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Welcome to International Left-Handers Day!
International Left-Handers Day celebrates the uniqueness of being left-handed and raises awareness about the inconveniences that those who are left-handed deal with, in a world where ninety percent of people are right-handed. Many tools and objects are designed for right-handed people, and hundreds of millions of left-handers must adapt. Not only are the disadvantages that left-handers face highlighted on the day, but any advantages that they have are also celebrated.
Of the ten percent of people who are left-handed, more are men than women. Many recent presidents have also been left-handed, including Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Those who are left-handed haven't always risen to such heights of power. Throughout history, left-handed people were considered inferior and were often associated with witchcraft. In Christianity, left is associated with evil, and at the last Judgement, those who are sent to the left are damned. Even a left-handed compliment has a negative connotation, as it is an unflattering compliment.
SU News
Syracuse football continues to prepare for 2020 season (localsyr.com)
A day after the Big Ten and PAC-12 conference announced they would postpone their college football seasons, Syracuse was back out on the practice field.
SU held their forth preseason workout on Wednesday, as they get ready for their season opener on September 12th at North Carolina.
Through all the adversity that his team has faced, SU head coach Dino Babers told the media on Monday that he’s been pleased with the way his team has handled the challenging times.
Right now, the ACC plans to play a ten-game conference schedule, with one non-conference game.
College football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays? (PS; $; AP)
Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around.
Conference commissioners and athletic directors called it a last resort. And when it looked like the fight against the coronavirus might be going well, the idea mostly fell by the wayside.
“We broached it very little in our AD meetings and really haven’t gotten serious about it at all,” Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez recalled Tuesday. “I had one AD from another league call and just talk about it a little bit.”
Time to start talking about it a lot.
The Big Ten and Pac-12 postponed fall football this week, hoping to salvage a spring season like the Mid-American Conference and Mountain West plan to do.
What that looks like is anybody's guess, but officials will need to figure out everything from how to prepare in the fall to how much to play in the spring, where in the calendar it could fit and who exactly is going to be suiting up for these teams.
Before a spring football season is planned, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said, there has to be a discussion about next fall, too.
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SU is among 77 teams remaining in college football. What comes next? (PS; $; Mink)
Syracuse woke up Wednesday morning as one of 77 teams that still have a fall season.
The ACC presidents and chancellors deciding the fate of that season will reportedly meet again today after a seismic day for the annals of college football saw the Big Ten and Pac-12 rule out playing any sports this fall.
It whittled down the number of schools that plan to play by 27 — independent UMass also canceled their fall season Tuesday — and left Syracuse among a group that includes southern powers Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma but not regional neighbors UConn, Rutgers and Penn State.
A checkered map of who’s in, who’s out underscores how detached each of the five major conferences are from one another with billions of dollars in revenue at stake. It appears, for now, the ACC, SEC and Big 12 are in agreement to stay the course.
A doctor at Duke who is guiding the ACC presidents’ thinking believes football can safely be played. Medical experts advising the Big Ten and Pac-12 aren’t so sure.
The SEC won’t play games before Sept. 26, choosing to first study the impact of students returning to campus. The ACC is still planning to start its season the week after Labor Day, with Syracuse opening at North Carolina exactly one month from today.
The Big Ten put out a schedule last Wednesday only to crinkle it up six days later, citing the number of unknowns associated with Covid-19. The schools holding out hope continue to couch their statements with the same three words once used by those now shuttered: subject to change.
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Should the ACC cancel its football season as other conferences call it quits? (poll) (PS; $; Poll; Miller)
Even though the Big Ten and Pac-12 are not playing football this year because of the coronavirus, the ACC is determined to move forward. The SEC also is planning on playing football this season.
The chairman of the ACC medical advisory group said he thought the fall season could be played safely. Syracuse is one of 77 college football teams with plans for a fall season.
“Can we safely have two teams meet on the field? I would say yes,” Dr. Cameron Wolfe, a Duke infectious disease specialist, told Sports Business Daily. “Will it be tough? Yes. Will it be expensive and hard and lots of work? For sure. But I do believe you can sufficiently mitigate the risk of bringing COVID onto the football field or into the training room at a level that’s no different than living as a student on campus.”
