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I believe Stanford just had an alum give $50 million to the football program. With Andrew Luck as the GM, I think they’ll be OK pursuing football and academics.

Didn't YSU get the better of us in a scrimmage last year too?

The rest of this season is all about giving you opportunities to high five your wife!

If we beat UMass, and Kent continues to play well, I think the Wagon Wheel game at Infocision in 2 weeks will cause Joe's (Akron) left big toe to wiggle. Will there be a ticker tape parade down Exchange Street and tickets being scalped for $1,000 on Stub Hub? No. But there will be a palpable buzz and perhaps a "bigger than just friends and family" weekday crowd. Hopefully UA gives away a bunch of tickets. If the Zips blow a home game November 4th against this shitty UMass team, I'll personally go to Sully's Tool Rental, drive a rented bulldozer up Exchange, flatten Infocision and commence construction of a 40 foot tall bronze tribute to Charles Guthrie.

Nice article on Izzy Callaway- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/10/30/izzy-callaway-akron-zips-womens-basketball-mac-copley-high-school/86972184007/

I think a lot of people quit caring long before that. Joe Akron probably quit caring around the time of the Ianello years.

The biggest concern for me was hearing that briscoe and barre played a total of 2 minutes. That puts its all on Amani. I love MMK as he is a hustle player. But he is not skilled enough to be our back up big.

They spent a lot last year. Only fourth in the conference over a number of years. LSU won't be able to sustain it over time. At this rate LSU will be hiring a new coach every year or two. NFL teams aren't this stupid. Over time, Kelly will not be remembered for a student getting killed. It didn't get him fired and he still got the LSU job.

Damn, Akron better not lose this. I think a lot of people cared less once they were declared ineligible for the MAC Championship and any postseason play. I know I did. The MAC scheduling the Kent game on a Tuesday in November with a 7:30 PM kickoff won't help, either.

All that $$, effort, travel, and time to recruit a guy that can't play defense. Guess Groce is down to a 14 man rotation. Maybe 13 because Cody must have fallen out of favor between Tuesday and Wednesday night.

YSU getting 12 offensive rebounded and outrebounding us in total wasn't great. Those were issues that plagued us early last season as well. You have to limit 2nd chancs point opportunities, especially when a team is shooting as well from the perimeter as YSU. Hopefully we can get more from Barre or Brisco once real games are being played.

Game story and extended highlights

YSU is a solid team. They played hard, handled the Zips pressure well and made timely shots. They will win a lot of games. The Zips could never sustain a run. They allowed too many open 3s and turned the ball over at inopportune times. Oggie looks like he fits in but his defense needs work. Shammah was the best Zip on the floor. His ability to create space they hit a jumper was on full display. Young continued to show his tenacity on defense. On one switch to a big man he actually muscled him out of the post. The Zips failures last night were clearly not effort related. They played hard and fast but just a little sloppy. They'll be fine.

It's puzzling. Could be any number of reasons.

Based on your recap, I think it's likely Groce was forcing the guys to play in uncomfortable ways. Frustrating for fans but it's good coaching if true. Odd that Brisco didn't get any PT. Wonder what's up with that. What I haven't heard yet is that we looked slow and weak. As long as those two attributes avoid becoming the descriptors of this team, we'll be quite competitive.

I saw on joe lunardi bracketology YSU is a team in the field meaning he thinks they win the horizon league. not a end of the world loss. But it sounds like we struggled on offense, and some of fears of the team came true. Feels like Monday night will set expectations for the rest of season.

Fantastic goal by Zip recruit Kam Warnke Congratulations to Kam Warnke and the Aurora (OH) Greenmen. Aurora advanced to the division 3 quarterfinlas with a 2-2 penalty kick win over Canfiled (Aurora won 5-3 on PK's).

Good call. Definitely could be a factor.

Did one of the assistant coaches mention this? I was surprised he wasn't dressed to play vs. YSU tonight.

6 turnovers for Tavari. Ugh. All of the stats are on the YSU site.

I made the trip. Just a few observations - some already noted by others. Starters: PG - Tavari G - Young W - Eric M. F - Evan M. P - Lyles First subs: Shammah Bowen MMK ...Young moved to PG (though we all know Shammah still handles the ball a lot ... Evan M. moved to P Second round of subs: Stankovic for MMK Lyles back in for Evan M. Tavari back in for Young @ PG YSU was really hot from behind the arc. Kudos to them but definitely something we need to work on defensively. They had a guard named Tae Blackshear that was on fire & kept them in the game in the first half. Shammah was our 6th Man but was easily our best player & someone Groce can't presently afford to take off the floor. We don't look like as much of a shooting team as last year. Neither Stankovic nor Eric M. took a 3. I think we're going to need them to shoot from deep to better space the floor. Basically our offense consisted of Shammah, Tavari, Young, Amani, and/or Bowen launching it from deep. Stankovic is a physical wing. He's certainly tough and I can see he's not going to be punked by anyone. He makes his presence known out there. I'd even go as far as to say he's got some Ryan Andrick in him and may get under opposing players skin from time-to-time. He looks to be a good 6'7" by just comparing his height while on the floor to Evan M., Eric M., and Amani. Speaking of height, Tavari walked past me before the game and he is definitely 6' tall. No exaggeration there. I was a little surprised by how tall he was. Once again no inside game to speak of. Amani tried a few moves but I think only hit one of his patent hook shots (and none of his 3 point shots. Without looking at stats I'd say Amani definitely had a subpar game). Evan M. certainly likes to drive to the hoop... but he doesn't do anything more than that. At least he didn't tonight. Evan M. & MMK played a lot of minutes together & I don't really like them on the floor together as neither is a shooter. I was surprised at the amount of PT MMK received in general, not being much of an offensive threat. He's athletic & energetic but I'd expect his minutes to be cut back against JMU. Barri didn't do much. Looks like he's just going to be an occasional shot blocker/lane filler. Briscoe didn't get any PT. I was curious to see what he's got. Just watching him in warm ups he may be slightly slow-footed for this level. Idk. I probably shouldn't even say that without seeing him in game action. Tonight it looked like our team is a 3-point-or-bust squad. But I guess that's sort of what the game has evolved into. Idk. YSU got a lot of long rebounds & 2nd chance points. Someone else mentioned Head was not dressed along with the two true freshmen, Josh Henderson & Tai Perkins. I guess that's all I've got. It was kind of sloppy and disjointed. What I should have been expecting I suppose.

They played awful in the second half but they'll be fine. The Mahaffeys will be difference makers.

what a disaster. god help them on Monday. James Madison is legit.

Load management with his heart condition maybe?