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Welcome to National Chicken Cacciatore Day!
It’s National Chicken Cacciatore Day! Did you know that “cacciatore” means "hunter-style" in Italian? This mouthwatering meal emerged in central Italy during the Renaissance period. It is made with chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, and herbs served over spaghetti.
Make this delicious dish to celebrate National Chicken Cacciatore Day! Serve it with a green salad and a loaf of garlic bread for a scrumptious and hearty meal your family will love!
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PS Staff Make Their Picks for SU-UVa Game (PS; Staff)
The Syracuse football team will take on Virginia at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.
It's time for our predictions. Hop below in the comments and offer your picks.
Brent Axe
All three of Syracuse's wins have a weak running game from the opponent in common. Rhode Island (FCS), Central Michigan (125th nationally) and Wake Forest (114th). Virginia is 119th. The Orange defense rallies after a poor showing last week to key in on Cavaliers QB Matt Johns. SU 24, Virginia 14
Stephen Bailey
This one is close to a toss-up, but I'll give the benefit of the doubt to Chuck Bullough and the SU defense to rebound after an embarrassing performance at USF. Look for a whole lot of pressure on UVa quarterback Matt Johns, whose mobility won't give the Orange the same fits that Quinton Flowers' did. SU 31, Virginia 30
Nate Mink
Virginia is playing at home and will be in desperation mode to scrounge together enough wins to possibly save Mike London's job. Syracuse will bounce back defensively, but there are enough weapons in the UVA passing game to offset a porous rushing attack. Virginia 28, SU 27
Bud Poliquin
With AJ Long now medically disqualified from playing football at SU due to concussion issues, we next turn our attention to the Orange's true-freshman quarterback, Eric Dungey, and any lingering effects he may have with his, um, "upper-body" injury. Because, and particularly in the world of concussions, absence of evidence does not amount to evidence of absence. Just sayin'. Virginia 27, SU 24
UVa Walk-On Center Matteo Develops Into Reliable Player (DO; Sullivan)
Virginia huddled around its starting center, Jackson Matteo, looking for words of encouragement. The Cavaliers found themselves in a 17-0 hole against Boise State Sept. 25 and 7:53 remained in the first quarter.
“(Matteo) was the first person to get the team together and say, ‘Hey, we got to be better right now, do it for the man next to you,’” UVA wide receiver Ryan Santoro said. “That’s a testament to the way he’s stepped up.”
Matteo has become a leader on the offensive line this season for Virginia (1-4, 0-1 Atlantic Coast) after an offseason transformation from the player he once was. After maturing and prioritizing his fitness, Matteo has left the recruited walk-on label he once carried far in the past and carved out a role as a regular starter for UVA.
“It means the world to me (to be contributing this season),” Matteo said. “I’ve always been happy to do whatever was asked of me, but it’s good to be taking on a role on the field with everything else.”
Out of high school, Matteo accepted a scholarship to play football at Temple from a host of other offers. But as signing day approached, he decommitted and took an opportunity to join Virginia as a recruited walk-on.
The center came out of spring practice in 2013 as a redshirt freshman listed as the No. 1 center on the depth chart. Then-offensive line coach Scott Wachenheim was so impressed with his play through that offseason that he was awarded a scholarship.
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To Win, UVa Must Get the Ball to Thorpe (dailyprogress.com; Radcliffe)
Scattershooting around the ACC, while wondering if the Cavaliers can break out of their losing slump this weekend against the Orange of Syracuse …
I think they can, but they need to get the ball to T.J. Thorpe.
Remember in August training camp when UVa’s coaches were almost frothing at the mouth in anticipation of what Thorpe, the wide receiver/kick returner transfer from North Carolina, might do this season?
Offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild essentially said that Thorpe was a gift from heaven, a guy they needed to get touches. Larry Lewis, the special teams coach, could only grin with excitement every time Thorpe’s name was brought up.
Since Thorpe has returned from injury, he has exactly seven touches in the two games he’s played at full strength. His first touch against Boise State was a 75-yard TD reception, his only touch of that game. Last week at Pitt, Thorpe had six touches, five receptions for 70 yards, and one kickoff return for 18 yards.
Is that really what Fairchild and Lewis had in mind when Thorpe transferred? Remember the spring game, when Thorpe was near-unstoppable on the first series, and then he sat out most of the rest of the game because the coaches had seen enough?
AJ Long Opens Up About Concussion History, Future at Syracuse (DO; Schneidman)
AJ Long has watched the play at least 300 times. Handing the ball off, carrying out a fake and getting hit in the head by a defensive end. During last Wednesday’s practice, a “thud” session in which players only wore shorts, helmets and shoulder pads, the sequence that ended Long’s football career lasted no more than five seconds.
“Just over and over and over,” he said.
The next morning, Long woke up and thought it was still Wednesday. He couldn’t remember anything that had happened the day before. He stood up and started seeing white spots as his head began to throb.
He looked down at his phone to a text from head football trainer Denny Kellington telling him to come into the training room. He knew he had a concussion – his third since his senior year of high school and second at SU – that would sideline him for good.
“I had a feeling in my stomach knowing how many I had before, knowing the severity of them,” Long said, “…that it’s very unlikely that I’m ever going to be able to play football again.”
On Tuesday, Long, a sophomore quarterback, was medically disqualified from contact sports at SU. He’s the fourth Syracuse player in the last two years to have his football career cut short due to concussions. Last year, he started five games as a true freshman in place of the injured Terrel Hunt. This year, though, a broken throwing hand in the offseason and a recent head injury curtailed a comeback attempt that included intentions of switching to wide receiver and redshirting...
