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Welcome to National Twilight Zone Day!
Always observed on May 11, National Twilight Zone Day is that mysterious day highlighted with eerie background music and unexplainable occurrences.
The television show The Twilight Zone was created, written and narrated by Rod Serling. It premiered on October 1, 1959. The episodes were wildly popular, stretched the imagination, and captivated viewers. The show aired from 1959-1964.
Upstate NY references in TZ episodes in Classic Twilight Zone Forum
SU News
Syracuse Football Sitdown: Getting To Know Tyrone Sampson (itlh.com; Edsen Jr)
Over the course of the offseason we’ve talked to several key Syracuse football recruits. This one could be the best of them all.
I’m not going to sugar coat this. This may be one of the biggest Syracuse football recruits this century. SU needed a signing like this in the worst of ways. They’ve swung and missed on so many talented players that they were due to get a big fish and a big one they got.
Tyrone Sampson is one of the best interior linemen coming out of high school football. SU isn’t used to getting four-star recruits, so excuse our giddiness. Pairing this signing with that of Tommy DeVito and it seems like Dino Babers is changing the culture pretty quickly.
So we decided to sitdown with the big man and discuss why he chose the Orange, some of his interests outside of football, and his favorite parts of the game. Sampson is a very interesting person with a variety of interests and intrigue.
Hope you enjoy this thrilling and in-depth interview. To check out any of our previous conversations just go to the main ITLH page and click our Syracuse football tab or All-Time lists for more information.
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Why ACC football will look more like the SEC in 2017 (sbnation.com; Elliott)
In recent years, the ACC has been an exceptional league for offenses. With Jameis Winston, Deshaun Watson, and a host of other elite QBs, points were the currency.
But before the last few years, there was a long stretch during which the ACC was a very defensive league. A bevy of defensive-minded coaches contributed to this style, but the ACC’s NFL draft numbers show the defensive talent was very real.
If draft numbers are any indication, though, there is a real chance those low-scoring games are coming back for the 2017 season.
In the last 20 drafts, 70 more ACC defensive players than offensive players have been selected (344-274).
Nine times in those 20 drafts, at least five more defensive players were picked than offensive players, but the reverse had never happened — until 2017. In this most recent draft, nine more offensive players were picked than defensive prospects, more than double the previous offensive surplus of four. It is a huge statistical outlier in the last 20 years.
It’s unprecedented since the ACC expanded for it to lose significantly more offensive talent to the draft than defensive talent.
And it’s not just the numbers game. It’s real impact talent. The league’s top five picks (Nos. 4, 7, 12, 29, and 41) were all on offense.
The ACC lost five of its top six passers by QB rating in conference play. Gone are Deshaun Watson, Mitch Trubisky, Nathan Peterman, Brad Kaaya, and Jerod Evans. That is an enormous amount of talent to replace at the position. Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson does return, but he can only carry a single offense.
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Sydney O'Hara's 66-mph rise ball and abnormal bat speed propelled her to the top of the SU record books (DO; Schafer)
I remember reading an article about Sydney while she was still in high school, where she was a huge star at CNS, and wondering if she was good enough to play at Syracuse. Orangeyes and I discussed it, decided to attend her next game, and came away wowed by her pitching and her hitting. She is the first local player to make it big at Syracuse and is a great role model for what is possible with a little talent and a lot of hard work.
Sydney O’Hara had accepted the deal. She would fulfill her lifelong dream of playing softball at Syracuse, but as an outfielder and not in the pitcher’s circle. Despite 741 career strikeouts in high school, the SU coaching staff doubted O’Hara had the movement and control to pitch in Division I. Then, former Syracuse head coach Leigh Ross witnessed something that changed her mind.
In a spring 2013 scrimmage against Saint Dominic (New Jersey) Academy at Manley Field House, O’Hara, a Cicero-North Syracuse (New York) High School senior, dominated for five innings. As Ross watched from behind the backstop, O’Hara pinpointed pitches up and down the plate and spun the ball side to side. The scrimmage ended and O’Hara wasn’t just a hitter anymore.
“At that point, she knew she had nothing to lose,” said Kim Aupperle, O’Hara’s childhood pitching coach. “… So, when she got the opportunity to pitch, she had that sense of, ‘I have nothing to lose I am just going to throw the out of the ball.’”
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