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Welcome to Buffalo Soldiers Day!


Today we celebrate the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers and honor their place in American history. It was on July 28, 1866, with the passage of the Army Reorganization Act, that Congress created six army regiments of all-black soldiers, consisting of two cavalry units—the 9th and 10th Cavalry—and four infantry units—which were later consolidated into the 24th and 25th infantry units. They all eventually were known as Buffalo Soldiers.

The 9th and 10th Cavalry became two of most decorated units in US military history. The 9th was organized in Greenville, Louisiana. After training, the first place they were sent to was San Antonio, in April 1867. The 10th was organized in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and first took action in August 1867, when they were ordered to Fort Riley, Kansas, to protect the construction of the Pacific Railroad.

The 10th Cavalry was the first to be given the name Buffalo Soldiers, but that spread to the 9th as well, and then to the two infantry divisions. One story says that Cheyenne warriors gave them the name during a battle near Fort Hays, Kansas, in 1867, because they thought they fought as strong as buffaloes. Another story says the Cheyenne came up with the name, but not until 1877. Still another story says the Comanches came up with the name in 1871. Besides the theory that the name was given to them because of their toughness in battle, another theory says that Native Americans gave them the name because they had dark, curly hair like the fur of buffaloes. It could be they were given the name because of a combination of these reasons. Regardless of why they received the name, they took it as a badge of honor. Most believe it was a term of respect, although some do believe that it may have been an insult.

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Orange Watch: How conference realignment affects Syracuse football - The Juice Online (the juice; Bierman)


Item: The major news that Oklahoma and Texas are bolting the Big 12 to join the SEC, means the inevitable will occur. There will be another round of seismic shifts in conference affiliation, resulting in what we think will be a future mega 64-team College Football Association. The entity will be comprised of four leagues (bye. bye Big 12) that will compete to enter the College Football Playoff each season, along with perhaps a few at-large bids scattered throughout the other FBS conferences (AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sunbelt, and Independents) as a play-in method. The good news for Syracuse, it’s in the 64-team field.

From his first day on the job in February, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips has had one subject at the forefront of his mind; the growth and relevance nationally of ACC football, and using the ACC Network to deliver that message.

Phillips has no choice but to keep up with the SEC and Big Ten and their rich TV contracts producing envious topline revenue, and even more so now that Oklahoma and Texas have essentially dealt the final death blow to the Big 12.

At last week’s ACC media event in Charlotte, the league announced that moving forward each of the current 14 teams will have its spring football event televised live on the ACC Network, along with the winter time Pro Days for professional scouts. In August, each of the schools will be featured during 2021 pre-season football camp, with Dino Babers and the Orange spotlighted on August 13 (7:00 p.m. ET).

Syracuse is New York’s major college football team, and eventually SU fans will have the ability to put their money where their mouth is in allegiance to the ‘Cuse by wagering online. New York State is expected to begin reviewing industry-leading companies’ proposals for online gaming this summer.
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Axe: SU football has no shortage of motivation for 2021 season (PS; $; Axe)

If your local Staples is out of thumbtacks, blame Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers.

He has a lot of bulletin board material to keep up with.

Prediction season is in full throttle before the actual college football season begins next week for SU football with the arrival of training camp on August 6.

The prognosticators think Syracuse has a better chance of being on Jeff Bezos’ next space mission rather than win a few football games in 2021.

The ACC preseason media poll placed the Orange in last place of the ACC’s Atlantic Division.

Do a search for “Syracuse” on the preseason All-ACC team and it will come back with a message of “no results found.”

The preseason magazines and digital previews have not been kind.

We’re at the point that if you find a positive assessment for Syracuse football in 2021, you win a prize.

That’s what a 1-10 season and four losing seasons in five years under Babers will bring you.

If anything, the “no one believes in us” cries will be off the charts for the Orange in 2021.
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On The Block On Demand 7-27 (espnur.com; radio; Axe)

Brent addresses how Syracuse football could turn last season’s struggles into a revenge tour and discusses how Boeheim’s Army improved against Team Heartfire.

