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Welcome to World UFO Day!

A UFO is an Unidentified Flying Object that cannot immediately be identified or explained. The term is widely used for making claims about sighting an extraterrestrial spacecraft i.e. a spacecraft that does not belong to Earth and humans.
Why do we have a World UFO Day


World UFO Day is an awareness day celebrated by UFO enthusiasts to educate people about the 'undisputed evidence' that UFOs are real and to get governments de-classify files about UFO sightings. Some celebrate the day on June 24 which is the date that aviator Kenneth Arnold reported a UFO sighting for the first time in the United States. Some others observe the day on July 2 which is the day when the supposed Roswell UFO crash took place in 1947.

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Syracuse expanding geographic reach in the 2021 class (247sports.com; McAllister)


When Dino Babers took the job at Syracuse, he discussed a spiral graph approach where the coaching staff starts at home and then spirals out to various other states to look for prospects. In the 2021 class, one that is as abnormal as any in recent memory due to the coronavirus pandemic, many teams have somewhat altered their approach. There are no camps, no visits and no evaluation period. That makes things more challenging for schools across the country.

Syracuse has routinely relied on camps to get a closer look at some prospects and discover new ones. Geographically, Syracuse generally has stuck to the same areas. The northeast, the south and the midwest, with a few variances here or there. In the 2021 class, Syracuse is expanding its reach both in terms of commits and offers.

Syracuse currently sits at 12 commits this cycle, from nine different states. Only Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania has produce multiple commitments for the Orange. Compare that to previous cycles where Syracuse had five states with multiple commitments in both 2020 and 2019. Yes it is true that the 2021 cycle still has months left, and there is a chance Syracuse gets to that five state mark of multiple commitments.
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Al Davis talks to the Syracuse football team

The Life and Legacy of Al Davis Part I: Early Days (SI; Kudo)

Just win baby,” “Commitment to Excellence,” and “Winning is Everything” are just a few quotes that come to mind when one thinks of Al Davis.

Davis not only pulled the Raiders out of the slump as the youngest head coach and general manager in pro football history when he came to Oakland in 1963 at age 33, but in 1966, as newly appointed AFL Commissioner, he led the charge into merging the two rival leagues as the new NFL.

Davis later returned to the Raiders as managing general partner and won three Super Bowls.

In this series, we’ll take a look back at Al Davis’s life and legacy, a boy from Brooklyn who turned into a Hall-of-Famer and developed the Raiders organization from the ground up.

Al’s Early Days

Born on July 4. 1929, Davis grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended Erasmus Hall High School, the largest public school. Al grew up as an average Joe. He wasn’t the smartest kid in school, nor the most athletic kid in school. He was a guy driven by personality.

When he went to Syracuse University to study English, Davis tried out for the baseball and basketball teams. He failed miserably.

So, he turned to football, where the beginnings of the mastermind start to take shape.

While he never played a game for the Orange, he attended practice to learn schemes, plays, positioning, audibles, pretty-much anything, and everything to do with football.
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Miami football: How ACC would look aligned geographically (caneswarning.com; Rubenstein)

The ACC is the only one of the four Power Five conferences with divisions that are not aligned geographically. Here is where the Miami football program would be if the conference realigned into North and South Divisions.

The ACC aligned the conference into Atlantic and Coastal divisions when Miami and Virginia Tech joined the conference to set up perennial conference title games in football between the Hurricanes and Florida State. Sixteen seasons in, the Miami football program has only been to one ACC Championship game.

The ACC held its first conference title game in football in 2005 after Boston College joined the conference. Florida State defeated Virginia Tech in the first title game that season. The Hokies won the Coastal five of the first seven years of its existence. Virginia Tech won three of those title games.

Miami’s only appearance in the title game came after winning the Coastal outright in 2017. The Hurricanes were defeated 38-3 by Clemson. At the time the divisions were conceived, Clemson was not the power it has become now. The Tigers did not appear in and win their first ACC Championship game until 2008.

Clemson won again in 2011, but Florida State controlled the Coastal the following three seasons including a national championship in 2013. The Tigers have dominated the ACC since with five straight titles and National Championships in 2016 and ’18. Miami is very fortunate to be in the division opposite Clemson and Florida State.
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Under Armour trying to back out of uniform contracts (RX; HM)

Under Armour trying to back out of uniform contracts

Under Armour has not been making nearly as much money as they've led people to believe. Then the Coronavirus hit, which its "wet towel on the fire" impact on the economy. UA starting looking to cut costs, and it's been widely reported that they've already dropped their contracts with UCLA and Cal of the Pac-12 - thus saving the company a few hundred million dollars. They still have contracts with Notre Dame and Boston College, along with Wisconsin, Maryland, Utah, Hawaii, Texas Tech, Navy, S. Carolina, Northwestern, Auburn, Colorado State, Cincinnati and Temple.

