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Welcome to National Rotisserie Chicken Day!
On June 2nd each year, chicken lovers celebrate National Rotisserie Chicken Day. While there a numerous ways to cook a whole chicken, rotisserie chicken offers a slow cooking method that seals in flavor.
When cooking chicken using a rotisserie chicken, the whole chicken is cooked on a rotisserie or spit that turns continuously over heat source. This process slowly roasts and sears the skin to seal in the flavor. The result is a tender and juicy chicken. Some cooks inject rotisserie chicken with a blend of seasonings to give increase the flavor. The popularity of rotisserie chicken continues to grow as the health benefits of it become more widely known.
Rotisserie chicken goes well with a variety of side dishes, too. Whether you like traditional salads, potatoes, rice, and steamed vegetables, or more elaborate dishes, you won’t go wrong. Even the leftovers can be used in many ways, including salads, sandwiches, and casseroles. It’s just as delicious cold as it is hot, too.
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Orange Watch: Is it the 'Loud House' if Syracuse football plays this season? - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)
Item: if there are football games played on the Syracuse campus between September and November, the university has acknowledged they will be contested with significantly reduced capacity. In a building that’s always contained noise and pulsates when the home crowd gets a dose of Orange Fever, a forced sound of silence will be more than deafening.
The irony is unmistakable.
After 40 years, the Dome is undergoing a major transformation with a permanent roof strong enough to support the obligatory mammoth video/scoreboard that is part of every major entertainment venue of its stature.
Now in the Covid-19 world with the necessitated distancing standards set forth by the CDC to state and local governments, it means the inaugural renovated season if played fully in a new and improved Dome will be bittersweet, with a noticeably smaller number of eyeballs on hand to be transfixed and entertained watching the magic of a huge screen high above displaying game replays and promotional spots.
Even without all the 21st century in-stadium technological wizardry, college football is about tailgating, cheerleaders, the bands performing on the field pre-game, halftime and post-game, and the emotion that comes from a game played by members of the student body in front of alumni, students and general fans. In other words, loud noise, and plenty of it.
» Related: Breaking down all things recruiting for the 2021 Syracuse football cycle
If the games are played and there are few if any spectators in the first few weeks, the unmasked sounds of football, not cheering, will be prevalent; players and their equipment colliding, loud barking of instructions and encouragement from the sidelines, and the stinging echoing of official’s whistles.
Even several thousand fans won’t make a dent with the Dome’s size. Think something along the lines of the murmur produced by a visiting lacrosse team’s crowd sitting behind their team’s bench in the Dome after witnessing a goal.
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1988: Remembering the ‘bittersweet’ Tie-Dye Sugar Bowl game (PS; Croyle)
Auburn coach Pat Dye (wearing tie) celebrates tying field goal with one second left against Syracuse in the 1988 Sugar Bowl
The death today of former Auburn University football coach Pat Dye at the age of 80 will evoke many memories among Syracuse University sports fans.
The ending of the 1988 Sugar Bowl between Dye’s Tigers and an undefeated Syracuse team will never be forgotten. It left Orange fans feeling angry and filled with questions of what might have been.
The 11-0 1987 SU football season was not supposed to happen.
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Syracuse Football: GoFundMe page for Floyd Little in his cancer fight (itlh; Adler)
Hall of Famer and Syracuse football legend Floyd Little, sadly, is fighting cancer.
Floyd Little, a Syracuse football icon and treasure within the Orange community, is unfortunately battling cancer, according to his wife, DeBorah. Everyone associated with ‘Cuse Nation is wishing Little well and will support him however possible.
To that end, one of Little’s former Syracuse football teammates, Pat Killorin, has created a GoFundMe page to raise money to help offset the costs associated with Little’s medical treatment.
The page, entitled “Friends of Floyd,” is seeking to raise $250,000. As of this Monday morning, it had raised nearly $30,000 toward that goal.
A member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the 77-year-old Little received All-American honors on three occasions with the Orange from 1964 to 1966, per an announcement on cuse.com.
A native of New Haven, Conn., Little followed other Syracuse legends Jim Brown and 1961 Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis in the ‘Cuse trio of famous running backs who wore No. 44.
Following his collegiate career in Central New York, in which Little twice finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting, the Denver Broncos selected him with the No. 6 pick in the 1967 NFL Draft.
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Top 3 Coaches in Syracuse Football History Part 2 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Shults)
On Friday we posted our first of three editions of the best Syracuse coaches in football history. No. 3 on the list was Dick MacPherson who led Syracuse to great success during the 1980s. Not only did he set Paul Pasqualoni up for success on the field once MacPherson left for the New England Patriots, he also set Pasqualoni up to rank No. 2 in SU coaching history.
Pasqualoni coached the Orange for 14 seasons, recording a .644 winning percentages (a record of 107-59-1). That’s the highest winning percentage for an SU coach with the program for over eight seasons.
