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Welcome to Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day!
By now, you probably know Christopher Columbus didn't discover America. He wasn't even the first European to do it.
Somehow, the 15th-century Italian explorer still got his own national holiday. But more cities and states are scrapping Columbus Day to honor the people who were here first -- and who suffered greatly after Columbus' arrival.
Just this year, at least a dozen US cities -- including San Francisco and Cincinnati -- decided to stop observing Columbus Day and will instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday.
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/us/columbus-day-vs-indigenous-peoples-day/index.html
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Syracuse football roundtable: what to fix after 2-straight losses (DO; Staff)
For the first time since 1991, Syracuse football started its season 4-0. But since then, the Orange (4-2, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) have lost two straight games headed into their lone bye week of the season. Below, The Daily Orange football beat writers answer three questions surrounding the team following its recent skid.
Will Syracuse suffer the same fate it has in each of the past two seasons?
Andrew Graham: Nope. This week’s loss was particularly disheartening because of how badly Pitt’s top-two backs bashed the front seven, but a bye week to get healthier and rested comes at a perfect time. With a couple very winnable games — North Carolina and yes, Louisville — still on the schedule, Syracuse should still reach the six-win threshold without any trouble. Considering the other matchups — at Wake Forest, North Carolina State at home, then at Notre Dame and Boston College — there might be one or two more wins in there. If Syracuse figures out its run defense, eight or nine wins still doesn’t seem ridiculous, but that feels like a big ‘if’ right now.
Matt Liberman: Definitely not. The past two weekends were very deflating for Syracuse, which is why the bye week comes at the perfect time. It gives the team a chance to rest, nix any of those “owies,” as head coach Dino Babers likes to call them, and to hone in on what it must do moving forward. After the bye week, Syracuse has a very favorable schedule in its next four games. Louisville and North Carolina are both home games that should come as relatively easy wins based on the way both teams have played this season. Plus, Wake Forest on the road is certainly not out of the question. The Demon Deacons lost by 60 on Saturday to Clemson. I’d still expect seven wins from SU.
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Syracuse football stock watch: Nothing will come easy for the Orange (PS; Mink)
Syracuse football dropped its second-straight game of the season Saturday at Pittsburgh.
This week's stock watch takes a look at the players and themes rising and falling heading into the off week and looking ahead toward the matchup against North Carolina.
STOCK UP: DEFENSIVE LINE
Alton Robinson terrorized Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, forcing two fumbles and finishing with four tackles for loss.
Kendall Coleman, Chris Slayton, McKinley Williams and other on the line are canceling out run gaps and pressuring quarterbacks into mistakes, momentum-changing plays that are giving the offense more possessions to put additional stress on opponent.
This has been SU's best position group on both sides of the ball through the first half of the season.
Its 20 sacks through six games lead the conference along with Clemson and Miami (Fla.).
STOCK UP: COLLEGE KICKERS
Was there a better kicking display than what took place Saturday at Heinz Field?
Pitt's Alex Kessman connected on bombs from 54 and 55 yards out, then cooly hit a game-tying, 45-yard field goal in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime.
And Syracuse's Andre Szmyt continued his impressive freshman season hitting all three of his attempts, including a 54-yarder.
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Syracuse Football: Orange’s shot at a ranking might have vanished (itlh.com; Patrick)
The Syracuse football team suffered their second loss of the season on Saturday and it might have ended their chance at a top 25 ranking this year as well.
Against the Pitt Panthers on Saturday, the Syracuse football team had a number of opportunities to leave the field with a victory. But turning the ball over three times and struggling to stop the Pitt rushing offense ultimately led to the Orange suffering a loss for the second week in a row.
With Saturday’s result, Syracuse is now 4-2 this season and 1-2 in games against teams in the ACC. The Orange’s only win over an ACC opponent this year came back in Week 3 when they defeated Florida State.
Thanks to their loss to the Panthers on Saturday, Syracuse’s chance at a top 25 ranking this season might have disappeared too.
After coming up just short to top ranked Clemson in Week 5, the Orange were on the cusp of being included in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the first time since 2001. But following Saturday’s loss to Pitt, Syracuse didn’t even receive a single vote in the most recent AP Top 25 (the Orange did earn six votes in this week’s Coaches Poll).
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Fast start by Syracuse against Pittsburgh erased by faster fade - The Juice Online (the juice; Stechschulte)
For the second straight week, the Syracuse defense could not stop a running attack they knew was headed for them. This time, a pair of Pittsburgh running backs rolled up 299 yards and three scores on the ground, including the game-winning overtime score, to post a 44-37 overtime home win.
