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Welcome to World Parrot Day!

World Parrot Day was created by World Parrot Trust in 2004 to highlight the plight of wild parrots and raise awareness about the role of importing birds in causing this plight. In the lead up to the first observance, World Parrot Trust had put forth a petition that called for the European Union to ban the trade of wild birds in Europe, and it had been signed by tens of thousands of people from dozens of countries. On the first World Parrot Day, zoos around the world marked the day and celebrants gathered at London's Trafalgar Square. Supporters of the petition and their parrot companions marched from the square down Downing Street to deliver it. Their efforts bore fruit in 2007. Today, World Parrot Day aims to highlight the threats that captive and wild parrots face, and zoos and other organizations hold special events around the world.

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Syracuse football was once a beacon of success and innovation. Will that remain a memory? (theathletic.com; Feldman)


Some of the greatest college football players ever have come through Syracuse University, from Jim Brown and John Mackey to Art Monk and Marvin Harrison. In 1959, Syracuse won its only national title. The program has been off of the national radar for much of the past two decades, but for a 15-year period from 1987 to 2001, the Orange were a force in the Northeast, finishing in the AP Top 25 nine times, thanks to a cutting-edge offense and some of the best recruiting and development in the sport.

Syracuse’s rise in the 1980s is unlike any other in modern football, and its subsequent decline — coupled with dramatic changes inside and outside the sport — has left many, including those who were part of its heyday, wondering if the Orange will ever find their way again.


Don McPherson, All-American quarterback, 1984-87: What’s interesting about Syracuse about the pre-1980s is (that) we were considered like the Chicago Bears during the ’50s. The business of college football was different back then. When the game started to change and television came in, Syracuse was not very sports business savvy.

We built the Carrier Dome (in 1979) without air conditioning. But what the Dome (now the JWA Wireless Dome) did was put Syracuse back on the map. A lot of the talent had been going to the Big Ten and Maryland or going south. Then the Dome was built, and Coach Mac (Dick MacPherson) brought in a philosophy: You have to win the recruiting battle within a five-hour drive. It was the right philosophy for Syracuse.

Paul Pasqualoni, head coach, 1991-2004: Coach Mac did a good job of recruiting, especially in that five-hour radius. He got Don McPherson, Teddy Gregory and a lot of other great players. Mike Woicik was the strength coach and he was a big key. That weight room really developed an outstanding culture of focus and toughness.

Rob Konrad, running back, 1995-98, and the last SU RB to wear the celebrated No. 44: There was a real pedigree. You had (Hall of Fame tight end) John Mackey, who had been all-world, and all those guys that wore my numbers. All those legendary backs. There was a cultural aspect to it as well, like you saw in “The Express” (a 2008 movie about Ernie Davis becoming the first Black man to win the Heisman), with how Syracuse provided an opportunity.

McPherson: Syracuse had a Black quarterback in every decade except the ’60s. As a recruit, you knew about Ernie Davis and Jim Brown, and you knew that it was a friendly place.

Pasqualoni: In 1984, Syracuse beat Nebraska, the No. 1 team in the country. The week before, Syracuse had lost to a poor Rutgers team. I think that Nebraska game gave the program the confidence that brought back the foundation of the program.
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https://www.si.com/college/syracuse...about-to-pick-up-for-syracuse-football-053023 (SI; McAllister)

The month of May came and went without any new commitments to Syracuse's 2024 recruiting class. June, however, will be different. That lull is normal as things generally pick up starting in June and throughout the summer. That should be the case again this cycle.

OFFICIAL VISITS

There are four weekends in June where Syracuse will host official visitors. June 2nd, June 9th, June 16th and June 23rd. The weekend of June 30th is during a dead period, which means visits are not permitted. The Orange already has several official visitors locked in for the first three weekends as follows:

June 2nd: DL Tristen Graham (DE)

June 9th: QB Evans Chuba (FL), RB Sam Cooper (PA), RB Trashon Dye (NJ), LB Travon Dye (NJ), RB Jaden Hart (IN), DB Clinton Robinson (PA), WR Jason Robinson (CB), LB Zekai Wimberly (NJ)

June 16th: OL Terez Davis (MD), DL Elijah Kinsler (NJ), OL Jack Small (NJ), WR Syair Torrence (NY)

Note that this is not an all inclusive list as there are visits scheduled that are not public as of the writing of this article. Issiah Walker, a junior college offensive lineman in the 2023 class, is also expected to visit in June but has not finalized a date.

In addition to those visitors, expect the quarterback position to be in full focus. Syracuse is looking to take two quarterbacks this cycle, and could have them by the end of the summer if not end of June. Stay tuned
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Syracuse football to host camps, official visits in June (PS; $; Leiker)


June is a busy month for college football recruiting, as programs begin to build out their 2024 classes and even start looking at the classes beyond.