Syracuse football doesn’t have anyone selected to preseason All-ACC team; see the full list (PS; $; Mink)

Syracuse was one of four teams to have no players selected to the preseason All-ACC football team.

The preseason team, voted on last week by conference media members, is headlined by North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell and a league-high eight Clemson players.

Howell was also the runaway favorite as the league’s preseason player of the year.

Unlike other preseason teams, there is only first-team distinction at each position group, meaning fewer players are recognized and stiffer competition for inclusion.

Florida State, Louisville and Pittsburgh were the other schools without any players selected to the team.

SU’s best chance at representation would have come at kicker, where Andre Szmyt returns as one of the league’s most accurate placekickers and the only kicker in the conference to have won the Lou Groza Award.
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Syracuse Football: Orange picked to finish last, and the disrespect is real (itlh; Fiello)

Why does it feel like there is no respect shown to Syracuse football just about every season?


So it seems that the 147 members of the media released their choice to win the ACC and cue the Gomer Pyle “surprise surprise surprise” line that Syracuse football is predicted to finish last in its division and *yawn* Clemson is the favorite.

This is the least surprising thing I’ve read lately and lines up with every other prediction I’ve seen online. This is not meant to disrespect Clemson because to quote the late Coach Denny Green, ”They are who we thought they are” but I am pretty tired of Syracuse football having one horrible season and suddenly they’re deemed as awful.

Have you ever had a bad luck streak at work and now you’re deemed the person everyone makes fun of? Or you forget a couple of items at the store and suddenly you can’t be trusted to go to the store anymore?

To me, this is what it’s like when I see people just assume Syracuse will have a horrible season in 2021 with little to no evidence to suggest it except only remembering the struggle. I don’t see many looking at their 10-win season and basing their predictions on this the same way they do the one-win season a year ago.

As I’ve said in the past, I refuse to view any game as unwinnable, and as someone who is competitive in nature, I refuse to believe that the players walk into a game against Clemson or North Carolina thinking they’ve already lost. I think the offensive and defensive lines will raise eyebrows of those who underestimate them which will be a catalyst for competitiveness and more success this year than some are expecting.
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College football realignment tracker: Biggest questions and next steps for each conference (ESPN; Staff)

Texas and Oklahoma have officially notified the SEC they're seeking "an invitation for membership" beginning July 1, 2025. This comes after the two schools notified the Big 12 they did not intend to extend their grant of rights media agreement, which ends one day before on June 30, 2025.

The announcement has been sending shock waves throughout all of college football since the news first broke late last week.

ACC

There's genuine trust that new commissioner Jim Phillips is the right man for the job, and at least for now, the power players are saying the right things (or nothing at all) about sticking together. The league's grant of rights deal runs through 2036, so unless the ACC feels generous in making accommodations, it would be incredibly difficult for any team to absorb the financial hit of departing for the SEC or Big Ten. The question then becomes how the ACC can remain competitive with its regional rival in the SEC when that league might ultimately double the ACC's TV contract while enjoying the immense recruiting advantage of being seen as, essentially, a mini-NFL. Worse, if realignment turns into a land war between the SEC and Big Ten, it would be nearly impossible for the ACC not to be caught in the middle.

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Jumbo Package: Might the SEC and ACC merge together? (rollbamaroll.com; Chatham)


Happy Tuesday, everyone. Alabama released its football events schedule yesterday. Homecoming this season will be October 23 against Tennessee, which is highly amusing and just the right amount of disrespect. There will be no Fan Day this year, which sadly means no Running of the Gumps.

For those following the Olympics, Haylie McCleney and the USA national team are taking on Japan as we speak in the gold medal game on NBC Sports Network. Coming into the game, Haylie has reached base on 14 of 18 plate appearances.

Jay Bilas thinks the ACC should try and beg its way into a merger with the SEC.