How was UA able to cancel those big contracts without paying the schools? One possible explanation - at least for the UCLA contract termination - is given here:

Something notable about @UCLA's @UnderArmour deal. Not only is it *by far* the biggest of their public school contracts, it's also the only one we found that contained any force majeure language at all #SportsBiz
— Eben Novy-Williams (@novy_williams) June 30, 2020

"Force majeure" is a legal term which refers to "unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract" - such as cancellation of the Men's Basketball Tournament due to, I don't know, maybe a worldwide pandemic? This seems to be supported by this tweet from ESPN's Adam Rittenberg:

Here’s ⁦@UnderArmour⁩’s statement on why it is terminating its partnership with #UCLA.
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) June 27, 2020

The situation with Cal may have been a little different; 247Sports is reporting that Cal never properly signed the contract! [LINK]

The terms of the BC contract are not disclosed since BC is a private school, but I do understand that UnderArmour is in talks with Boston College already [LINK]. No word if UA is trying to get out of its contract with Notre Dame.
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How Next NFL City Could Affect ACC FB (RX; HM)

How Next NFL City Could Affect ACC FB

From NewArena: Predicting the Cities Most Likely to Get an NFL Team in the Next 20 Years
The presence of an NFL team changes the sports dynamic of a city. Where there is a no NFL team, a power five college program can thrive (see Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, etc.). On the other hand, cities with both NFL and college teams tend to be much more fickle in their support of the college program (see Miami, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc.). It's simple economics: supply and demand.

What might be the ultimate impact of moving an NFL team? Here are some cities which the OP suggests might be considered for future NFL locations...

ACC Footprint Cities:
Virginia Beach
The South has a rich football history — not to mention a massive fan base. Outside of the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers, there aren’t many professional teams within this footprint of the country. Virginia Beach makes a ton of sense as a pivot team for those in the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, and even parts of Kentucky. One could envision a beautiful stadium being built right on the water.

Durham, NC
Durham is one of the most populous cities in the Southeast region. With nearly 275,000 people, we’ve seen iterations of sports teams (Duke basketball, minor league baseball) absolutely thrive in this metropolis. Those supporting Duke basketball can also support the local NFL team. With all apologies to David Cutliffe, the Duke football team is quite mediocre (to say the least).

Louisville, KY
Louisville is one fun city. Aside from having a number of neat cultural activities, Louisville is jam-packed with big-time sports fans. The largest city in the state of Kentucky (by population) would welcome an NFL franchise with open arms. A Louisville NFL franchise would also brilliantly act as a natural rival to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Nashville.

Orlando, FL
Orlando boasts the fourth-largest population in the state of Florida (behind Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa). It only makes sense for Orlando to grab an NFL franchise — particularly since it has a rich history in cultivating another professional team (the Orlando Magic). When further linking together the tourist opportunities with Disney World, the NFL would stand to make a ton of money with a team in Orlando.

ANALYSIS: placing an NFL team in either Durham or Louisville would hurt the ACC teams located there - no question. Virginia Beach and Orlando, not so much because they are just in the same state as ACC teams - but not the same cities.
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A Look Back at 2019 Massey Ranking (RX; HM)

A Look Back at 2019 Massey Ranking

Before we dive too deep into 2020 analysis, let's briefly review how 2019 ended through the lens of the group of computers used in the Massey Composite Rankings...

Final 2019 College Football Ranking Comparison
Thru games of Monday January 1/3/2020 - compiled by Kenneth Massey

RankTeamConf2019 W-L
1LSUSEC15-0
2Ohio StB1013-1
3ClemsonACC14-1
4GeorgiaSEC12-2
5Penn StB1011-2
6AlabamaSEC11-2
7OregonP1212-2
8FloridaSEC11-2
9Notre DameFBSI11-2
10OklahomaB1212-2
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Coronavirus and college football: Answering five looming COVID-19 questions for the 2020 season (TSN; Bender)

More than 2.6 million have tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States, and the death toll has soared to more than 127,000. The number of new cases must go down in order to entertain a season.

