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Welcome to National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!
The original ice cream sandwich sold for a penny in 1900 from a pushcart in the Bowery neighborhood of New York. The vendor, who was never identified in the article printed in papers across the nation, sandwiched the ice cream between milk biscuits. Soon, push carts popped up around the city and country during the summer months selling the portable treats.
The modern version of the ice cream sandwich was invented by Jerry Newberg in 1945 when he was selling ice cream at Forbes Field. There are pictures from the early 1900s, “On the beach, Atlantic City”, that show Ice Cream Sandwiches were popular and sold for 1 cent each.
There are alternatives to the classic ice cream sandwich using chocolate cookies, oatmeal cookies or a rice crispy wafer in place of the original chocolate one.
Ice cream sandwiches are known around the world by a variety of names including the Monaco Bar, Giant Sandwich, Maxibon, Cream Between, Vanilla Slice and many more.
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Clemson Football 2017 Opponent Preview: Syracuse (rubbingtherock.com; Messenger)
As the summer comes to a close and we enter fall camp, Rubbing The Rock will be taking a look at the Clemson Football program’s 2017 schedule. This edition features, the Tigers’ week 7 opponent, Syracuse
Since joining the ACC in 2014, Syracuse is 0-3 vs. the Clemson football program. The ‘Cuse took a step in the right direction last year by bringing in head coach, Dino Babers. Before arriving at Syracuse, Babers led Bowling Green to consecutive MAC Championship appearances in 2014 & 2015, winning it in 2015.
Current Head Coach: Dino Babers (2nd year)
Overall Record in 2016: 4-8
Babers is an energetic, no nonsense coach. Upon taking the job, he immediately implemented his explosive air-raid offense. Junior quarterback, Eric Dungey fit’s Babers’ scheme well, however, he does not have the weapons that he needs on the perimeter. While the Orange may not have the horses to compete with the upper echelon teams in the ACC at the moment, they will in the future with Babers ability to recruit.
Statistical Leaders in 2016:
Passing – Eric Dungey (Jr), 64.8 completion percentage, 2,679 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Rushing – Dontae Strickland (Jr), 162 attempts, 566 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Receiving – Amba Etta-Tawo (Sr), 94 receptions, 1,482 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Tackles – Parris Bennett (Jr), 110 total tackles, 56 solo.
Interceptions – Rodney Williams (So), 2.
Sacks – Chris Slayton (So), 4.
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Syracuse football: QB Eric Dungey looking forward to second year in Babers offense (diehards.com; Holcomb)
In Dino Babers two previous head coaching stops, his football programs made big jumps during his second season mostly behind improved quarterback play. If Syracuse is to become relevant in one of college football’s toughest divisions, then junior quarterback Eric Dungey must lead the way.
Dungey ended last season injured, but in nine games, he completed 64.8 percent of his passes for an average of 7.5 yards per attempt. He threw for 2,679 yards, 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
But as much as the game experience from last year is going to help, having a full year in the same offensive system will be an even bigger advantage. For the first time in his career, Dungey is using the same playbook two consecutive years.
“You learn so much more,” Dungey said according to syracuse.com. “You pick up the little things that you kind of bypassed last year. I’m looking forward to learning the offense again and again, so it’s going to be fun.”
Dungey has also bulked up, gaining about 20 pounds over the last two years. Now at 222 pounds, the junior says his body is ready to withstand a full season of pounding in the daunted ACC schedule.
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Dino Babers: My locker room speech post-Virginia Tech really helped our recruiting :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsportsfan.com; podcast)
Dino Babers, who is entering his second season as head coach of Syracuse Football, joins the Sports Shop on Radio Row at the ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte. Babers discusses how his locker room victory speech after defeating Virginia Tech went viral and had a positive impact on recruiting. Babers also talks about what he hopes to see from the Orange in his second season.
SU's Eric Dungey enters second year of same offense for first time in football career (cnycentral.com; Hauswirth)
Eric Dungey returns for his junior season, a year older, wiser and most importantly, bigger.