While the Orange had an opportunity to match the score and force a second overtime session, the Panthers’ Therran Coleman ripped down an interception on the first SU play to secure the win, which evened their record at 3-3 overall with a 2-1 conference mark. The second straight loss dropped Syracuse to 1-2 in the ACC and 4-2 overall.
As they have often done this season, the Orange started the game playing well. Their offense marched 75 yards on their opening possession for a score, getting on the board when Eric Dungey floated a play-action pass to tight end Aaron Hackett for a two-yard score. Hackett’s first career receiving touchdown doubled as Dungey’s 50th passing score at SU. Andre Szmyt added the extra point for a 7-0 lead.
Alton Robinson abruptly ended the first Pitt drive by forcing a fumble that Andrew Armstrong pounced on at the Panthers’42. Four plays later, Dungey rambled 29 yards to the two and Jarveon Howard punched it in on the next play for his first Syracuse touchdown. Szmyt’s second kick stretched the lead to 14-0 with under eight-and-a-half minutes off the clock.
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Which Syracuse Players Need To Step Up Post-Bye Week – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Aki)
Syracuse’s loss to Pitt has certainly dampened the mood on the 2018 season. The Orange fanbase went from believing this team could potentially win 10 games to panicking as to whether or not SU will get a bowl game.
Regardless of where you lie on this spectrum, the Orange’s flaws have certainly been exposed over the last two games. The defense has allowed consecutive running backs to surpass 190 yards, Syracuse’s own running game has fallen off and Eric Dungey has thrown three interceptions while simply not looking like himself throwing the ball.
Now that Syracuse’s problems have become a lot more apparent thanks to some tougher competition and the natural wear and tear of the season, there are a couple of names that shift the narrative in the second half of the season and help Dino Babers get his first post-bye week win in his SU tenure.
Devin Butler
Saturday’s suspension for violating team rules was the latest disappointment for the junior’s 2018 campaign. Butler came into this season with hopes of being the next All-American to come out of Babers scheme. Instead, he has yet to crack 50 yards in a single game and has gone catchless in two contests, including his self-inflicted suspension against Pitt. Syracuse does not have a lot of experience on the outside, and a violation of team rules is a bad look for a guy who has not produced to his potential. Butler needs this incident serves as the turning point for what he can become. Because there are a lot of younger receivers who have looked much better and could contend for starting spots.
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Pitt seniors put team on their backs, beat Syracuse in OT (meadvilletribune.cmo; AP)
The ultimate path of their team’s uneven season potentially hanging in the balance, Pittsburgh senior running backs Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall made a request to head coach Pat Narduzzi as the clock wound down against Syracuse on Saturday.
“We asked for the game to be on our backs,” Ollison said. “Just put it on us. Put it on the backs. Put it on the offensive line. Put it on the seniors really. I think that’s what we did.”
Over and over and over again.
Pitt survived another typically slow start, a 75-minute weather delay that zapped all of its momentum and a second-half surge by the visiting Orange to finally put Syracuse away 44-37 in overtime, snapping a two-game losing streak and giving the Panthers (3-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) a serious confidence boost.
“Our kids needed that one,” Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said.
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Poor Tackling Cost 'Cuse at Pitt (spectrumlocalnews.com; video; Staff)
The last two weeks SU hasn't tackled well, and for the last two weeks, SU has come away with a loss.
Top 5 Worst Twitter Overreactions/Takes of the Weekend – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; JD Raucci)
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Top 5 Worst Twitter Overreactions/Takes of the Weekend
Twitter is a place for people to vent a little bit, express their feelings and get away from everything else for just a little while. It’s also a place where people tend to overreact and spew some pretty crazy takes.
There’s no better time for these kinds of bold statements than after a disappointing loss for one of your favorite teams and after SU’s overtime loss to Pitt on Saturday, the Orange Twitter warriors were out in full force and some of the things they had to say were, let’s just say, interesting. Here are the 5 best of the weekend:
1. Time to Start Looking Forward to Basketball
Javin Grant@yankeevinny
New year, same Syracuse football.
