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Welcome to Green Monday!

Green Monday is an online shopping day similar to Cyber Monday, and it occurs on the last Monday when there are at least ten days prior to Christmas, which usually happens to be the second Monday in December. Online shoppers have historically wanted ten days between when they order gifts and Christmas, to ensure the gifts arrive in time. The day is like an online version of Super Saturday, where shoppers realize there isn't much time left to look for items, and that they must buy. As many retailers now offer guaranteed two-day shipping, the importance of getting all online shopping done by Green Monday has lessened. eBay came up with the name for the day, which has been in use since at least 2007. They called it Green Monday because of the extra revenue that the day brought in, and because online shopping may be more environmentally friendly than shopping at brick-and-mortar stores. It has become the largest shopping day in December, and in 2016 there were $1.6 billion in sales.

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4-star CB Trevell Mullen puts Syracuse in Top 5 (247sports.com; Bailey)


Class of 2022 defensive back Trevell Mullen included Syracuse football in his Top 5 on Saturday. The junior at Coconut Creek High School in Pompano Beach, Fla., is also considering Indiana, Miami, Penn State and West Virginia.

The younger brother of former Clemson standout Trayvon Mullen and Indiana freshman All-American Taiwan Mullen, Trevell Mullen is rated four stars and the No. 22 cornerback in his cycle by the 247Sports Composite. He received from Orange safeties coach Nick Monroe on Sept. 1.

The 5-foot-11, 150-pound Mullen was clocked at a 4.75-second 40-yard dash at The Opening Regional last February. He also holds offers from Auburn, Oregon, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas and Pittsburgh, among others.

While Mullen's recruitment is still in the early stages, he comes from a family that's already produced a pair of award-winning collegiate cornerbacks.
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Syracuse football firmly in the mix for 2022 4-star cornerback Trevell Mullen (itlh; Adler)

Trevell Mullen, a top-250 player in the 2022 cycle, has Syracuse football in his top five.

Syracuse football is still looking for the first commitment in its 2022 class after recently missing on three-star linebacker Nyair Graham, and the Orange appears to have a solid chance at picking up four-star cornerback Trevell Mullen.

Mullen is a junior at Coconut Creek High School in Coconut Creek, Fla. He is listed by several recruiting Web sites as 6-foot and 155 pounds.

He disclosed via his Twitter page a top five of Syracuse football, fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Miami, Indiana and Penn State out of the Big Ten Conference, and West Virginia from the Big 12 Conference.

Per his bio on the 247Sports Web site, Mullen received a scholarship offer from the ‘Cuse on Sept. 1 of this year. He is the brother of former Clemson player Trayvon Mullen and Indiana sophomore cornerback Tiawan Mullen.

Blessed to be put in this position
TOP 5 #notinorder @CoachSloan96 @CreekFootball1 @PoppaCoach pic.twitter.com/0WgpgCKgd4
— Trevell Mullen (@tt_mullen) December 12, 2020
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The state of Syracuse football recruiting: In depth with ESPN's Tom Luginbill (theathletic; $; Gutierrez)

During the Syracuse-Louisville broadcast last month, ESPN recruiting director Tom Luginbill made two simple but important observations on the future of Syracuse football: Syracuse needs to be aggressive in acquiring talent through the transfer portal this winter. And Syracuse needs to tweak its geographic recruiting strategy. Neither task will be easy.

“It’s a much tougher job when it comes to recruiting than ever before,” Luginbill said of recruiting at Syracuse, which has regularly signed a bottom-five recruiting class in the ACC since joining the conference in 2013.

The Orange, coming off a 1-10 season, face a critical offseason in which upgrading the quarterback room and offensive line are priorities. Adding talent to both groups, Luginbill notes, begins with the transfer portal, where SU hopes it can acquire experienced skill with immediate eligibility. But Luginbill also makes clear that for Syracuse to be competitive again, it must recruit better in Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and the Maryland/Virginia area. Coach Dino Babers also has said those areas need to become more of a priority.
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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 13 Chandler Jones (it;h; Peelman)


Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 13: Chandler Jones.