What do you think? Should the ACC cancel its football season? Or should football go on? Take the poll:
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Axe: Let them play? Syracuse football navigates through Power 5 COVID-19 confusion (PS; $; Axe)
As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, it became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete this fall,” Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said.
“Unlike professional sports, college sports cannot operate in a bubble,” Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said.
Also on Tuesday, the ACC’s top medical advisor told Sports Business Daily he believes college football can safely be played. The SEC and Big 12 are also pressing on.
Alrighty then.
Statement from the ACC:
SOURCES: The Big 12 presidents have decided to continue on to keep playing this season and are expected to have a revised schedule already in the works. @SoonerScoop was first to report the news.
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Georgia Tech Football: Opponent Previews - Syracuse (fromtherumbleseat.com; Tankersley)
Georgia Tech and Syracuse haven’t played in a minute, but man, the last time they played was fun to watch! In case you don’t remember, it was back in 2013, and the Yellow Jackets hosted the Orange and shut them out 56-0 on Homecoming. Man, what a game!
2019 Season Review
Last season was rough for Syracuse, as the Orange finished 5-7 and 2-6 in the ACC. This was really disappointing for the Orange, who were picked to finish second in the Atlantic by some folks. So, why were they so bad?
I think this quote from an article back in October that I think sums it up pretty well:
For three straight weeks, against three straight mediocre conference opponents, the script has played out as expected for Syracuse (3-5, 0-4 ACC). An offensive line that was supposed to show significant growth in Weeks 4-6 has remained weighed down by inexperienced — and took a gut punch last week when redshirt senior tackle Ryan Alexander quit the team. A quarterback touted for his arm talent has been unable to thrive in a tempo offense. And a defense that has all the experience and talent needed for another bowl berth has fought to keep games respectable, but is gradually breaking down.
It seemed like a case of anything that could wrong, did. The Orange were supposed to be good, but everything went wrong and the whole team just fell apart.
On offense, Tommy DeVito was fine, but nothing special. He finished with just over 2,300 yards and did a good job of limiting turnovers (only five interceptions), but the offense just was not effective. The team scored more than 20 points against Power 5 opponents just three times.
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Talkback: Ep 19: Halted (waer.org; podcast; Kloss)
With the Big Ten and Pac-12's decisions to postpone fall sports—including college football—the ramifications of those choices are endless. This week on Talkback, host Cooper Boardman hears three different perspectives on the future of the sport: Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports, Matt Chazanow, voice of Washington State in the Pac-12, and Paul Peck, play-by-play for the University at Buffalo of the MAC.
Pete Thamel is a 1999 Daily Orange alum, who has covered Syracuse and major college athletics in many different roles—at the DO, the Syracuse Post-Standard, Sports Illustrated and Yahoo Sports. He chats with Marcus Gronauer about the landscape of college athletics and what it's like to cover Jim Boeheim, who's been coaching longer than Thamel's been alive.
Matt Chazanow spent a decade in the state of North Carolina at various stops before becoming the voice of Washington State football, basketball and baseball. The 2006 SU graduate explains to Karl Moeglein how he joined WAER and once threw an alley-oop to Carmelo Anthony.
Paul Peck is synonymous with Buffalo sports—he left Central New York in 1987 and quickly became a fixture in Western New York after a two-decade stint with WIVB and a decade with the Bills. The 18-year voice of the Buffalo Bulls chats with Brandon Ross about the financial realities of the MAC and what the program itself means to the city.
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SU Top 100: #16 Tim Green – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Bonaparte)
Our list of the Top 100 SU athletes continues with one of the greatest defensive talents to ever put on an Orange uniform.
You can find the Fizz’s SU Top 100 list here. Make sure you keep checking in to see who made the list and where they are ranked!
Tim Green joined the Syracuse Football program in the Fall of 1982. Born and raised in Liverpool, NY it wasn’t much of a difficult decision for him to come play for the hometown Orange. Green burst onto the scene in ‘83 with an exceptional year on the defensive line. He posted program-record 14.5 sacks and wasn’t finished there. He continued to dominate in his time on the SU campus, breaking his own record the next season, climbing to 15.0. Green was a handful for any offensive line tasked with opposing him. His greatness didn’t go unnoticed in his time there, he was selected as an All-American in 1984 and a consensus All-American in 1985. He finished his career alone atop the SU sacks mountain with 45.5, edging out second place, Dwight Freeney by 11.5. Green was named to the Syracuse All-Century team and inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a part of the class of 2002.
