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The Ice Cream Social was a nice event. The attendance wasn't great but OK. About 10 of the players were there. Some were in class. Spoke a little to Xeyrius, Dailey, Walter, Sayles and Roscoe. All very nice kids. Told Jayden it was nice to see him without a cast to which he responded with an emphatic "me too!" Maishe Dailey makes a great impression. Eloquent, makes eye contact and couldn't be friendlier. Coach Groce did a great job of working the room while not rushing anyone. From what I heard, Dawson is not a part of the team at this point and another potential contributor will not play this year. I don't want to openly air their laundry on here but feel free to message me for any details. The schedule is finalized but the MAC won't let them release it until after Labor Day as it is ironing out TV details.

I took my son and I will echo Clark in that it was a nice event. He loved the ice cream with sprinkles. He is pretty shy but ended up getting all the autographs of the players that weren't in class. I also asked Jayden if his wrist was fully recovered and he said emphatically that he is 100%! Also spoke briefly with Cheese. Sounded like he took 3 classes this summer and is getting close to graduating. He wants to be an A.D. after school/basketball. He also mentioned how he feels the team has continued to get closer off the court.

Four years ago I had the opportunity to speak to Jeff Bowden and Todd Stroud at a Zips golf outing. I asked them who they felt was the biggest impact player from the 2016 class. Stroud immediately said “Trevor Brown.” Bowden said “Kato Nelson.” After a short, friendly debate they agreed both were worthy of being #1. Since Trevor arrived at Akron I’ve always enjoyed watching him play. So it was cool that I got 10 minutes to interview him after a recent practice. Hope you like it. Thanks as always to Dr. Z for the great photos and professional layout!

This is an awesome article. Thank you both!

My DVR recorded the first episode of "Zips Football with Terry Bowden". Not only have they not bothered to change the name of the series, the logo still has Terry's picture. Of course the show was overrun by a late-running Indians post-game show.

this has a good 3.5 minute video with coach Embick https://gozips.com/news/2019/8/29/mens-soccer-opens-65th-anniversary-campaign-at-xavier.aspx

Congratulations to Drew on his promotion

Another look at that one... The winner...

“Alvin can play anywhere,” Arth said. “He can be a starting corner for us. He can be a starting safety. He can play in the slot. He can do it all. So, I think for us to be as good as we can be, Alvin is going to have to play in multiple roles for us this season.” I'll look forward to seeing AD catch some passes ?

I wonder if TA has been tempted to suit up and try out for the Colts again in recent days ?

It looks so strange seeing Charlie Frye wearing a CMU shirt. I don't like it!

Eagerly anticipating the 2019 3-for-Thu. rollout ??? ?