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Welcome to National IPA Day!
National IPA Day is celebrated to increase appreciation for one of the world's most popular types of craft beer: the India Pale Ale—commonly known as the IPA. Made with hops and pale malts, the IPA has a full-bodied taste that is bold and bitter. It has a higher alcohol content than the average beer, and many different hop strains are used to brew it. The day brings together large and small breweries, and beer lovers and connoisseurs, for IPA tastings, festivals, and other events.
Although some evidence suggests IPAs were being made in England before they started being sent to India, they gained their name because British sailors traveling to India as part of the East India Company began drinking them in the late eighteenth century. One reason sailors brought them on their journey was the hot climate of India made it difficult to brew beer there. The pale ales had a higher hop content, which helped them better keep their taste as they traveled from England to India, as hops are a natural preservative. They were not the only beer that could be shipped at the time, though, as porters were also shipped to India and California.
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2021 Syracuse Football Positional Preview: Quarterbacks (waer.org; Schappell)
As the 2021 football season nears closer, the Syracuse quarterback depth chart is as cluttered as it has been in years. From an established starter coming off an injury, Tommy DeVito, to a freshman who showed flashes of promise in JaCobian Morgan, and even a transfer from down south, Garrett Shrader, there are multiple arms fighting for playing time on an SU team looking to rebound from a dreadful 2020 campaign.
Last season, the Orange finished 1-10, ranked 17th worst in the country in passing yards per game and tossed 12 interceptions as a team. Only ten schools threw more. No matter who was under center last season, the production was bottom tier in the country. Looking towards the 2021 season, who could be the guy to lead a bounce back season for Syracuse?
Tommy DeVito, Redshirt Junior
DeVito looks the most likely to begin the season as QB1 in Syracuse. The redshirt junior has been with the program since 2017. He looked promising in backing up Eric Dungey in 2018 where he made eight appearances. DeVito threw for 525 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions in his various appearances that year. Tommy took the reigns as the starter in 2019, leading the orange to a 4-7 record before being benched in favor of Clayton Welch in the season finale versus Wake Forest. That season DeVito tossed 19 touchdowns and five interceptions, a ratio that put him behind only Sam Howell on North Carolina and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence. In 2020, DeVito began the season as the starter and kept the role until he suffered a season ending lower left leg injury in the fourth game of the year versus Duke. In the four games he did play, DeVito threw for 593 yards, four touchdowns and two picks. Syracuse is prepared for DeVito to be back at the helm when the season kicks off on September 4th at Ohio University. There is more pressure this year in the form of a crowded depth chart, than there has been on DeVito in the two years he’s started.
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Syracuse Orange: CFN College Football Preview 2021 (CFN; Fiutak)
Syracuse Orange College Football Preview 2021: Top Players
Best Syracuse Orange Offensive Player
WR Taj Harris, Jr.One of the few big playmakers for the offense over the last few years, the 6-2, 172-pounder averaged close to 14 yards per grab with 135 catches for 1,857 yards and ten touchdowns over his three seasons. He’s a true No. 1 target who hit NC State for 13 catches for 146 yards and Duke for 138 yards, but now he needs the ball even more.
2. RB Sean Tucker, Fr.
3. OT Matthew Bergeron, Soph.
4. PK Andre Szmyt, Jr.
5. WR Anthony Queeley, Soph.
Best Syracuse Orange Defensive Player
LB Mikel Jones, Soph.He played last year at around 230 pounds on the weakside, but now he’s listed at 218 pounds on his 6-1 frame. The more he can do to make big things happen for a defense that needs playmakers, the better. He led the team with 68 tackles to go along with four interceptions, and going forward he should be used more as a pass rusher, too.