Syracuse football will host four camps on two separate days at the beginning and end of the month: Elite Prospect Camp (June 4), Specialist Camp (June 4), 7-on-7 Passing Camp (June 24) and Big Man Camp (June 24).

The Orange also hosts class of 2024 prospects for official visits at least three weekends this month.

The busiest so far appears to be June 9-11. Seven prospects have shared via Twitter they’ll be making OVs that weekend, including SU’s three class of 2024 commits Travon Dye, Trashon Dye and Noah Rosahac.

Joining them are Zekai Wimberly, Jaden Lamont Hart, Jason Robinson Jr. and Clinton Robinson. All are in the class of 2024.

Wimberly is a linebacker from West Orange High School in New Jersey. He received his offer from Syracuse last summer and also has offers from Ole Miss, Temple and Towson. He’s 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds.

Hart is a three-star running back and the No. 9 player in Indiana. He attends Michigan City High School and is 5-foot-10, 195 pounds. Syracuse is among 17 offers; Purdue, Duke and Nebraska are also on his list.

Jason Robinson Jr. is a four-star wide receiver and one of the top uncommitted prospects visiting Syracuse this month. He’s the No. 419 player in the country according to 247 Sports and will also attend camps at UC Berkley and University of Utah this summer.

Robinson Jr. (5-foot-10, 160 pounds) is from California and attends Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He’s already announced Syracuse in his Top 10.

Where’s Home? pic.twitter.com/kX06AED4VV
— JASON ROBINSON JR (@JasonR0binsonJR) May 12, 2023
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Syracuse Football: 4-star QB with Orange offer is top-150 national prospect (itlh; Adler)

Four-star quarterback Stone Saunders from Pennsylvania, who was offered a scholarship by Syracuse football coaches in April of last year, continues to see his offer sheet grow and his national rankings soar.

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Saunders is only a rising junior in high school, yet he’s already amassed more than two-dozen offers from a range of high-major programs, including some of college football’s biggest names.

Saunders, a standout at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pa., has received All-America honors in both his freshman and sophomore seasons. In those two terms combined, he has tallied more than 6,600 passing yards and 100 touchdowns through the air, with just 10 interceptions, according to recruiting services. Those numbers are simply ridiculous.

Understandably, many schools are in pursuit of Saunders, and as a member of the 2025 class, his recruiting process likely has a long way to go.
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Syracuse football stands out to talented WR, second WR eyes official visit (itlh; Adler)

Syracuse football coaches appear to be prioritizing a pair of three-star wide receivers who attend the same prep school in Connecticut, according to media reports.

The Orange is among the schools recruiting 2025 three-star wide receiver/athlete Jourdin Houston the hardest, per a report from Andrew Barth of The Juice Online. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Houston is a sophomore at the St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Conn.

2025 WR Jourdin Houston (@HoustonJourdin) tells our Andrew Barth (@AdamSilverJr) that #Syracuse is among five schools recruiting him hardest.
The Juice Online - Syracuse among 5 schools recruiting 2025 WR Jourdin Houston hardest pic.twitter.com/agFwxSQthf
— The Juice on Rivals (@TheJuiceOnline) May 28, 2023

In a separate report from Barth, he writes that Syracuse football is presently one of the top schools for 2024 three-star wide receiver Sage Clawges, who is a junior at St. Thomas More. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Clawges tells Barth that he plans to take an official visit to the ‘Cuse at some point in the near future.

These developments are among a variety of encouraging things going on for Syracuse football coaches lately in the Orange’s 2024 and 2025 recruiting cycles.

Syracuse football is making good traction with three-star WRs from the same Connecticut prep school.

When asked by The Juice Online which teams are currently recruiting him the hardest, Houston said the ‘Cuse, Penn State, Michigan State, Rutgers and Pittsburgh.

The Syracuse football target also noted that he plans to take numerous visits this fall, but he’s still working on scheduling those trips. It would not surprise me if the Orange ends up securing an official visit from Houston.
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Did the Cardinals get a steal with Syracuse's Garrett Williams in the 3rd round? (orangefizz.net; Admin)

THE NFL DRAFT IS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENTS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS. FOR PLAYERS, IT CAN BE A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY GET TO FULFILL THEIR DREAMS OF PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. AND GARRETT WILLIAMS SELECTION COULD BE A STEAL FOR THE CARDINALS.

The draft process is filled with anticipation and anxiety as players wait to hear their names called by teams looking for their services.

It is a crucial event for teams that can determine their future success or failure. It is a roller coaster of emotions as they evaluate potential prospects and make decisions on who to select. Teams have to balance risk and reward when drafting players, deciding whether to go for safer choices or take chances on high-risk/high-reward selections.

