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Bubba. We drilled you twice last year WITH Campbell. Unfortunately for you guys, you've fallen further and further behind us as a MAC power over the last few years, ever since your last so-called elite team got a 20 point spanking against us in Cleveland, while we were playing without a point guard. If you really think this is a preview of some great matchup in the March title game, Good Luck asking for a repeat of a 5-for-5 long range shooting night from your 25% 3-point shooter, getting 4 of our guys in peril with fouls in the same game, getting 2 Technicals called on Big Dog, Cheatham shooting 3 for 18 from the field, and getting more than Double our FT attempts.

First ballot hall of famer!!! I know where I will be that day.

19 references to "Big Dog" in one post. Gotta be some sort of record. He lost some composure yesterday and it cost us. You can't let a bench scrub bait you into a T. That said, the panicked, horrific shot selection once he returned to the game is what really killed us. Not the refs.

Andre Williams plays in the 8A classification in FL. Those schools in his area average 2800 kids or better and that District is one of the toughest in the state with Apopka and West Orange. He is legit!

I just did a google, YouTube, etc search for Jason Taylor UA highlights. I couldn't find any. It would be really smart to get some out there real quick.

Playing UAPB's, Hiram's, and Coppin State's of the world certainly helps too. All they need to really get up for is ~3 games a year. OU, Kent, and whatever Marshall-esque type they bring in in OOC.

How many Zips flags can we get flying and when does the tailgate start? Let's do it right.

Coach Bowden mentioned that the 2017 class will have as many as 29 new players on the team. I would like to keep a list. CK and I will update (add and subtract) as information becomes available. We'll try to be as accurate as we can. Bold Blue is a confirmed commitment w/scholarship. Feel free to help. 01. Eric Bentley DL — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 02. Kobie Booker TE — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 03. DeAndre Brimage DL — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 04. Dustin Burkhart WR — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 05. Hunter Corne OL — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 06. Reggie Corner S — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 07. Zaire Jacobs DB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 08. Nick Johns QB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 09. Jeffrey Lubin DB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 10. Alex Ramart QB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 11. Jordyn Riley DB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 12. Jemarulin Suggs RB — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 13. Malik Wooldridge WR — Signed national letter of intent on February 1 14. Darryl Long TE — Transfer from the University of Kentucky (Westerville South HS) - RJr 15. Deltron Sands RB - Transfer from Oregon State (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) - RFr 16. Jamal Davis LB - Transfer from Pitt - Eligible in 2017 17. Darian Dailey CB - Transfer from Rutgers (Manatee HS FL) - Eligible in 2017 - RSo 18. Denzel Butler DB- Transfer from WV Wesleyan (Fort Lauderdale Coral Springs Charter HS ) - Eligible in 2017 - So 19. James King LB - Transfer from Miami (Booker T. Washington HS) - Eligible in 2017 - So 20. Brandon Mitchell WR - Transfer from Wilmington ( Fox Chapel HS, Pittsburgh, PA) - Eligible in 2017 -RSo 21. Andre Williams WR - Winter Park FL - Signed February 2 22. Bubba Arslanian LB - PWO? 23. Mitch Cooper K - PWO? Possible Track Athlete 24. Justin Sampson DL - St. V. - Status TBD 25. Tracy Jordan DL - Springfield HS - Status TBD 26. Marquise Bridges RB - Ellet - Status TBD 27. Marquise Calloway DB - East HS - working on improving his ACT score to earn a scholarship 28. Marcus Kidd DL - Garfield HS - Status TBD - No Zips info on his twitter acct. 29. Matthew Hanson DL - Western HS (FL) - TBD 30. Malik Townsend DL - Perry (PA) - TBD - No Zips info on his Twitter acct in February 31. Jerome Cooper DB - Detroit area HS - UA Seal on Twitter site, but no February Zips update 32. Jonah Wieland P - PWO? 33. Nate Stewart WR - Per conversation w/Bowden, he's highly regarded 34. Domonick Holley WR - Akron Alabama East HS - Status TBD 35. Mark Ellis DB - University of West Virginia Transfer 35. Justin Canei DL - WVa High School Recruit - Twitter account says Zips have offered Note A maximum of 25 scholarships can be awarded in any given year. The above list contains the names of all "new" student athletes with recent published association to the Zips football team.

You're right. I don't want to downplay some of those home win streaks too much. It's impressive to string so many long runs together. But we certainly have plenty of games that help pad those numbers along the way, and make all of this possible. I think it's also important to note that we're certainly not the only one who does it. By a long shot.

It's institutional bias against the metabolically challenged.

Having the best team in the MAC the past 2 years has certainly helped.

Beacon: Bobcats snap Zips' 12-game winning streak “We just had a rough night,” Dambrot said. “Shot selection in the first half wasn’t very good, but we got a lot of open shots in the second half. We just didn’t make them.” Games like this happen. Whatcha gonna do. Simmons led all scorers with 38 points on 10-of-16 shooting. A 29 percent 3-point shooter coming into the game, he was perfect from behind the arc, connecting on 5-of-5. A fluke. Again, it happens. Whatcha gonna do. Oh well.

Don't sweat the trolls. At the end of the day, the Zips played their worst game of the season against a team that played their best game of the season and was benefited by outrageous officiating and they nearly pulled it off. While we're worried about the Zips losing their chance to be ranked, they're excited that the win may qualify them for the CIT.

More Track and field....since men and women B-ball were on the road, went to the Akron Invitational, and although it was probably the weakest field in years (SPIRE in Geneva OH has a DI invite the following week that has diluted Akron's draw) it was still fun. Clayton Murphy introduced before the meet, and world record holder woman pole vaulter was there. Terrell McClain was banged up and didn't compete, but Jordan Latimore took the Long Jump with an equally solid jump. Natalie Zidd won 800 for second straight year, and Daziah Green impressed with double wins in 60 and 200 dashes. Coach Mitchell has his female Shawn Barber now, Lucy Bryan, a freshman from England, who is a physical specimen, and that's not a sexial comment. Men and women still need distance runners though. Anyway, thought I'd share....

That stunk. It was fun to talk about running the table but odds were we'd lose one or two. The good thing is we see what it takes to beat us - a career game from Simmons and the two worst games of the season from Dog and Kwan. Not worried one bit

Just a guess, but I think B&G's comment was probably more of a commentary on Aaron Jackson than it was on Daniel Utomi.