Syracuse football star defensive end Chandler Jones was a beast for the Orange during his time on the Hill from 2008-2011. Quick and strong, he was able to get around the corner of opposing offensive lines with ease bringing down quarterbacks and rushers alike for a loss.

Though he did not play his freshman season, he quickly earned the respect of the coaching staff with his work ethic and playmaking ability. His hard work paid off and he earned the right to play in all 12 games his sophomore year, starting eight of them, according to Cuse.com. Jones’s numbers on the field earned him National All-Freshman Second Team honors as well as a mention on Phil Steele All-BIG EAST Third Team. In that 2009 campaign, he registered 1.5 sacks, 52 total tackles, (33 solo), and had 10 tackles for a loss.

During his junior year with Syracuse football, Jones would continue to show improvement. He would start all 13 games, (including the bowl win against Kansas State in the Pinstripe Bowl), had three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, 4.0 sacks, 57 total tackles (38 solo), and 9.5 tackles for a loss. At the end of that 2010 season, he would earn ALL-Big East Second Team honors and Phil Steele’s All-BIG EAST Third Team selection once again.
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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 14 Jim Ringo (illh; Peelman)

Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 14: Jim Ringo.

Former Syracuse Football player Jim Ringo was a small guy for an offensive lineman/center, but boy did he have one of the biggest impacts of any center to ever play the game. Though not much is written about his time at Syracuse, he did play for Coach Ben Schwartzwalder’s team from 1950-1952 which went 17-12, according to Syracuse.com. During that time he was one of Syracuse’s greatest blocking centers ever.

After playing all four years at Syracuse, Ringo had no professional football hopes. In fact, according to Encyclopedia.com, he was surprised to get a telegram saying he had been drafted by the Green Packers with the 80th overall pick in the 7th Round of the 1953 NFL Draft.

When he reported to training camp before the season started, Ringo thought he would not make the team as he was the smallest of seven men fighting to win the starting center position. Standing just 6’1 and weighing a measly 211 pounds he was very light for the position by NFL standards. Knowing all this, Ringo decided to go home and leave the team.
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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 15 Vic Hanson (itlh; Peelman)

Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 15: Vic Hanson.

Syracuse Football has been around a long time. The University itself was founded in 1831, and the Syracuse football team was formed in 1889, according to Cuse.com. Vic Hanson, one of Syracuse’s best all-time athletes came well after that, but still a long time before many of us were born, in 1924-1927.

A multi-sport star at Syracuse, Hanson played football, basketball, and baseball while at Syracuse University. He was a major reason why Syracuse went 19-1 and won the national (Helms Foundation) basketball championship in 1926. In addition, he is the only individual ever enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.


Hanson was the real deal. On the football side of things he helped Syracuse football to a record of 7-2-1 in his first season in 1926, and a 23-5-3 record overall. He also helped Syracuse beat Penn State (a good football team at that time- and still is) three times, two of which were shutouts, according to Sports-Reference.com.

Though stats for Hanson are few and hard to come by, he was good enough to be named a three-time All-American forward in basketball (1925-1927), three-time All-American defensive end in football (1925-1927), and a prospect for major league baseball as well, according to Cuse.com. He served as captain of all three Syracuse University sports teams at one point or another in his collegiate career.
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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 16 Walter Reyes (itlh; Peelman)


Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 16: Walter Reyes.

Syracuse Football has had so many amazing running backs in its storied history, but you cannot write a book about them without mentioning Walter Reyes. Though he was just as gifted as other SU greats and often racked up better rushing stats than most of them, he is often the forgotten man when that discussion comes up because of the era in which he played. Still, that shouldn’t take away from the great things he was able to accomplish during his time with Syracuse football.

Reyes was a running back who was strong through the tackles and had the speed to get by most would-be tacklers. During his time at SU from 2001-2004, he would rush for 3,424 yards, (second all-time at Syracuse to only Joe Morris-also later on this list), 45 touchdowns (most rushing touchdowns for a running back at Syracuse), and had 14-100 yard rushing games (3rd all-time at Syracuse), according to Cuse.com.

