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What is the Significance of SU Football Restoring 44? (sujuiceonline.com)
On Tuesday, Syracuse interim athletic director Pete Sala and SU football legend Floyd Little announced that the football program would “restore 44,” ending a decade long retirement for the vaunted number. What does this mean for SU? Our panel at The Juice Online discussed.
Steve Auger: Before Rob Gronkowski started running by, over, and through defensive backs on his way to the end zone while morphing into The Gronk off the field, there was Rob Konrad. Konrad’s NFL career didn’t reach nearly the level of success as Gronkowski, but, when the North Andover, MA native arrived at Syracuse in the Fall of 1995, the sky was the limit. Konrad wore the number 44 from Day One. He had linebacker size and strength and safety speed, yet, operated as a fullback. Konrad could beat an opponent in any number of ways; bursting through the line for a big gain, using his speed to make a play out in the flat, or lining up as a receiver. Only a select few in Orange history have been worthy of donning the legendary 44 and Konrad is a member of that exclusive club. The search is now on for the next guardian of the throne. Robert Washington, are you listening?
Brad Bierman: Kudos to Syracuse interim athletic director Pete Sala and Orange legend Floyd Little who spearheaded the effort to get the blessing of the chancellor to finally undo what was short-sighted thinking to begin with a decade ago, deciding to pull No. 44 out of circulation and up onto the Dome rafters. Former AD Daryl Gross certainly wanted to make a splashy entrance onto the scene in 2005 and besides a host of changes in his first year on the job, some of them positive, the move to persuade an initially reluctant Little and Jim Brown to get on board with the 44 retirement plan never seemed to make sense. Why take away tradition and a recruiting tool if there’s a prospect that fits the criteria to follow Ernie Davis, Little, Brown, and a host of others to justify donning the 44 jersey? A program like Syracuse needs every advantage it can get.
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Why Does # 44 Need a Committee? (TNIAAM; Keeley)
I recently caught up on the Showtime series The Affair, which I highly recommend. If you don't know what it's about, it's about a writer named Noah and a waitress named Alison who have a torrid affair (obvs) and then deal with the fallout that comes after.
There's a scene about midway through the first season where Noah, who is also a teacher, is teaching a group of high school students about Romeo & Juliet. He talks about how their love is this pure, innocent thing but that it is ultimately corrupted and doomed because of the adults around them.
The lesson? "Pure love cannot sustain in an imperfect world."
I was reminded of that scene yesterday after Syracuse Athletics backed off their claimthat No. 44 was "back" and continued to prattle on and on about a committee that will oversee the sanctity and purity of 44. It all seems so...overthought. So unnecessary. And it makes me think...
Why the do we need a committee for 44? Why are we so hung up on this dumb idea?
As usual, Syracuse has taken a very simple idea and overcomplicated it under the guise of "we know what's best." Instead of using, you know, common sense. Not to mention an obvious example of how to handle this process that exists right under their nose:
Syracuse Lacrosse's 22.
I've said it before but, all else equal, you could make a solid case that No. 22 means more to SU Lacrosse than No. 44 means to Syracuse Football. More iconic players have worn 22 and even those who don't end up being world-beaters usually end up having proven themselves among the best players on their respective teams.
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Mystery of the 9 Brains Remains Unsolved (PS; Sturtz)
Nine brains inexplicably appeared earlier this week along a street in a St. Lawrence County village. How the brains got there and where they came from remains a mystery.
Residents discovered the brains on Beckwith Street near railroad tracks and called the police.
Gouverneur police collected one of the brains and brought it to a local veterinarian for an examination, WWNY TV 7 reported. The veterinarian determined the brain had been professionally removed -- likely from a dog -- and preserved in formaldehyde.
The veterinarian told North Country Now that the brain was consistent with a beagle-sized brain and was in very good condition with no damage.
But a chemistry professor at Clarkson University told North Country Now the specimen was possibly from a sheep, not a dog.
Regardless, police told both news outlets there was little to fear. The nine brains are believed to have been part of a collection for educational or research purposes and no criminal activity, other than littering, is suspected, police said.
As unusual as it might seem, mishaps with preserved brains do happen. Last year the University of Texas in Austin said dozens of human brains stored in jars of formaldehyde and reported missing were actually destroyed in 2002. The brains had been donated for teaching and research.