2. CB Garrett Williams, RFr.
3. LB Geoff Cantin-Arku, Soph.
4. DT McKinley Williams, Sr.
5. S Ja’Had Carter, Fr.
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Three Key Improvements for SU in 2021 – Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage (orangefizz.net; Eads)
Folks, one month is all that separates us from Syracuse Football and the 2021 campaign! Soon you won’t have to hype up the Orange and defend Dino Babers in small talk college football conversation on the golf course. All the offseason banter becomes meaningless when the Orange take the field in Athens, Ohio against the Bobcats on September 4th.
Hate to bring up last season, but it was downright terrible. Let’s not forget. SU finished 1-10, its worst record since 2005. Syracuse struggled in several key statistical categories, and well struggle is really just one word that sums it up so we’ll leave it at that.
But things seem to be back to normal this year and hopefully the typical winter, spring, and summer sessions have the ‘Cuse ready to complete fall camp and gear up for a big season. To get the much needed results in the win-loss column, here are three areas where SU needs to improve in 2021.
All stats courtesy of teamrankings.com
Third Down Conversions
Syracuse’s best player is arguably one of its specialists every season. Last year Nolan Cooney had a breakout season which is good and all if you love the kicking aspect of football. If you’re more of an offense guy then it’s not such a good thing.
SU finished dead second-to-last amongst power five teams in third down conversions and the only team trailing was Kansas (that should tell you everything you need to know). Syracuse moved the chains on just 26.14% of its opportunities which marked 123rd out of 127 eligible teams last year. Is that bad?
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20/21 HHS football captain John O'Connor getting ready to head up to Syracuse
https://www.hinghamanchor.com/john-oconnor-gets-opportunity-to-play-for-syracuse/(hinghamanchor.com; Ross)
Before last Thursday, recent HHS graduate John O’Connor thought his playing days were over. Like most of his classmates, the former football captain was getting ready to head off to their freshman year of college at the end of the month. He didn’t receive any offers to play at the next level and hit some dead ends regarding walk-on opportunities. Then the email came.
“Dear John, we would like to extend an invitation to you to join the 2021 (Syracuse) football program as a preferred walk-on.”
Just like that, John and his family needed to make plans to move up to Syracuse on August 4th instead of August 23rd.
“I think it’s going to be culture shock going from Hingham High School football to Syracuse football,” says the soft-spoken O’Connor. “It’s going to be a huge jump, and I’m excited about the opportunity.”
While the final decision was down to the wire, the overall journey started a few years ago. John and his mother Michele, a Syracuse alum, visited the school back in February 2020 as part of the typical college touring process. He took one step in the Dome during the tour and knew he wanted to play for the Orange.
“I was just looking at schools for academic purposes,” O’Connor says. “I really didn’t think I would be playing a sport in college until I visited the Dome. I saw how great the Syracuse football program is, and I think it just took off from there. It was kind of like a why not situation. I wanted to see if I could really make the team or not, and I think I’m moving in the right direction so far."
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Opponent Analysis: Rutgers Scarlet Knights — 2021 Syracuse Football preview - The Juice Online (the juice; Sears)
Yes, we have a Rutger previewing Rutgers
As we countdown to kickoff in September, we’re going to be doing a team-by-team opponent preview each week over the summer. This week, we’re previewing Syracuse’s matchup with Rutgers on Sept. 11 with three major storylines.
Can Schiano Continue Building On Early Success
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano had an unenviable task when he took over at the start of last season. The Scarlet Knights had lost 21 straight Big Ten games and were one of the worst football teams in the NCAA. On top of that, the Covid-19 pandemic posed a unique challenge for every coach, much less one in his first year in the program.
With that context in mind, a 3-6 record with all three wins coming against Big 10 teams- Michigan State, Maryland, and Purdue- qualifies as a strong start for Schiano. The coach is noted for his tough “toes on the line” coaching style and had the Scarlet Knights playing games down to the wire. Count on that to continue and only be improved upon in the upcoming season.
His time coaching in college (Miami DC, Rutgers HC, Ohio State DC) and the NFL (Buccaneers HC) is having a noted impact both on recruiting, in the locker room, and on the field on Saturdays.
