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Not only do I know the words, but I have been singing it to my 2 year daughter every night before she goes to bed for the past year. She now asks me to sing "Close Beside" every night and sings right along. Start them early. My son turns 1 in May and his indoctrination into Zips Nation will begin shortly after. Go Zips!!!! And at the time of this past and in the future ... Can't State Sucks!!!!

I'm with Captain Kangaroo on the use of the Z. There are a bunch of football teams in FBS alone whose schools start with the letter A. Just looking at a few, Arkansas has used a big letter A on their uniforms at times. So has Alabama. Auburn University uses an A superimposed on a U, which could be read as UA as easily as AU. Bottom line is that a big A or UA are not distinctive in college football. A big Z is. No one else in college football uses it. When you see a big Z on a college uniform, there's no question that it's the University of Akron Zips. When you have something unique, flaunt it.

I love the "Z." I hope it is our primary logo for the next 10 years.

As I watch UCONN and UM knock three's down from all over to advance deep into the tourny, I can't help but think about Kwan, Kretzer, and Reggie out there on the floor next year at the same time and hopefully able to stretch the D. I really would love to a 6'9" guy like Kwan be able to go inside and out; that would cause major problems in the MAC. Would love for that to be a focus next year, the three is incredibly destructive, I just hate those two teams I mentioned and they can't miss from the outside. (I hope I jinxed UM by the way by posting this)

I recall a similar quote from Ianello:

How DO the Rowdies do it? No Dix or Q security around to take this one down. Pretty cool that it faces east ... betcha you can see it from the Can't campus!