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You plant corn you grow corn. Which of the last ten games was supposed to get "Joe Akron" interested? The tight win over Lipscomb?

The Zips play at Central Michigan at 7 tomorrow and it is broadcast on ESPN 3. Central is 8-7 and 1-1 in the MAC losing at home to Eastern Michigan by 19 and winning at Bowling Green. This game will be a battle of the 3 point shooters since Akron is ranked 12th in the nation in 3 point attempts and Central is ranked 14th in the nation on 3 point attempts. We shoot the 3 ball better than Central being ranked 56th in the Country but Central is not to shabby being ranked 88th in the country. Akron is ranked No. 1 in the country on 3 ball defense so this will be a good test on how good our defense is against guys who can shoot the 3 ball well. Jake Kretzer is having a great year and is ranked 23rd in the country shooting the 3 ball. Looking forward to competitive game on the road. If it is close, I hope we can execute well like we did in Buffalo at the end of the game. Go Zips!

No, the people that count are the recruits to make the program better.

It was nice to see the Zips in-person for the first time in a month last night. But that was a really tough game to endure. I taped it, but I'm deleting it asap. Sitting through it once was too much. The Zips won because they are more talented. Certainly not because they played harder or smarter. WMU relentlessly crashed the boards. I'd love to see the Zips put forth a collective rebounding effort like that one day. Last night, Antino and Kretzer matched WMU's intensity, but everyone else fell short. If Ivey and Aaron Jackson want more PT, they need to produce in the time they're given. Last night extended PT was there for the taking, and neither stepped up to take it. Make your free throws and your PT will increase. I think a lot of our vaunted #1 3-point defensive ranking is due to playing crappy teams that can't shoot very well. I don't see us doing anything special on D...I just see opponents missing shots because they aren't any good. WMU is a terrible 3-point shooting team. That Heymond kid is a whirling dervish of action, but his shot (14 of them last night) looks like mine. And that isn't a complement. Robotham looks better than a month ago. But there's no hint of the "special" qualities we saw from him in his Freshman year. Hopefully we start seeing some glimpses of the old Noah soon. It is a credit to Dambrot that he's assembled such a talented roster that we can play like we did last night, and still lead wire-to-wire. But as wadzip has stated, the ceiling for this team is much higher than what we saw last night. That makes them a bit frustrating to watch, even though they're winning. We're now in January...it is time for that potential to materialize on the court. A like-talented WMU team would have beaten us by 8 last night, because they wanted it more. Teams like OU and K.e.n.t....and maybe EMU are of like-talent too, and you know they will be gunning for us.

I'm done trying to figure this team out, and I say that as a positive. They are so deep that they can be helter skelter and still beat the teams they should, even if it isn't pretty. Case in point, I was just talking about how Kwan deserves the green light on open threes (as long as they are good shots). He did that tonight, but had his worst shooting night from 3 since the GB game. Go figure. I also said Antino has to calm down his early trigger, and while he played the same way he has all year, it was arguably his best game of the year. The guy hits big shots, so we'll just have to live with the selection. Not saying he's in the same overall realm, but Antino has a bit of Allen Iverson in him. His percentage may not be good, but when you look at the shots he does hit, they seem to come at big points of games. And every once in a while, he will simply win you a game. And I was talking up Big Dog as a potential NBA player due to his touch around the rim and his ability to create offense out of the low post. And he goes on for his worst game in a month. Then Jake and Reggie seem to be trading off big games. Tonight, it was Jake and Reggie was basically non-existent... But there have been games where it is the opposite. All that and we're picking apart a 9 point win. That alone shows how good this team is. And Im not worried about being killed on the glass. That's an aberration. The shooting again was head scratching, but this team continues to get good looks, they are just in a "team" slump. Luckily, a guy or two has been able to get hot and it hasn't cost a win. Even the perimeter defense, which is easily the team's biggest weakness wasn't bad tonight. Wilder just simply hit some tough shots and WMU was in the right place at the right time on about half their 24 offensive rebounds. The MAC is good enough, where this team simply won't go 18-0. In fact, I see 14-4 being an optimistic, but reasonable, expectation. But with that said, this team easily has the highest upside of any Akron team I've seen. I'll put it like this. For the talent they have, so far this year, they have played at about a 5 or 6 level (out of 10) overall, and are still 13-2. If they can kick that up to a 7 or 8, this is a very dangerous team at a national level. If they can put some 9 or 10s together, there is no doubt in my mind that they could beat any team in the country on a given day. It's been frustrating in that they haven't blown out some teams they should have, especially at home, but still it's been fun ride when seeing the best start in school history and adding in the unrealized potential this team has.

she can eat my cupcake anytime

Editorials usually are cut down to concise arguments for the sake of publishing. But I disagree with you that editorials/criticism is supposed to be constructive or give a course of action. This editorial is to bring our attention to the issue, to inspire us to act. Rachel Carson did that with her book Silent Spring. The public responded and demanded action.

You are very correct but don't let Marygrove's 1-16 record fool you. The Mustangs are a sleeping giant.

He'll get it once he's joined us. I had a private message conversation on twitter with Richie Layrea yesterday which reminded me just how proud our players are to be Zips.