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Welcome to National Spaghetti Day!

Spaghetti, a long, cylindrical, and thin pasta made of milled wheat and water, is celebrated today. Its name comes from an Italian word meaning "thin string" or "twine." The first written record of pasta is in the Talmud, which dates to the fifth century CE. It mentions dried pasta that could be cooked by being boiled. A popular theory claims that spaghetti was invented in China and Marco Polo brought it to Venice, but it is more likely that spaghetti was originally created in Sicily more than 500 years before his time. Arabs occupied Sicily in the seventh century CE, and brought a meal called itriyya, which was described as a "dry pasta". This is likely where spaghetti came from. In a geographical survey of Sicily and surrounding regions called the Book of Roger, commissioned by Sicily's monarch King Roger II and published by Muhammad al-Idrisi in 1154, a long strand hard wheat pasta is mentioned. It was manufactured in large quantities in the Sicilian town of Trabia and exported to other regions. This is the first definitive historical record of spaghetti production.

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Monday Musings: Transfer Targets Galore (SI; McAllister)


Syracuse football is in the market for transfers that will bolster their roster for the 2021 season. Based on some recent social media activity, there are several new names to keep an eye on moving forward.

OFFENSIVE LINE

Boe Wilson - OG - Nebraska: Grad transfer with one year of eligibility left. Started every game as a junior and two games as a senior to bring his consecutive starts streak to 23 before it was snapped. Played in four total games as a senior. His primary recruiter at Nebraska was current Syracuse offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh.
Heneli Bloomfield - OG - Utah State: Three years of eligibility remaining. Started four games as a redshirt sophomore in 2019. Did not play in 2020 due to injury.
Colin Grunhard - C - Notre Dame: Grad transfer with one year of eligibility left. Former walk-on who earned a scholarship prior to the 2019 season. Was the backup center in 2019 and appeared in seven games. Played in three games in 2020.

DEFENSIVE LINE
Owen Carney - DE - Illinois: Grad transfer with one year of eligibility left. Starter for Illinois this past season and earned Second Team All Big 10. Has heard from Penn State, Florida State and others early in his transfer recruitment.
Eku Leota - DE - Northwestern - Three years of eligibility remaining. One of the breakout performers for the Wildcats in 2020. He led the team with four sacks and also had 5.5 tackles for loss with a forced fumble in seven games.

DEFENSIVE BACK
Myles Mason - S - Arkansas: Two years of eligibility remaining. Started the last two games for Arkansas in 2020. Played in 20 games as a freshman and sophomore. Recorded 66 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during his career.
Kenderick Duncan - S - Georgia Southern: Grad transfer with two years of eligibility remaining. Has 138 tackles and six interceptions in the last three seasons. Started all 13 games during 2019 and four in 2018. Only started five games in 2020 due to injury.
Jammie Robinson - CB/S - South Carolina: Three years of eligibility remaining. Recorded 135 tackles and two interceptions over two seasons. Started all 10 games for South Carolina as a sophomore, including at both nickel corner and safety. Also saw some time as a boundary corner. Played in all 12 games as a true freshman with three starts.
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Watch: Syracuse Sports Figures and Alums Pays Tribute to Floyd Little (SI; McAllister)


There is no doubt that Floyd Little is one of the most iconic figures in Syracuse history. Not just because of what he accomplished on the field, which was tremendous in its own right. But because of his love for the university and community long after his playing days had concluded.

Syracuse Athletics released a series of videos honoring the man that was Floyd Little, and we've embedded each below.


https://youtu.be/qpK2xaw9HJ0

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Syracuse Football: Outpouring of love reflects character of Floyd Little (itlh; Adler)

Tributes are pouring in from an abundance of admirers for Syracuse football legend Floyd Little.

Floyd Little is a Syracuse football legend, Orange icon and proud ambassador of the greater ‘Cuse community, and that will never change.

Little, 78, passed away on Jan. 1, 2021, per an announcement from the Syracuse University athletics department. We reported not too long ago that Little had entered into hospice care as he fought cancer.

His achievements on the field at the ‘Cuse are plentiful, among them that Little was a “three-time All-American for the Orange from 1964-66,” says the media statement.

In the NFL for the Denver Broncos, Little flourished, collecting more than 12,000 all-purpose yards and being named a five-time Pro Bowl selection, according to cuse.com.

Yet for all his success in football that resulted in inductions to the Pro and College Football Hall of Fames, what I and many other Syracuse fanatics will keep even closer to our hearts is the kind of human being Little is, his wonderful character, his mentorship of so many others, and his unparalleled integrity.

Case in point, after word came across of his passing, the amount of touching tributes that I’ve read is tremendous, and we’re going to share some of them here.

