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New Zip and ex- NC State TE Bryce Dixon is a big, physical receiver Bryce Dixon 6-3 • 224 • Tight End Cary, N.C. • Green Hope HS Played wide receiver and free safety at Green Hope High School for coach Kwame Dixon, his father … For his three-year varsity career had 142 catches for 1,953 yards and 19 touchdowns … Also had 2,402 all purpose yards … Pulled in 39 catches for 558 yards and six touchdowns as a senior … Also had 53 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and an interception his final season … Helped team to the North Carolina 4AA state playoffs … Junior season had 62 catches for 870 yards and 10 TDs … Ranked the No. 33 player in North Carolina by rivals.com … Father played college football at Pittsburgh.

Nice job, Rob.

Here is a video of the race.

Congrats, Clayton! Another personal best for him in the final. It will be interesting to see what he does going forward. Hopefully he will come to a CM bobblehead Zips football game this fall to be honored

Possession belonged to the Zips, but no one stepped up in the final 3rd. Disappointing. I hope our forwards and attacking mids figure it out quickly.

Sort of a disappointing performance for Barber, but he is sure to be back. Thanks for making us proud!

So I love this idea and posted a few weeks ago that this is what UA should be doing- highlighting world class things that are happening at UA like track and mens soccer. But... I don't love this execution. It feels very ticky tacky-- bad v/o, ham handed copy, too hard a sell... "go for gold at UA" sounds a bit like an ad for a used car dealer. The idea of highlighting excellence and people that could have gone to many other places but chose UA is great; appending a short term "enroll here now please God enroll quickly please please" subverts that. It is just this side of "buy one degree and get another for free!" IMHO, the ad should be a "here's to our Olympians... best of luck from your family at UA... we're with you!" And then something that says "you can get anywhere in the world by starting your journey at Akron". Or something like that. It should be elegant/sophisticated and not sales-y-- little v/o, stirring music, great video... I like that we are doing it... just wish the execution was better and more aligned with the brand we want to be. Which is still a 100% improvement over Scarphoon where they were doing things that made no sense and they were doing it badly.