Big-time players show up in big-time games. Green was no exception. On September 29th, 1984, No. 1 ranked Nebraska made a trip to the Salt City to face the Orange. Trailing in the second half, Green made two big sacks as well as a fumble recovery to help upset the nation’s best team 17-9. It marks the only time SU knocked off the highest-ranking team in the country.
Green stacks up well against some of the greatest players to put on Orange threads, which is why he absolutely deserves his spot at #16 on this list. He goes down as one of, if not the most menacing player to ever line up on a Syracuse defensive line.
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SU Top 100: #18 Marvin Harrison – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Unsworth)
Next up on the Fizz’s Top 100 list is a prolific pass-catcher from Philadelphia who went on to set Syracuse’s single-season receiving record, and win a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts. Marvin Harrison comes in at number 18.
Harrison grew up in the Center City area of Philly and attended Roman Catholic High School, a private school mostly known for its excellent basketball squad. The 6-foot-1 Harrison starred on the hardwood, making a game-winning shot to win the Catholic League title his junior year and garnering interest from Duke and Pitt. But he knew his future was on the gridiron, where he played running back, receiver, safety, and returned kicks and punts. In three years of varsity football, Harrison amassed 1,812 yards rushing, 1,454 yards receiving and found the end zone 36 times.
Harrison chose SU over Notre Dame, Penn State, and Miami, thanks to a little pressure from his mom, and the assurance from SU assistant Bob Casullo that the shy high schooler’s choice would not be made public until he was ready. Arriving in Central New York at a slim 175 pounds, Harrison redshirted his freshman year and found spot duty, making only two catches and returning one punt.
After Qadry Ismail left for the NFL, Harrison stepped up to take the starting spot. He burst onto the scene in 1993, catching 41 passes for 813 yards (third-best in the BIG EAST) and 7 touchdowns (second-best). He also had a 180-yard game in a win over East Carolina. The combination of Harrison and Shelby Hill on the outside along with signal-caller Marvin Graves led a Syracuse offense that averaged 240 yards per game through the air. However, four losses in BIG EAST play along with a tie in Texas kept the Orange out of a bowl.
In 1994, Harrison retained his receiving skills while adding returning to his resume. He led the BIG EAST in receiving yards per game (76.1) and yards per punt return (9.2). He had four games of over 100 receiving yards, and averaged a ridiculous 21 yards per catch. The Orange started the season 6-1, including a 49-42 win over Temple in Harrison’s hometown of Philadelphia, but dropped three out of their last four and missed a bowl.
Harrison was already one of the best receivers in the country going into his senior season, and was considered a potential first-round pick. And his last year in the Dome only helped to elevate his status. Thanks to an amazing connection with redshirt freshman QB Donovan McNabb, Harrison set the SU single-season receiving record with 1,131 yards. He had six games of over 100 yards receiving and caught eight TDs. He excelled in the return game as well, averaging 16.8 yards per punt return and taking two to the house. Syracuse finally made it to a bowl in 1995, thrashing Clemson (wait, Clemson?) 41-0, with Harrison setting SU bowl records for both catches (7) and receiving yards (173). He finished his SU career with 2,728 yards (a record for 20-plus years) and 20 touchdowns.
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Rites of fall: Losing college football stings across America (AP; Newberry)
Chances are, Saturdays will never be quite the same again.
“Our lives are changing forever right before our eyes,” Arizona offensive lineman Donovan Laie said.
While every aspect of society has been jarred by a worldwide pandemic that has claimed more than 160,000 American lives, the potential loss of college football feels like another collective punch to the national psyche.
For all the ills of big-time college athletics, it might the closest thing to a national religion.
“Since the virus hit, we've all lost a sense of our normal lives,” said Charles Reagan Wilson, professor emeritus at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi — better known to college football fans as Ole Miss.
