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Big Zip

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  1. Would really like to see these in a five question format. The information they share when they talk would be great in a graphic but then ask them five questions to help really get to know them. Nothing serious just fun stuff like they do with the Little League World Series. Like.... 1. Who is your favorite football player. 2. Favorite movie? 3. Favorite food? 4. Some place you'd like to visit? 5. Favorite coach on the staff.
  2. Those are some big offensive lineman -- three 6'5", two 6'4" and one 6'2" to go with a 5'11" QB. Gonna need to create some passing lanes so he sees the receivers.
  3. Why would you take offense to that...take offense to the actual product the team keeps putting on the field. After the product is better you can actually be offended by something else.
  4. http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/15/bowling-green-suspends-cb-accused-in-on-campus-assault-of-woman/ So it seems like the college rule is if it is your student athlete you discipline suspend/kick him off your team but if it is another school's athlete you give him a 2nd chance. Do we seriously believe we can't rehabilitate our own athletes but we can rehabilitate another team's? This happens the same week Lawrence Phillips kills his cell mate and Jim Brown shows up at a Browns err Bowling Green uniform unveiling and nobody blinks an eye about his assault past.
  5. I would love to play basketball in the A-10 versus the MAC. A-10 always seems to get multiple teams in the dance....3 this year. The salary isn't much better. Rutgers is one to be careful about though....Waters struggled and couldn't get it figured out. They are in the BigTen now though so maybe that changes things. The current coach though is making over $1 million a year. Sadly Hurley is the kind of coach that we need to keep in the MAC to make it stronger. I wish BGSU could have kept Dakich and Can't could have kept Waters. This conference has so much potential but nobody has an opportunity to keep consistency with great coaching because they leave. Makes you remember we are fortunate to have Dambrodt.
  6. I was listening to Joe Dunn's talk show prior the day of the Can't game and he had French on to talk about Akron's win. French and Dunn both agreed this team is closer than any team they had seen before and they thought that was why they were able to deal with so much diversity. I also thought French was funny when he said "I know people think we're homers on the radio but if you really want to hear a homer flip over to the Can't broadcast tonight and listen to them."
  7. I think it would be quite interesting to hear a call in show after the game by someone that is not affiliated with the program. This would obviously be a radio station piece but could be quite entertaining. The survey was way to freaking long.
  8. I understand the disconnect now...I wasn't commenting on the attendance I was commenting on the uninterested fans that were in attendance. I should have respond with comment. I agree with Cap'n on this one regarding attendance. I was a tournament basketball game of my daughters during the game. We haven't been to a game all year because she has something every night so I'm guessing we are out for awhile. I think I'm at that point in my life where I'll miss many events because my daughter has a basketball, game or tournament or a softball game or tournament. I think this is a normal occurrence though and it comes down to there just not being enough fans that have interest in the Zips.
  9. Seriously? The article I read was their were tears flowing. The article didn't note they were tears of joy.
  10. Do you think the "lame" crowd could have been a product of a solemn occasion? I know the game was meant to be a celebration of Coach Peters but death is not something everyone takes the same way and it may have had more impact on the crowd than you realize. I wasn't there so I can't say but that was my initial thought.
  11. As the Power5 continue to make changes to govern themselves and make the NCAA irrelevant. In the meantime worrying about the Power5 breaking away was the reason the others didn't vote against it they are voting to be second class citizens going forward. The opportunity to compete is moving further and further by the way side. There used to be an argument for playing at the MAC level or riding the bench for the BigTen but now your scholarship is guaranteed at the BigTen why would you consider the MAC? I wonder if a guy like Ben Rothliesberger would have went to OSU if he had this to think about or if he still would have went to OU? Connor Krizanic just transferred from WR at Minnesota to QB at Ohio because he wants to play QB but I don't know if the current players were grandfathered into this deal. The us vs them argument is almost irrelevant now....with things like this we really don't play in the same conference any more. I'm waiting for them to vote to add 10 more scholarships for football.
  12. Did anyone see the irony in the Akron Zips UA Pride post earlier today. The first person to comment was a woman saying it was definitely a blue and gold day. Her FB photo......wait for it.....the Ohio State O.
  13. I was watching an interview with Herbstreit last week where he said he didn't think 85 scholarships was not enough not that two teams are going to have to play 15 games. I have always thought one of the answers was to actually reduce the scholarships to 65 per Div 1 school. That would even the playing field pretty quickly across the board.
