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lol....can't even compete in the NIT. Hilarious. Dambrot has zero significant wins for this program. Never a big game upset. Never been competitive in the post season. Plays a soft schedule to pad Ws just to flame out year over year in the very weak MAC conference tournament. Never produced a big time player. Very little impact recruits. Dominates the MAC, one of the weakest conferences in the entire NCAA. But hey...keep getting those 20 win seasons in a HS gym.

... is the NCAA, by chance, also experimenting with a 'mercy' rule in the NIT?

I see a great team playing with passion. I see a large energized and fully engaged fan base. I see a really beautiful venue. Love the way UTA plays the game. We suck...........

UT Arlington looks like a team that should have gotten an invite to the NCAA tournament.

They are a FAR superior team. It really is sad to see how much more athletic a sun belt team is compared to us.

I believe he was responding to my post considering mine was directly above his.

If the answer was that simple we'd have the best football team in the MAC.

CHANGES!!!

Ugly way to end the season. Further proof that the Zips were the best regular season team in a bad conference.

Wait until UT-A does the bucket of confetti trick

Just shows we have a long way to go.

If ZippyRulz would be willing, I think he'd have to do it because he started this thread. Zach has done this in the past. I've got this list put together, but wouldn't want it on Page 4 (too hard to find & reference). Commits: Devanier Floyd, RB, 5-9, 200, Akron East Keyondre White, RB, 5-10, 210, Chaminade Madonna HS, Hollywood, FL Ronald Beasley, OL, 6-2, 280, West Port HS, Ocala, FL Offers: Daishawn Brimage, S/WR, 6-1, 205, Akron East Ramon Fields, OL, 6-4, 375, Akron East Dominick Covatto, DT, 6-3, 305, Cathedral Prep, Erie, PA Zach DiLauro, LB, 5-10, 210, Akron Springfield Cal Endicott, !B, 6-5, 190, Flushing HS, Flushing, MI Omar Fattah, LB, 5-11, 215, St Eds. Keye Thompson, LB/S/RB/WR, 6-0, 205, Barberton Joe Wilkins, WR/S, 6-2, 175, N. Fort Myers HS, FL Nate Bauer, WR, 6-2, 190, Hoban Ra'veion Hargrove, RB, 5-7, 175, Trotwood Madison Te'cory Tutson, ATH, 5-8, 160, Miami Southwest HS Keshuan Clarke, RB/SB, 5-9, 193, Western HS, Davie, FL George Bento, DE/TE, 6-3, 240, Jensen Beach HS, FL Andrew Cunningham, RB, 6-0, 215, Abridge Christian, Tampa, FL Demetrius Mayes Jr., DL/LB, Miami Northwestern, FL Davontae McCrae, DE, 6-5, 255, Miami Northwestern, FL Jimmy McKenna, DL/OL, 6-5, 250, Avon HS Brandon Derrow, DE/TE, 6-4, 230, St. Charles Prep/St. Francis DeSales Tye Evans, WR/DE, 6-0, 225, Nordonia

A few more.more.

This post is riddled with erroneous information, but I'm too damn tired to do it anymore. Just find another program to cheer for if it's that bad.

JB1 interview from spring practice at the :58 mark. https://youtu.be/AtRSOqaFD-o

I have a novel idea. How about they give the Top 4 spots in each region to the best 4 teams? Not the ones who think they are above all of it, and the committee is scared that they might turn down the bid if they aren't given a home game? Let them all go home and watch the postseason, just once, and I'm sure they'd change their minds.

Not sure why anyone is worrying about us not contending next year - it's the MAC. The question is, do we grow or regress? If you're focused on competing in the MAC, you're going to regress. If you're focused on competing at the national stage, you're going to grow. I don't care who we have coming back, who we don't have coming back, etc. It is the coaching staff's (led by the head coach) job to bring in new talent and develop the current talent to grow and reach the next level. It is also their job to put a system in place that gives the players the best chance to succeed. We shall see what happens. As for last night...