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Some Conferences Postponed Football. Not So Fast in the South. (nytimes.com; Blinder)
The Big Ten and the Pac-12 called off their football seasons before they started. The South’s premier college football conferences called a play for time.
Never was it more publicly clear than this week, five months after the N.C.A.A. and its conferences canceled basketball tournaments in response to the coronavirus crisis, that college sports leaders are sharply divided over the prospect of athletic competitions during a pandemic.
By midday on Wednesday, the Atlantic Coast, Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences had all publicly broken with the Big Ten and Pac-12 and reinforced their ambitions to play beginning next month. The Big Ten and the Pac-12 concluded on Tuesday that it was simply too dangerous to try to play sports this fall.
“Reasonable people can disagree on it, and the Pac-12 and the Big Ten are seeing much of the same information that we’re seeing,” Bob Bowlsby, the Big 12 commissioner, said after his league released its football schedule on Wednesday morning. “But our board believes in our scientists and has come to a conclusion that’s different, and so have the leadership of the SEC and the A.C.C.”
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College football updates: Focus shifts to SEC, ACC and Big 12 after Big Ten, Pac-12 moves (usatoday.com; Timanus)
The college football season remains in a state of flux, with the NCAA’s member institutions and conferences not exactly presenting a united front with regard to how to proceed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As matters stand now, two major conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, will not play this fall. Two others, the SEC and the ACC, are hoping to move ahead with the plans they announced last week to delay competition until late September and move ahead with games. The Big 12 followed Wednesday by confirming its plans.
The rest of the Bowl Subdivision is equally fractured. The Mid-American Conference was the first to announce it would postpone fall competition in the hopes of staging games in the spring. The Mountain West Conference followed suit shortly thereafter. Conference USA had announced last week it would attempt to play, but then one of its members, Old Dominion, decided to suspend fall sports. As of this writing, the American and the Sun Belt intend to play.
Here's the latest on where things stand on the state of play in the Bowl Subdivision:
Texas and Iowa State fill out schedules
When the Big 12 announced its readjusted schedules Wednesday, both Texas and iowa State had empty spaces for their one non-conference opponents this season. Those spaces have been filled.
The Longhorns will host Texas El-Paso on Sept. 12. The matchup was previously scheduled for Sept. 19.
The Cyclones are set to play Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 12. This will be their fifth scheduled non-conference foe. They previously were scheduled to play South Dakota, Iowa, UNLV and Ball State. All of those fell through when the opponents' respective seasons were shut down or schedules changed.
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Clemson Football: What if ACC, Big 12 & SEC pull fall season off? (rubbingtherock.com; Spencer)
What if we’re able to see a full Clemson football season in the fall of 2020?
National pundits, outside bystanders and even Clemson football fans have their doubts that a fall season will be played even after the latest announcements.
If you’ve missed the last two days of College Football news, you’ve missed quite the amount of information. Here’s a little briefer for you:
- The Big Ten & Pac-12 have decided to postpone their seasons to the spring, potentially.
- The ACC, SEC and Big 12 have decided to continue forward with their plans to play in the fall.
- On the Group of Five level, two conferences have canceled with The American, Conference-USA and Sun Belt electing to continue their plans with moving towards playing in the fall.
While there have been plenty of naysayers about a fall season and plenty of doubters that it will ever even get off the ground, the overarching theme from most is pretty simple: “Even if the season does start- which is a big ‘if’- I believe we’ll see the season start and then it will come to an abrupt halt less than a month into the season.”
That’s what most are saying and I’ve heard that sentiment thousands of times, especially in the last couple of days.
But, let’s stop for just a minute and think about this.
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UNC, NC State still a go for ACC football but wary of the uncertainty :: WRALSportsFan.com (wralsportsfan.com; Arthur)
Both the Big Ten and PAC-12 are postponing their seasons until at least next spring. But for now, the ripple effect has yet to reach the ACC. Today we’re hearing from players and more coaches about the decision.
Would the 2020 college football championship be legit if it's just the SEC, ACC and Big 12? | Get Up
Rece Davis, Paul Finebaum and David Pollack discuss how the 2020 college football champion would be perceived if only the SEC, ACC and Big 12 play out of the...