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What is the Significance of SU Football Restoring 44? (sujuiceonline.com)
On Tuesday, Syracuse interim athletic director Pete Sala and SU football legend Floyd Little announced that the football program would “restore 44,” ending a decade long retirement for the vaunted number. What does this mean for SU? Our panel at The Juice Online discussed.
Steve Auger: Before Rob Gronkowski started running by, over, and through defensive backs on his way to the end zone while morphing into The Gronk off the field, there was Rob Konrad. Konrad’s NFL career didn’t reach nearly the level of success as Gronkowski, but, when the North Andover, MA native arrived at Syracuse in the Fall of 1995, the sky was the limit. Konrad wore the number 44 from Day One. He had linebacker size and strength and safety speed, yet, operated as a fullback. Konrad could beat an opponent in any number of ways; bursting through the line for a big gain, using his speed to make a play out in the flat, or lining up as a receiver. Only a select few in Orange history have been worthy of donning the legendary 44 and Konrad is a member of that exclusive club. The search is now on for the next guardian of the throne. Robert Washington, are you listening?
Brad Bierman: Kudos to Syracuse interim athletic director Pete Sala and Orange legend Floyd Little who spearheaded the effort to get the blessing of the chancellor to finally undo what was short-sighted thinking to begin with a decade ago, deciding to pull No. 44 out of circulation and up onto the Dome rafters. Former AD Daryl Gross certainly wanted to make a splashy entrance onto the scene in 2005 and besides a host of changes in his first year on the job, some of them positive, the move to persuade an initially reluctant Little and Jim Brown to get on board with the 44 retirement plan never seemed to make sense. Why take away tradition and a recruiting tool if there’s a prospect that fits the criteria to follow Ernie Davis, Little, Brown, and a host of others to justify donning the 44 jersey? A program like Syracuse needs every advantage it can get.
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Why Does # 44 Need a Committee? (TNIAAM; Keeley)
I recently caught up on the Showtime series The Affair, which I highly recommend. If you don't know what it's about, it's about a writer named Noah and a waitress named Alison who have a torrid affair (obvs) and then deal with the fallout that comes after.
There's a scene about midway through the first season where Noah, who is also a teacher, is teaching a group of high school students about Romeo & Juliet. He talks about how their love is this pure, innocent thing but that it is ultimately corrupted and doomed because of the adults around them.
The lesson? "Pure love cannot sustain in an imperfect world."
I was reminded of that scene yesterday after Syracuse Athletics backed off their claimthat No. 44 was "back" and continued to prattle on and on about a committee that will oversee the sanctity and purity of 44. It all seems so...overthought. So unnecessary. And it makes me think...
Why the do we need a committee for 44? Why are we so hung up on this dumb idea?
As usual, Syracuse has taken a very simple idea and overcomplicated it under the guise of "we know what's best." Instead of using, you know, common sense. Not to mention an obvious example of how to handle this process that exists right under their nose:
Syracuse Lacrosse's 22.
I've said it before but, all else equal, you could make a solid case that No. 22 means more to SU Lacrosse than No. 44 means to Syracuse Football. More iconic players have worn 22 and even those who don't end up being world-beaters usually end up having proven themselves among the best players on their respective teams.
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Mystery of the 9 Brains Remains Unsolved (PS; Sturtz)
Nine brains inexplicably appeared earlier this week along a street in a St. Lawrence County village. How the brains got there and where they came from remains a mystery.
Residents discovered the brains on Beckwith Street near railroad tracks and called the police.
Gouverneur police collected one of the brains and brought it to a local veterinarian for an examination, WWNY TV 7 reported. The veterinarian determined the brain had been professionally removed -- likely from a dog -- and preserved in formaldehyde.
The veterinarian told North Country Now that the brain was consistent with a beagle-sized brain and was in very good condition with no damage.
But a chemistry professor at Clarkson University told North Country Now the specimen was possibly from a sheep, not a dog.
Regardless, police told both news outlets there was little to fear. The nine brains are believed to have been part of a collection for educational or research purposes and no criminal activity, other than littering, is suspected, police said.
As unusual as it might seem, mishaps with preserved brains do happen. Last year the University of Texas in Austin said dozens of human brains stored in jars of formaldehyde and reported missing were actually destroyed in 2002. The brains had been donated for teaching and research.
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