The NFL Draft also brings excitement and hope for fans across the league, as they are eager to see who their favorite team will select and how these pics will impact the upcoming season.

ARIZONA CARDINALS SELECTED GARRETT WILLIAMS

Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon has preached adaptability and versatility on the defensive side of the ball since taking charge of the team. “We don’t fit the players into the scheme; we fit the scheme around the player.

I don’t box ourselves into an alignment. We’re going to try to play defense where we make sure we don’t get the ball thrown over our head and keep the points down and take the ball away. Those are kind of the main stats that I’m concerned with,” Gannon said in an interview back in April.

“But everyone plays a hybrid of something or another, but I think you need versatility and scheme week to week to be able to take away their best players and that’s how we’ll do things.”
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Syracuse’s road game at Purdue gets primetime kickoff on NBC (PS; Leiker)

Syracuse football’s first game time for the 2023 season has reportedly been set.

Action Network HQ’s Brett McMurphy reported Tuesday that SU’s Week 3 road trip against Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, will kick off at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 and air on NBC.

The Big Ten signed a new seven-year media rights deal with NBC, Fox and CBS last August. NBC carries all of the conference’s primetime games under the agreement, branded as “Big Ten Saturday Night.”

The game will be a rematch of one of the Orange’s most exciting contests from 2022. Syracuse beat Purdue on a 25-yard, go-ahead touchdown pass from Garrett Shrader to Oronde Gadsden in the game’s final minute to push SU to a 32-29 win.

Big Ten’s NBC September schedule, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ, includes:

West Virginia at Penn State, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Maryland, Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET
Syracuse at Purdue, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. ET
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 30, 2023

The matchup could be the first true test for the Orange in 2023, though Purdue is working with a new coaching staff led by first-year head coach Ryan Walters after Jeff Brohm resigned and returned to Louisville at the end of last season.
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SBCC Football Standouts Earn Scholarships to Big-Name Schools (independent.com; Bryant)


After a historically successful season that included a program-record ten wins and a Beach Bowl victory, many SBCC football players are now reaping the benefits of their triumphs with scholarships to college football powerhouses.

“We had good sophomore leadership and a lot of guys pointing in the same direction, which is not always the case,” said SBCC head coach Craig Moropoulos. “Obviously at this level it is very difficult to maintain because you are always having turnover, but it doesn’t suck to have that kind of year.”

Most recently, on May 15, Berry Buxton III and Jakobie Seabourn both committed to continue their college careers at Syracuse. The two cornerbacks will now be competing in the Power 5 Atlantic Coast Conference against some of the best teams Division 1 football has to offer.

“They are both long, they are very tall, they are athletic, and that’s what really lit up Syracuse about them,” Moropouos said. “They are both really good kids, too.”

SBCC’s quarterback this past season, Alex Johnson, made a childhood dream a reality following his standout sophomore season. Originally from Bellevue Washington, Johnson received a preferred walk-on offer from the University of Washington and jumped at the opportunity to play for his hometown team.

Johnson earned third-team reps at Washington this spring and even received praise from head coach Kalen Deboer after one of the spring scrimmages.
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Get to Know Your Orange Man: #99 DE Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff (TNIAAM; De Guzman)

It’s time to start preparing for the upcoming Syracuse Orange football season. We’re going through the roster to take a look at each Syracuse player as we get ready for a critical season for the Orange.


Starting things off is:

Name: Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff

Position: Defensive Line

Year: Redshirt Freshman

Height: 6’4”

Weight: 267 lbs.

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

High school: Cardinal Hayes

2022 stats: Fuentes-Cundiff probably didn’t expect to play as much as he did in 2022. However, after Terry Lockett’s injury, the Bronx native became the backup defensive tackle behind Kevon Darton. He played in 11 games, started one and totaled 14 tackles.

2023 projections: With Lockett’s presumed return to health and the two-deep, Fuentes-Cundiff may not see the same playing time that he did last season. The 3-3-5 rotates the front seven heavily, so he’ll still play, but may not see the field for as many snaps as he did last season.
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Get to Know Your Orange Man: #98 K/P James Williams (TNIAAM; Wall)

It’s time to start preparing for the upcoming Syracuse Orange football season. We’re going through the roster to take a look at each Syracuse player as we get ready for a critical season for the Orange.

Up next is….

Name: James Williams

Position: Kicker/Punter

Year: Redshirt Sophomore

Height: 6’1”

Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Watkinsville, Ga.

High School/Previous College: Athens Academy

2022 stats: Served as the kickoff specialist for two games before the team decided to redshirt him (injury perhaps)

2023 projections: It likes like transfer Jack Stonehouse has the inside track to the punting job, so we might see Williams handling kickoffs this fall. Can he show enough in camp to compete for the punting or place-kicking jobs? We’ll have to see.