If I were the ACC right now, I’d approach the SEC and consider a merger. pic.twitter.com/WKTq3CWsO9
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) July 26, 2021

Bob Bowlsby would have undoubtedly loved such a merger as well, but the SEC was only interested in a couple of his programs. Based on absolutely nothing, I imagine that the SEC would be interested in Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Duke, Louisville, and the Virginia schools. That would create a 24 team league that would dominate both football and basketball, but several schools would again be left out in the cold.

In any case, the ACC is in a precarious position right now. Their ESPN deal is locked in through the 2035-36 season and falls well short of the SEC’s new contract, which alone is going to pay significantly more than the total annual ACC distribution to its member schools. The reality is that nobody other than Clemson fans care to watch Clemson beat up on Duke or Boston College or Wake Forest, which is a similar problem to the one faced by the Big 12 with Oklahoma. A cold dose of reality:
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Behind Enemy Lines at the ACC Kickoff: BC Returns its Field General and a Brick Wall – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Eads)

Boston College surprised a lot of people last year when it finished 6-5, despite having a first year head coach in Jeff Hafley and the lack of a normal season due to COVID-19. The former co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Ohio State came to Chestnut Hill and immediately changed the culture of the program.

BC moved on from Steve Addazzio after seven years at the helm and the improvement was immediate. The Eagles matched their record from Addazzio’s final season in 2019 with six wins and could’ve had more as two losses were within one possession.

In just one season, Hafley has earned respect for his team and molded Boston College into a potential threat in the Atlantic Division. Last season should certainly give fans optimism after years of consistent mediocrity, now the next challenge is can Hafley and Company take the next step?

That question could be answered as soon as this year. BC returns a lot of production at every position on the field and has elite talent returning, especially on the offensive end. Phil Jurkovec is back for his second year as the starting quarterback. The Notre Dame transfer had a breakout season in 2020 finishing 5th in the ACC with 255.8 passing yards per game and had the second fewest interceptions with just five.
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Clemson football: Why adding West Virginia isn’t beneficial to the ACC (rubbingtherock.com; Spencer)

The Clemson football program is heavily invested in what we might see in conference realignment and expansion over the next few months as things drastically change before our eyes.

Texas and Oklahoma have given the Big 12 their notices that they won’t be renewing their grant of rights with the conference following the 2024 season and there are multiple reports that the two schools could file an application to join the SEC as soon as this week.

With two powerful brands in the Longhorns and Sooners joining the SEC, there is widespread speculation on the reactionary moves that the ACC might make to counter.

Even though we’re just a few days into this new conference realignment phase, there have already been plenty of rumors surrounding the ACC and the West Virginia Mountaineers.

West Virginia isn’t beneficial to the ACC or Clemson football

We’ve seen many Clemson football fans who have talked about how West Virginia should’ve joined the ACC the first time around and how the Mountaineers just make sense for the conference.

Here’s why you don’t want that.

West Virginia certainly brings another football brand to the ACC- and that’s important- but let’s not pretend that the Mountaineers are some perennial power.

In the history of their program- which started before Clemson football- West Virginia has won exactly zero National Championships and all of their 15 conference titles either came in the Southern Conference (1953-67) or the Big East (1993-2011). They’ve had five AP top-10 finishes in their history and just two in this millennium.
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West Virginia Football: If ACC Expands, Mountaineers an Obvious Choice (athlonsports.com; Lassan)

The decision by Oklahoma and Texas not to renew their grant of rights with the Big 12 and explore a move to the SEC has a chance to create a domino effect that could touch every college football conference and a good chunk of teams at the FBS level. The ACC is one of those leagues studying the landscape and weighing options during a time of massive uncertainty in college athletics. Whether or not the ACC expands to 15 or 16 members will depend on several factors. But one thing is clear: If the conference decides to add, West Virginia is a clear and obvious choice.

Expansion is more complicated for the ACC than other leagues, however. The conference has an agreement with Notre Dame for membership in all sports but football and hockey. The Golden Domers currently play five games against ACC opponents, but the conference has made no secret of its desire for the program to join as a full-time member. Notre Dame isn’t likely to give up its independence anytime soon, which means the ACC is either stuck at 14.5 members, has to get creative and go to 15 and scrap the Atlantic and Coastal Division setup, or explore 16 full-time programs with the Fighting Irish remaining a partial member.