Boeheim’s boys start playing in one month so screw it
6:02 PM - Oct 6, 2018
This is perhaps the most classic Syracuse fan take there is. Pair this along with all of the Tweets about how Syracuse is a basketball school and you’ve about 80% of Orange fans’ repertoires. Here’s the problem: there’s still a lot to look forward to in this football season. Sure, they’ve lost two in a row heading into the bye, but they also only need two more wins to make it to their first bowl game since 2013. You may still have the opportunity to play College Football Playoff spoiler against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium in November and have another chance to beat a rival in BC in the last game of the season. This is also the last six or seven games you’ll get to see of Eric Dungey and even though he didn’t look great on Saturday, you have to appreciate him while he’s here because he’s been incredibly fun to watch, and you don’t have many opportunities left to do that. Basketball season is going to be fun and everybody’s excited, but a couple of losses shouldn’t take you out of the football season completely.Boeheim’s boys start playing in one month so screw it
6:02 PM - Oct 6, 2018
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Five Takeaways From Pitt's OT Win Over Syracuse (pittsburghsportsnow.com; Saunders)
There’s an awful lot to unpack from Pitt’s 44-38 overtime victory over Syracuse on Saturday at Heinz Field.
The biggest takeaway is probably one that most of this column’s readers already knew: Pitt is pretty good at running the ball. The Panthers handed the ball of to senior running backs Darrin Hall and Qadree Ollison a combined 41 times and they responded by gaining 299 yards on the ground for a 7.29 yards-per-carry average.
What was new? The fact that Pitt ran the ball against the Orange when every single person in the stadium seemed to know that it was coming.
After Kenny Pickett was sacked and fumbled in the fourth quarter, which set up a Syracuse field goal that gave the Orange a seven-point lead with 11:11 to play, his job was reduced to turning and handing the ball off.
The change seemed to work. On the ensuing Pitt drive, the Panthers drove 75 yards in five plays, capped off by a seven-yard Hall score. When Syracuse went ahead with a long field goal with 5:53 to play, it was again all running plays as the Panthers fought back into field goal range. Pickett took one shot at the end zone that fell incomplete before Alex Kessman tied the game and sent it to overtime.
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Pitt football creeps closer to ACC Coastal co-leaders (triblive.com; DiPaola)
In the aftermath of Pitt’s overtime victory against Syracuse, the ACC standings painted an encouraging picture for fans. (For coach Pat Narduzzi and his team, too, but they had no time for such things while preparing for No. 5 Notre Dame.)
The Panthers (3-3, 2-1) are a half-game behind ACC Coastal co-leaders Miami (5-1, 2-0) and Virginia Tech (3-2, 2-0).
Here are some observations at midseason:
1. Haunted by the Heels
With six games remaining, Pitt has a long way to go to win that elusive Coastal championship, but at least the math works for now.
Pitt plays Miami and Virginia Tech next month, and each has a few warts.
• Miami has the best defense in the division but struggles in pass protection and special teams. The Hurricanes trailed a mediocre Florida State team, 27-7, until the last 5 minutes of the third quarter before rallying to win, 28-27, at home.
• Virginia Tech’s defense allowed 49 (Notre Dame) and 45 (Old Dominion) points in two of its past three games, and Ryan Willis, a Kansas transfer who hadn’t started since 2016, has replaced injured Josh Jackson at quarterback.
If the Panthers don’t win the division, they will be haunted by that embarrassing loss to North Carolina (1-3, 1-1).
Pitt’s nonconference schedule is difficult. The ACC? Not so much.
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ACC Rankings Week Six (gobblercountry.com; Johnson)
Atlantic
1. Clemson Tigers: Clemson blasted Wake Forest, 63-3. The Tigers had three separate players with 125+ rushing yards and they each had rushing TDs of 60+ yards. Lawrence looked fantastic and Chase Brice also looked sharp when he had a chance to play. Clemson has a bye week coming up, but will next face N.C. State in a battle of the last unbeatens in the ACC.
2. N.C. State Wolfpack: NCST barely escaped Boston College, 28-23, and improved to 5-0, the program’s best start since 2002. Finley threw for 308 yards and two TDs while Gallaspy II added two TDs and 104 yards on the ground. The ‘Pack will have their hands full with Clemson in two weeks.
3. Syracuse Orange: Syracuse looked flat on defense allowing two big scoring plays of 69 yards and 68 yards. Eric Dungey threw two interceptions and was the leading rusher for the Orange. The miscues by Syracuse allowed Pitt to force overtime ultimately defeating the Orange, 37-44. Syracuse is going to need some answers on a rushing defense that allowed 293 yards last week and 265 this week. In two weeks, Syracuse will face off against UNC.
4. Boston College Eagles: Running back A.J. Dillon was held out of the game after injuring himself last week. Junior RB, Ben Glines, stepped in nicely, racking up 90 yards and a TD over 16 carries. BC special teams scored off a blocked punt late in the fourth quarter, but NCST was able to hold off their late game charge.