How’d he get here?: Received offers from Air Force, Army, and Hawaii.

What’d recruiting sites say?: Three stars from the main sources. Kohl’s Kicking gave Williams five stars and ranked him the No. 4 punter in the class of 2020 as well as the No. 13 placekicker.

Money quote: With Syracuse having three punters in the professional ranks, Williams appreciates the advice he got from Nolan Cooney when he joined the Orange

“Obviously I’m my own person,” Williams said. “It feels good to have people and know the standard of what to expect at practice and how to handle things like that to the point where I could be in the NFL.”
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ACC News

ACC football recruiting: 14 thoughts on 14 teams as summer visits begin (theathletic; $; Raynor)


It’s that time of year. We made it.

Official visits kick off this weekend, and recruiting staffs across the country are feverishly preparing for what has undoubtedly become one of the most important months on the college football calendar.

What’s the ACC up to?

Let’s check in on each of the league’s 14 schools with one recruiting thought on each. All rankings are from the 247Sports Composite.

Boston College

National rank: 84
Number of commits: 1
Average player rating: 85.78

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The Eagles need to get moving. There’s still plenty of time between now and the early signing period in December, but for the program to currently have just one commit — three-star athlete Christian Zamor — is a bit concerning. What’s more: Zamor committed in January 2022, meaning the Eagles haven’t landed a prospect in this class in 16-plus months. It’s difficult to entice other prospects to jump into the mix when there’s no momentum or key prospect for a staff to recruit around. It’s not time to panic, but picking up the pace will be of the utmost importance this month.

Here’s a (familiar) name to watch: Boston College is in pursuit of Henry Hasselbeck, a Class of 2024 QB who is committed to Maryland for lacrosse. Henry is the son of former Boston College QB Matt Hasselbeck.


Clemson

National rank: 21
Number of commits: 8
Average player rating: 89.84

It will be interesting to see how Clemson approaches the quarterback position between now and the end of the cycle. Dabo Swinney typically offers only one quarterback at a time and doesn’t move on to the next until he knows the Tigers are out of the running with each prospect. Currently, Clemson is 0-for-4. DJ Lagway is headed to Florida, Walker White committed to Auburn, Jadyn Davis is off to Michigan and, most recently, Air Noland committed to Ohio State. They also kicked the tires on Ohio native Ethan Grunkemeyer, who has since committed to Penn State. Will the Tigers offer another quarterback in this class or rest easy knowing they have two former top-100 prospects on the roster — Cade Klubnik and Christopher Vizzina — and focus on the Class of 2025?

Duke

National rank: 41
Number of commits: 5
Average player rating: 87.69

Duke exceeded expectations in a major way last season when it won nine games in Mike Elko’s first year. Elko won the ACC’s Coach of the Year Award and has carried that momentum over to the recruiting trail. Duke has five commits in its class, which is still on the smaller side, but the average player rating of 87.69 would be the program’s best of the modern recruiting era. Can Elko and his staff keep that up as the class grows? Stay tuned.

The Blue Devils rebounded nicely when quarterback commit Hauss Hejny flipped to TCU by landing a pledge from Tyler Cherry, a four-star prospect out of Indiana. Assuming he signs, Cherry, ranked No. 366 nationally, will be Duke’s highest-rated quarterback prospect of the modern era.

Florida State

National rank: 9
Number of commits: 11
Average player rating: 90.45

Mike Norvell’s 2023 class was solid — No. 19 overall and No. 3 in the ACC — but he did his best work in the transfer portal. Well, the Seminoles are now making serious moves in the high school ranks in the Class of 2024. Florida State has 11 commits, including three top-150 players and seven blue-chippers. One key will be holding on to the top two players in the class. Five-star tight end Landen Thomas flipped back to Florida State after decommitting from Georgia last month, but his high school coach told The Athletic that Thomas still plans on taking an official visit to Georgia either later this summer or in the fall. Four-star running back Kam Davis said in February that he planned to take an official visit to Colorado this summer but has since announced he is shutting down his recruitment.

Florida State also has a commitment from one of the more intriguing quarterback prospects in the class. Luke Kromenhoek had never started a varsity game at the position when he pledged to the Seminoles last March but is now ranked No. 126 overall and recently earned an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals in June.

Georgia Tech

National rank: 37
Number of commits: 6
Average player rating: 86.05

It’s been a busy month at Georgia Tech. Four-star quarterback Jakhari Williams decommitted on May 10, three-star quarterback Aaron Philo committed on May 11 and four-star running back Duke Watson followed Williams and decommitted on May 12. Philo’s pledge to the Yellow Jackets so quickly after Williams decommitted — or “parted ways” with Georgia Tech, as it was reported locally — surely wasn’t a coincidence.

