Weekends  Without Bernie For the first three games of this season, the talk around the Syracuse University basketball team centered on the team’s deep roster and talented bench.

As long as we’ve had sports, we’ve had losing streaks. And as long as we’ve had losing streaks, there has been the question of who’s to blame: the coach or the players. Following the Syracuse University football team’s third consecutive loss on Friday, Nov.

From downtown rooftops to urban back yards, the Save the Rain effort is spreading like an Antarctic glacier. Since the initiative really got going in late 2009 under a court order, it has seen 50 distinct green infrastructure projects implemented, all with the goal of retuning rainwater and snowmelt to the ground instead of the sewer system.

And you could tell from the electric atmosphere that these two teams are going to be battling for a long time to come. It took a late rally by Syracuse to come out with a 16-15 victory, a thrilling one that surely will keep fans coming back for more..

Local singer, songwriter, guitarist, Joanne Perry was happy to hear the Sammy Awards were back indoors for the second year in a row after several ceremonies held outdoors at the earlysummer festival Taste of Syracuse.

The tranquil beauty of lovely Pass Arboretum, one of the city’s most natural parks, has recently been disrupted by a work crew with back hoes and bulldozers.

Tommy Tanner and Jon Ramin have spent the last 20 months focusing all attention and energy on their new project. If the countless hours of incessant planning don’t produce something big for the area, then there was a glitch along the way, the pair agree.

“In fact, I would trade Air Force or Navy for Syracuse every day of the week in terms of the quality of the football program. No disrespect, but that’s just an observation I think most would agree with who understand football.’’ — West Virginia University athletics director Oliver Luck to the Big East Network on Oct.

In the Delicious Irony department, a group of female impersonators is preparing for an annual fundraiser for women undergoing cancer treatment that are likely feeling less than womanly.

Forty-eight nominee entries for the 2011 Syracuse Area Music (Sammy) Awards have been received and distributed among 11 categories spanning pop to hip-hop. Potential winners are in the running for awards which will be presented on Friday, Nov. 11, (11-11-11, get it?), 7 p.