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Welcome to English Language Day!
English is one of the six official languages of the United Nations (UN). In February 2010, the UN created six language days "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization." The days were also created "to increase awareness and respect for the history, culture and achievements of each of the six working languages among the UN community." The creation of the days was part of the 2010 International Mother Language Day. Besides English, there are days that honor the Russian, Chinese, Arabic, French, and Spanish languages. Events are held at the UN Headquarters each year, and the day is celebrated at other UN locations—known as duty stations—around the world.
April 23 was chosen for the holiday's date because it is the observed birthday and death date of William Shakespeare, who is seen by many as the greatest writer of the English language. True to its name, the language originated in England. Similar in form to Frisian, Dutch, and German, it is a West Germanic language and is part of the Indo-European language family. English is known as a "world language" because it is so widely spoken; about 2 billion people—close to a third of the world's population—can speak it. It is the main language used in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and some island nations in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. It is an official language in some other countries, including South Africa, India, the Philippines, and Singapore.
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Projecting Tommy DeVito’s Future at Syracuse – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Hoppe)
Orange quarterback Tommy DeVito’s first season under center was a disappointment. Or was it? That’s the question The Fizz has attempted to answer. After appearing in seven games in 2018, the once four-star recruit was given the keys to the car in 2019.
The Buzz around the Orange was at an all-time high when DeVito took his first snap as the program’s full-time QB against Liberty last August. The three months that followed showed the world that DeVito, and his teammates, were not ready for the moments that buzz would throw them into. How much of the blame falls on DeVito’s shoulders?
The Case for DeVito
Let’s start by looking at DeVito’s stats from last year: 213/337 (63.2%), 2,360 yards, 19 TD and 5 INT. He ranked 6th in the ACC in yards, 3rd in completion percentage, 6th in touchdowns and T-1st in interceptions (more than 200 attempts).
Those are strong numbers. While the ACC isn’t the gold standard, it’s the conference that the Orange hope to win one day. Keep in mind that Syracuse routinely finishes near the bottom of the league in the standings and the recruiting rankings. That means it’s a big deal that SU has a quarterback who is statistically among the ACC’s best.
Unfortunately for DeVito, the Orange led the league in something else: sacks. Opponents sacked a Syracuse quarterback 50 times last year. DeVito was individually dropped for a loss 44, a number that also stood alone in the ACC. The offensive line didn’t give DeVito the time he needed to consistently make plays down the field. Those numbers are way too high, especially for a team with a young quarterback.
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Alton Robinson is going to get paid
College football: Syracuse may be in for active NFL draft with four hopefuls (nny360.com; St Croix)
Syracuse University football fans could be in line for their most active NFL Draft experience in the last half-decade.
The first fully virtual NFL Draft is scheduled to kick off its first round at 8 tonight, with the rest to follow on Friday and Saturday. The event will be televised on ESPN, ABC, and the NFL Network.
As many as four former SU players hope to hear their name called with at least two — edge rusher Alton Robinson and wide receiver Trishton Jackson — projected to be chosen in some of the recent seven-round mock drafts produced by NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, and CBS Sports, among other publications.
The Orange has had just three players selected in the last five NFL drafts combined — all went off the board in the seventh round — and last had multiple players drafted in 2014 when Jay Bromley and Marquis Spruill were taken in the third and fifth rounds, respectively.
SU last had four players picked in 2006, and 2013 marks the only other draft over the past 15 years in which the program has produced at least three selections.
Here is a look at the Orange’s four hopefuls — Robinson, Jackson, Kendall Coleman and Sterling Hofrichter — and their respective NFL chances entering the draft.
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ACC Syracuse Football | Kendall Coleman NFL Draft Tape | Syracuse Defensive End (247sports.com; video)
ACC Syracuse Football | Kendall Coleman NFL Draft Tape | Syracuse Defensive End
How COVID-19 budget cuts could affect Syracuse, collegiate athletics (DO; Bannon)
Even after record high revenue in 2018-19, Syracuse Athletics will feel the financial pressures of the coronavirus pandemic.
Of the more than 100 FBS athletic directors polled by LEAD1 Association’s State of Athletics in the face of Coronavirus report, 86% said college athletics will soon have to make financial sacrifices — but those sacrifices have already begun to manifest.
On April 2, Old Dominion announced the end of its men’s wrestling program, and less than two weeks later, the University of Cincinnati eliminated its men’s soccer program. Every year, athletic programs are cut. But Jeremy Losak, a sport management assistant professor at Syracuse University, said this year there will be more.
Syracuse may be less susceptible to program cuts, Losak said, because SU already operates with fewer athletic programs than Atlantic Coast Conference schools (SU has 18 teams, fewer than 10 ACC schools). But ramifications could go beyond program cuts, affecting “all areas on campus,” one athletic director wrote in the LEAD1 report. And, if the pandemic continues into the fall season, things will only get worse.
