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Welcome to the First Day of Winter/December Solstice!
The December solstice is on either December 20, 21, 22 or 23.
The North Pole is tilted furthest from the Sun.
It is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year.
In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the summer solstice and the longest day of the year.
December Solstice in Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. is on
Monday, December 21, 2015 at 11:49 PM EST(Change city)
SU News
Donovan McNabb Released From Jail, Will be Under House Arrest (PS; Mink)
Former Syracuse and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has been released from jail and will spend 72 days on house arrest, according to a report from TMZ Sports.
McNabb spent 18 days in an Arizona jail, according to TMZ.
The former Syracuse quarterback was arrested near his Gilbert, Ariz., home after rear-ending another vehicle in June. He was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of .17, according to police reports. It was his second DUI arrest in less than two years. He spent one day in jail as part of a plea deal after his DUI arrest in December 2013.
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Greg Robinson Retires From Coaching (TNIAAM; Keeley)
In all the seasons since leaving Texas to become the head coach of the Syracuse Orange football program, Greg Robinson or Greggers or GERG or whatever expletive you remember him as never went out a winner.
People remember him leading the Orange to victory over Notre Dame but they forget that the team got drubbed by Cincinnati the following weekend to end his tenure. He went to one bowl game in his next gig as the defensive coordinator of the Michigan Wolverines but they lost. Texas went 8-5 in his one season back with them but they lost in the Alamo Bowl. His first season as the DC of the San Jose State Spartansended with a bowl-eligible record but the team wasn't invited to any. This season, despite finishing the regular season 5-7, the Spartans were invited to the Cure Bowl and Robinson announced beforehand that he would be retiring afterward.
The Spartans won that game Saturday night, sending GERG out as a winner in the end. The fact that Robinson's career ends with a bowl game won by a team with a losing record is not an irony lost on Orange fans.
The lasting image of the game is Greg Robinson himself dancing in the middle of a Spartan mosh pit following the win.
Dino Babers SU Football Hire Getting Good Grades (cnycentral.com; Malnoske)
Earlier this month, Syracuse football ushered in a new era for their program.
Enter Dino Babers.
The Orange named Babers their new head coach after Scott Shafer was fired in November. After successful head coaching runs at Eastern Illinois and Bowling Green, Babers brings a winning attitude and results to Central New York.
In his four years as a head coach, Babers has never had a losing record and is fresh off of Bowling Green's MAC conference championship win.
After a national search for Shafer's replacement, many are grading the Babers hire with a positive mark.
The most recent grade was on Sunday.
USA Today Sports reporter Dan Wolken grades the Orange's hire with a B plus, a half grade higher than national powers USC and Georgia who also filled head coaching vacancies this season.
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Pulaski NY Saturday December 19th
Who Got Hit Hardest in Upstate NY? (chart; PS; Coin)
It was a long time coming, but when the lake effect snow finally fell it made up for lost time.
The National Weather Service prediction of up to 3 feet this weekend was dead on: The snowiest spot, Lyonsdale, in Lewis County, had exactly 36 inches. The eight snowiest places in the state were in the Tug Hill region.
The snowiest place in Western New York was Perrysburg, in Cattaraugus County, with 12.2 inches.
(See chart below of 25 snowiest spots this weekend.)
Buffalo recorded its first snow of the season on Friday, setting a new record for the latest measurable snowfall. But it wasn't much: Just 0.1 inches fell at the Buffalo International Airport, the official measuring station.
Syracuse had just a trace of snow Friday and Saturday, and hasn't had any measurable snow this month.
The lake effect machine that cranked up this weekend over warm lakes Erie and Ontario will be quiet for awhile as warmer temperatures return this week. Christmas Eve could be in the mid 60s in Central New York, the weather service says.
Here's a look at the 25 snowiest spots in the state this weekend. These are preliminary numbers culled from lists published this morning by weather service offices in Binghamton, Buffalo, Albany, and Burlington, Vt.:
Lake effect snowfall, Dec. 18-20
Rank County Location Inches Source
1 Lewis Lyonsdale 36 Public
2 Lewis Constableville1 NW 34.5 Cocorahs
3 Lewis Highmarket 33.7 Coop Observer
4 Oneida Boonville4 SSW 21.3 Co-Op Observer
5 Oswego Redfield8 NNW 19.5 Cocorahs
6 Oswego Pulaski 13 Coop Observer
7 Oneida Point Rock1 SE 12.6 Cocorahs
8 Oswego Pulaski1 NE 12.5 Cocorahs
9 Cattaraugus Perrysburg 12.2 Coop Observer
10 Lewis Greig 12 Trained Spotter
11 Oneida Woodgate3 SSW 12 Cocorahs
12 Cattaraugus Franklin1 NNE 11.8 Cocorahs
13 Cattaraugus Little Valley 11.5 Coop Observer
14 Lewis Glenfield1 SSW 11.5 Cocorahs
15 Cattaraugus Humphery Center1 SW 11.2 Trained Spotter
16 Cattaraugus Randolph1 ENE 11 Cocorahs
17 Cattaraugus West Valley SE 10 Cocorahs
18 Chautauqua Arkwright 9.5 Trained Spotter
19 Essex Averill1 ENE 8.1 Co-Op Observer
20 Chautauqua Mayville 8 Trained Spotter
21 Herkimer Old Forge1 ENE 8 Public
22 Oswego Oswego5 ESE 7.7 Cocorahs
23 Hamilton Piseco 7 Weathernet6
24 Orleans Holland 5 Broadcast Media
25 Wyoming Java Center 5 Cocorahs