  14. Isn't GT an Ohio State grad? Pretty sure...so your arguments are stupid with regard to GT. I've decided if the Athletic department doesn't care I am going to stop caring as much too. I'm done buying tickets. If you keep buying tickets you are the sheeple you make fun of who root for Ohio State with no ties. You buy tickets to a team that the Athletic Department doesn't even care. Akron athletics has become the joke I've defended it against being over the years. I give up. I'll still pay attention and they will always be my alma mater but my financial dollars can go elsewhere.
  15. I saw this too and was surprised but not shocked. We on this board wonder what is it going to take...how do we get people on board with the Zips. People who are Akron graduates are often the hardest to get on board with Akron athletics. It is obvious the athletic department doesn't even understand the problem....but then again Cap'n pointed that out in another thread about building stadiums.
  16. Blue & Gold I know people on this board really hate the uniform roulette that is happening at the college level but I have to believe a lot of the Oregon love comes from their cool uniforms. I know there was a lot of discussion yesterday when they unveiled their Championship game uniforms and they were all white/silver....no green/yellow.
  17. Wondering if anyone else has the problem I'm anticipating for Monday. I'm guessing my daughter's school is going to let the kids dress down on Monday and where Ohio State gear. My daughter is in fourth grade and doesn't have any Ohio State gear. I have no intention of buying her any Ohio State gear. The interesting thing about this is my daughter's favorite softball player played at Oregon so she does have Oregon gear, t-shirt, sweatshirt, headband, duck call, pencils etc. (I have a friend who works at Nike and sends her stuff from time to time.) She has already told me she's not going to wear her Oregon gear because of the crap she is going get from the other kids who unfortunately have "Lemming" parents. I'm guessing I'll tell her to wear her Akron gear and I think everything will be fine because it is College gear but this stuff drives me nuts. I consider myself fortunate growing up. My dad went to WVU and CSU and my mom didn't go to college. My father never pushed his colleges on me and when I was growing up I rooted for Georgia because I loved watching Herschel Walker and my dad traveled a lot to Atlanta. I had a Georgia poster on my wall and Georgia gear. My daughter can root for whoever she wants. She has Akron gear but that is because she asks for it when we go to games....she wants her own gear. At least I can say I root for my alma mater....which is more than most OSU fans can say. End of rant...thanks for listening it was cathartic.
  18. Seems this is the conversation GP1 has been trying to have on this board for years. We are going to end up with a Div 1 Conference and Div 1 others Conference. I would actually go out on a limb and say I don't think it is a bad thing. Discussing budgets actually brings an interesting point to the conversation. What if along another dimension is added to your Div 1 status...your budget? So you have Div. 1 schools with big budgets and Div 1 schools with middle budgets. Think about dividing college football up into: SEC, Big12, Big10, ACC and Pac12 all in one division with $50 million and up budgets. All American Conference, MAC, Conference USA, Mountain West and Sun Belt max budget $50 million. Independents fall where they want depending on budget size. I don't know if $50 million is the right size -- whatever number works the best. You could have two rankings, two championship games and schools that typically play in the other five conferences would more properly aligned.
  19. I'm the furthest thing from an OSU honk, but why can't the SEC not be nearly as good as the pundits have made them out to be instead of OSU not being deserving? I mean LSU lost last night to a mediocre Notre Dame team. Maybe the SEC shouldn't be in the playoffs? I am looking forward to the games tomorrow and I have to wonder what OSU will do if they pull off a win with Jones? There is already talk of Miller transferring to FSU next year. Will Jones transfer too? He threw a ball against Wisconsin where the defensive player hit him as he let go of the ball...he didn't budge and the defensive player ended up on the ground. Reminded me of Rothliesberger. Dude is really freaking big.
  20. Wouldn't be ironic for Chapman to start after Tree gets dismissed from the basketball program? Chapman was actually charged and plead guilty to a lesser charge.
  21. And D'Orazio was recruited by believe it or not....JD Brookhart. He was in the 2010 recruiting class and was recruited by JD but iCoach was able to keep him when he got the job. He sat out 2010 and started school January 2011.
  22. I know nothing as to what actually happened and have no sources regarding if he will be back. If he was not arrested and is not charged with anything it is pretty disappointing that the University has decided to hang him out to dry. Seems to me JT Barret at OSU was in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend, nobody was arrested and OSU has elected to not do anything at this point. Hell at FSU there were investigations and Winston was actually arrested for stealing crab legs and he got next to nothing. If we are going to become this moral authority University who chooses to be judge jury and executioner where the actual Law doesn't step it is going to make recruiting pretty tough. We've all had a good laugh at Can't State in the past but I think they might be closer to a solid answer than Akron.
  23. Saw an article Bo Pelini to YSU. Do we think this is the precursor to a YSU move to Div 1? http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/09/bo-pelini-could-have-a-new-job-at-youngstown-state/
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