It’s fascinating, regardless. Recruiting rankings can be off, but Williams is ranked a full 700 spots higher (!) than Philo, a former Minnesota commit. What does this staff see in Philo that the outside world might be missing? And what’s next for Williams? Georgia Tech feels strongly about Philo, but the pressure is on for him to live up to the staff’s evaluation. If the Yellow Jackets are going to return to prominence in the ACC, it has to start with strong quarterback play.

Louisville

National rank: 22
Number of commits: 8
Average player rating: 88.59

The Cardinals have been making moves lately, picking up six commits in the past eight weeks now that coach Jeff Brohm and his staff are settled. Four-star edge TJ Capers remains the crown jewel of this class as the nation’s No. 31 prospect and the program’s second-highest-ranked recruit in the modern era. It seems as though the Cardinals might be looking to get him some help along the defensive line. Four-star defensive lineman Jeffery Rush of Pascagoula, Miss., committed to Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss in March but recently announced he will take an official visit to Louisville from June 9 to 11.

Something to watch: Can Brohm, a Louisville alum, do a better job than the previous staff recruiting in-state? Only one of the Cards’ eight commits is from Kentucky (three-star wide receiver Shaun Boykins), but this is not a great year for local talent — there are currently no blue-chippers from Kentucky in the 2024 cycle.

Miami

National rank: 23
Number of commits: 9
Average player rating: 86.91

Miami has only one blue-chipper committed — wide receiver Chance Robinson — but it’s not time to be concerned yet. Just look at some of the recruits heading to campus in June. Ten top-100 prospects have already announced they’ll be on campus for an official visit: wide receiver Drelon Miller, defensive lineman Kamarion Franklin, five-star running back Jerrick Gibson, five-star cornerback Ellis Robinson IV, five-star defensive lineman Justin Scott, offensive lineman Isendre Ahfua, cornerback Dakoda Fields, safety Jaylen Heyward, tight end Caleb Odom and defensive lineman Aydin Breland. On a promising note for the Hurricanes, defensive line is a point of emphasis for this class, and Scott, Breland and Franklin all rank in the top 10 nationally at the position.

Also of note: Robinson and Heyward are Georgia commits. If Mario Cristobal is going to win like an SEC team, it wouldn’t hurt to be able to flip prospects like one, too.

North Carolina

National rank: 14
Number of commits: 13
Average player rating: 87.04

North Carolina is in pursuit of one of the more underrated athletes in the class. Four-star wide receiver Baylor Staley from Aiken, S.C., has announced a list of his top 10 schools, including four that will get an official visit in June. North Carolina (June 23-25), along with Clemson (June 2-4), Miami (June 9-11) and Tennessee (June 16-18) were on the short list, with Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Penn State, Florida and Georgia Tech also in the mix. Staley is ranked the No. 34 wide receiver nationally and is perhaps best known for his speed. He is a state champion in the 200-meter dash and the triple jump and broke a school record with his 200 time.

Braylon Staley just broke the Aiken High School 200m record with a 21.88! pic.twitter.com/QOucxmPSgs
— AikenHighTrackandField (@AikenTrack) March 5, 2023

Even if North Carolina loses out to in-state Clemson or one of Staley’s other suitors, it’s encouraging to see the Tar Heels are at least in the conversation. The program’s recruiting has taken a recent dip, and its 2024 class includes only one blue-chipper among the 13 commitments. UNC does have its quarterback in three-star prospect Michael Merdinger, who is on the verge of becoming the first Israeli-born athlete to play FBS football.

NC State

National rank: 43
Number of commits: 5
Average player rating: 87.39

Former Virginia and Syracuse offensive coordinator Robert Anae is entering his first season with the Wolfpack and already has his quarterback in the 2024 class: three-star Florida native Cedrick Bailey. Bailey isn’t a flashy prospect — he ranks No. 528 nationally — but Anae has a history of success with under-recruited prospects, including Virginia-turned-NC State quarterback Brennan Armstrong and Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader, both former three-stars. It will be interesting to see how Anae develops Bailey, who is already 6 feet 6 1/2 but weighs just 185 pounds.

Pitt

National rank: 18
Number of commits: 11
Average player rating: 86.48

The Panthers don’t yet have their quarterback in this class but are in the top five for three-star Trever Jackson out of West Orange (Fla.). Jackson’s first offer came from Morehouse in June 2022, but Pitt was smart to get in on him three weeks later as the first Power 5 school to extend an offer. Since then, Jackson has received offers from Texas A&M, Houston, Penn State, West Virginia, Boston College and others, and he recently was invited to the Elite 11 Finals next month. Florida and Florida State recruited him but never officially offered. (Both have quarterbacks committed already.) Pitt is getting Jackson’s first official visit on June 2.