He had two really excellent individual seasons. In his sophomore year, he rushed 182 times for 1,135 yards (an average of 6.2 yards per carry) and had 17 rushing touchdowns, according to Sports-Reference.com. As a junior, he was even better, rushing 253 times for 1,347 yards (just 25 yards shy of Joe Morris’s single-season record) and 20 touchdowns. He also caught 38 passes for 375 yards and one touchdown as well.
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Syracuse Football Top 25 Players of All-Time: No. 17 Chris Gedney (itlh; Peelman)

Syracuse Football has had a long history of success. We look back at some of the best players to play at Syracuse University. Up next, No. 17: Chris Gedney.

Syracuse football tight end Chris Gedney, a local kid from Liverpool, NY, was one heck of a tight end for Syracuse from 1989-1992. Right up there with John Mackey, also on this list, but coming later, Gedney was a heck of an athlete and set multiple SU records in his time on the Hill.

Though tight ends don’t always get the attention other offensive players usually get, Gedney was one of the few that drew attention to that position. During his time with Syracuse Football, he helped lead Syracuse to four consecutive bowl wins and an impressive 35-12-2 record overall, according to Cuse.com.

He would have 91 catches in his four-year career on the Hill totaling 1,334 yards receiving and seven touchdowns (14.7 yard average), according to Sports-Reference.com. In other words, Gedney was about as consistent as they come for a tight end, and he had a knack for getting first downs when he caught the football.

In his first year with Syracuse football, Gedney had only eight catches for 93 yards (11.6 yard average) and no scores. That’s not unusual though for a freshman. Those numbers sprung up to 24 receptions for 332 yards and one touchdown his sophomore year (13.8 yard average) showing he would be a force to be reckoned with in the passing game going forward.
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ACC Releases 'What-If' Scenario for Clemson-Notre Dame Championship Game (SI; Senkiw)

Anything is possible in 2020, and a Sunday announcement from the ACC reflects just that.

After all, you must have a contingency plan for every situation, so if the conference's championship game scheduled for Saturday between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Clemson can't be played for any reason, the league knows how a champion will be determined.

Notre Dame will be declared the ACC winner because it leads in the standings, Associated Press writer Ralph D. Russo reported. The Irish beat Clemson 47-40 in double overtime on Nov. 7.

COVID-19 has reshaped college football and this entire conference in 2020. Notre Dame has never been a full-fledged member of a league until this season, so this would be its first ACC championship if neither team could play Saturday.

This isn't a likely scenario, though. This is just how the ACC will crown a champion. Neither program has had COVID-19 issues in recent weeks. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said no player has tested positive since the one backup offensive lineman who did right before the FSU game, which led the Seminoles to call that game off on Nov. 21.
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Dabo fires back at Sankey: ACC not protecting us (ESPN; Hale)

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday that he has "no doubt" that his Tigers and Notre Dame are both among the four best teams in the country, shrugging off complaints by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey that the ACC is protecting its prized programs by giving them Dec. 12 off.

On Saturday, Sankey was critical of the ACC's decision to not reschedule games for Clemson or Notre Dame -- giving both teams an open date in advance of their showdown in the ACC championship game -- noting that the SEC had played nearly all of its scheduled games. It was a bit of politicking as both leagues hope to get two teams into the College Football Playoff.


Deja vu: A Notre Dame-Clemson rematch with title stakes (wnct.com; AP)

By the time this season is over, No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 4 Clemson may be tired of each other’s company.

The Fighting Irish (No. 2 CFP) and Tigers (No. 3 CFP) have only played five times, wtih Clemson’s 3-2 advantage in the series highlighted by a 30-3 playoff semifinal blowout in 2018 on the way to the national championship.

The most recent game, however, was a 47-40 double-overtime thriller won by Notre Dame between — for this season, anyway — was an Atlantic Coast Conference clash that sets up a momentous rematch Dec. 19 in the ACC championship game in Charlotte.