Orange athletics director John Wildhack, via cuse.com, said in part, “Floyd’s legacy is that he was a wonderful, wonderful person. He treated everyone with genuine care and respect and was always there for people. His impact as a person is those who he impacted. He was always willing to share his time, his wisdom, his support. … He is someone who leaves a legacy of pure class in every single respect. There was only one Floyd Little and there will never be another one like him.”
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Floyd Little, Star Running Back for Syracuse and Broncos, Dies at 78 (nytimes.com; Goldstein)

Floyd Little, who followed Jim Brown and Ernie Davis in an extraordinary line of all-American running backs at Syracuse University, each wearing No. 44, and who donned it again when he forged a Hall of Fame career with the Denver Broncos, died on Friday at his home in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas. He was 78.

His death was confirmed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He received a diagnosis of cancer last year and had been in hospice care.

Little was only 5-foot-11 and 195 pounds, but he was strong enough to burst through defensive lines and agile in the open field, playing for the Broncos from 1967 to 1975.

Playing for Syracuse from 1964 to 1966, Little ran for 2,704 yards, had 46 touchdowns and was an outstanding kick returner. He was a three-time all-American and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in 2010 after he had already lost hope that he would be selected.
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Orange Watch: Remembering Syracuse football legend Floyd Little - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)


Item: The sad passing of Syracuse and Denver Broncos all-timer Floyd Little at age 78 on New Year’s Day in Henderson, Nev. after a battle with a rare form of cell cancer, has produced a monumental national response from all those he touched in many walks of life. To us, the ever-lasting story about the great running back and human being was the unfairness of why it took so long for his ultimate selection in 2010 to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Their names are Tom Mackie and Jeff Legwold.

The former is the improbable individual who painstakingly performed years of the heavy lifting necessary to get a way overdue Floyd Little inducted into the Canton, Ohio shrine, the latter is a Denver-based ESPN writer covering the Broncos during an almost 30-year career on the pro football beat.

Together, they helped formulate the game plan that finally sold Hall of Fame voters on correcting a glaring mistake – providing the first true star of the Denver Broncos franchise with the sport’s ultimate individual honor.

We wrote and broadcast the same theme for years before 2010; it made absolutely no sense that Little was not only shunned by voters to the Hall shortly after his five-year, post-career waiting period ended in 1980, but he wasn’t even nominated for enshrinement by the Hall’s Senior Selection Committee members until 2009.
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ACC Falls Flat in Bowl Season (SI; Black)

On Saturday evening, UNC failed to convert a 4th and 1 and with it, Texas A&M won the Orange Bowl. But that wasn't ramification from this game. With the loss the ACC lost ever single bowl game they were part of, finishing Bowl Season 0-6. With this mark of futility, the Atlantic Coast Conference joined Conference USA as one of two conferences without a win. On the other hand the Big 12 went undefeated during these postseason games.

There were many disappointing moments during the bowl season for the ACC. First and foremost was the lack luster play by the ACC's "elite" teams Clemson and Notre Dame. After the Alabama Crimson Tide summarily dispatched the Irish, who will be heading back to football independence after the season, Clemson was dominated by the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl. Future NFL first pick Trevor Lawrence did his part, but was overshadowed by the gutsy play of injured Buckeye Justin Fields who heroically played through what looked like a very painful injury.

Neither game was competitive, as both opponents bullied their ACC counterparts for a combined 80 points in the college football playoffs. For a conference looking to stake it's claim as one of the premier in the country, these two games were disappointing and showcased how far off the ACC in terms of their premier programs.
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Where does the ACC go after 0-6 showing in bowl season? (247sports.com; Straka)

When the Atlantic Coast Conference sent six football teams to the postseason for the 2020 season, including Clemson and one-year football member Notre Dame to the College Football Playoff, hopes were high that the league would have at least one team in the national championship game for yet another year -- much less rack up some additional wins in games outside of the playoff. And instead? The ACC can now only look and wonder what went wrong as the league marches into 2021 without a single one of its schools being part of a trophy presentation in any of those contests.

Despite sending half-a-dozen teams, the ACC walked out of bowl season empty-handed, posting an overall 0-6 mark in postseason action. While all eyes were on Notre Dame's 31-14 loss to top-ranked Alabama and Clemson's surprising lopsided 49-28 loss to Ohio State in the semifinals, the nightmare extended well beyond those two contests: In Orlando, Florida, a 21-0 deficit was too much for Miami to overcome in a 37-34 Cheez-It Bowl loss to Oklahoma State. To the north in Jacksonville, a sluggish start also cost NC State in a 23-21 loss to Kentucky in the Gator Bowl.
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ACC Panic Room: Don't read much into 0-6 bowl record (wralsportsfan.com; video; Ovies & Brownlow)


Lauren Brownlow and Joe Ovies discuss the ACC's no good, terrible 0-6 bowl performance.

