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Welcome to Beer Can Appreciation Day!
Where do you like the beer you drink to come from? Do you prefer draft, bottles, or cans? On January 24, 1935, Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale became the first beers to be sold in cans, and it is on this anniversary that we celebrate Beer Can Appreciation Day.
The American Can Company began working on canning beer in 1909, but they were not successful at the time. They found that carbonation was too much for cans, leading them to sometimes explode. They eventually found a remedy: coating the inside of cans as they did with kegs.
An April 7, 1933, light beer, which had no more than 3.2% alcohol by volume, began being sold. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company made a canning deal with the American Can Company in November 1933, right before the repeal of Prohibition. The can company installed canning equipment for free and 2,000 cans of beer were canned and made available in Richmond, Virginia. A poll was conducted and the results said that 91% of people liked the canned beer. Because of the positive feedback, Gottfried Krueger decided they would continue to can beer.
On January 24, 1935, Krueger's Ale and Krueger's Beer began being sold in cans. (Multiple sources contradict each other here. Some sources say that the January 1935 date is when the 2,000 cans were sold, which led to the 91% favorability rating. Other sources say this happened in 1933 and that January 1935 brought about the selling of canned beer on a wider scale). By the summer of 1935, Pabst began canning their Export Beer in cans, being the first major brewer to do so. By the end of the year, over 200 million beer cans had been sold by thirty-seven breweries.
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Class of 2022 Kicker Brady Denaburg Schedules Syracuse Official Visit (SI; McAllister)
Syracuse extended an offer to one of the top kickers in the 2022 class on Saturday in Brady Denaburg out of Merritt Island High in Florida. Denaburg quickly scheduled an official visit to get a closer look at the Orange, and will be on campus the weekend of January 28th.
"I just want to see the school and how it is," Denaburg said.
Denaburg is listed at 6-0, 180 pounds per his Twitter bio. He also plays quarterback for his high school football team, catcher for his high school baseball team and plays soccer as well. His other scholarship offer is from Air Force, while he also has a preferred walk-on opportunity with the Florida Gators.
One of the top kickers in the 2022 recruiting cycle, Denaburg is rated a five-star prospect by Kohls Kicking, and is ranked the 12th best kicker in the class.
More from Kohls on Denaburg:
Denaburg competed at the Kohl's Future Stars Camp in January of 2021. He was clearly one of the best players in attendance. He was easily able to hit a 57 yard FG off the ground to win the competition at the Future Stars Camp. Denaburg is a strong and talented athlete who also plays QB. He has hit some big kicks for his high school team and with continued focus on kicking he has the talent to be a top five guy in the 2022 class. Denaburg is someone to follow in the coming months as he will get better with more experience!
Saboor Karriem Taking Unofficial Visit to Syracuse Football (SI; McAllister)
Class of 2023 West Orange (N.J.) High defensive back Saboor Karriem is taking an unofficial visit to Syracuse on Saturday, he told All Syracuse. Karriem was offered by the Orange in December, and also holds scholarship opportunities from Maryland, Duke, Georgia Tech and Boston College, among others. He is looking forward to getting to campus to get a closer look at Syracuse's football program.
"I am looking to see campus and what the school has to offer," Karriem said. "But I also am looking to see if Syracuse is a place I can see myself grow."
Karriem is a 6-4, 180 defensive back with elite length and athleticism. He has the skills to play either corner or safety at the next level. During his junior season, he had 22 tackles, 12 pass breakups, five interceptions, two blocked field goals, one blocked punt, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, 16 receptions, 257 receiving yards and six touchdowns.
His lead recruiter at Syracuse is Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Safeties Coach Nick Monroe. Monroe recruits New Jersey for Syracuse and has identified Karriem as one of the top targets from the Garden State.
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Syracuse football gets wide receiver transfer and more recruiting updates (itlh; Fiello)
The Syracuse football program used the transfers portal to add depth to the wide receiver position. CJ Hayes has announced he will transfer from Michigan State to the Orange to pursue his master’s degree after his recent official visit.
According to ESPN, CJ is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds and had limited production stats at Michigan State but spent the past couple of years dealing with injuries and a position move. I’m also a big believer in not reading too much into stats sometimes because a new school or system could be what they need to be utilized better or be more comfortable.
Hayes will provide experience and leadership as well as healthy competition along with other new faces to the position. Syracuse football struggled last season in the passing game and I’m glad to see them not resting on those laurels and pursuing options at the receiver and quarterback position.
And speaking of the quarterback position, not only did Syracuse secure the commitment of Michigan transfer Dan Villari recently but also there is a new name to watch for: LaNorris Sellers.
