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Welcome to International Safety Pin Day!
"Ouch!" is not an expression that you'll hear today, thanks to Walter Hunt, who created the safety pin. As one story goes, Hunt, a prolific inventor, needed to pay off a $15 debt to someone, so he decided to invent something and use some of the profits from the patent to pay the person. Now, this does seem a bit dubious, as it would take some time for an invention to get patented, but many sources online claim this to be the case. Hunt received patent #6281 on April 10, 1849, and Safety Pin Day, an informal holiday, occurs on its anniversary. It is believed that he sold the rights to the patent for $400 to the W.R. Grace and Company, and was then able to pay the person he was indebted to. An alternate story says a businessman named Richardson paid him $100 to apply for the patent with the condition he would turn the patent over to him afterward. Whatever the case, Hunt sold the rights and didn't reap the larger financial rewards of the patent.
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With Veilleux looking elsewhere, which QBs is SU recruiting? (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse football has struggled to recruit a quarterback since landing Tommy DeVito as a consensus four-star prospect in the Class of 2017.
The Orange only signed Chance Amie the following cycle after Houston’s offensive coordinator left. Then SU missed early targets in 2019 before taking David Summers following Amie’s decision to transfer. And after whiffing again on priority options last cycle, Syracuse signed under-the-radar prospects Dillon Markiewicz and JaCobian Morgan in February.
One of those top options a year ago, Christian Veilleux, previously reclassified to 2021. But, despite the Orange’s continued pursuit, the Canadian posted a Top 4 of Clemson, Penn State, Tennessee and Duke on Sunday.
So, where does that leave SU?
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Alton Robinson picked in third round of Sports Illustrated’s NFL Mock Draft (PS; Burrows)
Former Syracuse football star Alton Robinson may have earned his highest projected draft position yet from Sports Illustrated on Thursday.
Sports Illustrated’s Kevin Hanson projected Robinson will land with the Los Angeles Rams in the third round after the senior defensive end had earned mostly fourth-round projections from major news organizations.
Robinson’s draft stock has fallen in recent months after he followed a stellar 10-sack junior season with just four sacks in 2019. At 6-foot-2, Robinson has the frame and explosiveness to succeed in the NFL, but scouts currently see him as a one-dimensional pass rusher.
“Robinson has the burst and bend to become a pass rushing problem for tackles early in his career, but his approach is too “one-trick” and needs workable counters to become less predictable,” NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein wrote in his NFL Draft preview.
Along with Robinson, defensive end Kendall Coleman also has a chance to be selected, though he lacks the explosiveness and athleticism that Robinson has.
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Get The Most from Your College Football Bets in 2020 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Amendolara)
In the middle of these tumultuous times we are all longing for normalcy, and hoping the upcoming college football season is unaffected. Because after a long week, there’s no finer feeling than kicking back, relaxing, and enjoying a weekend of football. Mike Gundy wants games played (to the tune of going overboard). Brian Kelly says Kirk Herbstreit was overly pessimistic. The only enhancement to enjoying the games? Placing a bet and winning some considerable money. If you’re into betting on college football and you want to make 2020 the year that you beat the bookies, here’s a look at a few handy tips and tricks to help you get the most from your bets. Choose your favorite betting offer at findbettingsites.co.uk and follow these tips to get the best return on your bet.
KNOW THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE NFL
Football is football, right? Wrong. You think because you’ve won an NFL office pool at work you can crush the college game. Remember, there are bigger spreads in college football, by quite a margin. In the NFL, a spread over 10 points is big. In college football, a spread over 40 points is nothing out of the ordinary. There’s a far bigger discrepancy between the best and worst programs in CFB, and there’s money to be made there. This can be daunting at first, but once you get used to the lines, it’s really not anymore.
UNDERSTAND HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE IS OFTEN NOT A BIG DEAL
In any sport, the team playing at home surely has the advantage because they are in familiar surroundings, don’t have to travel, had more time to prepare, and have the home crowd. In college football, though, the home-field advantage can be overrated and overvalued according to the numbers. College athletes are unpredictable, offenses are wide open, and talent is dispersed wider than ever before. Do not be afraid to bet on the away team since you will get much better odds betting on them.
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https://accsports.com/acc-analytics...burrow-but-in-what-way-is-he-already-similar/ (accsports.com; Geisinger)
Earlier this week, North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell met with the assembled media on a Zoom call. The 2020 college football season is up in the air, currently, as the world works to deal with coronavirus. While some theories and opinions on the subject are, shall we say, suboptimal and insane, others have been a little more measured. Some degree of optimism is fine.