The 2020 ACC Bowl Principle (RX; HM)

The 2020 ACC Bowl Principle

The Peter Principle: if you perform well in your job, you will continue to be promoted until you reach the point where you can no longer perform well.

The ACC Bowl Principle: if you perform well in your football, you will continue to rise up better bowls until you reach the point where you can no longer win.

Almost everything about the 2020 college football season has an asterisk beside it because of the pandemic. I mean, Notre Dame played in the ACC Football Championship Game, for cryin' out loud! Did COVID-19 also have an impact on the bowl match-ups? You better believe it!

This year the ACC had three teams* in New Year's Six Bowls, and only three more in lesser bowls - just six bowl teams in total, and half of those in major bowls! The lowest bowl that any ACC team played in was the Duke's Mayo Bowl (though I'm told that technically the Gator Bowl is on that same tier).

Boston College and Pitt had winning records but opted not to play in a bowl. Virginia and Virginia Tech likely would have gone bowling in a "normal" year but opted out as well. In fact, because the NCAA dropped the 6-win requirement, every team who wanted to play was bowl-eligible this year.

The following table shows the actual bowl games ACC teams played in, along with the minimum (based on bowl tie-ins**) and the probable bowls in a "normal" year (assuming either zero or one ACC team in the playoffs, as opposed to the actual two teams, with some bowls highlighted to help you visually see how the lineup would've changed under the various scenarios):
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https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/...pot.com/2021/01/coaching-carousel-1-4-21.html (RX; HM)

Coaching Carousel - 1/4/21

Power Five Head Coach Changes for 2021

TEAMOUTGOING COACHINCOMING COACH
ArizonaKevin Sumlin (fired)Jedd Fisch
AuburnGus Malzahn (fired)Bryan Harsin
IllinoisLovie Smith (fired)Bret Bielema
South CarolinaWill Muschamp (fired)Shane Beamer
TexasTom Herman (fired)Steve Sarkisian
VanderbiltDerek Mason (fired)Clark Lea
Source: CBS Sports' CFB Coaching Carousel Tracker.
COMMENTS:
Sumlin (Arizona), Malzahn (Auburn), Smith (Illinois), Muschamp (S. Carolina) and Mason (Vanderbilt) all got enough time to prove who they were. The only one of those coaches I'd say did a pretty good job was probably Malzahn - but his ceiling wasn't high enough to compete with his in-state rival.

That leaves one team that replaced a winning coach after just four seasons. What about Texas?
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CNY’s best desserts of 2020: Our critics pick their favorites (PS; $; Miller)


It’s a shame that our society has fallen victim to the diet culture. Too often at the end of a fancy meal, we skip coffee and dessert and ask for the check. Central New York is full of talented chefs who create delicious endings to their meals.

Our food writers—Jared Paventi, Jane Woodman and Charlie Miller—wouldn’t be doing their job if they left without documenting the sweetest part of their experience.

Here are some of our favorite desserts of 2020:

Blueberry-chocolate custard: Eva’s European Sweets

Dinner from Eva's European Sweets, Solvay, N.Y.

Blueberry custard tart, a dessert from Eva's European Sweets, Solvay, N.Y. Jared Paventi | jaredpaventi@gma

Address: 1305 Milton Ave., Syracuse
Phone: (315) 487-2722

From Jared Paventi: Think of it as cheesecake but without the dense richness of cream cheese. Eva’s European Sweets rotates its desserts regularly—you won’t go wrong with any of them—and this was featured on our springtime visit. A flaky tart crust held an egg custard that was drizzled with chocolate and topped with fresh blueberries. It mimicked the flavor of creme brûlée, but without the caramelized sugar.

Chocolate mousse: Brick-N-Barrel

Dinner at Brick-N-Barrel, Baldwinsville, N.Y.

Chocolate mousse with fig and mulled wine from the Brick-N-Barrel, Baldwinsville, N.Y.Jared Paventi | jaredpaventi@gma

Address: 7 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville
Phone: (315) 720-3859

From Jared Paventi: Brick-N-Barrel’s chocolate mousse was as aesthetically pleasing as it was delicious. Dots of mulled wine and pureed fig and a dusting of crushed walnuts circled the plate. At the center was a large scoop of a semisweet chocolate mousse. Clearly homemade, the mousse managed to be airy but heavy, as if the cocoa, eggs and cream had been whipped into submission. The marks of fig and wine added complex flavors to each bite.
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