Most college sports do not generate significant amounts of revenue — basketball and football accounted for 80.9% of Syracuse’s 2018-19 record $99.8 million revenue. In general, Olympic and non-revenue generating sports would be the first programs to go. The Cincinnati men’s soccer program registered $924,385 in expenses in 2018-19, and ODU’s wrestling cost $1,021,456. At SU, men’s soccer recorded $1,974,034 in 2018-19 expenses and does not house a wrestling program.
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Former Syracuse, NFL wide receiver Alec Lemon will ‘shoot for the stars’ as Glen Burnie football coach (capitalgazette.com; Fominykh)
When Glen Burnie football players step onto the gridiron under their first Friday night lights, Alec Lemon wants them to understand something integral. They’re not playing to impress someone who knew what it was like to touch the stars.
In pursuit of Glen Burnie’s first winning season since 2001, its new head coach wants his players to focus inward.
“I want them to play for themselves and the school of Glen Burnie," Lemon said. "That’s who they play for every day and that’s who they should be proud of.”
Always searching for progress, Lemon stepped on every rung of the football ladder before joining the Arundel staff for longtime coach Chuck Markiewicz’ final seasons. Before helping raise Syracuse football to a competitive caliber, Lemon set the Maryland single-season mark for receiving yards (1,616) in his final season in a Wildcats uniform, and tied records for catches (103) and touchdowns (23).
With the Orange, Lemon piled up 2,596 receiving yards, more than any other active Big East player in 2012, a number that lands second on Syracuse’s all-time list — and the records don’t stop there. Lemon put his name on the Orange record for single-season (72) and career receptions (201) before signing as an undrafted rookie with the Houston Texans in 2013 and with the Ravens’ practice squad in 2014.
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https://accsports.com/acc-news/uva-...ed-front-7-piece-4-star-olb-de-josh-mccarron/ (accsports.com; Geisinger)
It hasn’t taken long for Virginia — under Bronco Mendenhall — to develop a real culture on the defensive side of the ball. Bryce Hall, Juan Thornhill and Joey Blunt have emerged as play-makers in the secondary. Up front, Virginia has created one of the deepest front sevens in the ACC.
Jordan Mack and Eli Hanback leave the program, but Virginia still has Charles Snowden, Noah Taylor and Zane Zandier, among others.
Mendenhall and his staff continue to build the next generation, too. Virginia went to the West Coast to land the program’s newest hybrid linebacker: 4-star Josh McCarron.
100% Committed #GoHoos
— Josh McCarron (@josh_mccarron8) April 21, 2020
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound McCarron hails from Everett, Washington — less than 30 miles north of Seattle. 247 Sports ranks the rangy McCarron as a top 25 weak-side defensive end in the 2021 class.
McCarron picked Virginia over a host of offers, including several West Coast programs with a geography advantage: Boise State, Colorado, Utah and Washington State. A handful of Ivy League programs pursued McCarron, too: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth.
McCarron projects out as multi-year starter; he should fit nicely into Mendenall and and coordinator Nick Howell’s defense.
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Program Twilight, and the Talent Factor: Looking at the Hokies Then and Now (gobblercountry.com; Fahvaag)
We talked about the variables in an equation, (Money+Prestige)*NFL Draft=Talent, that leads to the factor that all teams need to win championships; Talent. We aren’t just talking about player talent, though that’s a major component. We are talking about the total talent picture of a football program and an athletic department constructed to recruit and use that talent effectively. There are quite a few issues to cover, but the first one is the story of the Virginia Tech Hokies, and the rollercoaster of events and acquisitions that brought us to this point in the Twilight.
Talking Virginia Tech Starts with the Fighting Gobblers
The Hokies have, over the past 50 years, experienced most of the variations related to talent and winning. In the 1970’s (71-77) the Charlie Coffey and Jimmy Sharpe teams played competent pro-style football, and produced modest records in modest conferences (mostly 1-AA) as an independent (Don Strock was a Charlie Coffey QB). The issue became something of a minor match of wills. The academic side of the school had little interest in football in particular and intercollegiate sports in general. The feeling back then was that the school was going to make its reputation with quality engineering and agricultural sciences, not football. Jimmy Sharpe’s disaster of a 1977 season (3-7-1 - Suffered through that one. It was sad.) sealed his fate, and brought in Bill Dooley, the name Virginia Tech, instead of VPI, and the Hokie Bird instead of the Fighting Gobbler. It took Dooley a few years to build up a pool of talent that could attract bowl attention, and managed to grab an invitation to the 1980 Peach Bowl. It also was an eight-year struggle as the athletic department and the school tussled. There were law suits and settlements… and a few people were forced to resign including the school President.