The FBS season is supposed to begin on Aug. 29, but that date is looking more tenuous by the day. Here is a look at some of the key issues facing college football heading into a month where media days and fall camps are supposed to start.

MORE: The best College Football Playoff contenders for every conference in 2020

What will Media Days look like?

Media Days are an annual July tradition that mark the unofficial start of the college season across the FBS conferences.

The COVID-19 outbreak forced all 10 conferences to switch their Media Days from on-site locations to virtual formats, and most of the conferences have not announced dates for those events — which likely will include several Zoom conferences with coaches and players. The ACC will conduct their virtual Media Days from July 21-23.

This could be a preview of what to expect if a season happens in 2020. Weekly and postgame press conferences could follow a similar virtual format.

How many schools will cancel their season?

That has happened at the lower levels.

Morehouse, a historically black college in Atlanta, canceled its football season June 26. The Southern Heritage Classic between Jackson State and Tennessee State also has been canceled.

Dayton, a FCS school that finished 8-3 in 2019, canceled its season opener against Southeast Missouri State on Sept. 3.

At the FBS level, Notre Dame and Navy moved their Aug. 29 game from Dublin, Ireland because of health concerns. The game is schedule to be played in Annapolis on Labor Day weekend.

More cancelations and scheduling hurdles can be expected in July on a state-by-state basis.
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How the coronavirus pandemic created a historic housing market in Syracuse right now (PS; Breidenbach)


The coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdown have created in the Syracuse area the hottest housing market in recent history, agents say.

Buyers are lining up down the street to get into showings. They are offering amounts so high over listing prices, they risk rejection from bank appraisers. Buyers waive inspections. They offer cash to avoid any contingencies.

And houses are selling within days.

The median sale price in May for the Central New York region was $152,000 — 9.4% higher than last May.

“It’s a little crazy right now,” said McKenzie Kelly, an agent for Howard Hanna Real Estate.

There have been more buyers than sellers in the Syracuse market for about a year. But the coronavirus has exaggerated the situation, she said.

People who have been stuck inside their homes are ready to trade up for something new and different. Some renters, especially young people, are done handing over checks to landlords and see historically low interest rates as a time to buy. They can afford more house for the same monthly payment with interest rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage at just over 3%.

But potential sellers are holding off.

They are afraid they won’t be able to find another house in his market, Kelly said.

New listings are down 33.6% so far this year over last year. There were just 956 new listings in May, compared to 1,568 homes listed in May 2019, according to the Greater Syracuse Association of Realtors.

The people choosing to sell now really need out. They’re getting a divorce, combining families, someone has died or they are moving out of the area, agents say.

It has been part of Mary and Tom Sacco’s life plan to retire to Pennsylvania to be near their daughter. They had planned to put their Jamesville house on the market in March.

They are over age 65 and worried about having strangers touching the railings and resting their hands on the kitchen counters. They held off for about two months, then called Kelly.

“We’re going to jump in the deep end,” Mary Sacco said she told her agent.

About 20 people came through the house over two days in May while the Saccos sat in their neighbor’s yard and in their car. They had nowhere to go. One advantage: They could see that people were wearing masks and using hand sanitizer on the way in.

Within days, they had about eight offers. Kelly told them to expect offers to come in over the asking price, but they didn’t believe her. They’ve lived in the Syracuse area for 40 years.

“That’s just not normal,” Sacco said. “Usually you have two or three houses you like, and you decide which one you want to give asking price or you try to give a little less.”

The offer they accepted was a big jump over the asking price, Sacco said. She was reluctant to share the numbers because the sale has not yet closed.

Now, they switch to the role of buyers in Pennsylvania, which is experiencing the same kind of market. They’ve already looked at 24 homes and been rejected twice. On one lost house, they had offered $20,000 over the asking price and offered another $3,000 over the best asking price.

“It’s a nightmare,” she said. “We’ve been down six times.”

Despite all that activity, the real estate market is struggling to catch up to pre-pandemic sales volume.

The number of closed sales in May was down 33.8% over last May — from 807 to 534.

But because of robust sales in the first part of the year, closed sales are only 10.2% behind this same time last year.

Lynnore Fetyko, chief executive officer of the Syracuse-area association, said she is optimistic that the industry can catch up before the end of the year if the economy continues to reopen and infection rates are low. The challenge is to bring more houses on the market.
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