Syracuse

National rank: 70
Number of commits: 3
Average player rating: 85.43

Syracuse hasn’t signed a high school quarterback since … the Class of 2021! Perhaps Dino Babers and his staff are comfortable using the transfer portal to fill their needs, but it stands to reason that it’s going to be harder to maintain relationships with high school coaches if the Orange prioritize transfer prospects over high schoolers. To be fair, Syracuse did have Class of 2023 prospect LaNorris Sellers committed for about nine months, but the South Carolina native flipped to the home-state Gamecocks during the early signing period in December.

The Orange don’t yet have a quarterback in the Class of 2024, either, and they have offered only seven players at the position. Six of those seven are already committed to other schools. The other, four-star Jayden Bradford of IMG (Fla.) Academy, received his offer in March and seems to have Syracuse in the mix but hasn’t announced any plans for an official visit.
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The Juice Online - 6 burning questions for the 2023-24 Syracuse basketball team (r1vals.com; Friedman)

Rivals national recruiting analyst Adam Friedman has thoughts on the highest-ranked prospects in the East, the ACC team recruiting rankings and issues some new FutureCast predictions.

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It's been a busy offseason for Jadyn Davis, the only five-star in the East region right now. The Michigan commit has been all over the country playing in 7-on-7 tournaments and participating in various workouts and camps. Davis has received mostly positive reviews for his play but there are times when his consistency can waver. There's no question he has the tools to make all the throws and he has a high football IQ. Davis was one of the better performers at Steve Clarkson's QB Retreat and he is physically maturing at a pace that should allow him to see the field early in his career.

All five-stars are discussed during the rankings meetings but potential new five-stars get a lot of attention too. One player that is sure to generate debate is Washington (D.C.) Friendship Collegiate Academy defensive end
Dylan Stewart

. He is currently the No. 2 player in the East region and No. 30 in the Rivals250. Stewart displayed unique versatility and impressive physical development last season but the lack of game film against top end offensive linemen hasn't helped his case thus far. Stewart hasn't participated in any events this offseason but there are a few more weeks to get an update on his development prior to the next rankings update.
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Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney says 2023 team eager to return to College Football Playoff (greenvilleonline.com; Keepfer)

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Hope springs eternal, particularly in the spring.

So it wasn’t surprising that Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney spoke enthusiastically about his team’s chances of returning to the College Football Playoff Tuesday evening during IPTAY’s annual Prowl and Growl event at the Greenville Convention Center.

“It’s exciting,” said Swinney, who will kick off his 15th full season as Clemson’s head coach this fall. “We had a really good recruiting class last year. And coming off an ACC Championship and being really, really close to getting back to the playoff, I think the guys are eager.

“We’ve got a lot of guys back, a lot of good veteran guys who could have left but came back. They want to make a run at this thing, so you feel that from all the guys.”

There are plenty of reasons for excitement.

The addition of offensive wunderkind Garrett Riley as coordinator and the return of several key players on both sides of the ball have the program primed about the possibility of not only capturing its eighth ACC title in nine years, but also to contend for a seventh CFP berth in the last nine years.
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Canada may be a hidden gem for Boston College football recruiting; ACC coaching rankings reaction (youtube; podcast; Locked on Boston College)

Boston College football is stuck at one commitment for the Class of '24, which is concerning but should be changing with official visit season. But the Eagles also have started, or continued another trend, recruiting in Canada. We look at why this is a great place to find some hidden gems. 247 ranked the ACC head coaches and Jeff Hafley is in a decent spot, we look at what would bring him up, and what could bring him down. Finally, former Boston College defensive coordinator Bill McGovern passes away, we talk about his career.


Solution to ACC drama lies in football – News Messenger (montcova.com; Gordon)

Drama or the threat of departure of seven major collegiate football programs from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has been at the top of sports headlines this past week.

A small group of schools have convinced the ACC to plan an allocation program based on success.

The ACC “Power 7” as they been labeled include Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

But in the middle of the new proposal is the underlying success, or should we say the lack of, the Power 7. Over the past eight years, the only program to have proven itself is the Clemson Tigers. They have been a repeater in the national championship race.

According to Business of College Sports website, each conference receives $6 million from the College Football Playoff for each team selected for a semifinal game and $4 million for each team that plays in a non-playoff bowl under the College Football Playoff. There is no additional payout for the National Championship Game, only additional expenses covered.

Typically, each bowl-eligible program is given money by their league for expenses; the rest of the funds are placed in a pool and divided equally among the membership. But in the recent Georgia national championship, the school received an additional $1 million.

