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  1. I saw Brett Ekkins our OL coach a day after the spring game. We had a great conversation. We started talking about the spring game but progressed into the future of Zip football. I'm really impressed with him. His enthusiasm is infectious. He seems to be a guy who is in love with his job and more importantly loves being at Akron. I like having that attitude on our coaching staff. I told him i wasn't impressed with the run blocking in the game. he offered that they did not want to show anything but he felt good about our run game. He said he loved the bigger backs we have coming in like White and Alce (sp ?). Our line is evolving to more athletic guys which will allow us to run wider, something we haven't done much in the past. Coach E said the quality of our recruiting has improved so much because 1) players love our facilities, 2) they see the coaching staff as men who enjoy Bowden, each other, and are here for the long run, and 3) recruits feel Akron will win soon. I asked coach about RJ Kelly from Hoban. Specifically wondering how we beat out Minnesota and other power 5 schools for him. Coach said Kelly really appreciated what Akron could do for him in academics i.e. business school and the future opportunity to play for conference championships. Most of all he liked the culture that is building in Akron football. Finally coach said he has been assigned Columbus for recruiting. The feeling is that too many good players are coming out of there and we need to get our share. I also thought back to ex Pres Wilson when he remarked that we should cut scholarship/recruiting expenses by focusing on more Ohio recruits. Perhaps this is an outgrowth of that. I say fine as long as we are getting the quality we need to excel. I'm tired of losing. No breaking news here, but I thought some of you might enjoy hearing more about football.
    7 points
  2. Austin Wolf gets some mini-camp invites:
    2 points
  3. If Tyler Cheese ends up playing for Limburg United, I’ll be purchasing my first ever Belgian League player’s jersey.
    2 points
  4. I hope he has elbows (no, I'm not calling for cheap shots). I'm sick of these Big Ten schools and Stanford pushing us around, not that we can't overcome that with superior skills - minus Stanford.
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  5. Congrats to Stuart...and Joao as newcomer of the year....was a no brainer !!! http://gozips.com/news/2018/4/29/academics-akron-athletics-hosts-fifth-annual-zippy-awards.aspx
    1 point
  6. I believe I saw Jamal Marcus is going to get a try out for the Jets as well.
    1 point
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  8. From Darian Dailey's Instagram page. ?
    1 point
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