The Lake Oswego, Oregon native has a history of injuries in his two seasons with the Orange. However, this year, there's reason to believe Dungey has improved his physical stature enough to firmly believe injuries will no longer be an issue.
Along with the improvement in his physique, also comes the second year of learning Dino Babers' high-flying offense.
Believe it or not, Dungey has never had the opportunity to learn under the same offensive scheme in back-to-back seasons.
This year, that changes.
"I'm excited, I can't wait," Dungey said. "Camp, we're getting into knowing everything. So we're kind of doing the install right now to kind of learn so much more and pick up all of the little things that you bypassed last year so it's been great I'm looking forward to learning the offense again so it's going to be fun."
'Fun' is a popular term used when referring to Babers' offense. It worked at Northern Illinois. It worked at Bowling Green.
Babers is determined to have it work at Syracuse -- with Dungey at the helm.
"It was something that he said to the fact that he had never had the exact same offense for two years in a row, since high school." Coach Babers said that "even in high school he never had the same offense for two years in a row and he only was in 8 out of the 12 games last year so this will actually be the first time he will ever be in for two years with the same offense. When you looked at him last year there was an uneasiness to him. I think that there is some peace to him right now with him coming back into this thing he can foresee some things before they can happen and I want him to be able to anticipate a call before he even enters the game."
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Nickel cornerback candidate among 3 new additions to UB roster (buffalonews.com; Gaughan)
A cornerback who started his career at Eastern Michigan and a former Syracuse recruit were among three new additions to the University at Buffalo roster on the first day of football training camp Tuesday.
The cornerback is Devon Russell, and he has a chance to get on the field this season for the Bulls. Russell, 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, played 10 games as a true freshman for Eastern Michigan in 2015. He started two games and had one interception.
A native of Maryland, Russell played for Ellsworth Community College in Kansas last season. UB has two other players, starting tackle David Goldsby and linebacker Nik Ricks, from Ellsworth.
“He played in some nickel positions, he can play corner and he’s physical,” UB coach Lance Leipold said. “He had a good summer working out here. He was our second or third strongest player pound-for-pound in the summer. He might be able to fill a lot of roles for us. It gives us a little more experience that we need in that corner and nickel position.”
Also transferring to UB is edge rusher Taylor Riggins, who played for Rochester powerhouse Aquinas Institute and originally signed with Syracuse. After coach Scott Shafer was fired and replaced by Dino Babers, Syracuse’s interest faded. Riggins, 6-2 and 242, spent last season as a red-shirt at Massachusetts. He left UMass for UB after spring practice.
“We had recruited him before he committed to Syracuse,” Leipold said. “He got his release from UMass and contacted us. He was a running back, H-back in high school. At first he was recruited as a linebacker. He has played some defensive end. We’re excited about him athletically, plus he’s another local guy.”
The other new addition is true freshman Aapri Washington, a 5-9 cornerback from Charlotte, N.C., who signed in April. Washington, 5-9 and 170, made Associated Press first-team all-state in North Carolina as junior at the athlete position and as a senior at cornerback. He had eight interceptions as a junior and a state-best 12 as a senior. He also rushed 104 times for 1,603 yards and scored 21 TDs as a senior. He drew a lot of attention from Power 5 Conference schools early in his high school career but offers from those schools did not materialize after last season.
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SU football legend, ex-city police chief behind new Syracuse medical pot firm (PS; Mulder)
A Syracuse University All-American football legend and a former Syracuse police chief are involved in a new Syracuse company that plans to manufacture medical marijuana in Onondaga County.
The state announced today that New York Canna, doing business as Terradiol New York, is one of five additional companies it has authorized to make and dispense medical pot in New York state.
Terradiol will manufacture medical marijuana in Onondaga County and operate dispensing facilities in Erie, Orange, Queens and Suffolk counties. A state Health Department official said the department did not have any information about the location of the Onondaga County plant. Terradiol officials declined to answer questions about their plans.
But in a prepared statement, John Vavalo, Terradiol's founder and CEO, said the company will release more information about locations soon.
Vavalo is a co-owner of J. Michael Shoes on Marshall Street near SU.
