Yes, it was on this date in 1870 that Syracuse University was founded. Or opened. Or whatever. So they call this “Orange Day,” even though orange wasn’t the school’s color back then. In fact, I don’t think they had any colors to start with, but in 1872 they adopted the truly inspiring combination of pea green and pink. Eventually that became pink and blue, until, in 1890, they got made fun of by students at Hamilton College and adopted orange because nobody else had that color yet. So, here we are.

It would be nice if, on its 142nd birthday, SU could celebrate be making it to the final four by beating Ohio State. It’s yet another game we are supposed to lose – especially because OSU has a big fella at center named Sullinger, and our big fella was apparently too dumb to stay in school long enough to finish the season (to be fair, his English is way better than my Portuguese).

Otherwise, it’s a cooler weekend on tap. Lots of rain last night, and “only” in the 50s today.

I reckon I can deal with that.