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Onward and upward for Coach Joe as he settles into Akron! I'm so excited for this coming season!!

The "common cold" isn't one virus, it's a series of viruses that tend to spread seasonally and have similar symptoms, as I listed above; and all have different characteristics such as HMPV which mostly impacts children, and appears to have been circulating for 200 years. The Human Coronavirus that you suggest was discovered in 1965 was actually discovered in 1961 by a Common Cold research laboratory. That doesn't mean it qualifies for being registered as a "common cold" virus, nor that it was the "original virus" for the common cold. It was a virus identified after samples from a patient with general symptoms. That doesn't mean it's classified as a "Common Cold Virus". I know this might sound arbitrary, but to researchers it isn't. Symptoms do not equal classification. The inability of Kendal et. al. to cultivate the virus was what led to the discovery of the new clade of viruses. Simply producing a fever (aka cold) is not good enough for combating disease. This is why the first SARS-CoV-2 patient identified in a hospital in Wuhan was labeled as "SARS?" because the symptoms pointed to an upper respiratory virus, but all tests (even SARS-1 tests) came up negative and could not be identified by viral analysis. The only evidence they had of infection was the chest X-Rays...the same method that SARS-CoV-1 was originally identified in 2003...and something researchers had been warning about for the nearly 2-decades since. The 60-odd years later...and the advent of RNA analysis, we've been able to trace viruses and their evolutionary clades. Clumping coronaviruses in with the viruses I listed in the previous post, as if to suggest they are something to be ignored or "common", is incredibly ignorant. SARS and MERS demonstrate exactly why they are a clade of viruses that should not be so ignorantly ignored or brushed aside as "common" because they jumping to humans are far from "common". From RNA analysis we know all Coronaviruses, evolutionarily speaking, originate from Bats. Which is why researchers became increasingly concerned about the encroachment of domesticated animal farms in rural China, India, Pakistan and SE Asia because of the overlap with wild bat populations. Ironically this is where Pangolins, the most trafficked mammal on the planet, come into our little story...but that is a story for another time.

Michigan was a problem. He didn't get fired after Michigan. They could have fired him after Michigan. Losing the Outback Bowl badly after losing to Michigan was the problem. Would have survived another year regardless of the loss to Michigan. Michigan is just a state shaped like a mitten at the bottom. Michigan does have some good snowmobiling thought even though it has nothing to do with football. The MAC plays in a great bowl game in Michigan.

FIFY

Let's see, we're up to omicron, then there's pi, rho, sigma .... still lots of Greek letters left...

Tough way to start MAC play: We will not have played a game for more than two weeks (16 days) while the Bulls have been able to keep a somewhat steady schedule having two games during the same time period. Granted, they were two somewhat surprising losses to 4-9 Canisius and an a 10 point home loss to an 8-5 Sweaters team that was picked 7th in the MAC preseason poll. This game being at home plays to the Zips advantage after their hiatus. I feel better about it than I would if we were on the road. If the Zips are at full strength, I like our chances. If we still have guys out sick/COVID, then our depth is a serious issue here like has been discussed before. Wonder what it would take for Groce to burn the RS for Johnson or Mitchell? Side note, if you Google 'Akron Basketball Roster', the pic of Enrique Freeman is fun.

Coach will be in Akron starting in just a few day and we should see official staff announcements soon too. It’ll be a sprint to signing day!

I was looking forward to getting a future view of the JoeMo offense that will be run at Akron. It is now halftime of the Alamo bowl game, and I am going to bed. I am hoping for much better results when he sets up home in Northeast Ohio. As I listened to the game, I only heard Coach's name mentioned once, and that was surprising. I would have expected more comments including his move to Akron, but I was not listening intently and may have missed some comments. Merry Zipmas!

No offense intended here but shouldn’t the title of this thread same Game 11 instead of Game 14? I believe the Zips currently have a 7-3 record.

Thanks for keeping your focus on Zip sports. I hope you feel better after your educational thesis. I bet the Pangolins have a hell of a team this season.

The world has gone mad

Safe trip Mr. Wagon.

We're back, baby! Start up the thread Clark.

YES! OUR ENTERTAINMENT MUST BE PLACED ABOVE ALL! 🙄 On behalf of the exhausted and understaffed clinical hospital workers across NEOH (and everywhere else), please do your best to make decisions to try and stay extra safe out there during these next few weeks. Be especially careful if you've chosen to remain unvaccinated. I look forward to seeing our Zips back on the court when it's safe for them, and for the rest of the public. Hopefully getting through this mess now gets us a better chance at having a smooth month of March for college basketball.

How 'bout them Zips?

Just playing around while watching TV, I see the baseball schedule is posted! The usual home MAC Friday - Saturday (DH) - Sunday series, and a few games with Malone and BW. One interesting note - they're scheduled to play Georgia Tech on a Monday night in May at Canal Park.