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Back in the Spring of 2000 I participated in this! I didn't land Zippy, but I did get a call and became a professional Akron mascot....and I got to participate in the Olympic torch relay when it came through Akron on its way to Salt Lake City! What a life achievement!

uh oh...

Nothing beats a couple of them infiltrating the Can't State student section to give them a sign to hold up to the Rowdies that made the trip to that craphole. The sign said, "WE SUCK".

Sorry balsy, but you are the type of guy that will argue the sky isn't blue. It doesn't hurt anything. M-W classes will simply be 25-30 mins longer and the students will get an extra full day off to do whatever they deem the best use of their time as a result.

In recent history we have had freshmen who we HATED who turned into beasts. This poster once called Big Dog a "boat anchor". This poster used to scream at the screen when Deji walked onto the Court. Antino was nothing to rave about as a freshman. Zeke was a good rim defender, but was always in foul trouble. Our current frosh have great potential. I see POY written all over K-Lac. Had a rough start, last night gets 10 points and how many dives to the floor? This guy loves to shoot, had to get his sea legs. He will be another Big Dog as a senior. Parrish has all the tools. Going to be a monster junior and senior. I did not like Cotton at all in the beginning. He is already close to playing like a junior. He plays big for a (relatively) small guy. We do have potential for a fairly good finish, and a better future. The youth of this team hurts us now, but will be a home run in a couple of years. And after the last two games, I can understand why no one was after K-Lac - they just didn't have Groces crystal ball. Mark my words, in two years people will be asking: How did that guy ever wind up at Akron?

I look at Sayles and Kostelac, and they are competing well at the D1 level today. The Zips are never going to get the one-and-done lottery pick kid. So you need to find kids with potential and develop them. Zeke went for 5.1 points/3.9 rebs his Freshman year. Big Dog's first season went 3.8/2.8. Kostelac is 6' 11" and 250 lbs as a Freshman. And he's coordinated. That projects well for the next 3 years. Sayles (healthy) is more polished than Kostelac 1.0, but time will tell if he'll be better than the 4.0 version. When all is said and done, I think both their stats will compare more favorably to Zeke and Big Dog than Sweich, Forsythe and Bardo (loved all three of those guys, but you know what I mean).

^^Yawn. I took a peak over there a while back and fans were already growing restless a few games into his tenure after losses to inter-city rivals Robert Morris and Pitt. Get some context Elton, of course Duquesne fans are going to love this compared to what they've dealt with the past 30 years. Being overanalyzed for faults in victory is a sign of a good program. It's natural to want more, especially when those victories weren't leading to anything meaningful in the post season. If you can't handle it, go to a shitty program with no expectations like KD did. I can't remember anyone calling for his head. Shame on us for hoping to raise expectations to something other than a 21+ win season over cupcakes, disappointing MAC-C loss, and inevitable first round NIT/CBI/CIT exit. I guess he's never watched a Buckeye game? People get disappointed if they don't win half of their games by 40+ points. The Steelers just let go of their OC after getting the #2 seed in the conference. Bo Pelini got fired from Nebraska for winning 9 games every year. What was Mike Brown's winning % (the first time he was fired) or David Blatt's when he was let go? I can go on and on.

Bought a 4-pack of this last week. Delicious.

Reminder that the USMNT has a friendly this Sunday night (Jan 28th) at 9:30 pm ET. Hopefully Wil Trapp will start. https://www.ussoccer.com/schedule-tickets

I definitely think he and Dru should have their jerseys retired. They were the foundation for what Akron basketball has become.

The writer needs to Google "Bob Huggins."

Hint one, this is a recent photo.

CB Darian Dailey

For those keeping track - Duquesne falls 77-73 to the Richmond Spiders, whose record improves to 7-13.

Too many hairstyles to post. Try this: https://www.google.com/search?q=deandre+yedlin+haircut&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS724US763&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjersfHg_LYAhWNyVMKHUwPCgUQsAQIJg&biw=1280&bih=648

I believe it was Groce, when he was at OU, who broke a clipboard during a game against Akron. He also HATED the AK Rowdies (our once proud student section). PJ Fleck rowed WMU's football boat all the way to the Cotton Bowl. Groce can use whatever "Grocisms" he wants if he gets us NCAA tournament wins.

