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Welcome to Pay It Forward Day!
Pay It Forward Day is a global initiative that exists to make a difference by creating a huge ripple of kindness felt across the world. Of course, our hope is that people pay kindness forward every day and make each day that little bit brighter. We believe that small acts, when multiplied by millions of people can literally change the world for the better — and on April 28th we’ll set out to prove it! For this year’s international Pay it Forward Day (PIFD) we are aiming to inspire over 10 million acts of kindness around the world. Imagine the difference that would make! Join us in paying it forward, and help spread the word about this important day!
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Orange Watch: Remembering the Syracuse football game in Tokyo, Japan - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: In the late 1970s and through the 1980s there was an annual NCAA college football game played in Tokyo, eventually named the Coca-Cola Classic. The first games were played at Korakuen Stadium (Mirage Bowl), then its replacement the Tokyo Dome. Nicknamed “The Big Egg” the Tokyo Dome, completed six years after the one on the SU campus, was also air-supported. Following its best seasons under Dick MacPherson with double-digit victories in 1987 and ’88, the ‘Cuse was a hot program in the eyes of the ‘Classic committee, and invited to Japan to face Louisville on December 4, 1989, the final game of that regular season.
His name is Wendal Lowrey. But don’t go looking for his moniker listed under the letter “L” in the Lettermen section of the Syracuse football media guide, because it is not there.
The redshirt freshman played in one game in a Syracuse uniform, but Lowrey rescued his Orangemen teammates when they needed it the most, at one of the most exotic, neutral locations one could imagine for SU football; being halfway around the world in Japan.
The Saturday night of the game was a Syracuse sports doubleheader. The basketball team defeated Temple 73-56 in the Carrier Classic title game at the Dome with a 6:00 tipoff, while the football team’s kickoff with Louisville was set for 10:00 p.m. EST, 10:00 a.m. JST Sunday in Tokyo.
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Not Drafted? No problem. James Mungro's story is a blueprint (cnycentral.com; Tamurian)
In 2001, James Mungro was a star for a Syracuse Football team that went 10-3 and won the Insight Bowl.
Despite his running prowess, he went undrafted in 2002.
He signed eventually with the Detroit Lions, picking them over several teams that had interest.
In what appeared to be another setback, Detroit cut him on the last day possible. In the last minutes possible.
It turned out to be the best thing possible.
Mungro would sign with the Indianapolis Colts, backing up Edgerrin James.
He ran for 336 yards that rookie season in 2002 with eight rushing touchdowns. He caught three in the air in 2004.
Most importantly, he won a Super Bowl with the Colts.
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-2020-college-football-season/(cbssports.com; Patterson)
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Check out the breakdown of the likely wins, losses and final record below for each team in the ACC in the 2020 season:
Clemson (12-0, 8-0 ACC)
- Wins: at Georgia Tech, Louisville, Akron, Virginia, at Boston College, at Florida State, NC State, Syracuse, at Notre Dame, The Citadel, at Wake Forest, South Carolina
- Losses: None
- Analysis: There's no doubt that the Tigers' late-season date at Notre Dame is tough, but even in that setting, Clemson would enter the game as a betting favorite of nearly a touchdown. Predicting a loss at any other spot on the schedule would be trying to force unique imagined circumstances into the activity, and that's not the goal here. Clemson is one of the top-three programs in all of college football, is led by one of the two best quarterbacks in the sport and will likely be a double-digit favorite in every conference game. The Tigers have shown they're not capable of covering every one of those huge spreads, but the only loss in their last 30 games came at the hands of an LSU team that, with its 14 players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, has an argument as one of the greatest teams in college football history.
- Wins: Liberty, at Middle Tennessee, North Alabama, Georgia Tech, Boston College, at Louisville, at Pitt, Miami, at Duke, Virginia
- Losses: Penn State, at North Carolina
- Analysis: Winning can cure a lot of uneasiness around a football program, and what better response to the Justin Fuente-Baylor flirtations than to see the coach lead the Hokies to a 10-win regular season in 2020. There are 18 starters back for Virginia Tech including quarterback Hendon Hooker, who guided the team to ACC Coastal contention before falling one win short against rival Virginia. There's not a game on the schedule that the Hokies can't win -- even that Penn State game in Blacksburg is certainly a possibility -- but road games against North Carolina and Louisville set up for at least one loss in conference play.