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Isaiah Simmons could lose $15 million because of “Bama bump” (rubbingtherock.com; Benedict)
for gbo
Clemson football product Isaiah Simmons is getting the ACC treatment heading into the Thursday night NFL draft.
We all know no one takes the ACC seriously and even when people talk about Clemson football, it is usually followed by “but”. We all know SEC players get the SEC bump and we are all familiar with the “Alabama bump”. If you needed further proof, look no further than Henry Ruggs III and Isaiah Simmons.
Ruggs is five inches shorter than Tee Higgins and was a lot less productive in college than Tee but because he ran a sub 4.3 40 at the combine and yet to Alabama, he is getting a huge bump and maybe the first receiver taken in the draft.
Isaiah Simmons is proof that not going to an SEC school will hurt you as well. If Simmons had gone to any other school – Alabama, LSU, Southern Cal, UGA, Ohio State, Michigan, etc., he would be the top-rated player in the draft and teams would be salivating to get him in on their defense.
Why? Because he has the size and strength to match up with every elite tight end in the game and the speed to shut down every runningback in the passing game. Instead, he is going to fall to somewhere between fifth and 10th in the draft because he played for an elite ACC school, who allegedly hasn’t played tough opponents in five years.
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If 2020 CFB starts, how and when? (RX; HM)
If 2020 CFB starts, how and when?
So here's a tweet lots of people were talking about on Wednesday:
Nice work by Brett McMurphy (as usual). Some observations:
Around 1/4th of those surveyed think the season will start as originally scheduled.
About 1/5th of them think all non-conference games* might end up on the cutting floor.
I'm surprised that roughly 2/5ths think the season can be delayed until October and still play 12 games (possibly splitting the season into Fall and Spring segments?)
Almost nobody thinks we'll have a conference-only season played in the Spring; if anything, they seem to think a Spring CFB season would be the full 12 games.
Only 1% said they think the season will be cancelled altogether (mind you, that's what they said - not necessarily what they believe).
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Links - AllSportsDiscussion edition - 4/23/20 (RX; HM)
Links - AllSportsDiscussion edition - 4/23/20
With the 2020 NFL draft upon us it seems fitting that AllSportsDiscussion has reached the top 20 in their countdown of the all-time NFL players who happen to be alumni of current ACC schools. Man, this list is sick! Just take a look at 16 through 30:
| Rank | Player | School | Pos | Pro Bowls |
| 16 | Ted Hendricks | Miami | LB | 8 |
| 17 | Brian Dawkins | Clemson | S | 9 |
| 18 | Jim Ringo | Syracuse | C | 10 |
| 19 | Aaron Donald | Pittsburgh | DT | 6 |
| 20 | Calvin Johnson | Georgia Tech | WR | 6 |
| 21 | Joe Schmidt | Pittsburgh | LB | 10 |
| 22 | Ernie Stautner | Boston College | DT | 9 |
| 23 | Chris Hanburger | North Carolina | LB | 9 |
| 24 | Darrelle Revis | Pittsburgh | CB | 7 |
| 25 | Dwight Freeney | Syracuse | DE | 7 |
| 26 | Chris Doleman | Pittsburgh | DE | 8 |
| 27 | Torry Holt | NC State | WR | 7 |
| 28 | Bill George | Wake Forest | LB | 8 |
| 29 | Russell Wilson | NC State | QB | 7 |
| 30 | Phillip Rivers | NC State | QB | 8 |
2020 NFL Draft Odds (RX; HM)
2020 NFL Draft Odds
Tomorrow is round 1 of the 2020 NFL Draft, which will be conducted over the internet thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. There isn't a lot of buzz for ACC fans this year because there just aren't a lot of quality players coming out this year, but there are a few things to look for...
Vegas oddsmakers always come up with odds for various propositions, and this year they've gone above and beyond with their NFL Draft props. As always, we present this for informational and entertainment purposes only; neither ACCFootballRx nor Hokie Mark recommends, condones, supports or accepts support from gambling. Furthermore, draft odds are subject to change (all for Round 1 only). These odds come courtesy of SportsBetting.ag; here are the ACC-related odds:
When will Isaiah Simmons be selected?
Over/Under 6.5
Will Tee Higgins be a Round 1 pick?
Yes +145/No -190
Highest RB Drafted
J.K. Dobbins -125
Clyde Edwards-Helaire +135
Cam Akers +600
Highest WR Drafted
Justin Jefferson -275
Denzel Mims +325
Brandon Aiyuk +700
Tee Higgins +1000
Most Round 1 Picks
Clemson +.5 (-350) or
Ohio State -.5 (+225)
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Fayetteville -Manlius math teacher CJ Alvarez couldn't run the Boston Marathon due to the coronavirus, but he ran the distance at home with his friends and family cheering him on. Videos provided by Jaime Winne Alvarez.