"Terradiol NY is excited to join the New York State Medical Marijuana Program as one of its newest registered organizations," he said in the statement.
The company's website shows some high profile Syracusans and former Syracusans are behind the venture. They include:
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What if FSU Football, other former independents never joined a conference? (chopchat.com; Parker)
FSU football was once a proud independent team among some other powers – what would have happened if they had all stayed that way?
When the FSU football team walked off the field last November inside Syracuse’s Carrier Dome after a blowout win over the Orange, it concluded a quarter century worth of seasons as a member of the ACC for the Seminoles. It’s a 25 season period that has included 15 conference championships and has left no question who has run the ACC over the span.
It was the first time the Seminoles had been in a conference in over four decades, spending three of their first four seasons as a member of the old Dixie Conference – joining the likes of schools such as Samford, Stetson, Millsaps and Tampa, with the latter two schools not even having teams anymore.
From 1951 until 1991, Florida State played college football as an independent. For a while, it was almost a cool thing to be one as some of the great programs that are currently in leagues didn’t have an affiliation. During the 1990 season, the group of independent teams included the Seminoles along with Miami, Notre Dame, Penn State, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Louisville, Pittsburgh, South Carolina and over a dozen more teams.
It all started to change the following season when the Big East Conference was formed, taking a group that included the Hurricanes, Orange, Hokies, Mountaineers and more. The Seminoles followed to the ACC the following season, Penn State joined the Big Ten two years later and the list went on – down to the current group of four teams who play FBS football as independents.
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10 Questions facing WMU football entering fall camp (mlive.com; Nothaft)
Fall practices begin Thursday for the Western Michigan University football team, and from there, it’s only one month until the Broncos face USC and Heisman-contending quarterback Sam Darnold in the season opener.
Given the team’s departures on the roster and on the coaching staff, the four weeks leading up to Week 1 in Los Angeles will be pivotal to keeping last season’s momentum rolling into 2017.
Follow along as we look at some of the biggest questions surrounding the team heading into fall practice.
How will WMU handle its tough opening two weeks?
The Broncos’ historic run in 2016 included a pair of Big Ten teams (Northwestern and Illinois) in the first three weeks, but that nonconference slate doesn’t compare to what Tim Lester and co. will face in the early stages of 2017.
Opening the season at No. 2 USC is about as tough a game as you can find outside of Tuscaloosa, making it unlikely the Broncos will run the table again in the regular season. While USC must replace 11 starters, including a pair of All-American offensive tackles and Thorpe Trophy winner Adoree Jackson, the Trojans have a depth chart full of blue-chip recruits ready to go, in addition to Darnold, who is projected to be the top pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. It will be difficult to read too much into the Week 1 outcome, but how the Broncos respond in Week 2 will be key to their season.
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Where's the sweet corn? CNY farmers say it's on the way (PS; Gomez)
From freshly baked quiches to tropical fruits like lychee, the Downtown Farmer's Market at Clinton Square in Syracuse has something for everyone, but if you're looking for sweet corn it might be a little harder to find.
Farmers set up at the market on Tuesday morning were still having trouble filling their corn supply due to the unusually cool and rainy weather this season.
For some like David Wengerd of Wengerd Farms in Clyde, that means they still aren't able to sell corn to patrons shopping for fresh produce.
"I didn't plant because of the wet weather, but then once I got to it, it was already late. I should have late sweet corn, but not early," Wengerd said. "It's growing, as far as I know, but it's just not ready yet."
Wengerd and his family usually like to get the corn in the ground in late May, or sometimes even earlier, but this year he didn't start planting until mid-June.
Luckily for Wengerd and his family, their incomes relies more on selling smaller produce like tomatoes and cucumbers, so the short supply of corn hasn't affected them harshly.
Others, like William Fowler of Fowler Farms in Hannibal, have been less fortunate. Fowler planted his corn on schedule, but the combination of a cold and wet ground rotted most of the seeds, forcing him to replant more corn. He's about two weeks behind schedule in supply, but says the sweet corn should be ready in less than a week in time for next Tuesday's farmer's market.
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