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First off, thanks so much to MDZip for getting this to happen, and for letting us meet his wonderful Mom and Dad. I enjoyed talking to his Father about football. And it was great to put faces to K92, ZipsWin! and Zippyfan34. Next off - what a freakin' wonderful time! This was an amazing awe-inspiring evening. As K92 said, as we arrived, I was expecting a little more intimate gathering, as our ticket had a seating chart on it with like 100 tables of 8, so I thought....NO! we were in ONE room of many, and after dinner we were escorted into the main auditorium and there were all the dignitary tables on the floor level and mezzanine and we all filled into the seating area. The dais was at least 30 feet off the floor, and we were then part of the show. Once again to echo K92, I was overwhelmed as each of about 120 current Gold Jackets were announced and they came to the floor....Jim Bron, Troy Aikman, Paul Warfield, Jerome Bettis, Curly Culp (our host!), Emmit Smith, Roger Staubach, Tony Dungy, and on and on and on. We even got to hear Warren Buffett sing!! (I am not kidding!) Zippyfan34 said I had to post this so I will.... I was the lucky winner at our table of the center piece!!

http://gozips.com/news/2017/8/7/general-zips-athletics-to-install-new-videoboard-at-rhodes-arena.aspx

But I've got to say, and I hope there's more than a few of us out there that have these experiences....What made the whole evening was sharing it with my son, who was at my side at the tailgates and in the Rubber Bowl for all of JT's games, and sat beside me for this wonderful evening....I'm tearing up writing this, so....for now...GO ZIPS!

Heck, one of the reasons we all come to ZipsNation is BECAUSE there is no other place to find information about our 'Roos. This IS the place that is the alternative to George and Elton. I do try to bring to the board info on the lesser sports like swimming and diving, track and field, softball, and women's soccer just to fill in the info-starved Zips fans who want to know more that stuff about Bball and FBall. So, I'd be glad to contribue articles to an on-line publication if we ever got something like that going....but for now this is our On-Line sports news for Zips fans....

If they do, I hope they have that same awful 90 second intro before the 30 seconds of interview.

I was lucky enough to go to the Gold Jacket Dinner Friday evening. Thanks to MDZip for arranging the whole thing. It was great to see him and to meet his parents. Also nice to meet Zippyfan34, Zips Voice and his son. ZipsWin! and I had a couple of beers at Canton Brewing before the event. If you are in the area, you might want to check it out. Very cool place, especially the basement Speakeasy. When we arrived at the Canton Civic Center, it was patently obvious that this was no low key shindig. This was a gala. The cocktail hour was quite a scene with 4000 people mingling. We sat down and had a nice dinner. There were a few announcements over the P.A. but mostly just dining. At the end of our meal, the inductees came through our area on their way to the arena. As Jason rounded the corner, we started our "Let's Go Zips" chant, which he seemed to get a kick out of. He seemed to glad to see me! We went into the arena and watched the same show you were all able to see on the NFL Network. I must say, the HOF Alumni that streamed in was rather overwhelming. What a large group of talent in one place. It's too bad more of them couldn't have made it. It was a great once in a lifetime experience for me. So glad I went. Once again, thanks to MDZip.

^^ That is cool. Nice thinking by the U.

Mets play-by-play guy Howie Rose fed up with ESPN last night.

"I know Akron's in the house" "20 years to travel 20 miles (Akron to Canton)" --31 minute speech https://youtu.be/f3lDBKmvUvA YouTube doesn't allow this to be embedded.

As others have said it was a great time and thanks MDZip for putting it together. Here is the video of Jason getting introduced (although I think the announcer messed up his name). As he got closer to the table we started the chant and you could tell he got a kick out of it. Let's Go Zips chant gold jacket dinner

I think it IS the reason why we all came here. But something like CDMac is talking about could possibly fill the void in actual NEWS reporting, and could get it into the hands of people other than just the "choir" that participates here.

Hey, maybe they are putting in Read One & Run 1.1 and don't want Penn State to know.

http://triblive.com/sports/riverhounds/12576635-74/riverhounds-stay-in-playoff-race-with-draw-vs-richmond Okai calmly finished into the left side of the net after substitute Victor Souto picked him out with a perfect pass rolled on the turf into the box. “Victor has great vision, and I knew he was going to try to slip me in,” Okai said. “When he did that, I got the touch on it, and I knew I had to do everything I can to get the ball in.”

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I think Joe Akron would react to a 13-0 season with a collective yawn. As long as the Buckeyes are riding high, no one in NE Ohio is going to spend one minute or one dime on the Zips. Now, if the Buckeyes fell off the radar and lost to Michigan 10 years in a row at the same time Akron put together a 13 win season, then maybe around 9100 Joes might take note.

Unsure of validity but

Looks like LTT has ended up at UTEP: According to this article, he will probably battle for a starting position at Left Tackle