Zip Football Games - Flying Solo

In reading some of the recent comments regarding us Zip "diehards" and the dilemmas we sometimes face, I became curious as to how often we have ended up at the game by ourselves. I know I've had it happen in the 4 to 6 range over the years.

Gardner Webb

It's time (maybe past time) to start looking ahead. From this article, it's possible the Zips will see a couple of freshmen at RB for the Running Bulldogs.

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Gaffney's article in today's Beacon says GW has 19 returning starters. The 28-14 opening day win over Brevard doesn't sound too impressive though.

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Does ZNO Have Any of These?

I saw THIS on Bleacher Report and I thought it was somewhat humorous.

"Extras" for the Opener

First let me say that BY FAR, the most important thing is for the Zips to play well tomorrow. With that being a given, what other things would ZNO like to see in the way of "extras" as in music, band performance, PA announcer, etc.

Just to get the ball rolling, here is a song by Akron's own Black Keys that I think has "sports anthem" written all over it. I think it might be in the NHL 2011 video game.

2010 Zip Team Captains

Mike Ward, Mike Thomas, and Alex Allen were named team captains yesterday according to GoZips.com.

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