Documents show that gross revenue collected by the Power 5 Leagues in the year before COVID knocked everything out tallied $768.9 million for the Big Ten and $728.9 million for the Southeastern Conference. The ACC reported $496.7 million.

The monies continue to rise, but it all centers on football.

The simple solution in all of this is to create football only conferences. Everyone can keep their overall conference membership, but football would be locked into at least four big membership groups.
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Joel Klatt's post-spring top 25 college football rankings (hawkwyeswire.usatoday.com; Heimer)

With college football’s spring season in the rearview and many transfer portal additions finding their new landing spots, it sets us up to have a clearer understanding of what teams will look like in 2023.

Hawkeyes Wire already delved into one batch of post-spring top 25 rankings from USA TODAY Sports. Iowa checked in as the No. 14 team nationally in USA TODAY Sports’ post-spring top 25.

That was tops in the Big Ten West and trailed only the three Big Ten East powers in the conference. Michigan was No. 2, Penn State was No. 4 and Ohio State was No. 6 in those rankings.

Now, we get a look at another post-spring top 25 and it comes from one of college football’s most respected voices, FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt.

Let’s take a look at his projected college football top 25 rankings exiting the spring.

1 Georgia Bulldogs


Record in 2022: 15-0
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 1
My thoughts: Who else could be No. 1? Back-to-back national champions have to be dethroned. Sure, there’s no more Stetson Bennett running the show at quarterback, but there’s still plenty of reasons to believe this Georgia team will be extremely, extremely talented.
Whether it’s Carson Beck or Brock Vandagriff starting at quarterback, the pair has arguably the nation’s best tight end in Brock Bowers to throw the football to. Plus, UGA added Mississippi State wide receiver Rara Thomas via the transfer portal.
Mix in the fact that Athlon Sports tabs three Bulldogs as preseason first-team All-SEC defensive selections and you’ve got yourself another national title contender.

2 Michigan Wolverines


Record in 2022: 13-1
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 3
My thoughts: At this point, Michigan has leapfrogged Ohio State in the Big Ten East by virtue of their back-to-back wins over the Buckeyes and their back-to-back league titles. The Wolverines also bring back J.J. McCarthy at quarterback where he will be expected to be a year older, a year wiser and a year more explosive.
I’ve been saying it all offseason with Michigan: If not this year, then when are the Wolverines breaking through? It feels like the stars are aligning for that type of run in 2023 with Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State all breaking in new quarterbacks.

3 Ohio State Buckeyes


Record in 2022: 11-2
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 4
My thoughts: It’s probably silly to count Ohio State out of the national championship picture. Obviously, Joel Klatt isn’t. Not saying that I’m doing that either, but I’m in a little more wait-and-see mode with Kyle McCord and Devin Brown.
Either way, they’ve got incredible weapons around them in wide receivers Marvin Harrison Jr., Julian Fleming and Emeka Egbuka. Ohio State has a wonderful one-two punch at running back with Miyan Williams and TreVeyon Henderson, too. Michigan is the favorite in the Big Ten East until proven otherwise, but you certainly can’t count out an Ohio State program that was one field goal away from spoiling the back-to-back Georgia national championship parade.

4 Alabama Crimson Tide


Record in 2022: 11-2
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 5
My thoughts: Does Nick Saban have another championship run or two or three left in himself and the Alabama Crimson Tide? The 71-year-old just signed a new contract last August that would keep him with Alabama through the 2029 college football season. It would also pay him a whopping $12.7 million in 2029.
Given the way his decade and a half-plus run at Alabama has gone, you’d be crazy to think otherwise, right? Under Saban’s direction, Alabama has won six national championships and played in three other national championship games.
After losing the College Football Playoff national championship game against Georgia in 2021 and then failing to make it back to the CFP in 2022, this qualifies as a revenge season for the Tide.

5 Penn State Nittany Lions


Record in 2022: 11-2
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 7
My thoughts: Everybody loves the idea that former five-star signee Drew Allar is going to catapult Penn State into this different offensive stratosphere. That may very well be the case for the sophomore quarterback. Like the rest of his teammates, he will have to prove that he and Penn State are capable of derailing both Michigan and Ohio State.
Do that and maybe it’s James Franklin and the Nittany Lions cashing in with their first national championship since 1986.

6 USC Trojans


Record in 2022: 11-3
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 13
My thoughts: Caleb Williams is a transcendent talent at quarterback. The Trojans signed another five-star signal-caller in Malachi Nelson in the 2023 class. Still, this feels like boom or bust for Lincoln Riley and USC. That Alex Grinch defense has to take steps forward this season and help morph the Trojans into a legitimate national title contender with Williams playing quarterback.