Three Key Returning Players Look To Improve
Through all of Rutgers’ struggles to become a competitive team in 2020, three players in particular made names for themselves and are poised for even more success in their second year under Schiano.
Noah Vedral came in as a transfer from Nebraska and provided some stability at the QB position. He made a statement in his first game, beating Michigan State to open the year, and continued to play well. He’ll have to take a bigger leap to win more than three games this year, but the talent is there to do just that.
Bo Melton was Rutgers’ offense last year with 942 all-purpose yards and nine total TDs (six receiving, two rushing, and one punt return). He’s easily the best weapon the Scarlet Knights have and his workload should only be increased this year.
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Clemson football: ACC needs to move to unequal shares in television revenue (rubbingtherock.com; Spencer)
There is no program in the ACC that has produced more revenue for the conference since the inception of the ACC Network television deal than Clemson football, but yet the Tigers have only made slightly over the average payout amount each year.
The ACC reported $497 million in revenue for the fiscal year 2020 and that was an average of right around $33 million per school with the lowest being $30.9 million and the highest being $37 million to Clemson.
While many want to point to basketball and pretend that brands like Virginia, Duke, Syracuse and North Carolina move the needle in the sport, the truth is that everything falls decidedly second behind football. And no one is producing money like Clemson football.
The ACC needs to move to unequal shares in television revenue for two reasons and they’ll both benefit Clemson football
First of all, what we’re talking about is just basic economics. It’s called fairness.
Here’s an example: If Clemson goes 15-0 and wins a National Championship, the Tigers shouldn’t make just slightly over Wake Forest, who went 4-8 and didn’t even make it to the postseason. There should be incentives– much higher than what they currently are– for teams who have success in the postseason, particularly the CFB Playoff.
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College Football News Preseason All-ACC Football Team: Preview 2021 (CFN; Staff)
2021 Preseason CFN ACC Offensive Player of the Year
QB DJ UIAGALELEI, SOPH. CLEMSON
North Carolina QB Sam Howell could very easily be here, and the hope is for Clemson WR Justyn Ross and Miami QB D’Eriq King to be healthy enough to be in the mix for the ACC Offensive Player of the Year honor, but …Uiagalelei is a special talent.
It’s putting too much pressure on the guy to step in right away and be what Trevor Lawrence has been for the Tigers over the last three years, but … he’s good enough to step in right away and be what Trevor Lawrence has been for the Tigers over the last three years.
The 6-4, 250-pound former super-recruit came through when Lawrence was out in the middle of the season, throwing for 342 yards against Boston College and 439 against Notre Dame – and now he should do that on a regular basis. He’s got the size, the arm, the mobility, and the team around him to be the big man on the ACC campus.
2021 Preseason CFN ACC Defensive Player of the Year
DT BRYAN BRESEE, SOPH. CLEMSON
The next great Clemson defensive tackle was expected to be good right away after coming to campus as the 2020 No. 1 recruit in the nation, and he didn’t disappoint as one of the ACC’s best interior linemen.The 6-5, 300-pounder was a bit banged up at times, but he was still steady throughout the year as a tough presence and quick enough to come up with 33 tackles with four sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss – and he’s just scratching the surface.
Too quick, too athletic, and with the NFL size – and the ability to get a bit bigger and stronger – he finished last year with a strong game against Ohio State and now should be an even more dominant force.
College Football News 2021 Preseason All-ACC Team: Offense
QB – DJ Uiagalelei, Soph. Clemson
RB – Jashaun Corbin, Soph. Florida State
RB – Zonovan Knight, Soph. NC State
WR – Zay Flowers, Jr. Boston College
WR – Jaquarii Roberson, Jr. Wake Forest
TE – Braden Galloway, Sr. Clemson
OT – Ikem Ekwonu, Soph. NC State
OG – Ben Petrula, Sr. Boston College
C – Alec Lindstrom, Jr. Boston College
OG – Lecitus Smith, Jr. Virginia Tech
OT – Zion Johnson, Sr. Boston College
NOTE: Clemson WR Justyn Ross is here when he’s medically cleared to play....
