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A bit off topic and irrelevant, but speaking of names, I absolutely hate how Mount Union is now called the University of Mount Union. It's not named after a city or state, it should be Mount Union University. Just me? Okay, probably lol.

Does anyone else cringe as hard as me when you see a recruit say they were offered by "Akron University"? It's downright painful for me.

What a beautiful example of playing together nicely in the same ZNO sandbox. Zipmeister got his "very" removed and BigJim got to use it on our stellar recruit Charles Kellom. An inspiring moment that is sure to bring a tear to any poster's eye. I need a tissue😥.

It's my understanding that 247 only takes info from the school and my guess that previous coaching staffs were not real good about submitting info to 247.

Our fight song even says "Akron U" in it. Lol

5 games in 11 days, then a week off, then 4 games in 8 days. You can't make this stuff up.

While killing time waiting for the next big Zips recruiting news, I visited the transfer portal and focused on the MAC from a slightly different perspective than I did last time. The punter/kicker who committed to the Zips is not listed on 247 or here (probably a walk-on) but would be classified as a LOWER.

247 has our mystery Cincinnati OL commit listed. It's Jourden Hale. I was wondering if it was him but he hasn't tweeted anything official yet. Since 247 has the 411 (do the cool kids still say that, or is that pre-Google) I'll go ahead and put him on the updated Post #1.

I’m not saying I’m a stars guy or not but I’m about looking at the info and making a opinion. A lot of the information on there is hard to verify. I look at this and say Miami has the best recruiting staff & worst coaching staff in league. They have had the best recruiting class for years but are only 500 every year, i just believe there is more than just stars & i think most coaches preach that, it’s the system we have, but it has some flaws & yes, i get it the best programs get the 4 & 5 stars but everyone else needs to find what works best in there system, kids that can stay eligible, stay out of trouble & get depth because the best ability is availability & we run into this every year with injuries & next man up sucks

I know many of you don't care about "stars" or ratings but I do 😉 247 MAC Recruiting We are not rated last in the MAC anymore We have the highest average player rating. If you were to factor in the transfer players we have brought in I am guessing we would be near the top. We also have the highest rated incoming player in Jacques-Louis (.876). Imagine what this staff will do with a full year under their belts and wind at our backs!!!!!

It is refreshing to see kids the Zips are hosting or that have committed and have a sense of excitement as opposed to asking "who?" as we often did with the prior staff.

Much appreciated. Seems like another area for some free publicity that was completely neglected by previous staffs. You know these kids are out there reading this site, why wouldn't you want to keep it as updated as possible? I guess, unless all your kids only had one FBS offer....

I believe he is a walk-on. 247 hasn't heard of him. Wonder about 2 things: 1) does he know about the FCS kicker joining the team? 2) is he any good at soccer?

Congrats to Luke Getsy for becoming the Chicago Bears Offensive Coordinator

Miami plays at Portage County A & T Tuesday night so they probably plan to stay up here rather than travel back to Oxford then back up.

It would be difficult to reschedule anything at this point.

We always called it Akron U growing up. It was an informal term of endearment, actually. I’ve gotten away from calling it that just because I know a lot of ppl don’t like it. But whenever talking about the school I always say “Akron,” and never the full (formal) The University of Akron. In fact, when we’d play touch football in someone’s back yard, instead of counting “One Mississippi, two Mississippi…” we’d count, “One Akron U, two Akron U…etc.”

I’m old it was Akron U when I went there & that’s exactly how you said it

I believe all the kickers on the the roster are walk ons until they become the starter

I typed up a detailed dissertation on how the top parochial schools in Ohio play a very tough schedule, but I decided to delete it so as not to continue a pi##### contest. I do not care if the word 'very' is used or not. My point is: I believe we got a stud running back and I am pumped. Bowden and Arth could not have pulled it off. I am going to look at a couple of the other freshman commits. In Joe We Trust!!!

I forgot that former Zips RB & current Buchtel head coach Bryan Williams played for JoeMo. That can't hurt the cause.

We could have really used Jermaine Marshall this year.

This team has good talent and they are playing good, just not pretty and not great. Plenty of top teir talent. But then again you wouldn't know that by hanging out on this board or thread. There is a lot of negative energy. For my two cents. I like this team. They can do some damage.

Per 247, here is a list of the incoming players... HS Commits QB - Dijon Jennings (6' 220 lbs; N/A) RB - Charles Kellom (6' 188 lbs; N/A) WR - Bobby Golden (5'9" 180 lbs; 3*) TE OL - Ka'Marii Landers (6'5" 300 lbs OT; 3*) - Keylen Davis (6'4" 270 lbs OG/OT; 3*) - Tyhler Williams (6'4" 300 lbs OG; N/A) DL LB DB Transfers QB RB - Cameron Wiley (6'2" 210 lbs; 3*; Minnesota) WR - Alex Adams (6'1" 175 lbs; 3*; LSU) - Shocky Jacques-Louis (6'1" 175 lbs; 3*; Pitt) TE OL - Max Banes (6'5" 307 lbs; 3*; Houston) DL - Devon Robinson (6'6" 260 lbs; 3*; Memphis) LB DB - Kerry Martin (6'2" 188 lbs; 3*; WVU) _________________________________________________ Signing day is Wednesday. We have some mystery verbals out there, potentially including a 4*. I think there are some guys missing from this list, too. Can someone fill in any missing names?

Zipmeister may be under your skin only because he employs very cerebral humor to get his point across. He is no fool. Compared to Arth he loves this staff. He probably did watch Leave it to Beaver and by no means is he a youngin. Now if you are the Ward from Ward and June Cleaver fame you may find you have a lot in common with the Meister.