Rece Davis, Paul Finebaum and David Pollack discuss how the 2020 college football champion would be perceived if only the SEC, ACC and Big 12 play out of the Power 5 conferences. A team from outside those conferences has not won the College Football
Where things stand with ACC, SEC football after Big Ten, Pac-12 cancel seasons (C-J; Robinson)
The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced their decisions Tuesday afternoon, with the Pac-12 canceling all sporting events in 2020, including the beginning of the winter sports season. But as of 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, there appears to be momentum to continuing a college football season without the other two Power Five conferences.
After the Big Ten and Pac-12 made their announcements, the ACC and SEC released statements saying they were going to go forward with their original plans, for now. The two conferences released statements just 10 minutes apart with the ACC going first.
"The ACC will continue to make decisions based on medical advice, inclusive of our Medical Advisory Group, local and state health guidelines, and do so in a way that appropriately coincides with our universities’ academic missions," the statement read. "The safety of our students, staff and overall campus communities will always be our top priority, and we are pleased with the protocols being administrated on our 15 campuses. We will continue to follow our process that has been in place for months and has served us well. We understand the need to stay flexible and be prepared to adjust as medical information and the landscape evolves."
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https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article2448 (miamiherald.com; Degnan)
The Atlantic Coast Conference deciding for now to proceed with a fall college football season has taken away the mess it would have to deal with if it had to postpone to the spring semester, which the Big 10 and Pac-12 announced they were doing Tuesday.
Of course, there could be more serious messes should the coronavirus become rampant on college campuses, but for now the University of Miami is confident with how its student-athletes have been handling the crisis.
UM president Julio Frenk went on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday, saying there have been “exactly zero new positive cases” among UM student-athletes “the last two tests.’’
Miami athletic director Blake James, speaking on WQAM radio Wednesday, cited spring-semester roadblocks such as players needing to train for the NFL combine and then prepare for the late-April draft, the bitter cold for many programs that time of year, having enough time for colleges to get players in game shape and then proceeding very soon with the fall college season.
“I had the opportunity to serve on the football subcommittee,’’ James told WQAM. “We look at a ton of different models. ...It just really poses a lot of challenges. You’ll have young people who see an opportunity to go on and earn a living playing a sport that they love that starts having a lot of requirements during that spring period.’’
The spring semester at UM, and most colleges, begins when students return in January from winter break, and lasts through the end of the conventional academic year, usually in May.
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https://www.syracuse.com/sports/202...an-to-save-an-ohio-state-football-season.html (PS; Lesmerises)
Ryan Day came in with a plan, and if you thought Ohio State’s football coach was preparing to say goodbye to a football season on Wednesday, he instead was formulating how an entire new season might look.
Thought the option for the Big Ten after canceling the fall football season Tuesday was spring football? Not really. Day wants to start in early January.
Thought every eligible NFL prospect in the Big Ten was done with college football? Nope. Day wants to present a scenario for an eight-week season in January and February that he thinks would work. He draws a major distinction between a true spring season in March and April, and then trying to play again in the fall; as opposed to a winter season and then playing again in the fall. Day wants that plan drawn up by the Big Ten fast, in “weeks, not months” he said, because he’s trying to keep OSU stars like Justin Fields and Shaun Wade interested in sticking around, as opposed to leaving to prepare for their NFL futures.
Thought the season was only about the players we were missing out on? Wrong. Day proposed letting early-enrolled freshmen play in the January season, and then play again in the fall of 2021, and have that only count as one year of eligibility. He cracked the door on Fields playing with, for instance, 2021 5-star running back recruit TreVeyon Henderson, and Henderson wrote on social media that he’ll be ready in the opportunity presents itself.
Will it happen? Might be a long shot. Is Day going to try to make it happen? No doubt.
“We’ve got some work to do,” Day said to conclude a 45-minute news conference, his entire approach having been laid out piece by piece. “I don’t know the answer, but I’m going to fight like heck for these guys to push for what we think is right.
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2020/08/lets-step-back-for-moment.html (RX.; HM)
Let's Step Back for a Moment
What actually happened yesterday in the P5?