During Pasqualoni’s tenure, the Orange won the Fiesta Bowl over Colorado in 1992 and clobbered Clemson, 41-0, in the Orange Bowl in 1995 – Donovan McNabb’s first season. Besides McNabb, Pasqualoni recruited well in Connecticut, landing star players like Dwight Freeney.
Of course, Pasqualoni was fired after a bowl game loss in 2004. That decision remains one of the worst in Syracuse history. Pasqualoni was replaced by Greg Robinson – whose name rings out at Syracuse like Voldemort’s at Hogwarts. If not for that infamous decision, Syracuse may have remained respectable in the mid 2000s. Instead, Robinson nosedived the program to a .213 record in his four years. Outside of Jordan C. Wells in his one season at the helm in 1892, that’s the worst record by an SU coach in program history.
Syracuse is still looking to return to the heights of the Pasqualoni era. No longer do players like Marvin Harrison, McNabb, and Freeney – legends of the game – suit up for the Orange. Instead, suffering Syracuse fans have been forced to rewind the tapes and watch old games. There, they will find the glory days, when Syracuse was a force to be reckoned with. And prowling the sidelines they will see the second best coach in SU history.
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Top 3 Road Wins in Syracuse History Part 1 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Unsworth)
Although stay-at-home orders are still in place in many states, we’re going to take a trip down memory lane. After beginning the Fizz’s Top 3 series with the three best coaches and three best home wins, we continue today with the three best road wins. This article details number three, the silver medalist will be released on Friday, and the best road win in SU history will be named on Monday.
3. OCTOBER 18TH, 1992 – GRAVES BRAWLS AND BEATS WEST VIRGINIA
Down 17-13 with under four minutes left in the fourth quarter, quarterback Marvin Graves and the Syracuse offense needed to engineer a touchdown drive to top the Mountaineers. But the drive instantly almost went south. After being pushed out of bounds at the SU 28 yard line by Tommy Orr, Graves flung the football at the WVU defensive back, and incited a bench-clearing melee. However, Lady Luck was on the SU side that day. The referees only ejected one Orange player, a backup lineman, and sent three of the Mountaineers’ defensive starters to the showers.
A couple plays later, the officials gave Syracuse another gift. On fourth down, Graves threw an incomplete pass in the direction of All-American tight end Chris Gedney, but the refs ruled pass interference, keeping the SU drive alive. Graves then ran for 14 yards, connected with Gedney for 38, and finally found the senior tight end in the back of the end zone to put the Orange up 20-14 and ultimately seal a Syracuse victory.
The game won’t be remembered for its first three quarters, but the final drive goes down as one of the luckiest finishes of all time.
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https://rutgers.forums./threads/the-lies-people-believe-just-to-feel-better.197664/ (r1vals.com)
Why New York City LB Malik Matthew chose Syracuse football over Rutgers
Once Dean committed Matthew wasn't a take, but SU fans believe Matthew chose them over Rutgers.
Here are a few quotes from the article that jumped out at me as spin BS:
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Football Flashback: Cole Stoudt (SI; Hall)
for gbo. I believe Cole was going to attend Syracuse until Clemson give him a late offer...
While former Clemson quarterback Chase Brice is known for stepping into a tough situation as a backup in the 2018 season against Syracuse, Cole Stoudt is another quarterback who is often forgotten when it comes to notable second-string signal-callers.
You’d be hard-pressed to find another quarterback that was sandwiched in between two top-ten quarterbacks in program history in Tajh Boyd and Deshaun Watson. Stoudt fell victim to a crossroads of sorts for Clemson football as the Tigers were on the cuff of making that final push toward becoming a national championship team.
Stoudt, the son of Cliff Stoudt who played in the NFL from 1977-1989, was set to take over the reins of the program in 2014 following the departure of Boyd. However, a new kid on the block was right on his heels. By Week 4, Watson was making his first career start and threw for six touchdowns as the Tigers won a track meet against North Carolina in Clemson, 50-35.
From there, the legend of Watson began to take the mold. Stoudt was forced to take the backseat in the quarterback room. However, his story would be far from over.
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David Teel: ACC teeming with talent entering a football season where the league needs to be much better (roanoke.com; Teel)
If college football starts on time in late August, and if the season continues uninterrupted through early January — both XXL “ifs” — last week may be viewed as pivotal.
First, the NCAA Division I Council approved on-campus, voluntary workouts for football and basketball players starting June 1. Two days later, the council broadened that authorization to all sports, sparking optimism unseen since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered intercollegiate athletics March 12.
Not to suggest that thousands of athletes will be descending upon schools nationwide on Monday. States such as Virginia still have restrictions that preclude such activities.
But since the Division I Council votes, more coaches and administrators seem hopeful that football, college sports’ economic bell cow, will kick off as scheduled. Perhaps more important, 84% of 310 university presidents surveyed by the American Council of Education said it was “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that their campuses will resume in-person classes this fall.
In that spirit, and since we missed the opportunity when spring football vanished, some nuggets on a 2020 ACC season that should be, and needs to be, much better than 2019.
