Blue & Gold

^^Good man. That's the definition of a true fan.

^^Right! Kreed5120 answered your question. I watched it on watchespn.

I realize B1G schools won't come play at Akron. I don't blame them; just like I wouldn't want to play @ YSU in football - too much to lose & nothing to gain against a pretty tough opponent. I get it, Coach D. But that's what you call a red herring when it comes to discussing our weak OOC home slate. No one is asking to see Michigan or Ohio State at The JAR. We're simply, and rightfully, asking for solid mid-major opponents. Here is our OOC home slate, followed by a a handful of mid-major opponents who are very likely in the same scheduling dilemma we are: American University........................ instead, how about James Madison, or Old Dominion, or Charlotte? Radford.......................................... instead, how about Illinois State, Southern Illinois, or Indiana State? Ga. Southern (I'll take that one!) Adrian.............................................okay, our annual small school game. That's cool. But why don't we just stick with the locals: Malone, Walsh & Mount Union? give them & their fans a chance to play in the JAR - maybe we'll expose some more locals to Zips athletics? If we treat them well maybe we'll end the night with 1000 more Zips fans. Additionally, it would force the Canton Repository to give us coverage (which they seem to loathe doing). Geographically, Akron's in the southern part of Summit County. Consequently, most of the suburbs south of town are in Stark County & read the Rep as opposed to the Beacon. (Compared with the self-loathing ABJ, the Rep does a far superior job of creating a sense of community amongst the southern, Stark County suburbs.) Coppin State..................................instead, how about St. Bonaventure, George Mason, George Washington, or La Salle? South Alabama? UL-Lafayette? Louisiana Tech? Marshall (I'll take that one!) Again, Zips fans aren't asking UA to bring any B1G or ACC schools to the JAR. So don't use those schools as appropriate anecdotes. They're completely irrelevant to the conversation we want to have concerning scheduling. We're not asking for the moon.

Watched the replay of the Ball Sweat game last night. Man, is JoJo a playmaker. I know he doesn't have the upside of a Jerome Lane or a Dominik Hixon, but I'm going to say JoJo's the best WR I've seen play at Akron. I'm going to try and really savor watching him play these final six games. You don't get to watch players as exciting as JoJo many times in life. We are sorely going to miss him next season. Go Zips!

A few video highlights & a brief interview of Coach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqjoVkE6Ktw&feature=youtu.be Over 500 yards total offense. 100-yard rusher & OL didn't allow a sack to the #5 sack defense in the country.

Quarterback Thomas Woodson Returns to Lead Zips Over Cardinals http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/akron-35-ball-state-25-quarterback-thomas-woodson-returns-to-lead-zips-over-cardinals-1.721399 Zips D only allowed 70 yards rushing in the 2nd half.

Callaway returned a late 4th-quarter blocked punt for a TD to beat Buchtel. East has clinched at least a share of the City Series Championship and, according to the article, it was the first time East had beaten Buchtel in over 2 decades. http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/city-series/high-school-football-east-26-buchtel-21-touchdown-on-blocked-punt-lifts-dragons-over-griffins-1.721457

Lame sauce anyone watching this? 3-0 West Virginia

Van Edwards Zips' POtG. 16 carries, 112 yards, 1 TD

Cranking it up already! Can't wait! Another huge game. UB got smashed by NIU 44-7 today. Hopefully they're beat up - because we sure are. As a longtime Zips fan, I'm not used to having big game... after big game... after big game... after big game... I LOVE it! Thank you Coach Bowden!!!!

That would explain Natson's gesture to the stands after his big 4th Q catch. What a difference Woody makes with this team.

GT: Zips looking for depth to augment talented returning core http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-basketball-zips-looking-for-depth-to-augment-talented-returning-core-1.720946

Marla Ridenour: For UA basketball, loyalty wins out as Isaiah Johnson, Kwan Cheatham spurn chance to transfer http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/marla-ridenour-for-ua-basketball-loyalty-wins-out-as-isaiah-johnson-kwan-cheatham-spurn-chance-to-transfer-1.720883

I like that KD is keeping the new arena talk alive. He insists on it's importance beginning around the 24-minute mark.

Trying to watch online but it's not loading. Anyone else attempting to stream this online w/o success?

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/university-of-akron-trustees-approve-matthew-wilson-as-president-rex-ramsier-as-provost-1.720679#

^^During the last couple minutes of the press conference Coach addresses the now-infamous Oar Incident, essentially saying it's much ado about nothing and has been blown way out of proportion.

NIU 1-6. Who woulda thunk it.

There is a poll at the bottom of the article asking, "Who should the Chargers move forward with at linebacker? A. Jatavis Brown, or B. Manti Te'o" Jatavis has 97% of the vote.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/high-school-notebook-st-v-m-seniors-jayvon-graves-john-williams-pledge-to-play-college-basketball-triumphant-revere-enters-girls-soccer-tournament-1.720224 Article states UA did offer Graves. Losing him to another MAC program hurts. He's an extremely athletic player. Congrats to Buffalo.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-zips-looking-forward-after-controversy-clubbing-from-western-michigan-1.720231 Story still focussing on the Breaking an Oar Incident. I was perplexed why anyone could care less the Zips broke an oar before the game. With the way WMU uses the "Row" mantra, it seemed to me like an obvious thing to do - almost too obvious. But the article points out that, "Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck, however, started using the saying to honor his son who died as an infant." Oh, okay then. But do people know that? I didn't know that. I doubt any Zips knew that. Is this common knowledge in the football world? I don't think so. This has turned into a strange situation, all-around. This is what Fleck said about the Zips breaking the oar: “When they go low, we go high,” he said. “It was tacky. A little bit classless,” he said in his Tuesday news conference with WMU media. Okay, again, dude, you gotta make it loud and clear where the little mantra came from. I don't think anyone knew it was to honor your son.

Just tuned in. 1-0 Akron.

You came from Hawaii to witness that?