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ACC Panic Room: Mistakes haven't burned NC State...yet (wralsportsfan.com; video; Brownlow & Ovies)
Lauren Brownlow and Joe Ovies discuss NC State's 5-0 start.
ACC Football Rx: AP/Coaches Polls - 10/7/18 (accfootballrx.com; HM)
Pitt unveiled their new ACC Network studio; here are a couple of shots:
5 final takeaways from Wake Forest’s loss to Clemson (greensboro.com; O'Neill)
The sting of a 60-point loss will last two weeks for Wake Forest’s football team, though the Deacons will try to move on from Saturday’s 63-3 loss to No. 4 Clemson as quickly as routine dictates.
Wake Forest’s 24-hour rule applies to wins and losses alike, and so the Deacons have already — or, they’re supposed to have already — moved on from the embarrassment that was seen at BB&T Field.
The Deacons will next take the field at Florida State, playing a Seminoles team that suffered embarrassment of another kind Saturday, blowing a three-touchdown lead in the final 20 minutes. Wake Forest enters the second half of its season needing at least three wins to keep alive its bowl hopes.
Here are the final five takeaways from Wake Forest’s 63-3 loss to Clemson, which made the Deacons 3-3:
1. Depth is seriously lacking
Wake Forest still had several defensive starters in the game for the fourth quarter, and it wasn’t necessarily because Coach Dave Clawson was trying to send a message.
It was because they were the ones who were left to play.
“I mean, we are out of linebackers and safeties. We’re just, we’re decimated. We have nobody left,” Clawson said. “We may have to burn some redshirts and stuff. We don’t have anymore linebackers, period. We’ve played everybody. We’re putting safeties at linebacker and we’re just — it’s just one of those years.”
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Around the ACC: Week 6 Recap (fromtherumbleseat.com; Lawson)
There were so, so many peak ACC moments this week. The irony of it all is that there were only six total games played, giving us a success rate of roughly 100% for #GoACC moments. Take a bow, John Swofford. Your on-field product has prompted me to make the choosing of my #GoACC Moment of the Week a democratic process. See the poll below to leave your input.
Syracuse 37, Pittsburgh 44
Here’s your first option. The very same Syracuse team that took Clemson to the wire last week just lost in overtime to a Pitt team that is legitimately only good enough to beat
a) Syracuse, apparently
b) Georgia Tech
in ACC play. On top of it all, the loss came on a game-ending interception in the end-zone by the otherwise very reliable Eric Dungey. Pat Narduzzi is back, baby.
Boston College 23, NC State 28
In a true clash of national powerhouses, Boston College was just barely edged by NC State in Raleigh. I’ll be 100% honest with you for a second: I haven’t watched a single snap of Boston College football this season and am really wondering how they managed to spread 14 total completions across 7 individual players. Just dudes being dudes, sharin’ the rock. Much respect, Eagles.
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Volunteer Erin Scofield cores and peels apples with a hand crank machine at the Saint Joseph's Apple Fritter booth during the LaFayette Apple Festival, LaFayette, NY, Saturday October 6, 2018.
LaFayette Apple Fest: Making Apple Fritters with Saint Joseph's Church (photos) (PS; Schild)
Describing the apple fritter making fundraiser by The Church of the Nativity at Saint Joseph's in LaFayette as a mere booth is an understatement. Rather, the organization maintains an entire building that brims with volunteers.
During the two day festival, the group divides into eleven workstations from start to finish. First, they peel, core and slice about 15,000 apples. Volunteers called gloppers coat the apples and use 1,600 pounds of donut mix, which are then fried in a total of 2,450 pounds of shortening. Finally, volunteers called "spice girls" dust the fritters, using nearly 625 pounds of sugar.
This year, Saint Joseph's Church will donate a portion of their proceeds to Joseph's House and In My Father's Kitchen.
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Best steak in Central New York: See your first nominees (PS; Pucci)
We're searching for the best steak in Central New York, so we turned to you, the reader, for help.
Remember: These are just the top nominee-getters so far. The nomination process ends Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 11:59 p.m. The six places with the most nominations will advance to the finals.
The winners -- judges' favorite and readers' choice -- will be crowned later this month. The nominated restaurants are listed in order from most nominations to fewest. If your favorite place isn't in the top six yet, then get out the vote and nominate your pick.
No. 1 - Daniella's Steakhouse (Geddes)
No. 2 - Brian's Landing at Green Lakes (Fayetteville)
No. 3 (tie) - Delmonico's Italian Steakhouse (CNY locations: Syracuse and Utica)
No. 3 (tie) - Scotch 'N Sirloin (DeWitt)
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