For the first time in its history, the ACC returns two quarterbacks who threw at least 35 touchdown passes the previous season. North Carolina’s Sam Howell had 38, as a true freshman, and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence had 36.
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Links, news and rumors - 6/2/20 (RX; HM)
Links, news and rumors - 6/2/20
Star Clemson WR Justyn Ross will miss entire 2020 season
Monday, Coach Dabo Swinney confirmed that WR Justyn Ross will undergo surgery this month which will cause him to miss the entire 2020 season and, perhaps, end his playing career.
Neck injuries are no good - as I'm writing this I have an ice-bag on my own neck. Here's hoping Justyn has a full and speedy recovery!
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HOW DATA SCIENCE CAME TO DOMINATE FANTASY FOOTBALL
Anecdotes ruled fantasy football conversations. Then the math nerds crashed the party.
Ah, math. You can't escape it, and you can't beat it - well, not consistently, anyway.
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Links, News and Rumors - 6/1/20 (RX; HM)
Links, News and Rumors - 6/1/20
College Football Hall of Fame broken into and damaged during protests in Atlanta
The area damaged appeared to be a gift shop amidst the chaos in the streets of downtown
Way to be balanced, Ms. Beaudin... and yes, I'm glad they didn't take or destroy any artifacts, too.
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On a side note, I don't think there's any truth to the rumor that there was actually more inventory of SC Gamecocks apparel than there was before the break-in. At least, I'm pretty sure that's just a joke...
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NCAA on George Floyd situation (RX; HM)
NCAA President Mark Emmert's message to membership on inequality and injustice
June 1, 2020 11:00am
The killing of George Floyd last week laid bare the continued existence of inequality and injustice in America. The college athletic community must be clear in our stand that it cannot be tolerated. As we look across our nation today we cannot ignore the impact of racial disparity, whether in those stricken by the coronavirus, by the lack of economic and educational opportunity, or by the injustices that cost Mr. Floyd his life.
Sport historically has been a catalyst for social change and through our leadership and the way we treat one another, each of us can continue to make a difference. We must, therefore, commit ourselves individually and collectively to examining what we can do to make our society more just and equal.
We have not done enough: we can do better.
Mark Emmert,
NCAA President
Louisville football: 3 biggest needs remaining in class of 2021 (BRL; Lane)
Cornerback
Current roster: Chandler Jones (Jr.), Anthony Johnson (Jr.), Marlon Character (Sr.), Telly Plummer (Jr.), Marqui Lowery (Fr.), Greedy Vance (Fr.), Jamel Starks (Fr.)
Committed players: Rance Conner Jr.
The other big need on the defensive side of the ball comes at cornerback, a position where Louisville is still working to build depth at all levels.
2019 saw the emergence of multiple new starters including sophomore’s Chandler Jones and Anthony Johnson, who we saw small flashes of in 2018 towards the back half of the season, as well as junior college transfer, Marlon Character. All three players are back in 2020 and once again, it’s the reason why there is so much hope in the defense taking a massive step forward.
Behind them will be where Louisville’s staff will have their work cut out to begin cultivating depth and developing players in order to be ready to step into bigger roles when the time comes.
Louisville did land three corners in last year’s class in Jamel Starks, Greedy Vance, and Marqui Lowery, all of whom will have opportunities to get onto the field this season as freshmen. Vance and Starks where two of the most celebrated incoming recruits in 2020 and have the most long-term potential to develop into starters while Lowery is a guy who with time could surprise some folks.
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Astronaut from Upstate NY captures the flag for SpaceX in cosmic contest (AP)
The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag game.
They quickly claimed the prize left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago by the last crew to launch from the U.S.
“Congratulations, SpaceX, you got the flag,” NASA astronaut and Upstate New York native Doug Hurley said a day after arriving at the space station.
Hurley, who was born in Endicott, N.Y., and graduated from Owego Free Academy, showed off the small U.S. flag during a news conference and again in a linkup with SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
"You can bet we will take it with us when we depart back to Earth,” said Hurley, floating alongside Dragon crewmate Bob Behnken.
The flag flew on the first space shuttle flight in 1981 and the final one in 2011. Hurley was on that last shuttle crew.
The flag was an added incentive for Elon Musk's SpaceX company and Boeing, competing to be the first private company to launch a crew to the space station. Saturday’s liftoff of NASA astronauts was the first from the U.S. in nine years. Boeing's first astronaut flight isn’t expected until next year. The crew will include Chris Ferguson, commander of the last shuttle flight who now works for Boeing.
“Proud to yield the title of “The last commander of an American launched spacecraft” to @Astro_Doug who, with @AstroBehnken, has returned US to space from KSC after 3,252 days. Well done,” Ferguson tweeted following the SpaceX liftoff.
An estimated 100,000 people — suppliers, vendors, engineers, etc. — were responsible for Saturday's flawless launch of test pilots Hurley and Behnken aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
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