Howell, in his call, touched on a variety of topics, too; the rising sophomore even mentioned an offseason project of his, which includes watching everyone’s favorite Tiger King, Joe Burrow.
#UNC QB Sam Howell says that after the 2019 season he asked for every LSU game so he could study Joe Borrow's tape.
Howell said he watched each cut-up at least three times.
— Ross Martin (@RossMartin_IC) April 8, 2020
Assuming the 2020 season actually takes place (who knows, right now), UNC will have one of the most prolific passers in the country under center.
As a freshman, Howell completed 259-of-422 pass attempts (61.4 percent) for 3,641 yards and 38 touchdowns — an FBS record for a freshman, third most in a season in ACC history — to only 7 interceptions. Going back to the 2000 season, Howell is one of only five ACC freshman to complete 250+ passes in a season. That list also includes Jameis Winston, Daniel Jones and Trevor Lawrence.
A prolific and efficient deep-ball thrower, Howell averaged 8.6 yards per pass attempt (No. 14 in the FBS) while completing 30 passes of 30+ yards, tied for 7th nationally with Lawrence. Over 36 percent of Howell’s 422 passes attempts were completions of 10 or more yards: 154.
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College ADs Facing Doomsday Scenario if Football is Canceled (SI; Friedlander)
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney can have "zero doubt" that the college season will start on time this fall, as he was quoted as saying last week. But the reality of the coronavirus pandemic that has brought all sports around the world to a screeching halt is that nobody has any idea when it will subside enough for the games to begin again.
And whether Swinney wants to admit it or not, it's not just the start of the season that's in doubt.
There is a real possibility that there might not be any college football in 2020.
It's an unprecidented challenge the likes of which no one, including NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, has ever encountered.
Not even Corrigan's father Gene, who served as both ACC commissioner and NCAA president during his Hall of Fame career, would have had a playbook for how to handle such an uncertain situation.
“My dad had to deal with a lot of different things,” Boo Corrigan told Pat Forde of SI.com. “But he never had a pandemic.”
So what might happen if the NCAA's primary cash cow joins the NCAA basketball tournament, College World Series and so many other major events as a casualty of COVID-19?
It's a subject about which Corrigan and other administators would prefer not to consider.
But because they're already bracing for the worst and formulating contingency plans just in case, Forde asked a dozen prominent ADs and industry experts about how a cancellation of the football season might change the landscape of college athletics as a whole.
And it's not a pretty picture.
"I don't know what we've named it," Clemson AD Dan Radakovich told Forde, referring to a committee he's formed to investigate the school's options in the event of a cancellation, "because I don’t have an acronym for doom.”
Another Power 5 administrator, who for obvious reasons asked for anonymity, put it even more bluntly.
We’re all messed,” the athletic director said. “There’s no other way to look at this, is there?”
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Axe: Syracuse lacrosse, Crunch, Mets, etc. We’ve never missed sports more (PS; Axe)
Jim Nantz is supposed to be whispering on television to me about azaleas and Amen Corner just a few days after telling the world who won the NCAA championship on Monday night.
Can’t watch golf and New York state says, for now, we can’t play golf.
Syracuse men’s lacrosse is supposed to be defending a No. 1 ranking with the SU women’s team chasing a title of its own.
Le Moyne and OCC were ready to make their mark.
The Syracuse Mets, with Tim Tebow back for another nonsensical pursuit of the majors, were supposed to open their 2020 season on Thursday in Pawtucket.
The Yankees and Mets and Red Sox and Major League Baseball were supposed to serve as a loyal nightly companion from here to October.
Do I miss baseball? Like peanuts miss cracker jacks.
The Syracuse Crunch should be in a fight to the finish to qualify for the Calder Cup Playoffs. Instead, they are fighting the virus in their own unique way by providing Upstate Hospital with some crucial equipment. Stick taps to that.
The quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup in the NHL and the Larry O’Brien Trophy in the NBA should be options on my sports menu.
The spring high school sports season should be underway and we should be rooting for the next generation of athletes to make their mark.
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ACC Schools Working on a Cure for COVID-19 (RX; HM)
ACC Schools Working on a Cure for COVID-19
From a post written by 'CrazyPaco' on CSNBBS... some ACC member institutions are participating in research and development in the fight against COVID-19...
