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One of the reasons Dalton gets love is because he was the ultimate team player. I already liked the guy, but his actions on the sideline versus Toledo made him #1 in my book. As I write this, it actually makes me a little emotional remembering that evening. If this program can ever turn the corner and become a winner, I will always believe in my small mind that it started with DW13. He may not have had the record of a champion but he certainly had the class, composure and heart of a champion. The 2011 Zips completely quit. They got completely annihilated by some weak MAC teams. They finished out the year on the lowest rung ever. Smashed 35-3 in Oxford vs. 4-8 Miami. Slaughtered at home vs. a worthless Can't State team 35-3. Then they were humiliated in Buffalo 51-10 by the putrid 3-9 Bulls in a game that wasn't that close. Then the capper, they went in the all-time crapper at Western Michigan 68-19. Clayton Moore was 5-18 for 35 yards. Patrick Nicely went 0-5 and a pick. Dalton's legacy in the minds of people like me probably gets exaggerated to some extent because of the contrast with 2011 shitshow. The Zips went from the pinnacle of quarterback inefficiency and offensive ineptitude to actually being competitive in 2012.

I know it's not Barber, but Allie Plybon, sister of Lady Zips basketball athlete Hannah Plybon, reached 11'6. Ties her school record. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153225444283582&set=vb.229531723581&type=2&theater

DEFENDER ZAC PORTILLOS IS EXCELLING WITH THE ROWDIES AFTER NEARLY BEING OUT OF SOCCER

With mostly the same players from 2011, except for Dalton at QB, Akron averaged about 14 more points per game in 2012. That kind of year-to-year improvement on offense is ridiculous. Akron has averaged fewer points each year since then. The offense has regressed but the defense has made a miraculous transformation.

He put up numbers like a stud. If we had him along with our improved D the last 2 years...

Perry Kitchen & Dillon Serna competing for MLS Goal of the Week with some very sweet goals! http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/04/13/vote-now-2015-att-mls-goal-week-week-6

Witherspoon was a mediocre coach. 14 seasons was more than enough time to prove he could win something meaningful. And he couldn't do it. I'd rather ride the rollercoaster than walk on the treadmill.