The Mountaineers aren’t going to add a new and major media market that drastically improves the ACC’s television deal. However, West Virginia fits perfectly from a geography perspective and brings a well-rounded athletic department and recently renovated football stadium to pitch to the conference.
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https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article253061468.html (newsobserver.com; Decock)

Everyone’s wondering what the ACC will do in response to the SEC adding Oklahoma and Texas, imminently, but the question shouldn’t be what the ACC should do but whether it should do anything at all.

It seems a little crazy to stand still and do nothing as expansion panic sweeps the land, yet again, but the ACC’s best move is just that. Nothing.

On the one hand, there aren’t any good options out there, no schools to poach who would be a net gain in terms of revenue or interest. On the other, the only move that does make sense for the ACC — adding Notre Dame as a full member — doesn’t make any sense for Notre Dame.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick have played this perfectly. Amid leadership turnover in the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12, they used their positions on the CFP expansion committee to push a 12-team playoff format that served both of their interests, helping preserve Notre Dame’s football independence while removing one important reason why Texas and Oklahoma would stay in the Big 12 at a time negotiations with the SEC were secretly ongoing.

It’s hard to believe the other conferences would block the 12-team expansion out of spite when it’s going to be lucrative for all of them as well.

There are only two reasons Notre Dame would ever give up on football independence to join the ACC: Championship access and scheduling. The 12-team playoff takes care of the first because even without one of the byes that goes to conference champions, the Irish would rather their extra game be Coastal Carolina or Boise State at home than Clemson in Charlotte. (That elides the fact that losing to Clemson wouldn’t end Notre Dame’s season while an upset in the first round would, but if that’s the cost of independence, it’s a price Notre Dame is willing to pay.)
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ACC expansion plan: grab the best from the Pac-12! (RX; HM)

ACC expansion plan: grab the best from the Pac-12!

Andy Staples is suggesting something like this to the Big Ten, but I think the ACC should strike first!
Just me, saving college football… https://t.co/sKAcdJ1dGe
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 27, 2021
I'd offer four teams: USC, Stanford, Notre Dame, and Navy (football-only).
That takes away two of the most valuable Pac-12 teams, PLUS it makes joining the ACC for football a schedule-neutral move for the Irish (they already play 5 ACC + those 3 = 8 games/year fixed). ESPN gains 3, arguably 4 national football brands (Navy draws good numbers).
Question is: how much would the Mouse pony up for those four teams? I'd demand at least an extra $10M per school (i.e. $276M bump; gets every team to $34M/year).
If you want, toss in Oregon and Washington* and ask for $468M (puts all 20 teams at $39M/yr).
If you're feeling particularly aggressive, grab Cal and UCLA, too! For that 22-team ACC, I'd ask for $624M so each team can take home $43M/yr...
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A look at 2022 team recruiting (RX; HM)

A look at 2022 team recruiting​

With all that's been going on lately in college football news, it would be easy to forget about things like recruiting, so I thought it would be a good time to sneak a peek at 247Sports Team Recruiting Rankings for 2022...

RankTeamCommits5*4*3*OtherAvg
1Ohio State173122094.37
2Penn State220139090.72
3Alabama13292094.56
4Notre Dame190136091.09
5LSU15375092.22
6Oklahoma15185192.12
7Georgia121101093.68
8Florida State172510089.7
9Oregon16178090.02
10Texas14094189.64
11Texas A&M12174091.45
12Michigan161312088.5
13Rutgers150510088.62
14Clemson10091093.56
15Virginia Tech190217086.65
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What If Penn State had played VT in 2020? (RX; HM)

What If Penn State had played VT in 2020?

