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Welcome to National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day!
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress, by Pub.L. 103–308, designated December 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.[1] On Pearl Harbor Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset to honor those who died as a result of the attack on U.S. Military and naval forces in Hawaii.[2]
Pearl Harbor Day is not a federal holiday – government offices, schools, and businesses do not close. Some organizations may hold special events in memory of those killed or injured at Pearl Harbor.[2]
SU News
https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2017/12/06/syracuse-football-hell-end-4-8/(itlh.com; Esden Jr)
The Syracuse football team seemed destined for great things this season. Then the Orange collapsed. ITLH breaks down how it all went down.
This past October Friday the 13th was the opposite of bad luck day for several reasons. My beautiful daughter Kali Esden got married and the Syracuse football squad shocked the world and beat the defending national champion Clemson Tigers.
We were in a limo party bus driving back to the hotel, listening to the seconds tick off the clock. The moment long suffering Cuse fans have been waiting for had finally arrived. The Orange is the New Fast had arrived, the world would stand up and take notice, we would no longer be the door mat of the Atlantic Coast Conference, we were going to go from 4-3 to 9-3 destined for the top 25!
But then reality sunk in, in the words of Rob Schneider’s character from Waterboy ‘Oh no we suck again’. The Orange rattled off 5 straight losses to finish the season 4-8.
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https://www.diehards.com/acc/john-swofford-college-football-playoff-expansion(statesman.com; Holcomb)
Fresh off perhaps the hardest decision in the College Football Playoff era – Alabama or Ohio State – the public has been clamoring for the playoff system to expand to eight teams. But ACC commissioner John Swofford said Wednesday that he doesn’t see a change coming anytime soon.
“I don’t think it’s imminent at all,” Swofford said.
ACC commish John Swofford: “I don’t think it’s imminent at all” that the playoff will expand
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 6, 2017
The group of fans and media arguing against expansion are using virtually the same points they did to argue against even a 4-team playoff – a bigger playoff would water down the regular season or conference title games.
For example, if there were eight playoff teams, the SEC Championship between Georgia and Auburn would have mattered much less because both teams would have probably already known they were guaranteed a spot in the top 8.
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USA TODAY Sports (usatoday.com)
265. George McDonald $334,050
321. Scott Shafer $300,000
2017 NCAAF ASSISTANT COACHES SALARIES
RK SCHOOL CONF COACH SCHOOL PAY TOTAL PAY MAX BONUS ASST PAY TOTAL SCHOOL BUYOUT AS OF 12/1/17
1 LSU SEC Dave Aranda $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $150,000 $5,915,000 --
2 Clemson ACC Brent Venables $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $295,000 $5,725,000 --
3 Texas A&M SEC John Chavis $1,608,000 $1,608,000 $180,000 $4,818,000 --
4 LSU SEC Matt Canada $1,505,000 $1,505,000 $150,000 $5,915,000 --
5 Alabama SEC Jeremy Pruitt $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $286,000 $5,995,000 --
6 Michigan Big Ten Don Brown $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $166,667 $5,645,000 --
7 Alabama SEC Brian Daboll $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $264,000 $5,995,000 --
8 Auburn SEC Kevin Steele $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $102,500 $4,875,000 --
9 Tennessee SEC Bob Shoop $1,155,000 $1,155,000 $120,000 $4,655,400 --
10 Michigan Big Ten Tim Drevno $1,150,000 $1,150,000 $166,667 $5,645,000 --
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ACC Football Power Rankings: Postseason (stateoftheu.com; Adams)
Clemson waxed Miami in the ACC Championship, setting themselves up to defend their national title. Elsewhere, 10 ACC schools are going bowling, and it seems as if the entire conference is keeping their head coaches in place going into next year.
ACC Power Rankings
1. Clemson Tigers (12-1, 8-1 ACC) (Last Week: 1)
Last week: vs. #7 Miami Hurricanes (10-2) - W 38-3
Bowl Game: vs. #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1)
Clemson left no doubt about who the best team in the ACC was, demolishing Miami and sliding into the College Football Playoffs. The third straight playoff game between the Tigers and Crimson Tide should be another classic.
2. Miami Hurricanes (10-2, 7-2 ACC) (Last Week: 2)
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NY picks DeWitt rail yard for 'inland port' over sites in Camillus, Jamesville (PS; Knauss)
State transportation officials today said they are working to expand the DeWitt rail yard controlled by CSX into an "inland port,'' a decision that appears to put an end to more ambitious plans put forth in 2015 by regional business leaders.
The Department of Transportation today released a long-awaited financial study that identifies the DeWitt rail yard as the "only viable site'' for a Central New York inland port.
State officials say they are negotiating with CSX to expand the existing DeWitt yard so that 30,000 containers a year can be sent by rail between Central New York and ships at the Port of New York/New Jersey.
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