Coach can't help it.

One of my favorite things to do is read bobcatattack after kicking OWho's a$$! Nice win and great team effort all around, Zips. Everybody contributed. This is now at least the 2nd time Lucas Smith has been in to close out a close game. He'll most likely never be more than what he is now (smart player, good defender, hustler, etc), but it is an awesome story in my book.

Nagbe settling into new team with winning on his mind

This week is a national cancer awareness event for all of college basketball. Its called Suits and Sneakers, or something similar.

Congratulations to James Howard Thome! My favorite player of all time.

My support of Coach Groce may soon fade if he keeps saying things like "winning isn't a deodorant. It doesn't cover up the stink." Or "row the boat. Don't shoot holes in it" Ugh.

"While this is a novel step for our region, a number of departments at major universities in the Washington, D.C., area do not schedule Friday classes so that students can intern with government agencies that day. In addition, the use of two-day classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays has existed here for decades and is a standard practice across the country. " You complain when students aren't consulted, now they're consulted and it's desperate "I was truly pleased by a comprehensive survey that we conducted of all UA undergraduate students last semester. With the assistance of Undergraduate Student Government, we surveyed about 15,000 undergraduate students and received nearly 5,000 responses. Very positive conversations have also been held with dozens of area high school counselors, numerous high school principals, and employers. "

I think you are selling these kids way short. We have a bunch of true freshman, and from what I have seen so far, they have some talent and ability. I am looking at them from what I have seen in the aggregate since the first game, and I like what I see.

This may well be Groce's greatest coaching job ever. Totally impressed with the grit of this team. The progression of Kostelac and Cotton has been a joy to watch and Ivey has matured into a true leader who leaves it all on the floor every night. The future looks very bright.

ZV, my favorite FFF: Hopefully I get to try this some day:

I'm far less than sold, but I get what you're saying. Maybe after this year passes, and we aren't in a situation again where we had to grab whoever we could get and offer them a scholarship, our future prospects for the interior positions will improve. With this team especially, I think I see far more people elevate or deflate their hopes dramatically from one game to the next, based on good/bad performances than they ever have with any recent Zips teams. Some of them are really extreme, and change by the day. In looking at the future schedule, we need to remember that we still have to play ALL FIVE of our Division foes on the road over the last 11 games. I think that collective group of games will tell us a lot more about whether any of these guys can contribute for us in the future, rather than relying on a single play or a single game to make that assessment.

I want names! Skip, and who else?

I have to say I'm getting a chuckle out of all you guys jumping on the Kostolac bandwagon. Earlier in the season several posters had already written him off as a lost cause. Based on what I saw in the early practices I loved the kid. Here was a very athletic big man with a nice touch around the basket. The best part though was even though he is a very nice kid, when he gets on the court he has a certain mean streak in him. He loves the rough play. Early in the season that didn't help him. Too many quick whistles and trying too hard kept him buried on the bench. Now that he is getting quality minutes the game is starting to slow down and he is really showing what he is capable of doing on the court.

Reading BobcatAttack in full meltdown mode is beautiful, comforting, and promising. They are at a loss at what to do with their basketball program, and are in full-blown fear mode of Groce at the helm of the Zips. They know Groce's ceiling, and I think they expected his starting floor at Akron to be much lower. We are 10-9, 3-4 in the MAC (tied for 4th or 5th, however that cluster reads. We have 1 junior and 1 graduate student playing right now, with the rest being underclassmen. Heck, we even have a guy we found in the Rec Center getting playing time in crunch time. We have 2 bigs out, only one of which we're getting back this season, and 3 solid transfers waiting on the end of the bench. And we just beat OU in the middle of their coach's 4th season in the position. This is fun. Go Zips!

As much as I enjoy watching this team in action, the bigger joy I get is when I close my eyes and imagine what this team will look like in 2 years. At the end of previous games, I used to imagine what Parrish, Sayles, and Cotton will look like...today Kostelac earned a spot on that list too. Here's hoping that Patton will do the same soon. The future is bright, fellow Zippers