We know how the season went for both teams - disappointing, to say the least. But what if the Nittany Lions had made good on their trip to Blacksburg to play the Hokies... what would have happened?
Since the teams didn't actually meet up on the gridiron, there's only one thing we can do: simulate the game. For that I used the online WhatIfSports College Football Matchup Simulator. I ran the game 10 times with the following results:

PSUVT
2013
1638
2430
1020
1734
3117
3114
3027
1738
1748
21.327.9
In the 10 simulated games, the Hokies went 6-4 against the Nittany Lions, winning by a combined score of roughly 28-21. Keep in mind that, like the 2020 game which was cancelled, all of these simulations are home games for Virginia Tech.

It's no surprise that Khalil Herbert is usually the most valuable player in these simulated games.
Here's an example of one of the Hokies' simulated victories:


2020 Penn State Nittany Lions at Virginia Tech Hokies
Final - 7/28/20211st2nd3rd4thTotal
Penn State Nittany Lions760316
Virginia Tech Hokies10771438
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Examining Florida State, ACC's place in uncertain time of college football realignment (tallahassee.com; Weiler)

With college football realignment news running rampant, the state of college football, as we know it, remains as uncertain as it's possibly ever been.

After a report broke last week that Oklahoma and Texas were exploring a move from the Big 12 -- the conference they helped found -- to the SEC, the two schools informed the Big 12 Monday that they will not be renewing their grant of media rights when they expire in 2025.

Tuesday, the two schools officially applied for SEC membership.

The SEC, already a powerhouse conference that brought in over $230 million more than the ACC during the 2019-20 fiscal year, is looking to bolster its depth and establish itself as a true super conference with the additions of two major college football brands.

But how does this affect Florida State?

What can FSU and the Atlantic Coast Conference due to stay competitive in the quickly evolving atmosphere of college athletics?

Here are a few options.

ACC looks to bolster conference teams

The most obvious answer is also the one that makes the most sense.

With the SEC's move to bolster its depth with Oklahoma and Texas, the rest of the Power Five is looking for similar additions that could increase their conference's prestige.

The ACC has the advantage of a contractually-obligated in with the biggest independent brand in Notre Dame. Per the contract when Notre Dame became a partial member of the ACC in 2013, agreeing to play five ACC opponents a year, the ACC is the only conference the Fighting Irish would be able to join if they elected to make the plunge.

New ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said last week, unsurprisingly, that the conference's desire to add Notre Dame to the full-time fold has been "less than bashful." Far before Phillips took over the ACC, that's been the case. It's just proven far easier said than done to get ND aboard.

The offer has long stood from the ACC and every other conference for Notre Dame to drop its independence and join, adding one of the biggest brands in college football. Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick has even said that remaining independent costs the university money relative to what it could make as a full-time member of a conference.
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Torrance Jackson, of Syracuse, with a nice Cayuga Lake largemouth bass he caught and released while fishing from his kayak.

‘Mr. Jaxn be Fishing:’ CNY angler enjoys challenge, the funny side of catching fish (video) (PS; $; Figura)

Torrance Jackson is all about making people laugh and catching fish.

Jackson, of Syracuse, is a warehouse forklift driver trying to make it in Central New York and beyond as a stand-up comedian with the stage name of “Mr. Jaxn.” And since 2018, he has embraced another passion – fishing.

Since deciding to get into angling, Jackson, 44, has evolved from a die-hard shore angler to fishing from a kayak. A television and broadcasting major at Norfolk State University, where he attended on a football scholarship, Jackson has posted some 60 YouTube videos about his angling adventures. The series is called “Mr. Jaxn be Fishing.”

Recently, he started inserting comedy into his videos, and references about fishing into his comedy act.

“Tangles in reels. Ah, that doesn’t bother me. What bothers me is bringing a fish close to my kayak and it just jumps off the hook. It’s like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ " he said. “Or when you’re out there not catching fish and you see them jumping all around you out in the water. And you just sit there thinking, ‘Really? You don’t want what I have?’ "

He talks in his act about fishing from shore, about thinking you have peace and relaxation until you have other fisherman show up, or when he’s fishing from shore on the Erie Canal and joggers and bikers stop and ask “weird” questions.
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I saw Bob Marley at Lowes downtown in the early seventies when I was doing my graduate work on campus. It was the second stop on his tour when the U.S. government finally let him back into the country.

 

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