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Welcome to International Day of the Nacho!
Today is the perfect day to make some nachos! In 1975, Oct. 21 was declared International Day of the Nacho, in honor of the supposed inventor of the nacho, Mexican chef and maître d’ Ignacio Anaya.
As the story goes, in 1943 a group of U.S. Army wives went to a restaurant in Piedras Negras, Mexico, for a meal. Because the larder had dwindled to tortillas and cheese, the frantic maître d’—nicknamed Nacho—heated the tortillas, broke them up, melted cheese on top, and added sliced jalapeño peppers. His creation was called Nacho’s Especiales.
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Syracuse Football Scouting Report on Pittsburgh Panthers (thejuice; Cheng)
Syracuse hosts No. 25 Pitt at the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Here is a quick look at the game:
GREAT START: Pat Narduzzi has his team ahead of schedule. The Panthers have raced out to a 5-1 record, and currently are currently ranked No. 25 in the latest Associated Press polls. It’s the first time since the 2010 season that Pitt has been in the top 25. But in his weekly press conference, Narduzzi downplayed the number. “All of these preseason rankings had at least seven teams in the top 25 but, where are they now?” Marduzzi said. “It’s the same thing mid-season.” Still, there’s no denying that Narduzzi has gotten Pittsburgh out of the doldrums. They’ve mostly been a .500 team since Dave Wannstedt’s resignation in 2010. But with a win over Syracuse, it will clinch bowl eligibility, and keep Pitt’s reign on the Coastal Division. “5-1 is the success, it’s not the number they put next to our name,” Narduzzi said. “We have goals and places we want to go and our kids know that.”
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS: Tyler Boyd, one of the elite receivers in the country, has continued to play at an elite level. He’s hauled in 41 receptions for 396 yards and four touchdowns, and now owns the school record for career catches with 204. It was a special day for him in a 31-28 win over Georgia Tech, when he caught eight passes for 68 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also ran five times for 26 yards and threw a 29-yard completion against the Yellow Jackets. On defense, freshman strong safety Jordan Whitehead leads the team with 45 tackles and has previously been named ACC Rookie of the Week. Linebacker Matt Galambos is second on the team with 36 tackles and leads Pitt with four sacks.
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Despite Skid, Scott Shafer Likes What He Sees (AP; Kekis)
Even as his third season at Syracuse begins to seem like a mirror image of the second, coach Scott Shafer likes what he's sees.
Last year, Syracuse won its first two games before a slew of injuries to key players short-circuited the promising start. The Orange finished 3-9 overall, 1-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and missed the postseason after winning a bowl game in Shafer's first season.
Syracuse started this season 3-0 but has since dropped three straight: 34-24 at home game against then-No. 8 LSU; a 45-24 blowout at South Florida; and 44-38 in triple overtime at Virginia on Saturday.
Still, halfway through the season optimism rules despite the skid and a daunting schedule ahead that includes two ranked opponents — Clemson and Florida State.
"We're a young team that's working hard, that's learning week to week," Shafer said Tuesday during a conference call. "We really felt confident that we had some talented young players, but the proof is in the production, and the production's been very good."
On this week's two-deep depth chart for Saturday's home game against No. 25 Pittsburgh (5-1, 3-0 ACC), 10 players on offense and 14 on defense are either freshmen, redshirt freshmen or sophomores.
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The Bay State is the Oldest Propeller Driven Steamship Found to Date in Lake Ontario
Shipwreck Explorers Discover Mid-19th Century Steamship in Lake Ontario (PS; Moses)
Shipwreck explorers recently discovered a mid-19th century steamship in Lake Ontario near Fair Haven in Cayuga County that sank during a storm in 1862 killing everyone on board.
The Bay State is the oldest propeller driven steamship found to date in Lake Ontario.
Explorers Jim Kennard and Roger Pawlowski, who are from the Rochester area, located the shipwreck in August utilizing a high resolution side scan sonar system.
The ship was lost on Nov. 4, 1862 after the steamship departed Oswego with a full cargo of general merchandise. The steamship was headed for Cleveland and Toledo. Between 16 to 18 people died when the ship sank. There were no records kept of the crew, so the exact number is not known, Kennard said in a news release.
Based on the pieces of wreckage found on the floor of the lake, it appears that the captain of the steamer had turned the ship around and was heading back to Oswego, Kennard said.
The captain and several crew members were from Oswego.
The Bay State was built in 1852 in Buffalo. At the time of its sinking, the ship was owned by Chamberlain & Crawford of Cleveland, Ohio. The ship was 137-feet long with two decks and a single mast.
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Tours to be Held at Crouse College Historic Bell Tower Saturday (DO; Gersh)
Disney soundtracks, The Beatles and Lady Gaga music can all be heard across the Syracuse University campus when Crouse College’s chimes ring in the morning and evening.
Behind the towering walls of the Hogwarts look-alike playing the bells is an unnamed on-campus organization. The group is composed of seven musicians from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
It’s not every day that Crouse’s historic bell tower is opened to the public. But this Saturday, alumni and students will have the opportunity to experience the bells first-hand as a part of Syracuse’s Orange Central events. From 8:30 to 9:15 a.m., the Setnor School of Music will open its doors, displaying an organ demonstration and offering a tour of Crouse College chimes.
Carolyn Goldstein, a senior in VPA studying violin performance and music history, is one of Crouse’s seven chime-masters.
“My main role is like the majority of the chime-masters: to ring at my scheduled slot, to be very professional about it and really respect the tradition that I hold. It’s an honor to be part of the organization,” Goldstein said.
She, along with the six other students who work the chimes, sometimes wake up to ring the chimes at 8 a.m. Despite the large level of commitment, Goldstein finds it a very rewarding experience. She admitted the 8 a.m. shifts are sometimes hard to get up for in the morning, but said it was a privilege to wake up the campus.
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