A look at what's ahead for the Pac-12 with realignment set to shake up college football once again (cbssports.com; Dodd)
Less than two months into his administration, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff never thought he'd field a question about his conference being vulnerable to realignment. But he did not shy away from it.
"There are no guarantees in life," Kliavkoff told CBS Sports.
While college sports wonders whether there will be a total reset of the competitive and financial models, for now, the talking points have come down to the statuses of a precious few schools. There are four pieces left on the board, per se, that approach the value of Texas and Oklahoma: Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame and USC.
Ohio State and Michigan have no interest in leaving the Big Ten. Currently the richest, oldest conference in existence, it is paying members approximately $54 million per year.
Until further notice, Notre Dame is locked into its independence. The one-year football venture into the ACC was intriguing but remains a one-off caused by COVID-19. However, per its contractual agreement with the ACC, it is locked in to joining the conference should it want to move anywhere through 2036. But the Fighting Irish already have their own network (NBC), that ACC football scheduling agreement, increased access to the proposed 12-team College Football Playoff and perhaps the best brand in the game. Why share?
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A Look at 2019 FB Revenue (RX; HM)
A Look at 2019 FB Revenue
Seen on CBNBBS...Here is the football only money between the P-5 (no basketball, no conference TV)
Where does your school rank among richest and poorest Power 5 college football programs? New revenue figures for all 65 - by David Jones [djones@pennlive.com] (behind a paywall)
Posted by Statefan on CSNBBS
...we present all 65 of the Power 5 schools, ranked from the most modest to most extravagant, for the 2019-20 fiscal year (generally 07/01/19 to 06/30/20).
These are annual university athletic department figures mandated by the U.S. Department of Education and its Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) arm. The headings represent the revenue derived from each university’s football operation before expenses, as listed by athletic directors of each school in their annual reports. These figures do not include the massive annual payouts from conferences’ broadcast contracts...
...these are revenue figures relating to the 2019 football season and the 2019-20 basketball season, not last season. So, they do not reflect the broad fiscal distress of the COVID-wracked and, in some cases, stunted 2020 football season, but do include decrease in funds from the lack of a 2020 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Because some irregularities in the reporting by various athletic directors is inevitable, the reports may include caveats and discrepancies between one school and another. We can’t control that. All we can do is pass on the parallel figures as they are posted in the EADA report.
Here, then are all 65, bottom to top, with number of ranking spots risen (+), fallen (-) or maintained the same (=) from the 2018-19 fiscal year, in parentheses. (Note: I've added italics to emphasize certain points, along with my comments in brackets and in color. - Hokie Mark)
#65 West Virginia $19 million (=)
#64 Wake Forest $24.7 million (-1)
No mystery here as announced crowds at Truist Field, even for a competitive 8-5 team, commonly ranged around 25-30K; that’s barely Conference USA level. Wake was also one of only three Power 5 schools to fabricate a balanced ledger – identical figures of $24,698,755 for revenue and expenses – indicating a true deficit compensated with general funds. [Why is Wake Forest in the ACC? - HM]
#63 Georgia Tech $28.2 million (-15)
A similar sad story here as native Georgian Geoff Collins came from Temple to relieve longtime triple-option proponent Paul Johnson and the Jackets sank into a 3-9 morass. Football eeked out a $1M profit and tumbled farther in one year than any program in the rankings. Men’s hoops ran a deficit of slightly over $1M. [Tough to motivate fans to pay to see a bad team play. - HM]