Here is some interesting tidbits. Bowl expenses: $768,786 Bowl revenue: $550,000 Keith Dambrot (salary) $932,017 Tickets Sale Revenue: $370,226 for men's basketball Loan payments for the stadium totaled $4.4 million in 2015-16, of which $4.1 was assigned to athletic purposes. Ticket Sale Revenue: $1,061,584 for football Guarantees for playing away games: $1,287,000. Guarantees paid to visiting teams: $818,151

I agree that UTA played great, but the Zips had some role in that. Turnovers, lack of energy, silly mistakes.... UTA was good, but they are not Gonzaga or Creighton on their best day. In the end, I think maybe we got what some expected in the Houston game- a down and unmotivated Zips squad.

UTA deserved an NCAA at-large bid. They had 8 losses and half were to NCAA bound teams plus the wins over Texas and St. May's (and Mt St Marys who also made the tournament). Their OOC was solid they got bit by losing to a few OK conference schools. You almost have to go undefeated in conference as a mid-major. Maybe the NCAA needs a rule that you have to go at least .500 in your own conference to get selected. Mid-majors are going to get screwed over forever in the current format. UTA was way underseeded. I think they have an excellent shot at winning the NIT. I want to see a final of them vs Illinois and have them absolutely smoke Illinois (who is the only seed higher than 4 still left). Yeah that was a fair seeding process. Despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth I think the Zips lost to a very good team.

Positive sign

Thank goodness Tuesday night football is just around the corner.

MTB at wide out at the 54 second mark?

Maybe KD should show opposing coaches a tape of tonights game when trying to schedule. Who would not want to schedule us?

Jason Taylor and others in the 2017 Pro Football HoF Class tour the HoF today (3/20/2017) http://www.cantonrep.com/photogallery/OH/20170320/SPORTS/320009995/PH/1

Time for some Bowden Ball!! Excited for football!

It would be a nice gesture to put the bench players in, at least the senior bench player who have not played since the MAC started.

We certainly need bigger, faster, stronger players. I don't know how we can get them, but we won't take the next step without them.

Gawd I dream of leaving the useless MAC to join the A10

Naaaah, it's not a Tuesday night.

Feels like I am watching Zips football in March @SpinDavies: Embarrassing performance tonight from Akron. Can't believe this team, the seniors especially, is going out on this note. #NIT

Good lord. This is why it's so difficult to be an enthusiastic, up beat Zips fan. You go out and win a game that was neck-and-neck and then immediately get blown out in a tournament that means nothing. The Zips always play good enough to be pretenders but that's just what the Zips are, pretenders.

So Ball is coming back and Woodson will be QB? And Chapman is a wide receiver now?

I think I've seen this defense run by the Washington Generals

And they're doing this to us without their 2nd-leading scorer. I'll tell ya, maybe it's good we're getting completely exposed like this. I was one of the ones who posted after the YSU loss that we were in for a disappointing season and that we weren't that good. Well, then we dominated the MAC. But that was fool's gold. The MAC was awful. It allowed us to continue the illusion of being a good team. This game is rightfully exposing our weaknesses and showing that we have plateaued and that this program is not moving forward. KD truly has to shake things up.

How good can they be? They're a 6 seed in the freaking NIT!

Definition of uninspired : lacking in inspiration or originality : not inspired a bland, uninspired menu an uninspired choice

I hear there ain't nothin to do in Arlington

You see it on the defensive end of the floor as well. We can't get around them and our guys are completely flustered.

That Is our game

We need to play the ball through Big Dog. Another poor start. Reminds me of the last game against Kent. Need to play better before this gets out of hand.

Thanks for the documentation, Hilltopper! At every turn it is reinforced that, if we're truly a D-1 program, we simply have to have a new facility. Otherwise, lets just play Walsh & Mount Union.

Six brands of beer, only one is local. Non are microbrews. Hard to complain compared to the JAR.

The offer list is quite large and all of them certainly aren't listed on here. As of today we are aware of 3 commits for the class of 2018. Keyondre White, 3 Star RB from FL. 247 link Hudl link Devanier Floyd, RB from Akron East. Hudl Ronald Beasley, assuming recruited as an OL, from FL. Hudl

The Menu in the concession stands is really good. Tex Barbecue in one and Mexican in the others.

The pictures of this beautiful arena are making me jealous and angry. HAHA

I'm more than happy to see some seating surrendered at the JAR to improve the facility. Other than the Kent game, they don't fill the seats they have and an improvement to the facility may result in a jump in attendance but it would be short lived. My design strategy would be that no seat should be at a distance greater than a male cheerleader can throw a Gionino's t-shirt or a Taylor Made Jewelry mini-basketball.