Regarding vaccine development, according to WHO, as of April 4, there are 63 different projects worldwide, only 2 actively in phase 1 trials. Of six US educational institutions working to develop vaccines, 3 are ACC members: Pitt (2 different ones), Duke, and Miami. The other schools working on vaccine projects are Tulane, Georgia, and Baylor College of Medicine (not to be confused with the separate Baylor University in Waco). Meanwhile, UNC in collaboration with Emory has developed a novel oral anti-retroviral drug and another to protect lungs from damage that it is hoping to take into phase 1 trials.
Here are some popular press articles from ACC schools on their various projects. This is not comprehensive...
Pitt
Vaccine (protein-micro-needle) press conference (articles on this appeared in multiple national news sources, more complete info is here): COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in First Peer-Reviewed Research
Vaccine (measles vector): Pitt part of international consortium to get COVID-19 vaccine grant
Adaptive platform drug clinical trials (multiple candidates): Pitt and UPMC roll out revolutionary way to test COVID-19 drugs
Development of immunity test: University Of Pittsburgh Developing Blood Test To Determine Coronavirus Immunity
Disease modeling: Pennsylvania’s leading COVID-19 modeler explains how life might start returning back to normal and what might not - PublicSource | News for a better Pittsburgh
Data sharing: Pitt Turns Rapid Coronavirus Data Sharing into Sustainable Research Infrastructure - UPMC & Pitt Health Sciences News Blog
Engineering labs producing & donating hand sanitizer: Pitt engineers donate, create supplies for health care workers - The Pitt News
Re-purposing facilities: Pitt opens dormitory to UPMC health workers
Testing: UPMC develops COVID-19 test | WITF
Duke
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Links, news and rumors - 4/10/20 (RX; HM)
Links, news and rumors - 4/10/20
SN: Five questions that will shape College Football Playoff's eight-team expansion
- Would the Group of 5 receive an automatic bid?
- Would conference scheduling change?
- How much weight do conference championships carry?
- How would at-large teams be selected?
- How are sites, bowl structures effected?
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From "The Virus Changed the Way We Internet" on nytimes.com:
During this semi-quarantine period, ESPN.com usage is down 40.2% - no doubt due in part to the fact that there isn't any live sports. Meanwhile, Netflix use is up 16%, YouTube is up 15%, and Zoom - the video meeting software - is nearly 4X what it was before everybody started talking about Coronavirus... also, computer use is up, while phone app use is down.
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How Times Each Team MISSED Bowling (RX; HM)
How Times Each Team MISSED Bowling
Usually when we talk about bowl history and "since the first ACC expansion back in 2003", we're looking at how many bowls a team has played in, which teams have played/won the most bowls, longest bowl streaks, etc., etc. Not this time. Today we look at the teams with the most non-bowl seasons - who was ineligible the most times - in the last 17 years.
Since 2003, these current ACC teams have missed bowls in...
| Team | #missed | Missed Bowls in |
| Syracuse | 12 | 2003, 2005-09, 2011, 2014-17, 2019 |
| Duke | 11 | 2003-2011, 2016, 2019 |
| UVA | 9 | 2006, 2008-10, 2012, 2013, 2014-16 |
| Wake Forest | 8 | 2003-05, 2009-10, 2012-14 |
| UNC | 7 | 2003, 2005-07, 2012*, 2017, 2018 |
| NC State | 6 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2019 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2016 |
| Pitt | 4 | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 |
| Louisville | 4 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018 |
| Boston College | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2015 |
| Georgia Tech | 3 | 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| Miami | 3 | 2007, 2011-12* |
| Florida State | 1 | 2018 |
| Clemson | 1 | 2004* |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | none |
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Other
NY order closes golf courses, boat launches, marinas, playgrounds in coronavirus shutdown (PS; Lohmann)
Golf courses have been deemed non-essential and must close as the state continues cracking down on gatherings to stave off coronavirus infections.
New guidance from Empire State Development, which is designating businesses and gathering spaces as essential or non-essential, was issued Thursday relating specifically to recreation.
The order states that parks and other public spaces are essential, except for playgrounds and other areas where people gather “where social distancing cannot be abided.” So, playgrounds will have to be closed off.
The guidance specifically states that golf courses are not essential. Some courses around the state, including Onondaga County, already have been ordered closed by local leaders. While county officials got some blowback from golfers, other counties followed, and now the state agrees.
Also, boat launches and marinas are closed to recreational vessels, the state ordered today. Marinas can stay open, but only to support government or businesses deemed essential, the state ordered.
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