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He had his hits, and had his misses. When the waiver wire was in his favor guys like Coe, Marcus, Pittman (jr year), Davis, etc gave us a good chance to win. When it wasn't in our favor, Sands, Johns, Ball...we struggled. Bowden's QB stable was always thin. That hurt us. Williams was great, but only played one season. Chapman wasn't a QB. Woodson was usually overweight, suspended or injured. Ramart wasn't D1 material. Bowden couldn't recruit a good RB. He identified good, under the radar talents like Davis, Lako, Brown and Gilbert. But for every Northwestern win there were 4 losses to middling MAC/G5 teams. That was the problem. I thought we broke through against Marshall. That was probably Bowden's greatest win. But Woodson peaked that day, and we regressed afterwards. I liked Bowden. He was always very nice to me. He would have stuck around Akron for another 8 years and given us stability. But would he have turned us into "Toledo?" Or would we have been an "Eastern Michigan?" The AD made the call to try and get better, and here we are.

Right now, I don't care who we are playing. I just want some Zips basketball!

Coincidentally, LCJ has also been added to the Clark W. Griswold Award Watch List.

DE Bennett Adler (St. Ignatius) was named to the Cleveland dot com 1st Team Defensive Team. A defensive end among St. Ignatius' three down linemen, Adler blended power and speed to earn a scholarship commitment with the University of Akron... 11 TFL's, 23.5 tackles with 5.5 sacks entering their final game. Linky (Btw, this is pretty elite company as the other two DL 1st-Teamers were Hoban's Darryl Petersen who is a Wisconsin commit, and Streetsboro's Mike Hall who is an Ohio State commit.)

I believe this is a 100% correct statement. But it has no bearing on Akron football. Leonardo Decaprio will only date stunning supermodels and actresses. Joe Akron isn't so fortunate. He will waste his time trying to date out of his league. The star services don't really spend too much time pouring over tape and investigating guys with potential. Notre Dame shouldn't either. They'll reject more 4-star recruits in a single recruiting year than the entire MAC will successfully recruit in a lifetime. Stars are subjective. Talent is absolute. Arth needs to identify the best talent and potential within his recruiting "league." And retain and develop it. If he evaluates players deemed 2-star and a 3-star, and selects the one deemed a 3-star based solely on stars...not what he's seen on film, in-person or gleaned from speaking to coaches, then we've got the wrong coach. I have high expectations for Zips football. But I'm realistic of where we stand in December 2020. We need "Program Builders." Transfers looking for a chance to play. Late-developing seniors who somehow stayed below the radar (Jatavis, Ulysses, Alvin, Lako...). As you retain, develop and win, the caliber of recruit will increase. Not to Clemson's level, but hopefully Toledo's. Go Zips!

At long last our beloved Zip cagers open the 2020-2021 season this Saturday against the might Yellow Jackets of Cedarville University. The Yellow Jackets were 18-11 last year and compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. While clearly a tune-up game, it will be nice to see the Zips in action and get a sense of what we have in the new faces.

Congrats! https://gozips.com/news/2020/12/9/womens-basketball-akron-ranked-no-23-in-latest-collegeinsider-com-mid-major-top-25-poll.aspx

I just got a real nice Zips Columbia jacket there on clearance for $40 bucks!

I am/was a huge Biggs fan. Was he the most talented RB? Not by a long shot. He knew one important thing. It takes zero talent to work hard. Through hard work, he transformed a team that was destined for a miserable season and turned them into winners. I haven't seen the Zips play a single play this year, but if this RB is working as hard as advised and is transforming the culture of the team, we may have someone far better than Biggs.

I think Hicks quit. His twitter account doesn't mention anything about the Zips anymore.

Per Steelers.com, Ulysees Gilbert III will practice on Wednesday, Dec. 9, but remains on the Reserve/Injured List.

Really? The attached shows the Zips 2018 roster loaded with 31 players from Florida (and, oh wait, 38 from Ohio). https://gozips.com/sports/football/roster/2018

"...it has happened before..."

They have only had 150 years to prepare.

The GoZips dot com Team Shop is "Coming Soon!"

Zips by 20. Let’s go!

First off, the virus was found to start on the Wuhan Peninsula marketplaces. Specifically where humans eat bats. The Chinese government tried to hide the fact they had an epidemic, but it spread. Second, it’s not the death rate of the virus that causes the strain on our health system. It’s the amount of hospital admissions, specifically ICU admissions that the authorities look at. When hospitals fill up and elective procedures get cancelled, that affects us all. Cleveland Clinic wanted to turn an education hall into a makeshift ICU, but there were over 900 nurses off work with the illness. The virus might not have a huge death rate, but when it decimates the health care system, we all are affected.

football on TV and basketball on the radio. No Steve French on either one