Sellers previously committed to Virginia but with Coach Bronco Mendenhall’s resignation and Coach Anae and Coach Beck joining the Syracuse football staff, he opened up his recruitment and Syracuse football has offered. Sellers is a high school recruit who could provide competition for the position or maybe even redshirt and be the future for the team after Villari and Shrader are gone.
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Comparing ACC Football Programs in North Carolina - Chapelboro.com (chapelboro.com; Koh)
Another ACC football season has come and gone, and it may be one the conference would like to forget. Clemson and North Carolina both began the season ranked in the AP Top 10, but neither ended up there by season’s end. The Tigers felt the departure of quarterback Trevor Lawrence, struggling on offense early and suffering losses to Georgia and NC State which dropped them out of the poll entirely. UNC, meanwhile, scuffled along to a 6-6 regular season and a humiliating loss to South Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
The perceived division favorites fading early paved the way for an unexpected ACC Championship Game of Pittsburgh against Wake Forest, with the Panthers taking the conference title and appearing in the Peach Bowl.
It was a landmark year for the two other North Carolina programs, with NC State grabbing the aforementioned win over Clemson, its first since 2011, and Duke seeing the retirement of its longtime head coach, David Cutcliffe.
While the Demon Deacons and Wolfpack are riding high, and the Tar Heels and Blue Devils hoping to hit the reset button, it marks yet another power shift within ACC football in North Carolina. Over the past 25 years, all four schools have been legitimately good, and all four schools have been legitimately bad. When and why did those seasons occur, and what happened next?
Let’s take a look:
North Carolina
The Tar Heels have been the most volatile program within the state since 1996, with a year-to-year volatility of 2.2 wins per season, meaning they average about two wins above or below the previous season’s win total. This figure is tied for third in the ACC since 1996, with only Louisville (2.36) and Notre Dame (2.84) being higher.
The chart begins with the Tar Heels as one of the best programs in the country under head coach Mack Brown. The 1997 season saw Carolina finish 10-1 in the regular season and never drop out of the AP Top 10, though Brown left before the team’s bowl game to take the head coaching job at Texas. The Tar Heels would decisively win the Gator Bowl over Virginia Tech, but felt Brown’s absence the next season under head coach Carl Torbush. The team wouldn’t reach 10 wins again for almost 20 years.
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Will USC replace Clemson as an annual playoff team under Lincoln Riley? (trojanswire.com; Zemek)
The college football offseason is well underway, and for USC fans, the most urgent matter of business is seeing Caleb Williams come to Los Angeles to play for the Trojans. While we wait for that decision, however, there is news to discuss in the college football world.
You might have heard that ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips (over a week ago) stated the conference’s opposition to College Football Playoff expansion to a 12-team format, at least right now. The ACC and Phillips might consider expansion at a later point — they’re not closing the door — but they think they need at least one year to study their options and see what fits best. They don’t think the 12-team playoff fits best at the moment.
Why would the ACC, which — like the Pac-12, a fellow alliance member — needs all the revenue it can get, oppose playoff expansion?
Is there something we don’t know?
Is the ACC worried about Clemson’s ability to be a regular playoff team? Does the ACC think that in a 12-team format, it won’t be able to get a second (at-large) team into the field, which leaves other conferences with more opportunities to grab postseason revenue? Why project such a lack of confidence, and why now?
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Where is College Football Going after 2022? (gobblercountry.com; Fahwaag)
The Reason for the Begged Question
This series of articles is not specifically about the Virginia Tech Hokies team. It is intended to be a deep dive examination of where college football looks to be headed as an organized entertainment. You didn’t read that incorrectly, either that is indeed the word “entertainment”. All sports are entertainment products, and we fans pay money to observe young athletes play a game. In the world of collegiate athletics, that money then provides a certain level of funding to both support the program and primarily to fund the student-athletes’ educations. As with anything that money touches there are “good things” and “bad things” that need to be balanced in order to make that primary mission of funding education. When that capital increases exponentially over a relatively short period of time, changes occur that are both unintended and often detrimental to that stated mission.College football spent most of the 20th Century in the modest to struggling category, where programs depended almost entirely on contribution and ticket gate. The advent and spread of broad distribution cable television and sports specific networks with the capability of broadcasting many games introduced a radical shift that accelerated to ‘ludicrous speed’ at the turn of the 21st century. For many programs in the Football Bowl Series (FBS) Division, Gate and Basic contributions were quickly consumed by lucrative television contracts driven by advertising revenue.
