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  1. Yeah, I was checking this guy out on rivals.com just yesterday and rivals also listed him as having verballed to Cincy. I had the opportunity to see him play in the state title game vs. Louisville and he was simply amazing. I guess he just came out of nowhere this year. A real late bloomer.
  2. ESPN should be all over Zippy! He's BY FAR the coolest mascot in ALL OF SPORTS (the Syracuse Orange is pretty cool too) and he's still quite neglected by national media. That'll soon change though, as we continue our rise to prominence!
  3. I was wondering about that. Makes sense. But Zippy's still a DUDE!!!
  4. Ahhh! Help me avoid reality! Please don't mention JD boosting his resume'!!!I think we all know JD's bound to be at a BCS school sooner or later, but he is building a strong foundation for us here - if we can only hang onto him for a couple more years, we may have the tradition that another coach could just pick up & run with!!! Besides, I guess Joe Moorhead is considered "the best recruiter in the MAC." But is he head coach material?Anyhow, I think we should try & schedule as many Big East schools as possible. With the exception of West Virginia, there's not a Big East school we can't compete with and beat!
  5. It excites me, but likewise surprises me that a hockey team could possibly be in the works. Our #1 financial priority is currently the football stadium. A new basketball/hockey area would be a dream come true, but is it at all financially plausible at this point in time?I enjoy hockey and would love to see a Zips hockey team! I know I'd support them, but I'm at as many football & b-ball games as I can possibly make as well. Unfortunately the Akron community is currently another story.
  6. Good thought FearTheRoo!!! The band should come out w/ a CD for tailgaters! I was down in Cowlumbus a few weeks ago and stopped in a very nice Suckeyes shop. The OSU band must have had 15 CDs available to purchase. Possible tracks could include, in addition to the Zips fight song:1) a compilation of MAC fight songs2) classic college fight songs3) Ivy League fight songs (I don't know, just thought that'd be spiffy 4) an '80's compilation5) a '50's compilation6) classical music, perhaps similar to Disney's FantasiaI really don't know how many of these we'd sell, but it would be a good product offering and perhaps enhance the image of the marching band.Could I say something here. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but I do think the band's nickname "The Pride of Ohio" is a bit presumptuous. Does anyone else agree? I think that nickname just sort of makes critics roll their eyes and the faithful blush. Why not, "The Pride of the City"? That has a ring to it. Or just the good old "Pride of the Zips"?
  7. We have the best mascot in all of sports!!! Why on earth would we change that?! By the way, I really believe Zippy is a HIM, not a HER. I suppose a new shirt would be okay, but it should still be short so Zippy's belly sticks out. The shirt HE's wearing now is way too long! Cut it off!Anyway, Zippy is the anti-mascot - an absolutely INGENIOUS mascot which implicitly (explicitly?) pokes fun at all other schools for taking their mascots too seriously!!! It's quite brilliant actually. I do suppose this concept may go over the heads of many, but not all. "Fear The Roo!" is tongue-in-cheek humor precisely because it is so silly! It's fun & goofy!!! It would just be plain ol' DUMB to replace Zippy with a 'scary' kangaroo mascot that teams are supposed to literally fear!(?!) Zippy is supposed to walk in little, clumsy baby-steps as HE wrings his hands!!! THAT'S THE POINT!
  8. Now that I think about it, he could have transferred to Toledo and started!!! Better to start at Toledo than be 5th string at Akron!!!
  9. Quite true. EXCEEDINGLY few NCAA D-I hockey teams as compared to D-I soccer teams. Not the least bit comparable.Go Zips!
  10. Ah. Good move for him. Better to play somewhere than sit the bench.
  11. I haven't seen any film on Carlton Jackson, but I'm guessing he's a Willie Spencer type of athlete (I'm showing my age! Wille was a QB from Massillon, say, oh, about 8 years ago?) And Chris Jacqumaine (sp?) - don't know anything about him at all! I followed recruiting last year and was still clueless about him. Just thought he must have been an add-on player. But I agree that it is great to even be able to have this debate!!! Luke Getsy is definitely the man next season, that's a no brainer. The video on Sean Hakes looks absolutely amazing!!! He is like a man among boys in his video highlights, just simply tearing it up!!! But I've got faith in JD and he's still high on Carlton Jackson, so I'm excited to see what he does in the Blue-Gold Game! Thus, my uneducated opinion:1. Getsy2. Jackson3. Hakes4. Jacqumaine5. John FergusonGood grief! What depth!!!Go Zips!
  12. Losing Jeremiah Wood hurt this team more than we'll ever know! Bubba transfered due to a lack of playing time, but he provided depth off of the bench as a quality sub for Dials and Joyce. Jimmy Conyers is supposed to be an incredible athlete who can create his own shot whenever he desires. Him being ineligible also cost us this year. Our depth concerns me. I believe KD is getting as much out of this team as anyone possibly could, but I do not think we have enough juice to sustain it down the stretch; to kick it into a so-called "5th gear", let alone win 3 games in a row in Cleveland. I just think we'll be too tired. Hopefully I'm wrong!!! I'm gonna be cheering my lungs out! I'm just being truthfully-critical and honest with this post. But I'm no expert! Go Zips!!!
  13. A BRILLIANT and unprecedented move!!! A sure-to-be-legendary prank of Van Wilder proportion!!!AK-Rowdies own SUK!!! Go Zips!
  14. Does anyone know what happened with DL Marcus Proctor from Alliance. He was supposed to sign with us Wednesday, but has not. Is he academically ineligible? I saw we signed Jerrell Stoudamire, whom neither Rivals nor Scouts.com had mentioned was considering Akron. Was he offered as opposed to Marcus?Also, how about DE Lamar Mapp? Rivals had been tracking him w/ Akron for months and it does not appear he signed w/ anyone.
  15. Is the rifle team a female sport? Or is is a co-ed sport? Title 9? Is that the law which states a university must have an equal number of both male and female sports teams? I've thought for some time now that we should add a wrestling team - what with all of the local wrestling talent. But that would be another male sports, which likely wouldn't work out, and besides, wrestling is a rather low-profile sport. A HOCKEY team, on the other hand - now we're talking!!! New arena for b-ball and hockey?! Fun!
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