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Syracuse Un-Retires Famed 44, Alum McNabb Rips the Move (foxsports.com)
The Syracuse football program on Tuesday ended months of speculation — and years of sometimes intense debate — by un-retiring the No. 44.
The school made the announcement at a groundbreaking ceremony for Plaza 44, which will be constructed adjacent to the new Ensley Athletic Center. The plaza will honor the great trio of running backs who wore the number and helped make it one of the most recognizable numbers in college football —Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little.
Statues of Brown, Davis and Little, all of them members of the College Football Hall of Fame, will be placed in the plaza, which is expected to be completed by the start of next season.
"This is very special. I truly appreciate it," Little, now a special assistant in the athletic department at his alma mater, told The Associated Press at the ceremony. "Wearing the No. 44 was magical. You always challenged yourself to live up to the standards, the greatness."
According to reports, Brown also gave his blessing to bringing No. 44 back.
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Restoring 44 at Syracuse is More Than Putting a Number Back on the Field (PS; Axe)
Ask and you shall receive, Syracuse football fans.
From the moment the No.44 went off the field and into the Carrier Dome rafters, on Nov.12, 2005 to be exact, the loud and repetitive demands to put Syracuse University's greatest tradition back on the field began.
On May 19, 2015, Syracuse stood down and put the "44" back in play.
Why were nearly a decade of demands to "Restore 44" finally met on Tuesday afternoon in front of the Ensley Center at a ceremony to dedicate "Plaza 44," yet another tribute to Ernie Davis, Jim Brown and Floyd Little at SU?
For the same reasons the number was retired 10 years ago: It all depends on who sits in the corner office.
When Daryl Gross took over as Athletic Director at SU in 2005, he was replacing longtime Syracuse A.D. Jake Crouthamel, the epitome of a grizzled, old school A.D.
Gross was flashy, forward-thinking and used words like "extraordinary," "brand" and "vision."
After firing Paul Pasqualoni as football coach barely after getting the keys to the A.D.'s office, Gross' next big move was to let the fan base know things were going to be very different on his watch.
So he took the biggest tradition Syracuse had and shook it upside down ...with the support of the two biggest names alive to wear the No.44 in his corner.
"You have an athletic director who wants to bring us up-to-date," Syracuse legend Jim Brown said on Nov.11, 2005 on retiring 44. "We did what we did. Here we are calling attention to the fact that we are going to recognize 44, and we're going to put it aside. We'll always have that number. Now, whatever we start will be for a new generation. I think it will be great for the university."
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ACC News
Swofford: ACC Teams, Divisions Are Set, For Now (wralsportsfan.com)
In a conversation Tuesday with Adam Gold and Joe Ovies, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said the years of conference realignment are over, for now.
"We're at a point now as league where we know who we are and who we will be for the foreseeable future and probably long-term future,” he said, shutting down discussion that the ACC would expand.
He also put to bed rumors that the conference would eliminate or juggle the Atlantic and Coastal divisions.
“There doesn't seem to be support for elimination of divisions. There is not a lot of interest around our table for that right now," he said. "It is pretty remarkable how balanced the two divisions have been competitively."
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Other
Letterman in 1993, Announcing Move From NBC to CBS
Farewell, David Letterman: Top 10 Tricks We'll Miss From 'Late Show' Host (PS; AP)
David Letterman leaves late night on Wednesday after 33 years when he retires from CBS' "Late Show," his TV home since 1993. Now, drawing inspiration from his "Top Ten" lists, we offer a list of what made him special.
Here are Dave's Top Ten Tricks:
10. EXPOSING TV FOR THE CHARADE IT OFTEN IS.
Before most TV figures thought to do it (or dared), Letterman bit the hand that fed him. His mission, he said early on, was "to pierce that flat TV screen," which he did, and made it bleed with his stunts, shtick and snark. He knew that TV was its own biggest joke — and it was his, too.
9. CASTING A WARY EYE AT CELEBRITY.
Yes, Letterman was (and is) a big star who hosted thousands more through the years. But through it all, he maintained his professional distance. There was never the pretension that his guests were his chums. If anything, he seemed drawn more to civilians, whether the proprietor of Hello Deli, the owners of the animals performing Stupid Pet Tricks or his own staff members, like stage manager Biff Henderson. Dave knew how to find star quality among the rank and file.
8. CONDUCTING SPLENDID INTERVIEWS.
He had serious guests and could ask serious questions. But for proof of his interview skills, look no further than his 2007 interview with anything-but-serious guest Paris Hilton. Seizing on the one thing she could talk about that might make her interesting — her recent jail time for violating probation — Letterman, grinning but relentless, posed one question after another about her time in the slammer as she grew increasingly unsettled. When she finally tried to call a halt to his interrogation ("I don't want to talk about it anymore") he responded graciously, "This is where you and I are different. This is ALL I want to talk about." It was a masterpiece of postmodern grilling.
...
