team looked more competitive overall. They also dealt with a boatload of injuries and a difficult schedule — both of which scuttled chances to improve in the win column this year.
Still, after what was an admittedly fun season, it’s worth looking back to see which units did well and which failed to, and how that impacted the Orange’s success or lack thereof.
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Defensive line
A lot changed for this group between 2015 and 2016. Four players left the program, including standout Ron Thompson, who declared for the draft. Inexperience and a slim depth chart were the prevailing narratives as the new season got started. It would remain that way throughout the year.
The Orange never did get much of a push, as their front four found themselves undersized and up against some of the country’s better offensive lines and tight ends all year. Looking at the All-ACC teams, SU faced 11 of 15 linemen honorees and all three tight ends. It’s tough to conceive how Syracuse could’ve done much better up front against that type of talent. They certainly couldn’t have done much worse.
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Tulsa’s success shows where SU could be headed (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
As we said in August, Syracuse Orange Head Coach Dino Babers should probably avoid proactively bringing up Baylor. That said, there’s no denying the influence the Bears’ offensive system has on Syracuse’s current scheme due to Babers’s time on staff under former coach Art Briles.
Briles has a few branches on his coaching tree and while Babers is the one we’re most concerned with, he’s not the only one, either. At Tulsa, Philip Montgomery is showing what the system can do away from Waco, Tex.
In 2014, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane were 2-10, absolutely bottoming out just four years removed from a 10-3 season that saw them ranked 24th in the final poll. They hired Montgomery, who’d had great success at Baylor as offensive coordination from 2008 through 2014, because they needed a new way of doing things if they wanted to compete in the deep AAC West Division.
The Dallas native got to work right away implementing an up-tempo attack, and of course, bringing in Texas talent to quickly get to work (most high schools in the state run an Air Raid or some form of it). The results have come in quickly, following a timeline we may find familiar.
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12 best food cities in Upstate New York, ranked (nyupstate; D'Imperio)
12. Saratoga Springs
Known for its racetrack and its performing arts center, "The Spa City" has a plethora of great restaurants and some pretty good food festivals, too. The Chowder Festival in the fall is one of the biggest anywhere. The city's population is 25,000; last year 50,000 showed up for the festival. Crown Jewel Dish: Potato Chips. They were invented at a posh summer restaurant here in 1853 when George Crum, the chef at Moon's Lake House, was faced with a persnickety customer who kept demanding
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