#62 Boston College $31.8 million (-1)
Seeing an ACC pattern here? This was the dreary 6-7 season that got Steve Addazio fired after seven years in Chestnut Hill. After an encouraging start, the tone was set in week 3 with a stunning rout home loss to 20-point underdog Kansas. BC football managed a $5.1M profit. Men’s hoops barely broke even (+$128K). [Good point: that Kansas loss probably killed demand for tickets the rest of the year - HM]
#61 Rutgers $32.9 million (+3)
#60 Vanderbilt $33.4 million (+2)
#59 Missouri $34.7 million (-4)
#58 Oregon State $35.6 million (=)
#57 California $36.1 million (+3)
#56 UCLA $37.5 million (-6)
#55 Pittsburgh $37.9 million (-2)
Heinz Field is exponentially nicer than old gray Pitt Stadium, but it’s not easy luring a university community down the hill from Oakland to watch a just-OK team play opponents from Tobacco Road. Pat Narducci has done all he can. Panther football lured consistent announced crowds of 40-45K and cleared $5.4M. Meanwhile, the struggling basketball program, blessed with a gorgeous campus venue and much more attractive conference opponents, managed just an $800K clearance. [Pitt probably lost more traditional rivals in realignment than any other P5 team. - HM]
#54 Arizona $39 million (-7)
#53 Duke $39.7 million (-2)
Rivaling Kentucky, Indiana and Kansas, this is the arguably most severe example of basketball overshadowing football. And so, it provides a window into just how much more important football is fiscally to college athletics. David Cutcliffe’s Devils went 5-7 (3-6 ACC) and yet the football program still cleared more profit ($14.5M) than Mike Krzyzewski’s basketball behemoth ($13.4M) which grossed among the most of all college hoops programs in the nation ($33.4M!) [Duke lost its appetite for big-time college football at least 70 years ago; they are what they are now. - HM]
#52 Mississippi State $40 million (+5)
#51 Kansas $40.6 million (+5)
#50 Stanford $40.9 million (-6)
#49 Syracuse $42.6 million (-4)
The beginning of the descent of the the once-promising Dino Babers regime at The Cuse FB began here with a 62-20 rout loss at Maryland and has not lost downward velocity. The Orange football program did manage $14.9M in profit while Jim Boeheim’s basketball operation made $8.7M. [If Babers can't win at least 5 or 6 games every year, he'll lose his fan base, then his job - HM]
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Links, news and rumors - 2021 Aug 4th (RX; HM)
Links, news and rumors - 2021 Aug 4th
Some interesting points from CBS Sports article "A look at what's ahead for the Pac-12 with realignment set to shake up college football once again"...If the ACC was ever going to consider adding USC and Stanford (see [LINK]), now might be the time to do it.
Wait, it was longer than 2036? Swofford!!! Good think smarter heads prevailed!
I do think it's interesting that CBS admits the ACC's media rights deal is "under-value".
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ACC Leads all Conf in 2021 Outland Watch List (RX; HM)
ACC Leads all Conf in 2021 Outland Watch List
This is not your Daddy's ACC football conference...ACC Leads All Conferences With 14 Players on Outland Trophy Watch List
Peacock Feathers! (RX; HM)
Peacock Feathers!
A taste of things to come for the Irish?More, from 247Sports: "Notre Dame Home Opener Streaming Exclusively on Peacock"...
...ACCDN Best Returning Players 2021 (RX; HM)
ACCDN Best Returning Players 2021
From the ACC Digital Network: best returning football players of 2021 at 3 positions...Top 5 Returning Offensive Linemen
Top 5 Returning Offensive Linemen | ACC Football 2021
The ACC houses many explosive offenses that can score in a multitude of ways. None of them would be effective without top-notch offensive lines. Many of them are highlighted by some of the most talented linemen in college football. Boston College's Alec Lindstrom and Zion Johnson, and UNC's Joshua Ezeudu are just a few of the league's best. Check out our list of the top 5 returning offensive linemen for 2021 right here!