What happened? The Big Ten and the Pac-12 went ahead and gave up on Fall football, while the ACC, SEC and Big XII decided to keep trying.
What does it mean for college football? Not that there will definitely be ACC, SEC and Big XII football. The virus may still have a say there. However, it tells me that some of these schools really think they can pull off a season as safely as, well, going to college... or maybe going to work? I don't think anyone is arguing that there's no risk - clearly there is.
What does it mean for the players? Several players have already opted to sit out for that reason, and I suspect if outbreaks do occur there will be many more who will opt out. However, in the ACC at least, schools are reportedly going to great lengths (and expense) to test, quarantine, and otherwise minimize the danger to the best of their abilities. Players can see with their own eyes what's going on at their particular program and make a decision: is it safe enough? do I feel comfortable? This is also an on-going process, as shown by Caleb Farley's decision to sit out the season at Virginia Tech. Full testing there apparently wasn't implemented until after his decision to opt out, and he saw some of his teammates taking unreasonable chances with the pandemic. I totally respect his decision - even if he wasn't projected to be a first round NFL draft pick (which he is).
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2020/08/acc-revenue-trends-2015-19.html (RX; HM)
ACC Revenue Trends, 2015-19
This was posted by a UVA fan on CSNBBS who goes by "Wahoowa84", and can be found in the thread "Athletic Department Revenues":
| I entered the Equity in America revenues for each P5 team for the past 4 years in a spreadsheet to understand how revenues are changing over time. Note, for this analysis I classified ND as an ACC member. Average team revenue per conference (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19): Some of the growth in revenues results from the timing of the Orange vs Rose/Sugar Bowl rotation in the CFP. Nevertheless, the four year growth in the conference average revenue (as well as the change in standard deviation): |
https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2020/08/characteristics-of-power-five-teams.html (RX; HM)
Characteristics of Power Five Teams
The American Athletic Conference once asked what makes a power conference?
Wins in any sport are not sufficient though - there something else involved.
What are the basic characteristics of a Power Five school?
CSNBBS user OrangeFan took a stab at it, and this is what he came up with...
1. Most members of a P5 conference are either the flagship university (e.g. UNC, UVA) or the land grant university (e.g. Clemson, NC State, Virginia Tech) from one of the 40 most populous states in the US. This accounts for 46 of the 65 members of P5 conferences.
2. In states where the Flagship and Land Grant University are the same school, the second most prominent state university in the state may be a member of a P5 conference. This accounts for 6 members of P5 conferences (Pitt, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Florida State, UCLA and Arizona St.).
3. In states where no Flagship and Land Grant University is a member of a P5 conference, a prominent private university may serve as a member of a P5 conference. This accounts for 2 members of P5 conferences (Syracuse and Boston College).
4. In states where the Flagship and Land Grant University are the same school, a prominent private university may serve as a second member of a P5 conference. This accounts for 2 members of P5 conferences (Northwestern and Vanderbilt).
5. Eight members of P5 conferences are prominent private universities in states that already have 2 other members of P5 conferences (Notre Dame, Miami, Duke, Wake Forest, Baylor, TCU, Stanford and USC). These schools serve various niches, some more advantageous than others.
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https://www.syracuse.com/business/2...grand-island-project-near-buffalo-report.html (PS; Moriarty)
Amazon has reportedly pulled plans for a $300 million distribution center in Grand Island near Buffalo after it ran into strong opposition from residents.
Trammell Crow Co., the developer that would have built the giant facility for Amazon, told Grand Island officials it was withdrawing the project, Buffalo Business First reported Wednesday.
Residents spoke out against the company’s plans, expressing concerns about pollution and traffic. Trammell Crow offered $10 million to the town for community enhancements such as road upgrades, bike tails and a new community center, but the opposition remained.
The almost 4-million-square-foot distribution center would have been nearly identical to one that Trammell Crow is building for Amazon off Morgan Road in Clay. Like the one in Clay, the center in Grand Island would have created 1,000 jobs.
Sources told Buffalo Business First that Amazon and Trammell Crow are considering other sites in the region for the facility, including the Summit Mall in Niagara County, property near the Medina Business Park, Genesee County’s STAMP property in the Town of Alabama and several in Chautauqua County.
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