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This one just popped up on 247 as an offer/warm/Akron crystal ball pick. https://247sports.com/player/quevan-lawson-46039289/

UPDATE: Or maybe I should say correction....had a chance to sit with Dave Pearce again last night and I told him I had posted this, and he chidingly corrected me, saying something about an adult beverage. What he had told me was that they practiced at Firestone Stadium and the fans came out to watch, while their home matches were played in much more advanced facilities...the Rubber Bowl, and believe it or not, on the grounds at Stan Hywet! Said the pitch was wonderful. Anyway... Home of the Akron Zips!

Congratulations to Adam Najem who is joining Morgan Hackworth in Memphis.

Hayes-Patrick had offers from FSU, UCF, Nebraska, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Toledo, Southern Miss, Indiana, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech, FIU, and Ohio State.

According to Scouting Ohio Conner Shell Alex Robarge Mason McMillen Nick Demchuk Are all PWO’s

http://www.ohio.com/sports/20190204/high-school-notebook-wadsworth-senior-mason-mcmillen-accepts-preferred-walk-on-spot-with-university-of-akron-football-team

https://gozips.com/news/2019/2/5/akron-football-to-announce-signees-all-day-wednesday.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2Uph6J10F3-k7G3FLu8Jv_SWUC8aDWlTykDOIVhK9qLfqZZRbuH9Hd8DU

Michael Mathison Article

Check http://scoutingohio.com 3 of NEO guys are walk on’s just a quick look, could be wrong

So FSU and OSU offered him in 2014. His crystal ball prediction to FSU was also made in 2014. I'm going to guess he didn't have a committable offer anymore to FSU, but his last three offers were Vandy, Indiana and GT so no slouch by any means and probably our best HS recruit in the past few years. Great pickup

No, it's just kinda like it sounds. It is flat the entire way around, like an outdoor track. Almost every outdoor track is 400 meters and flat. The indoor flat tracks are 300 meters, generally. Ours is, Youngstown State's is, SPIRE is. But the majority of indoor tracks tend to be 200 meters, and the curves are banked inward. Lots of times runners can take advantage of this and kinda slingshot themselves off of the turn. But it's almost like short course speed skating, it's tough to overtake someone once they have the lead, until the last turn. All that being said, I believe world records can only be set on 200 meter tracks..... But a 300 meter oval flat track has much tighter turns than a full 400 meter track, and in the indoor 800 he would have had to either make 4 laps or in the 300 flat, he would have had an additional turn in there, they start it opposite the finish line and go 2 1/2 times around.

JLew #4 in this article https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/02/04/armchair-analyst-biggest-winners-januarys-us-camp-ranked

I can understand this logic. We have 3 tough games coming up @Toledo, vs. Kent, and vs. Buffalo. If we go 1-2 or worse during that stretch, I'll probably adopt this philosophy. If we go 2-1 or better, I'm going to continue holding out hope that we can win the MAC.

https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190131/university-of-akron-basketball-scare-and-year-later-olojakpoke-makes-way-back-onto-court Long article. Maybe, just maybe the management at the Beacon is coming around to the Zips.

The Zips seem to be playing a little more up tempo which is something I was hoping to see. Their regular offense all to often seems to get bogged down so I like to see them in transition. I also think that type of game suits guys like Jackson, Ivey and Cheese. The next couple of weeks, starting tonight, are going to tell us a lot about this squad. Are they the team we were at our wit's end with as little as a couple of weeks ago or are they now growing into the team we all hoped they'd be? We'll find out soon.