Top 5 Returning Defensive Linemen
Top 5 Returning Defensive Linemen | ACC Football 2021
There are some ferocious defensive lines in the ACC headlined by some of college football's brightest stars. Clemson's Bryan Bresee and Myles Murphy exploded onto the college football landscape last season. Pitt's Calijah Kancey is an up-and-coming star. How do we rank these fearsome men of the trenches? Check it out right here!
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ACC Positional Group Rankings: Offensive Line (Coastal) (SI; Wolfe)As part of our summer ACC rankings series, in addition to the more fun categories (stadiums, uniforms, etc.), we’ll also be ranking each position group for every ACC team. This exercise provides an excellent opportunity to take stock of not only BC’s talent and depth at each position but also compare to the rest of the conference. At the end of this series, we should see how each team stacks up against each other and predict how each team will finish. One note before we begin: this process will take all players into account, not just the starters. At certain positions, depth is arguably just as important as talent.
A few weeks ago, we looked at the tight end position, and BC remained in the top-tier in the conference. BC has had one of the better offensive lines in the conference for the last few years. But there were some less than stellar outings last year for the big boys upfront; many played different positions, and they struggled to consistently succeed in the new offensive scheme. Let’s see how BC’s group ranks against the rest of the conference.
A few housekeeping notes: I broke this article up into two because this one is very long; the offensive lines are the biggest (in terms of numbers in addition to physical size) position group. Additionally, the offensive lines across the ACC are quite good; based on my research, I would say that more than half of the offensive lines in the conference are above average, relative to the rest of the country. Even the teams at the bottom of the conference are not atrocious in the trenches. In this iteration of this series, I will list the presumed starting offensive line from left to right with their positions in parentheses. I’ll also list the backup players’ general positions (OT, OG, etc.)...The case for the ACC to add WVU as its 16th member (augustafreepress.com; Graham)
Sitting at various breakfast and lunch tables with sportswriters at last month’s ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, I tried to make the case for the ACC to go with West Virginia as its 16th member.
You’d think I’d grown a second head with the looks that I got shot back at me.
Great idea. Add a tiny TV market.
Not a good fit academically.
The second one is fair – WVU ranked 241st in the latest US News and World Report college rankings. The rest of the ACC ranks in the top 80, aside from Louisville, which sits at 176.
Louisville as the outlier there helps make my case for why we’d go WVU. We went money on that one, and as you’ll see when I break the rest of it down, you’ll see that there’s money with WVU coming in.
The TV market thing is not what you’d expect it to be. You’d assume that WVU, in Morgantown, would be in a tiny TV market, in the Middle of Nowhere West Virginia.
You’d be wrong.
Morgantown is in the Pittsburgh DMA, which ranks 26th among the 210 TV markets in the U.S., according to Nielsen.
The smallest, you’re familiar with – Charlottesville, which sits at 177.
You could make the argument, well, we’ve already got Pitt in that market, why would we worry about whatever WVU can bring?
Think this one through. Where do you think Pitt football ranks among viewer choices in the Pittsburgh TV DMA?
In football season, you have the Pittsburgh Steelers. In basketball season, you’d get good odds on the Pittsburgh Penguins doubling or tripling whatever Pitt basketball draws.
And back to the fall, I’d guess that WVU football would get more viewers than Pitt football in that market, considering that the market includes Morgantown.
There is one other ACC TV market with multiple teams – the Raleigh-Durham market, the home to UNC, Duke and NC State, which ranks 24th in the U.S. in the Nielsen numbers.
So, WVU helps the ACC solidify a good-sized TV market, one of the top five in terms of number of TV viewers in the conference.
There’s value to that.
Looking at finances, then, WVU would be a top-shelf team in terms of bottom line.
According to 2019 figures from USA Today, West Virginia reported athletics revenues of $102.7 million, which would have ranked sixth in the ACC among the nine schools for which that information is available, and not far behind UVA ($110.2 million), which ranked fourth.
The private schools – Boston College, Duke, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and Wake Forest – don’t have to report those numbers.
It’s a safe bet that only Notre Dame from among that group would rank ahead of WVU in overall bottom line.