Syracuse Un-Retires Famed 44, Alum McNabb Rips the Move (foxsports.com)
The Syracuse football program on Tuesday ended months of speculation — and years of sometimes intense debate — by un-retiring the No. 44.
The school made the announcement at a groundbreaking ceremony for Plaza 44, which will be constructed adjacent to the new Ensley Athletic Center. The plaza will honor the great trio of running backs who wore the number and helped make it one of the most recognizable numbers in college football —Jim Brown, Ernie Davis and Floyd Little.
Statues of Brown, Davis and Little, all of them members of the College Football Hall of Fame, will be placed in the plaza, which is expected to be completed by the start of next season.
"This is very special. I truly appreciate it," Little, now a special assistant in the athletic department at his alma mater, told The Associated Press at the ceremony. "Wearing the No. 44 was magical. You always challenged yourself to live up to the standards, the greatness."
According to reports, Brown also gave his blessing to bringing No. 44 back.
...
Restoring 44 at Syracuse is More Than Putting a Number Back on the Field (PS; Axe)
Ask and you shall receive, Syracuse football fans.
From the moment the No.44 went off the field and into the Carrier Dome rafters, on Nov.12, 2005 to be exact, the loud and repetitive demands to put Syracuse University's greatest tradition back on the field began.
On May 19, 2015, Syracuse stood down and put the "44" back in play.
Why were nearly a decade of demands to "Restore 44" finally met on Tuesday afternoon in front of the Ensley Center at a ceremony to dedicate "Plaza 44," yet another tribute to Ernie Davis, Jim Brown and Floyd Little at SU?
For the same reasons the number was retired 10 years ago: It all depends on who sits in the corner office.
When Daryl Gross took over as Athletic Director at SU in 2005, he was replacing longtime Syracuse A.D. Jake Crouthamel, the epitome of a grizzled, old school A.D.
Gross was flashy, forward-thinking and used words like "extraordinary," "brand" and "vision."
After firing Paul Pasqualoni as football coach barely after getting the keys to the A.D.'s office, Gross' next big move was to let the fan base know things were going to be very different on his watch.
So he took the biggest tradition Syracuse had and shook it upside down ...with the support of the two biggest names alive to wear the No.44 in his corner.
"You have an athletic director who wants to bring us up-to-date," Syracuse legend Jim Brown said on Nov.11, 2005 on retiring 44. "We did what we did. Here we are calling attention to the fact that we are going to recognize 44, and we're going to put it aside. We'll always have that number. Now, whatever we start will be for a new generation. I think it will be great for the university."
...
ACC News
Swofford: ACC Teams, Divisions Are Set, For Now (wralsportsfan.com)
In a conversation Tuesday with Adam Gold and Joe Ovies, Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said the years of conference realignment are over, for now.
"We're at a point now as league where we know who we are and who we will be for the foreseeable future and probably long-term future,” he said, shutting down discussion that the ACC would expand.
He also put to bed rumors that the conference would eliminate or juggle the Atlantic and Coastal divisions.
“There doesn't seem to be support for elimination of divisions. There is not a lot of interest around our table for that right now," he said. "It is pretty remarkable how balanced the two divisions have been competitively."
...
Other
Letterman in 1993, Announcing Move From NBC to CBS
Farewell, David Letterman: Top 10 Tricks We'll Miss From 'Late Show' Host (PS; AP)
David Letterman leaves late night on Wednesday after 33 years when he retires from CBS' "Late Show," his TV home since 1993. Now, drawing inspiration from his "Top Ten" lists, we offer a list of what made him special.
Here are Dave's Top Ten Tricks:
10. EXPOSING TV FOR THE CHARADE IT OFTEN IS.
Before most TV figures thought to do it (or dared), Letterman bit the hand that fed him. His mission, he said early on, was "to pierce that flat TV screen," which he did, and made it bleed with his stunts, shtick and snark. He knew that TV was its own biggest joke — and it was his, too.
9. CASTING A WARY EYE AT CELEBRITY.
Yes, Letterman was (and is) a big star who hosted thousands more through the years. But through it all, he maintained his professional distance. There was never the pretension that his guests were his chums. If anything, he seemed drawn more to civilians, whether the proprietor of Hello Deli, the owners of the animals performing Stupid Pet Tricks or his own staff members, like stage manager Biff Henderson. Dave knew how to find star quality among the rank and file.
8. CONDUCTING SPLENDID INTERVIEWS.
He had serious guests and could ask serious questions. But for proof of his interview skills, look no further than his 2007 interview with anything-but-serious guest Paris Hilton. Seizing on the one thing she could talk about that might make her interesting — her recent jail time for violating probation — Letterman, grinning but relentless, posed one question after another about her time in the slammer as she grew increasingly unsettled. When she finally tried to call a halt to his interrogation ("I don't want to talk about it anymore") he responded graciously, "This is where you and I are different. This is ALL I want to talk about." It was a masterpiece of postmodern grilling.
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