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No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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I am temporarily filling in for OE as he recovers from surgery. Get well soon Dan.
SU News
Jay Bromley (96)
SU DT Jay Bromley Overcomes Dark Past for Bright NFL Future (NY Daily News; Vacchiano)
Jim Brown
Jim Brown Calls the NCAA 'The Most Reprehensible Organization God Ever Created' (PS; Mink)
...The comment, according to a report by ESPN.com, came in response to a question about why a player with a career-ending injury in college could not receive payment to compensate for potential earnings later in his career.
That triggered Brown to rail on the NCAA.
"I'm totally for change and total change," Brown said. "And I think that body needs to be torn apart and put back together with everybody's best interests in mind...
ACC News
ACC Blog Mailbag (ESPN; Adelson)
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Scott Cowitt in Jacksonville, Fla., writes: I agree with you in that Cuse will not win their division. It will take several more years, at least. Then they also have to learn to beat FSU and Clemson. I do think the program is heading in the right direction. Do you think Terrel Hunt is the right QB to lead the Orange?
Adelson: At this point, I do. He grew up in the last month of the season and impressed coaches with his leadership and maturity this spring. In fact, offensive coordinator George McDonald told me Hunt was playing at a different level and was able to do things this spring he could not a year ago. He was named the team's MVP for last season, so these are all positive signs for Hunt moving forward.
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ACC Scheduling Decision Could Affect ODU Football (PilotOnline.com; Minium)
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But Old Dominion athletic director Wood Selig and others will also be paying close attention to meetings going on at the same time five hours to the east in suburban Jacksonville, Fla.
The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold its spring meeting the same time as C-USA, and the critical issue on the agenda is future conference football schedules. ACC officials will consider a proposal to expand the conference schedule from eight games to nine.
If such a proposal is adopted, it likely would hurt ODU and other mid-major Football Bowl Subdivision schools when it comes to scheduling ACC opponents. The proposal would result in 14 fewer potential games for mid-major schools to schedule against the ACC.
ODU has a home and home series with North Carolina State beginning this fall. In 2017, the Monarchs begin a long-term series with Virginia Tech, playing seven of the next nine seasons, including three games in Norfolk.
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Other
How I81 Replacement Options Would Affect Your Drive to the Carrier Dome (PS; Weaver)
It's 2020, and the Syracuse-Duke tip-off is in a half hour.
How are you going to get to the Carrier Dome?
State officials on Thursday provided us with as many as16 options to replace the aging Interstate 81 viaduct that runs between downtown Syracuse and University Hill...
SU News
Jay Bromley (96)
SU DT Jay Bromley Overcomes Dark Past for Bright NFL Future (NY Daily News; Vacchiano)
Jim Brown
Jim Brown Calls the NCAA 'The Most Reprehensible Organization God Ever Created' (PS; Mink)
...The comment, according to a report by ESPN.com, came in response to a question about why a player with a career-ending injury in college could not receive payment to compensate for potential earnings later in his career.
That triggered Brown to rail on the NCAA.
"I'm totally for change and total change," Brown said. "And I think that body needs to be torn apart and put back together with everybody's best interests in mind...
ACC News
ACC Blog Mailbag (ESPN; Adelson)
...
Scott Cowitt in Jacksonville, Fla., writes: I agree with you in that Cuse will not win their division. It will take several more years, at least. Then they also have to learn to beat FSU and Clemson. I do think the program is heading in the right direction. Do you think Terrel Hunt is the right QB to lead the Orange?
Adelson: At this point, I do. He grew up in the last month of the season and impressed coaches with his leadership and maturity this spring. In fact, offensive coordinator George McDonald told me Hunt was playing at a different level and was able to do things this spring he could not a year ago. He was named the team's MVP for last season, so these are all positive signs for Hunt moving forward.
...
ACC Scheduling Decision Could Affect ODU Football (PilotOnline.com; Minium)
...
But Old Dominion athletic director Wood Selig and others will also be paying close attention to meetings going on at the same time five hours to the east in suburban Jacksonville, Fla.
The Atlantic Coast Conference will hold its spring meeting the same time as C-USA, and the critical issue on the agenda is future conference football schedules. ACC officials will consider a proposal to expand the conference schedule from eight games to nine.
If such a proposal is adopted, it likely would hurt ODU and other mid-major Football Bowl Subdivision schools when it comes to scheduling ACC opponents. The proposal would result in 14 fewer potential games for mid-major schools to schedule against the ACC.
ODU has a home and home series with North Carolina State beginning this fall. In 2017, the Monarchs begin a long-term series with Virginia Tech, playing seven of the next nine seasons, including three games in Norfolk.
...
Other
How I81 Replacement Options Would Affect Your Drive to the Carrier Dome (PS; Weaver)
It's 2020, and the Syracuse-Duke tip-off is in a half hour.
How are you going to get to the Carrier Dome?
State officials on Thursday provided us with as many as16 options to replace the aging Interstate 81 viaduct that runs between downtown Syracuse and University Hill...
