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Welcome to American Beer Day!
There are more than 2,100 breweries that manufacture beer in the United States. They range in size from industry giants to brewpubs and microbreweries.
- The U.S. produced 196 million barrels of beer in 2009.
- The U.S. consumes roughly 20 US gallons of beer per capita annually.
- In 2008, the United States was ranked sixteenth in the world in per capita consumption, while total consumption was second only to China.
- Prohibition in the early twentieth century caused nearly all American breweries to close.
- After prohibition was repealed the industry had consolidated into a small number of large-scale breweries.
- The majority of the new breweries in the U.S. are small breweries and brewpubs, who, as members of the Brewers Association, are termed “craft breweries” to differentiate them from the larger and older breweries.
- The most common style of beer produced by the big breweries is American lager.
- Most of the smaller breweries, which were founded in the 1980s, produce a range of styles.
Orange Watch: Yearning for ACC football division reconfiguration - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: Didn’t the entertaining (except for in the won/loss column) Miami game last weekend bring back memories of the great Big East rivalry with the ‘Canes, highlighted by the 16-10 near-miss of knocking off No. 1 UM in 1992, and the 66-13 Donovan McNabb-led rout in 1998? It’s time to bring that game back annually.
Since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2013 there’s been sporadic talk about shaking up the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions.
In fact, former SU athletic director Daryl Gross waited just five months after membership commenced to bemoan the fact that with the current crossover rotation, the Orange program would get to northern Florida every other year by facing division-mate Florida State, but would miss out on more frequent opportunities to showcase the Syracuse football brand in big southern markets like Atlanta and Miami, while advocating for a nine game league schedule.
That scheduling and alignment theme has died down the last couple of seasons even with both FSU and Clemson winning national championships, seemingly making the SU path to winning the Atlantic Division all that more difficult.
But as we all know around these parts winning is often cyclical, and there’s no better example this year in the Atlantic with the rise of current No. 14/15 N. C. State and Florida State shockingly sitting at 2-4 with no wins at home.
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Assessing SU’s Remaining Opponents – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Hoppe)
With just four games to go in the 2017 season, SU Football sits at 4-4 with a great opportunity to make a bowl game. In all likelihood, a win in at least one of its last four games would give Syracuse its first bowl appearance since 2013. Last year, the Orange was in the same situation and couldn’t pick up a fifth win. This year feels different, or at least that’s what we think now.
Here are the four teams that stand in Syracuse’s way of extending its season into December.
Florida State (2-4) – November 4th: The Seminoles had a rocky start to the season. FSU lost Deondre Francois, its starting quarterback, in week one against Alabama. The ‘Noles lost that game 24-7. The Francois injury set the tone for the rest of the year. After having an unexpected bye week because of damage caused by Hurricane Irma, Florida State fell in its home opener to NC State. The Seminoles other two losses came against Louisville and Miami. So in case you haven’t figured it out, they don’t really have a “bad” loss on their resume. Not to mention, FSU hasn’t lost a game all season by more than six points. When Francois went down, so did the Seminoles chances of being a great team. However, even with that injury, Florida State is a really good team. In all likelihood, Syracuse will leave Florida on November 4th with its second straight loss.
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No matter who wins between NC State and Notre Dame, the ACC can’t lose (newsobserver.com; Dedock)
As Notre Dame has navigated, or half-navigated, its way through the new world of the ACC, Mike Brey – born in the heart of the footprint, Maryland fan growing up, Duke assistant as an adult – has served as a sort of spirit guide for fans unfamiliar with the ways of the conference.
That includes football fans used to Notre Dame’s traditional opponents – Navy, Southern Cal, Michigan, Michigan State – who may only have a decent handle on the few ACC teams who used to show up regularly on Notre Dame’s schedule, like Boston College and Miami.
So Brey said Wednesday he has been particularly vocal about the risks the Irish face Saturday.
“It’s interesting to see our fans get educated quickly to the ACC,” the Notre Dame basketball coach said. “I was trying to tell some of our fans the other day, they have no idea that N.C. State’s way better than USC. Like, our fans, I’m trying to tell them, you need to come back to earth, because N.C. State’s really good.”
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ACC Week 9 picks: Will NC State upset the Irish? (espn; Adelson)
Week 9 serves as a prelude to what is shaping up to be a huge Nov. 4 weekend in the ACC. But we can't look too far ahead. There are plenty of good games to pick starting Friday, and Andrea Adelson and David M. Hale weigh in with their selections. Visit our college football PickCenter page for additional information on these games and many more.
Friday
Florida State (2-4, 2-3) at Boston College (4-4, 2-3), 8 p.m., ESPN
David Hale: On one side, FSU’s offense is a mess and fans want major changes. On the other, BC is suddenly one of the most explosive teams in the country, topping 40 in back-to-back games for the first time since 2002. What do we make of all this? Best answer is that the world makes no sense anymore, so I’m going in the other direction and taking the Noles. Florida State 24, Boston College 21
Andrea Adelson: Florida State opened the season with national championship aspirations but is now in a fight just to become bowl-eligible. The Seminoles have to win four of their final five games to get there, and none of their FBS games left is a gimme. That includes Boston College, which gave the Seminoles all they could handle the last time they played in Chestnut Hill on a Friday night two years ago. Still, I have to think the Seminoles players realize what is at stake and play that way. But it won't be easy. Florida State 26, Boston College 24
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SU football offers two pairs of prospects from Philadelphia, Detroit areas – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Raucci)
For most Syracuse fans, the bye week probably isn’t the most exciting time of the football season. A whole week off without being able to watch your favorite team can be a bit of a drag sometimes. However, the bye is also a week off of sorts for the coaching staff. Because they don’t have a game to prepare for, they can focus on other things, like building their team up for the future.
Dino Babers and company have been blazing the recruiting trails over the past few weeks and have offered a slew of really talented prospects. While these offers have gone to guys all over the country from Arizona to Maryland, there have been two specific areas that SU has focused on over the past week or so in targeting recruits: Philadelphia and Detroit.
While neither location is known as a recruiting hotbed like the likes of Florida or Texas, they’ve both produced some pretty fantastic talent in recent years. Now the SU coaching staff is targeting the two cities, both of which have fed the SU program over the past few seasons. In the past week, a pair of recruits from each area has received an offer from the Orange. With that in mind, let’s meet the young men of Philadelphia and Detroit who may soon be calling Central New York home.
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Behind-the-scenes at New Hope Mills, a Central NY pancake destination (PS; Weaver)
New Hope Mills Store & Cafe in Auburn, N.Y., is a pancake destination.
In the front is the cafe and store, where customers can shop for scone and cookie mixes or sit down and order some of the biggest pancakes made anywhere.
In the back is a 30,000-square-foot factory that mixes, tests, packages, labels and ships about 4 million pounds of dry batters each year.
Today and Saturday, the company will celebrate its remodeled cafe with a grand opening. The party includes live music, giveaways, raffles and, yes, a pancake-eating contest.
The cafe serves a mix of savory and sweet pancakes. You can get a traditional pancake breakfast, with eggs and sides. You can order a peanut butter and jelly pancake (above). Savory options include a turkey sandwich on sourdough pancakes or a chicken taco, with a corn and cheddar cheese pancake as the shell.
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