When roadwork is a winner

They tore up our street in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville recently. It was time for a smooth new route. I was excited to see they were preparing to come right up to my driveway. We were still able to drive on it, carefully, while they worked on paving for two days. The finished product…

Thanks for the great inaugural season, Syracuse Mets

Before we get too far removed, thank you, Syracuse Mets, for making the first year of the connection between my favorite squad ever and my hometown team really great. The Triple-A games in NBT Bank Stadium, just down the road from our house in Liverpool, were alive with energy. The squad was a winner. The…

Turn on the footlights

I noticed something walking up the hill to Saturday’s football game at the Carrier Dome and told myself to not forget about it while walking down at night. My dear wife Karen and I wondered if it was orange or red. Later in the week we heard a news report. This is the Hall of…

Now let’s get another

Syracuse won 10 games last season, including a bowl victory. The banner went up in the Carrier Dome to mark it. Saturday comes the chance to even the record at 2-2 and get going toward another bowl game and banner …

Tim Green’s jersey deserves its place of honor

Syracuse football officials put Tim Green’s No. 72 in the spot of honor at halftime Saturday. The man who served as the sturdy star defensive lineman for four seasons from 1982 had his son read his words of gratitude from the center of the field. My eyes welled. You might have known Tim Green as…

I bet it looked good from up there

The Goodyear blimp visited us Saturday. My dear wife Karen and I thought it looked pretty cool, circling the quad and Carrier Dome before all these folks entered to watch the Syracuse Orange host the Clemson Tigers. The sun set, the band played, the fans mingled and the blimp watched. This was pretty cool. Hello,…

Fun before the game moves closer to the action

The Syracuse University football folks did a good job of upselling me between last season and this. No, I didn’t go for the next price level of tickets for me dear wife Karen and I. But I did decide to join in on the university-sponsored parking plan for the first time in the almost-decade we’ve…

So much hope until there wasn’t

Syracuse thought they could as the kicked off to Clemson Saturday night in the Carrier Dome in front of 50,000 excited fans. Two years ago, the Orange won right here at home in a huge upset. Last year, Syracuse gave the Tigers the toughest game of their season down in South Carolina before falling late.…