1.) Year 2! Thanks for staying with us Bill O'Brien!
2.) Year 5! Thanks for reading these random posts for five years now (I've been doin' this extra post on Saturdays since the '08 season [which is also, and not coincidentally, the year I finally joined the Facebook ...])
3.) Year 71! It was the 71st meeting of these two teams, and, to be clear, Syracuse hasn't won since I was a senior in high school (spoiler alert -- counting today, as well).
4.) Just a suggestion boys -- maybe a little more time stretching before the next game? [Note -- no disrespect intended to those with more serious injuries than those briefly featured in today's game.]
5.) Welcome back FICKEN! And ZWINAK! And ... wait for it ... (until the second half) ... ROBINSON!
6.) Speaking of FICKEN, I have to admit that he remains my favorite player. Part of it might be because of the way he started last season (and the over-reaction with which he had to deal) and the other part of it is that he looks even smaller than I was in college (awwww), but, anyway ... atta boy!
7.) Speaking of having to admit things, I will say that I got confused today when they talked about the good work of Michael Robinson ... a player on the Syracuse team. I recognize that that name is common enough to be shared by others, but it's a shame we can't retire names like we retire numbers.
8.) The little immature kid in me chuckled when I realized that the ABC broadcast today was sponsored by Dick's and Chik's (as in Sporting Goods and -Filet).
9.) I sure do hope that whomever was responsible for putting the names on the jerseys got paid by the letter (yes, I'm talking about you, Obeng-Agyapong)!
In closing, thanks to Christian Hackenberg (a true freshman, as in only eighteen years old, as in "he was just at his prom four months ago" [a Bill O'Brien quote from hafltime]) for starting the season out with a win ... and the countdown to our next post-season game in 2016 stands at 47 more games!
THE SOURCE OF THE DATA IN NUGGET #3:
http://www.csnphilly.com/ncaa/college-football-capsule-penn-state-syracuse
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ... I'M JUST SAYIN' (AND YES, I SEE THIS IS FOR SOCCER):
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/stretching-for-football-warmup.html
SO THEY'RE STAYING (FOR NOW?):
http://onwardstate.com/2013/07/12/jersey-names-are-here-to-stay/
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