The Big Business that wasn’t Supposed to Be Gets Bigger
The results of that massive deluge of cash money have also been challenged by another incremental legal wrinkle; Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) contracts for players. This was the result of a court decision that opened the door for a hodge-podge of state regulations (from nothing to everything) governing the rights of players to market their NIL. This quasi-professionalization has already begun the process of warping the trajectory of the natural changes that are in the works. It is doing so because NIL, in reality, is not totally personal. NIL money currently depends on more than just the talent and exposure of the player. It also relies on the location and prestige of the program with which the player is signed. A program existing in a state with generous NIL regulations is going to be more attractive to a player.If you add the television contract money, the NIL factor (that depends both on state law and team prestige) combined with the generous court induced Transfer Portal conditions, has placed college football on an unregulated trajectory that is resembling an adventure game with no rules and no actual end point.
Getting this Party Started
All of that brings us to the reason why we are here. It’s a really good time to take a look at where college football is likely to go in the next decade. The process is unlikely to be even, it’s also unlikely to be organized well, especially in the early stages of the evolution. Last year, we took a trip through the phenomenon that we named the Twilight Programs. Some of that analysis will be relevant here, but this is intended to tread new ground.Laying out the Path, Because it’s Loaded with Stuff
The first article will concentrate on the structure of the actual leagues that form FBS football, and how those leagues are changing very rapidly. The second article (or articles since we have 10 formal conferences and a pile of independents) will look at what is evolving, and being proposed; expanded playoffs, conference realignment, and the ly semi-pro versus totally amateur status of the FBS. We’ll be revisiting the Knight Commission for additional topics from their expanded recommendations in that one. The final article will be pure conjecture, and a rational peek at the potential look of college football circa 2030....
Weekend Links 2022-01-23 (RX; HM)
Weekend Links 2022-01-23
I missed this when USA Today gave out 2021 season grades. Here's how ACC teams fared:| Grade | Team | Wins |
| A+ | Wake Forest | 11 |
| A | Pitt | 11 |
| A- | NC State | 9 |
| Notre Dame | 11 | |
| B+ | ||
| B | ||
| B- | Clemson | 10 |
| C+ | Boston College | 6 |
| Florida State | 5 | |
| C | Miami | 7 |
| Syracuse | 5 | |
| C- | Louisville | 6 |
| Virginia | 6 | |
| D+ | Duke | 3 |
| N Carolina | 6 | |
| Virginia Tech | 6 | |
| D | Georgia Tech | 3 |
| F |
ACC Realignment Possibilities (RX; HM)
ACC Realignment Possibilities
This week I thought we might take a look at some realignment possibilities for the ACC.What might the realignment "end game" look like for the ACC and its current members? There was a CSNBBS thread a while back that discussed the possibilities. It bounced all over the place, so I'm going to give you the "tldnr" synopsis here.
POSSIBILITY #1: SEC and B1G raid the ACC, remaining teams merge with Big XII.
[Essentially, this is the "do nothing" option - just wait on things to happen to you].JRsec wrote (in part):
My response:
If true, this results in an ACC/Big XII hybrid consisting of 20 teams:
- Boston College
- Syracuse
- Pitt
- WVU
- Cincinnati
- Louisville
- Wake Forest
- NC State
- Clemson
- Florida State
- Miami
- UCF
- Houston
- TCU
- Baylor
- Texas Tech
- Oklahoma St
- Kansas
- Kansas St
- Iowa St
More ACC Realignment Possibilities (RX; HM)
More ACC Realignment Possibilities
User JRSEC posted this idea on CSNBBS:Under this scenario, the final P4 look like this:
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Tully's at the 2018 New York State Fair (Michelle Breidenbach photo)
Tully’s returning to NYS Fair, will get new, permanent $1.4M stand by next year (PS; Miller)
After taking a year off from serving “the best chicken tenders on Earth” at the New York State Fair, Tully’s is returning to the Fairgrounds. This time, it’s for good.
Dan Giamartino, a partner in the family-run business that operates all the Tully’s locations, said today they’ll return to the same spot between the Eatery Building and the Midway for this year’s Fair. Tully’s, along with 64 other vendors, pulled out of the 2021 Fair because of staffing shortages brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We’re very much looking forward to being back,” Giamartino said. “We’ve been operating out of a tent for 20 years. it’s time we make it permanent.”
Giamartino credited State Fair Director Troy Waffner and Concessions Manager Geneanne Keegan-Smith for helping them return. The state awarded contracts totaling $1.4 million for the construction of a permanent 1,600-square-foot stand.
A concrete pad will be poured this spring or summer, and the building will go up prior to the 2023 Fair. The stand will occupy the same amount of space as the old tent. Oh My Darling, a restaurant in downtown Syracuse, took the space last year. State Fair officials haven’t heard whether it will return this year.
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