7 LSU Tigers


Record in 2022: 10-4
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 15
My thoughts: Can Jayden Daniels elevate LSU back into the CFP? In his first season with Brian Kelly and the Tigers, he took LSU to 10 wins, an upset of Alabama and into the SEC Championship game. If Georgia comes back down to Earth a little bit and Alabama’s loss of No. 1 overall NFL draft pick Bryce Young takes some growing, then maybe LSU is the team to beat in the SEC.

8 Florida State Seminoles


Record in 2022: 10-3
Final USA TODAY Sports ranking in 2022: No. 10
My thoughts: Florida State is back where Seminole fans like it: with legitimate ACC title aspirations and hopes of grandeur. Jordan Travis is a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback and game-wrecking defensive end Jared Verse is back as well. Now, can the ‘Noles erase the inconsistency issues that plagued them in 2022 during a three-game October losing streak against Wake Forest, North Carolina State and Clemson?
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2023 SEC/B1G Early TV Schedules (RX; HM)

2023 SEC/B1G Early TV Schedules


2023 TV assignments for college football games are starting to roll in. Some are a bit surprising.

From FBSchedules: 2023 SEC on CBS Football Schedule
*All times Eastern.

  • Saturday, Sept. 16, 3:30pm – South Carolina at Georgia
  • Saturday, Sept. 23, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Sept. 30, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Oct. 7, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Oct. 14, Noon – SEC on CBS; 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Oct. 21, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Oct. 28, 3:30pm – Georgia vs. Florida
  • Saturday, Nov. 4, 3:30pm – SEC on CBS; 7:45pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Nov. 11, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Nov. 18, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • "Black" Friday, Nov. 24, 4pm – Missouri at Arkansas
  • Saturday, Nov. 25, 3:30pm – SEC Game of the Week
  • Saturday, Dec. 2, 4:00pm – SEC Championship

Only three games are know so far, but we do know the time slots and which weeks CBS has a double-header. More to come...
Meanwhile, from The Spun: NBC's Big Ten Football Schedule Has Leaked - And It's Pretty Bizarre
According to Brett McMurphy of Action Network, the network's initial lineup of Big Ten broadcasts is a little weird, to say the least...

Big Ten’s NBC September schedule, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ, includes:

West Virginia at Penn State, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Maryland, Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m. ET
Syracuse at Purdue, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. ET
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 30, 2023

Not exactly a "must-see" lineup, is it? (No offense to Syracuse - one of the top Big Ten opponents on NBC so far!)

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SEC: 8 or 9 games? (RX; HM)


SEC: 8 or 9 games?

We know the SEC will soon expand to 16 teams and play a divisionless schedule. What hasn't been decided yet is if that will be with 8 conference games or 9 - but there's been plenty of speculation!

The SEC is 'unlikely' to move to a 9-game conference schedule in 2024, @RossDellenger reports. College football insider provides major update on future conference schedule format for SEC pic.twitter.com/7CiFeyY9Qy
— On3 (@On3sports) May 29, 2023

What would it look like? What are the pros & cons, and how could this impact the ACC?

From CBS Sports: Support for nine-game SEC football schedule dwindling with Alabama mulling vote for eight-game format, here are some of the highlights...
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Shanon Thomas, an apprentice electrician, works on a control cabinet in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 43's training center in Clay. (Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com)

Union to double paid training program to help meet Micron’s need for hundreds of electricians (PS; $; Moriarty)


After 10 years as a cable TV installer, Shannon Thomas decided it was time for a career change. The rapid growth of streaming television services might one day make cable obsolete, he figured.

So he chose a trade that is sure to have a bright future in Central New York -- electrician. He’s now finishing the first of what will be four years of classroom and on-the-job training as an apprentice with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 43 in Clay.

“We provide the power for all the other construction trades,” said Thomas, 44, of Syracuse. “Everything has to be plugged in these days.”

Demand for electricians is expected to soar in the next few years. Micron Technology, the country’s largest maker of computer memory, is going to need up to 2,000 electricians to build its giant semiconductor plant in Clay and up to 600 full-time electricians to help operate and maintain the high-tech complex once it’s built, according to the IBEW.
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Photo of Columbus Circle by Doug Muir

Doug Muir spent a lifetime capturing America. Finally, his photos have found their way home to Syracuse (PS; Struck)

On Thursday, May 24, a non-descript cardboard box by way of Berkeley, California arrived at the steps of the Everson Museum of Art.

Inside, glossy photographs stacked over each other, of crowded peace protests on the streets of California, of small-town Texas homes, of the stocky Everson building against a clear sky. They traced a winding path from the West Coast to Upstate New York — the artist’s route between two homes.

The photographer, Doug Muir, grew up in Syracuse and spent the rest of his life roaming the space between California and New York, creating beautiful compositions with his camera out of everyday moments — people buying ice cream, a truck bed passing by on the highway, the American flag hoisted over a crowd.
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