There was no hiding the excitement for the teams following the ACC’s decision to not make either play games this past weekend amid various COVID-19 scheduling issues.

“(It’s) unusual in college football (when) you get a chance to play a team twice in the same season, but we are looking forward to it – what an opportunity,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

His Tigers (9-1, 8-1 ACC) are seeking their sixth straight ACC title. Brian Kelly’s Irish (10-0, 9-0) have never won a conference title because of the program’s treasured independence for the past century-plus.

Both teams have bigger aspirations. Clemson is trying for a third national title in the last five seasons. Notre Dame has won eight national championships as determined by The Associated Press, but none since 1988. It lost the 2012 title game to Alabama, which is a favorite again this year.
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Kelly says Notre Dame's Independence is 'part of who we are' (247sports.com; Gates)

For the first time in school history, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are set to play for a conference championship game, when they face the Clemson Tigers this Saturday in the ACC title game. But while the Fighting Irish are having a strong first season in the ACC, it doesn’t sound like the plan for the future is to remain a full member of the conference in football, according to head coach Brian Kelly.

"You can talk all you want about being in a conference, but if you're not in the ACC, and we weren't, we were dipping our toe into it, you really can't talk firsthand about it. We can now," Kelly said. "It's offered us a different perspective, there's no doubt about it. Sitting on this call right now at this press conference, getting a chance to play for an ACC Championship, it's certainly the positive of being in a conference. Losing out on playing some of the traditional rivalries, obviously, the negative.

"So, what's the pluses and minuses of of this comes down to how we see us as a program moving forward over the foreseeable future. Those are the questions that really quite frankly that Jack Swarbrick is entertaining at a higher level. I'll give him my feedback, but we've enjoyed this relationship and if they come and ask my opinion, I would say that the ACC has been a great relationship for Notre Dame, but independence has been something that is part of who we are in our DNA."
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Tigers could get one player back, lose another as they get set for ACC title game theclemsoninsider.com; Vandervort)

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Clemson will be without one linebacker and could get another one back when the third-ranked Tigers take on No. 2 Notre Dame next Saturday in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte.

Head coach Dabo Swinney reported Sunday night starting middle linebacker James Skalski could be ready to go against the Irish after being taken out of the Virginia Tech game after the third play. His replacement Jake Venables will not be back in time for the conference title game.

“He broke a long bone (in his arm). He had a plate put in,” Swinney said. “I think he had nine screws put in there. He is still pretty sore. He will come back stronger than ever, but he is definitely going to be out.”

Venables broke his arm on the last play of the first quarter after he replaced Skalski in the middle of the defense. The Clemson coaches decided to take Skalski out of the game after the senior middle linebacker complained about his groin being sore following the Hokies’ first offensive series of the night.
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Trapped in an elevator with zombies: Longtime friends from Syracuse debut movie on Amazon (PS; $; Herbert)

What happens if the zombie apocalypse begins while you’re trapped in an elevator?

A pair of longtime friends from Syracuse put a scary twist on the undead genre in a new horror movie called “Deadlocked,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film follows five young strangers stuck in an apartment building elevator when a virus breaks out, and must work together to escape an infected rider and the zombies awaiting them outside.

Nick Ghezzi co-wrote “Deadlocked” with director Josh Bailey from a story by Ed Tommassi, Ghezzi’s friend of 25 years. Ghezzi and Tommassi both graduated from Westhill High School in 2000.

“I always knew Nick was a crazy talented writer and was like, witty, which I think is half the distance in terms of script writing,” Tommassi told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. “I’m constantly running through scenarios. I swear I’m a very normal human but I’ve just always been intrigued with the post-apocalyptic genre as a whole, so I had this initial idea of a zombie apocalypse happening and a group stuck in an elevator, and Nick developed the whole narrative and characters.”

Ghezzi and Tommassi are fans of the zombie genre, citing influences like “The Walking Dead,” “28 Days Later” and George Romero. Tommassi even worked on promos for “The Walking Dead” around the time the AMC TV series launched in 2010.
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