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But college football can’t have midseason transfers from a professional league. So it evens out.

Here's the deal ... considering Akron and Miami are the top 2 seeds and in opposite brackets, on a neutral court, I think Bowling Green, Buffalo and Kent are the most dangerous opponents regardless of where they are seeded. The good thing is those three teams - using Buffalo as an example - would likely have to play BG then Kent/Miami, then Akron in three straight days to get to the MAC Tournament title game, much less win it. That's brutal. While I doubt it will be an issue, that 1-2 seed will be imperative to avoid a potential first-round upset knockout, considering how deep/strong the MAC is this season.

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I believe the portal deadline has passed now. Players can no longer enter the portal but those who did enter can still commit to a new school if they haven't yet. Is that right?

Lebron paid homage to UA and the city with his new shoes which included the UA logo- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/nba/2026/01/18/lebron-james-nike-23-shoes-pay-tribute-to-akron-zips/88243766007/

IDK but if he leads us to a MACC in football I might have to consider changing my ZNO handle to HRPRulz..

The number one area girls player in today's mid-season top players in Greater Akron, Evelyn McKnight from Copley, is a.............Youngstown State recruit.

Is Elijah Alexander still committed to The University of Akron? He was our one tight end transfer and is 6-4 235 lbs. I believe Vann Kavals is moving from DL to TE this spring.

Sweet cross by Malik Henry!

https://open.substack.com/pub/akronzippedup/p/akron-zips-mens-basketball-weekly-7a3?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Excellent write up from ZippedUp. "Pesky MAC West squads". 😀

This needs a deep ZNO investigation. Could H.R.Pufnstuf be positioning himself to replace Zippy? Could this signing be the avenue in which H.R. weasels into UA? I smell conspiracy.

Canada edges Guatemala in men's soccer B international in L.A.

Any relation?

Exactly my goal

Malik Henry was fantastic tonight for the Canadian national team in a friendly against Guatemala

Same for us, right? Right?

Figured it out from Zippy’s Instagram post. It’s the mascot for Goldfish Swim School a place in Hudson for kids swim lessons. Put him up there with the Texas Roadhouse armadillo for the best random mascot that frequents akron zips games

Huge game. A great opportunity to pad our seed line. It will be challenging. Need a “A” game from us !

Feels like we should be set on offense aside from the TE position. Nice that we kept Williams/Mason/Gant/Patrick. Still feels like we have a lot of work to do on the defensive side.

First year coach for Buffalo. Lost 4 starters and 11 of 12 letter winners. 😬

Shoeless Joe Jackson was innocent and belongs in the Hall of Fame. That’s my only contribution.

They announced Reese on the scoreboard at the game today. Nice touch.

Looks like he's making progress as he's gone from a cast to a brace. Also, Sharron looked to be walking without a limp.

I'm perfectly fine with Miami winning every game until they lose to the Zips in Cleveland.

Miami pulled today's victory out of their butt with a desperation contested 3 to tie The Buffs with 1/2 second in regulation. I switched back to Akron/Western skipping the OT. The Buffs will test us.