- Wins: James Madison, Georgia Tech, at Virginia, Virginia Tech, at Duke, at Miami, UConn, at Boston College, NC State
- Losses: at UCF, Auburn, Pitt
- Analysis: North Carolina might be a seven-point or even 10-point favorite against Pitt at home, but the likelihood of the Panthers disrupting the ACC Coastal Division race exceeds the odds that the Tar Heels will go undefeated in conference play. UNC has the best ACC quarterback not named Trevor Lawrence in Sam Howell and an offense that can power a top-25 season for Mack Brown in Chapel Hill. But the margins between UNC and the rest of the ACC are too thin to expect a goose egg in the loss column. Maybe that defeat comes at Miami on Oct. 24, but I'm guessing Pat Narduzzi and the Panthers will be the ministers of Coastal chaos in a year where there appear to be two front-running teams in the division.
- Wins: Temple, Wagner, UAB, at Michigan State, Pitt, at Wake Forest, at Virginia, at Georgia Tech, Duke
- Losses: North Carolina, Florida State, at Virginia Tech
- Analysis: The hype around former Houston starting quarterback D'Eriq King makes Miami one of the most fun teams in the country to discuss and follow, but there are still plenty of questions and concerns even a few layers beneath the surface. King is an electric playmaker, but the skill positions lack consistency and experience while the offensive line brings back experience but from a group that underperformed in 2019. Defensively, they'll have one of the best pass rush tandems in the nation but the back-end of the defense needs to step up its play so Gregory Rousseau and Jaelen Phillips can have time to get to the quarterback. I've got the hype peaking after a 6-0 start to the season, with division rivals and Florida State getting the best of the Canes late in the year.
- Wins: NC State, Murray State, WKU, at Syracuse, at Boston College, Florida State, at Virginia, Wake Forest
- Losses: at Clemson, Virginia Tech, at Notre Dame, Kentucky
- Analysis: What we're predicting here is basically no bad losses, which is perhaps a little too optimistic. This is a very good team with one of the best QB-RB-WR trios in the ACC (Micale Cunningham, Javian Hawkins, Tutu Atwell), but one bad loss drops the step-forward eight-win season to another seven-win regular season. Two bad losses suddenly have the Cards on edge in November regarding their postseason status.
- Wins: West Virginia, Samford, at NC State, Wake Forest, Pitt, at Miami, Boston College, at Syracuse
- Losses: at Boise State, Clemson, at Louisville, Florida
- Analysis: Now this is an 8-4 that feels like it could creep up to 10-2 if Mike Norvell's got a locker room full of road warriors capable of going to get it done on the Smurf Turf to start the season. While the distance between the Seminoles and ACC title contention could be plainly obvious in defeats to Clemson and Florida, the rest of the schedule should see Florida State start to re-assert itself as a top tier team in the league, including a rivalry win against the Hurricanes.
- Wins: Mississippi State, at Troy, Delaware, Duke, Wake Forest, Boston College, at Syracuse, Liberty
- Losses: Louisville, Florida State, at Clemson, at North Carolina
- Analysis: Dave Doeren needs a bounce-back season after going 1-7 in conference play a year ago, but I think the biggest games of the season are going to come right at the beginning in non-conference play. Mississippi State and NC State are somewhat evenly-matched programs and carry comparable power ratings at this point in the offseason, so I'm giving the Wolfpack the edge with the home field where I might hand it to the Bulldogs if the game was in Starkville. But the next game, at Troy, could end up being equally challenging. Going 2-0 to start is the key to hitting this eight-win mark, and I think the Wolfpack can do it.
