Zippysgotagun

My favorite line of post game analysis: "The Better team won"

Something that is encouraging (aside from the score at the moment, of course) is the shot chart. I don't see a single miss inside 8 feet or so. That has been a HUGE problem over the past few years.

My favorite Twitter response so far: "Should take their defense from 99th in the country to 120th." Also: "How does a guy like Kevin Cosgrove ever get a D-1 coaching job? Overs are a lock in every Akron game next year." "Could you define "great"? Because he's terrible." (The original tweet said "Great get for the Zips") And one from Coach_BoPelini: "Osborne - let's schedule Akron STAT" The Masses don't seem to think very highly of Mr. Cosgrove...

Some positions yes. Ever seen a 5-star punter or kicker? Fullback is one of the "Unimportant" positions according to scouts. Basically seems to be like guys that are "tweeners" - not big enough for O-line/TE but too big for WR/HB.

I feel smart now. Thanks for digging this thread up so I can feel good about myself, BirdZip!

Agreed. He might not have been the best coach, but I never once heard him complain or make any excuses. Even when they fired him, his press conference was all about how great it had been here and how much he loved the opportunity. Class acts like him are a rarity any more, and I miss him too.

Isn't the reason why players can't sell their own personal items is because if it were allowed, it would soon escalate into boosters paying players exorbitant sums for worthless items? Hadn't really thought about that, but there certainly could at least be some sort of rule about market value for items or something.

I still fail to see a violation in what they did (with the possible exception of the jerseys). They sold stuff that belonged to them...why are they not allowed? However, just because it's a dumb rule doesn't mean it shouldn't be followed. I would think that the original accusation (Hey, you're [Player X] from [big Name University]! Have a free [whatever store sells].) is pretty cut and dry, and not cool. But selling your own personal belongings? Weird. And for those that claim they would care if it weren't OSU under the gun: I still have yet to see a whiff of any complaint about Cam Newton/Auburn. There was a thread detailing (allegedly) all sorts of much more terrible things, and nobody really seemed to care all that much.

My biggest complaint about the BCS has nothing to do with the title game. It's the stupid AQ crap. There's no reason for 8-4 UCONN to play in a BCS bowl or Va Tech either after losing to a 1AA school just because they won their crappy conferences. Heck, Temple and UCONN had the same record this year, and Temple beat UCONN by 2 touchdowns...UCONN gets a BCS bowl, Temple gets to watch the postseason...they have to feel kinda like we did after our bball team went 26-7 without a tourney invite.

I'm not passing judgment on this either way, but when I see in every article that all of this "stuff" (bike-a-thon, computers for the schools, meals like this) is through The Lebron James Family Foundation, I have to wonder if any of this money is coming straight from his pocket. I also wonder how much of it is tax-deductible if it is coming from his pocket. Don't get me wrong, it's good "stuff"...APS needs the computers, needy families need a good thanksgiving meal, etc...but I think occasionally he gets a bit too much credit just because his name is attached to it.

I'd expect a transfer move of some sort too. *Edit* FWIW, His player page on majorleaguesoccer.com lists his national eligibility as "Congo"

Police Squad was a TV show that led to the Naked Gun Movies. The actual full title was The Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad. You're both right.

My favorite line of that article is: "We're 5-0 and I've been cranky." Words really can't describe how excited I've been since soccer season started and I see win after win over good teams. I'm glad coach isn't content to rest on success.

It appears this guy really had it in for Brutus: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5596131

Do you mean 2011? Because if you do, PM me for my gamertag. I don't have 2010, but I picked 2011 up on release day.

I agree. And how amazing is it that the man who's done this is from Akron? Unbelievable. Dan Gilbert, a professional? What a dildo. LeBron just played America's NATIONAL media for a week! Crazy! Go Zips! Go Akron! Go 'Bron-'Bron! EVERYONE involved in this situation acted like a junior high schooler. LeBron "Everyone look at me!" James, Dan "How could he do this to me" Gilbert, Maverick "I'm gonna ride this guy's coattails" Carter. Oh, and ESPN is the guy that gives the attention whore the attention she craves so he can get in her pants.

My excitement about preordering this game has just been significantly lessened. Bogus.

The Pac 10 will probably try to add a western MWC team (Utah, for example).

Ditto for me, but I'm at work where most java functionality is disabled, so it just told me it couldn't run a .jar file (that's a java program).

False! Al Gore hadn't been born yet.

I think the more important question here is: Does Zippy ride into the Info on a Segway and fall off twice? On a more serious note, the info should be in the game. There's usually a one year delay on stadiums (Minnesota's new digs were not in the game last year either if I'm not mistaken).

Shall I launch into a lengthy dissertation on the differences between "there," "they're," and "their"? By the way, note the placement of the commas (not comma's) in that sentence.

A couple of days old, but good mention of Chivas USA's new midfield pairing! http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story...mls&cc=5901

You're joking right? You refuse to go to any Clippers, Blue Jackets, or Crew games because Ohio State is less than 10 miles from all of those stadiums? I sometimes feel like when I am that close to OSWho....that's correct. Doesn't the presence of high concentrations of Red and Silver make you ill as well? But regardless, I don't have an interest in making a 4-hour round trip to see any of those teams you mentioned, and don't really care much for Cowlumbus as a whole, beyond using their highways to get to other places south of here. I'm glad you support our former players and contributed valuable information to this thread.