Thursday, November 17, 2022

Golden Snowball: Let the games begin

Every winter, the five warring, intellectual citadels of upstate New York duel to determine who enjoys the least inhabitable climate.

This dogsled race to Hell is called the Golden Snowball, and make no mistake - Syracuse is the dynasty of this slushy mess.

The Salt City averages 128 inches of snow per winter - two feet more than runner-up Rochester. That said, Buffalo won the 2021-22 honor. 

As of today, they're off and running.  

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12 comments:

  1. Mildred LopezNovember 17, 2022 at 2:36 PM

    Our daughter is in the process of narrowing down colleges. University of Rochester, Syracuse, and Cornell all made the cut. She doesn't drive so I'll be doing a whole bunch of snow driving.

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  2. Rufus T. FireflyNovember 17, 2022 at 2:50 PM

    https://manoa.hawaii.edu/

    Mildred, it has a very walkable campus. Shuttle from the airport is $20.

    Even at out of state tuition rate AND travel costs, it's much cheaper than the ice palaces.

    It helps if she's interested in oceanography.

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    1. Mildred LopezNovember 17, 2022 at 3:03 PM

      Thank you Rufus. She's laser-focused on a PhD in chemical engineering and unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, married to the idea of staying in the northeast. I kind of love her so I'm glad she's not going too far away.

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  3. Rufus T. FireflyNovember 17, 2022 at 3:54 PM

    MIT ChemE 1982. Led to a life of adventure.

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    1. Mildred LopezNovember 18, 2022 at 10:56 AM

      She's going to apply to MIT, along with Cornell one of her two dream schools. Low acceptance rate but she's got a shot at both.

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  4. Rufus T. FireflyNovember 17, 2022 at 4:00 PM

    ...and hatred of anything carminic.

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  5. ranger_lpNovember 17, 2022 at 5:33 PM

    Buffalo was expecting some lake effect stuff tonight...

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  6. ZacharyANovember 17, 2022 at 7:55 PM

    Judge wins MVP.

    28/30 first-place votes.

    Only two writers to vote for Ohtani were the Angels beat reporters.

    Well earned, big man.

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  7. StangNovember 17, 2022 at 8:25 PM

    Buffalo is about to hit like 10 grand slams.

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  8. DickAllenNovember 17, 2022 at 9:00 PM

    Losing to Binghamton would be the ultimate insult

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  9. The ArchangelNovember 18, 2022 at 5:48 AM

    U. of R. campus has gotten semi-dangerous since the walk bridge across the river was built.
    Cornell is hilly for walkers and drivers.
    SU seems more self-contained once you get there.
    None of these are pleasant from November til April, with rain, snow, gray and wind.
    But, they all beat Oswego!
    My $.02.
    [Grew up in Rochester, Went to SU, best friend went to Cornell]

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  10. HoraceClarke66November 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM

    My sister and a couple friends went to Cornell. Great school, lovely campus. But she ought to learn to drive if she's going to be there for four years.

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