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I was on campus last week and had the chance to speak to Coach Bowden. I asked him about the addition of Marcus to the staff and here's what he had to say: "Because the local recruiting is so important to the success of our program, when running backs coach Eric Hickson left for Kansas State our goal was to fill the vacancy with a local guy. That guy is Marcus Wattley. Marcus went to Copley High School, played for The University of Akron, coached at Copley, and was then an assistant to Dan Boarman at St V for 9 years before becoming their head coach. He fit perfectly our goal of getting an outstanding, high character coach that knows the local community. Now that we’re a winning program, we have to do the best possible job of recruiting the local kids. Kids from St V come from all over the area, so I think Marcus’ hire really strengthens our position to best recruit northeast Ohio. Marcus has a lot of knowledge on the defensive side of the ball, so we’ll have him working with our defensive linemen and outside linebackers. I think we have about 8 guys on scholarship from St V, so obviously we’ve known Marcus for a long time." Trent Boykin will assume the duties of running back coach. A running back himself at YSU in the early 90's, he held that position for his first three years at Akron. Also - Kory Gribben was moved up from a grad assistant position to become the H-back coach. Congrats to Kory! Nobody noteworthy is leaving the Zips program or transferring out.

Transferred from Southern Illinois 6'3" SG 195# JUCO player

I have been told that Ezana and David Egbo scored the 2 goals.

Rookie Zeke fouled out almost every game and scored few points Rookie Big Dog was a boat anchor Give it time.

Oh, I played basketball for many years, but probably maxed out at 12" vertical. My brother was the dunker. I think he got better genes. Hey, I'm fine with eliminating the "mandatory 1 yr. of college" rule. It does bother me that they are using colleges as "minor leagues" for the nba, and these kids enroll with absolutely no intention of ever getting a college education.

Channel Banks(JUCO) PG 6'4" 185# Sheridan College Hometown-Las Vegas NV!!! VEGAS BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are we seriously comparing a freshman to a senior?

He is leading his team in assists.

Terry left something out though --

Gonna be young, Van Edwards, Sands coming back from injury & a true freshman already on campus in White, there are a couple more freshman in Alce & Floyd reporting in summer, i’ve been hearing that White looks good in workouts

No offense to Mr. Turfe, but I can't see him ever being more than a special teams contributor.

http://isnsoccer.com/news/2018/02/25/eventful-2018-lands-biros-with-akron-and-crew-sc-first-team/

Didn't go but here are some pics from the game, my guess is Egbo scored based on a pic of him pointing to the sky

Exactly. And the same ones who say that just keep coming back.

That part has always made me laugh. Who do they think they're fooling?

For those interested, I took a look at Duquesne's outlook for 2018-2019. I have admittedly not seen some of these players play before, so I'm guessing on a lot of this, but I don't see much PT for Dunn-Martin. Williams Jr. and Lewis are the Dukes' leading scorers this year as a freshman and a sophomore respectively, so I'd expect they'll continue to play. Frankie Hughes and Craig Randall are both transferring in, and I'd expect both to be ahead of TDM. It will also be interesting to see who the scholarships go to...by my count they have 16 players for next year. My guess is that's my error, but maybe they really do have a roster crunch. I'd expect them to be pretty good starting next year.

http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/890839?referrer_id=2333971 The visitors took the lead in the 60th minute as left back Joao Moutinho moved forward into the attacking third and fired a low shot that tucked just inside the right post. https://www.dailynews.com/2018/02/24/los-angeles-football-club-gearing-up-for-final-preseason-game-against-sacramento-republic/ Rookie defenders Joao Moutinho (first pick) and Tristan Blackmon (third) have more than held their own in camp. “Both have done really well,” Bradley said. “What I like is that they show every day, they compete, they try to play (soccer) and they’re not afraid and on the back foot.

Fair enough. Then give them an option to not be a college athlete and do away with the ridiculous "one and done" rule. I think your two inch vertical held you back from that free education skip!

Most years it gets you excited. This year it is just depressing.

I will say they are playing hard on defense. I haven't seen as many defensive breakdowns in the last couple of weeks. If they play that hard when they have more talent, I'll be pleased. On offense, it's a mess in large part because they have so few kids that can effectively score the ball.

I know. It was absolutely horrible being a fan of the school that had the most successful record in the MAC Tournament for more than a decade. Please, let someone else have that.

I was just going to start this post when I saw your post so here is my take. Even though we lost yesterday in a game that we led almost the entire time, there are a lot of positives going into Buffalo and the MAC tournament. Zips fans, be happy: Three weeks agp Groce did not like this team's effort, intensity or coachability. In the post game he indicated he was happy with all 3. Happy coach, happy team! We have been competitive the last 5 games. Utomi is playing his best ball right now. We finally have a road win so if we play on the road in the first round we have got that monkey off our back. We led most of the game yesterday without 2 scholarship players that will hopefully return for the MAC tournament. We played our best defense of the season yesterday according to the coach. This is the MAC, playing well at the end of the season even with lesser talent can mean upset in the tourney. Finally, for the small but vocal minority that is still is upset with KD leaving, the Dukes have lost 6 in a row. Go Zips!!

Carry on gentlemen!

Is this his first public appearance? I can't recall seeing him at any sporting event.