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How Much Does Syracuse NY Care About College Football? (PS; Axe)
More Than Most Places in the Northeast...
How much does Syracuse, N.Y., love college football?
A new study by the New York Times says that 20% of Facebook users in Onondaga County
"like" college football.
The Times released the latest in its series of interactive maps that uses Facebook data to answer questions about sports.
The question this time tries to determine "The Places in America Where College Football Means the Most."
Onondaga County, where Syracuse University is located, came in at 20%. The counties surrounding Onondaga had mixed results.
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In Cook County, home of Chicago, only 4 percent of residents indicated support for a college team. And the five counties in the United States with the lowest rates of college football fandom are the five boroughs of New York City. Manhattan manages 2 percent, and the other four are all below 2 percent."
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ACC News
Synjyn Days Ran for 157 yards and a TD Against NC State to win ACC Offensive Back of the Week
Georgia Tech Lands 3 Players of the Week (PS; Stevens)
Georgia Tech took three of the ACC's eight player of the week awards in voting done by a panel geographically diverse media members who cover the league on a regular basis.
Fullback Synjyn Days earned the offensive back of the week award after rushing 19 times for 157 yards and a touchdown in the Yellow Jackets' 56-23 throttling of N.C. State. It was the third consecutive 100-yard outing for Days, who has taken over at fullback in place of the injured Zach Laskey.
Guard Shaquille Mason, who helped open some of the holes for Days, was pegged as the offensive lineman of the week after the Yellow Jackets rushed for 479 yards. Teammat Quayshawn Nealy is the linebacker of the week after making six tackles and tacking on a fumble return for a touchdown and an interception in the blowout.
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Other
Hooker Stars for ESF Timber Team After Nearly Having to Give Up Sports (DO; D'Abbraccio)
When Mitch Hooker was a senior in high school, doctors told him he would never be able to kick a soccer ball again.
Hooker had ruptured two discs in his back while carrying 50-pound bags of feed at a hardware store in his hometown of Richfield Springs, New York. He was on his couch for a month and couldn’t move.
But even worse, doctors told the lifelong athlete that he should stop playing sports.
Hooker didn’t listen and is now one of the best players on State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s timber team. During practices, Hooker can be seen holding an ax high above his head and bringing it back over his body in one fluid motion, making quick, crisp chops into blocks of wood.
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