- Wins: Miami (Ohio), at Marshall, Richmond, Duke, Georgia Tech, at North Carolina, Syracuse
- Losses: at Miami, Notre Dame, at Florida State, Virginia Tech, at Virginia
- Analysis: Outside of the chaos win against North Carolina, I think this is closer to the floor than the ceiling for Pitt in 2020. Games against Miami, Virginia Tech and certainly at Virginia carry opportunities for wins that could see this total increase, though winning all three and the game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill is very unlikely. There's a rugged regularity to what Pitt has become, where it's far too sturdy of a program to expect anything less than a bowl game but it requires all the right breaks to take down its toughest division foes en route to a second ACC Championship Game appearance in three seasons.
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- Wins: Colgate, at Rutgers, Western Michigan, Liberty,
- Losses: at Boston College, Louisville, at Clemson, Georgia Tech, at Wake Forest, NC State, Florida State, at Pitt
- Analysis: It's a bummer for Syracuse that I spent a lot of time considering the outcome of games against Rutgers and Western Michigan. Ideally, the Orange are in a position where those games are automatic wins, and the debates surround games against Florida State and Louisville. From a power ratings perspective, I've got Syracuse ranked 14th among ACC teams, and in 2020 its most winnable ACC games are on the road against Wake Forest and Boston College.
The Bros are releasing FIVE new shows this week! In each show, they will rank the head coaches of a different Power 5 conference. They start off the week with the ACC. The top coach is obviously Dabo Swinney of Clemson, but watch to find out where the Bros ranked Jeff Hafley (Boston College), David Cutcliffe (Duke), Mike Norvell (FSU), Geoff Collins (Georgia Tech), Scott Satterfield (Louisville), Manny Diaz (Miami), Mack Brown (UNC), Dave Doeren (NC State), Pat Narduzzi (Pitt), Dino Babers (Syracuse), Bronco Mendenhall (Virginia), Justin Fuente (Virginia Tech), and Dave Clawson (Wake Forest).
NFL Draft Trend - the 224 Sum Game (RX; HM)
NFL Draft Trend - the 224 Sum Game
You thought we were done analyzing the NFL draft? Ha! We're just getting started good...
Here's a trend chart showing NFL draft offensive picks by conference...
...and here are the defensive picks...
There's a lot going on in those charts -- but what does it all mean? Let's focus on the 3 Southern power conferences: ACC, SEC and Big XII...
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Total Draft Picks since 2010 (RX: HM)
Total Draft Picks since 2010
How many total NFL draft picks has each school produced in the last decade?
First, here's a chart by school, but color-coded by division (red=Atlantic, blue=Coastal):
Most Draft Picks, 2010-2020
| School | #Drafted |
| Clemson | 60 ============ |
| Miami | 57 =========== |
| Florida State | 54 ========== |
| N Carolina | 35 ======= |
| NC State | 31 ====== |
| Virginia Tech | 30 ====== |
| Louisville | 26 ===== |
| Boston College | 22 ==== |
| Pitt | 22 ==== |
| Georgia Tech | 16 === |
| Syracuse | 16 === |
| Virginia | 16 === |
| Wake Forest | 14 == |
| Duke | 5 = |
COVID Stimulus Money (RX; HM)
COVID Stimulus Money
Everyone has been affected by the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy. That includes the colleges and universities that make up the Atlantic Coast Conference. The US government has already sent out stimulus checks to millions of Americans and, it seems, to the schools of the ACC as well...
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https://www.syracuse.com/syracuse-u...ents-checks-for-remainder-of-meal-plans.htmlv (PS; Bailey)
Syracuse University is reimbursing students for the remaining balance on their meal plans and a pro-rated portion of their housing agreements.
For returning students, these funds will be deposited into their school accounts. Graduating students will receive a refund if their request form is approved. That process is expected to take up to eight weeks. SU created a website that provides further details.
The repayments come at a time when many in the student community — like the rest of the country — are quarantining and hurting financially due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The university moved classes online in early March and previously announced that it would continue with that model at least through the summer. Athletic director John Wildhack left open the possibility last week that athletes could return to campus before that for summ
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