One other metric that I looked up this morning – the number of living alums.
WVU ranks well here as well, at 210,000. I didn’t research every ACC school, but my quick look has Florida State at 360,000, North Carolina at 342,000, Virginia Tech at 238,000, UVA at 230,000, Georgia Tech at 166,000, Clemson at 154,000.
WVU has fans, basically.
They make money there in Morgantown.
The TV market is top five in the ACC.
There’s natural rivalries – with Pitt, with Virginia Tech, UVA.
It’s not at all a stretch.
Career Path for Fort Drum Soldier Starts at Syracuse University (syr.edu; Michael)
Like many soldiers who are leaving the military, U.S. Army Specialist Luke McKean had an idea of what he wanted to do when he transitioned to civilian life but wasn’t exactly sure how to go about it.
But thanks to a partnership between Syracuse University and the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization (FDRHPO) in Watertown, McKean has charted his course to become an athletic trainer, strength coach or personal trainer.
McKean recently spent two weeks at the University shadowing Tim Pike, the head athletic trainer for the Syracuse football team. The experience convinced McKean that he wants to pursue the career path he had discussed with representatives from FDRHPO, which is near the Fort Drum Army base where McKean is currently stationed.
“It’s been very informative” McKean says. “It definitely helps me see that I’ll want to pursue this when I’m out of the Army.”
During his two-week job shadow in mid-July, McKean observed Pike and his staff as they worked with football players recovering from injuries. He also shadowed the strength and conditioning coaches as they ran players through various drills. The players weren’t practicing yet because practice did not officially start until early August.
“The nice thing about this is, because of his interest, he’s getting to see the strength and conditioning coaches work the guys conditioning-wise, so he gets observation with that along with what we’re doing (with injuries),” Pike says. “So it’s a win-win, and it’s probably better that he was here in July rather than just coming in to watch football practice.”
McKean’s journey from Fort Drum to Syracuse University started at FDRHPO, which has collaborated with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) on other projects. FDRHPO created a program called Health Career Army Pathways Program (HCAPP), which mentors outgoing soldiers who are interested in careers in health care.
Unlike most military posts, Fort Drum does not have a hospital on base. FDRHPO is a civilian, not-for-profit agency that was formed to ensure that health care services are available to the combined 30,000 military members and beneficiaries at Fort Drum through partnerships with Northern New York hospitals and healthcare organizations.
HCAPP fits into FDRHPO’s mission to ensure there are enough health care professionals in place to meet the demands at Fort Drum, where there is a high volume of health referrals to off-post hospitals in the community each month for issues ranging from births to orthopedic injuries to behavioral health.
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Freshly cut garlic cloves at The Angry Garlic, 29 Oswego St. in Baldwinsville.
Bad breath alert: CNY restaurant to host Guinness record-breaking attempt for eating garlic (PS; $; Cazentre)
This is one contest in which it might be wise to congratulate the winner from a social distance. Or any distance.
A local restaurant on Saturday (Aug. 7) will host an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most cloves of garlic eaten in one minute. That’s raw cloves, eaten and swallowed one at a time.
The host restaurant? Baldwinsville’s The Angry Garlic, of course.
“I’ve been wanting to do this ever since I heard about the record,” said Jeff Rogers, who opened the restaurant that features garlic in every dish in 2018. “Then the pandemic happened. Now it’s time to eat some garlic.”
Rogers has lined up seven or eight contestants willing to try to beat the current garlic-eating record, even at the risk of driving away friends and family.
The current mark is 36 cloves in a minute, held by Patrick Bertoletti. He set the record in East Dundee, Ill. in January 2012.
To qualify for a new record, the old mark must be beaten by at least five, Rogers said. That means 41 cloves.
Each contestant must swallow a clove before moving on the next one. They get one glass of water during their minute. And each contestant makes the attempt alone — it’s not a group effort. Rogers recommends contestants practice at home before the contest starts.
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