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One of Groce's sayings is "Winter will ask what Summer did". Something like that anyway. Basically, the time for forming good basketball habits and personal improvement on their shot, dribble, post moves, etc is the off-season. Now is the time for competing and building team chemistry (Teamism). I sure hope these guys have put in the work and are just off to a slow start. Because I too am less than impressed and we need to make up for the lost production of Ali, Dawson and Wynn if we want to have a successful March. We need 2 or 3 players beyond Castaneda, Freeman, and TJ to contribute on a consistent basis. It is getting late in the developmental process for some guys so the potential for them being passed over going forward is quite real. Not concerned yet, it's a long season. And I'm rooting for all of our guys to break out.

Bubba's father tweeting about Bubba coming back for one final year w/ the Zips

They're finally figuring out how to turn the tables, though. The world uses America for all sorts of things - education, better life, non-soccer sports, etc. Europe, at least, is finally returning the favor by letting us use their academies to groom our Men's National Team. However, until we get a legitimate striker that can finish, it won't matter. Our defense and midfield belonged against the Dutch. Our finishing ability did not.

Lewis running his hurry up offense in the thin air of Boulder could be a very real home field advantage for the Buffs. I wish he was still at Kent. He was cocky and I was looking forward to watching JoeMo & Co. pass them by.

Kent State has officially dropped out of Rivals top 100 in recruiting. We currently sit at #83.

Darrell Hazell went from Can't to Purdue.

This was a horrible call. Should not have been ruled a Safety. It was a TD by Grant Gainer or worse case it is Zips ball on half yardline. The punter never regained control of the ball. That was the first of many "Get Buffalo to a Bowl Game" calls ordered by the MAC. http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=35165341

It's always equally satisfying to crush that school and its fan base.

Last one to leave remember to turn off the lights.

Rough. Ship is sinking fast.

Schlee, Cephas, Cooper now all in the portal.

Ouch! Not a good day at the office 😂

The Hazell move came after a 11-1, 8-0 season for Kent. Jon Heacock was their DC (been one of the best in FBS since 2017), Marcus Freeman was on staff, they had an old and smart QB and a lightning fast RB. They didn't recruit a lot of the guys on that team, but they hit the lottery and had an insane year. Even so, Purdue was the best job he could get. All this to say, if 2020 isn't a COVID year, if they don't get blown out by NIU in Detroit, if they don't go 5-7 this year in a bad MAC, Lewis would have had his pick of the litter. Unfortunately for Kent, it's such a football black hole that he had no interest in sticking around to try to get that bigger job, so now is the right time to jump ship. And he landed in about as good a spot as he possibly could have.

The second happened very close to the end of the game after the votes were in.

Disaster avoided and sanity prevails. Zags remembered they were the Zags. Carry isn’t very good in these big time games.

"think small be small" to quote your signature.

Garvin has the ability to be a solid D1 PG. He can penetrate well, handles the rock well, and dishes well. He just needs to throw up 1000 shots a day until he's making 500 consistently, and an additional 1000 layups until he's making 999 consistently.

https://www.fccincinnati.com/news/fc-cincinnati-academy-holds-signing-event-at-mercy-health-training-center Matt Dreas and Alen Kapic are set to play for the University of Akron and link up with former FCC Academy player, Ashton Kamdem, adding depth to a strong Zips team coming off the program’s 35th all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Dreas and Kamden shared the field in 2022 with FC Cincinnati 2 during MLS NEXT Pro’s inaugural season.

I think Tavari's ascension up the depth chart pushes Garvin down the depth chart. We'll see how he responds. I think we all hope he responds in a way that earns back the minutes but today's athletes are just as likely or more likely to jump into the transfer portal than work harder.

Why do you say that? He has not played great thus far but last year he came on strong at the end of the season. I think Tamari has earned some of his minutes but he has the capability to raise his game and compete to earn the minutes back.

"I was hoping for a P5 HC job, but that 💩 hole called Kent was just too much. Had to get the hell out of there. So I jumped ship to a coordinator job at a school that went 1-11 last year and will barely need a coordinator cause their HC can out-recruit most schools." - Sean Lewis telling his buddies the news (probably)

HE LEFT 🚨

According to On3 Ronald Jackson and Nazir Sy are both in the TP. I don't believe we knew of either of them being in it, did we?

Colorado should be an elite football school. The opportunity to go to school & play football in the Rocky Mountains should be a dream. I'm a beach guy. Love the beach. But I've never been literally awestruck by the landscape like I was when visiting the Rocky Mountains.

https://www.hudl.com/video/3/12984419/638cb6d1d225ce017c22c169 State Semi final game. Zayden Laing-Taylor

I don't want to belabor the unfortunate result, but I know we're all proud of our former Zip representing the 🇺🇸 well in the 2022 World Cup and had to post a picture. Best wishes to DeAndre for whatever his future holds on and off the field. https://chicago.suntimes.com/soccer/2022/12/3/23491378/united-states-eliminated-from-world-cup-after-3-1-loss-to-netherlands

We made a 4-star athlete's Top 8 list

Well this one stings. Really underrated player that would have helped us. Looks like I should have been worried after all @LZIp.

IMO the US will always be at a disadvantage in the sport, where the best athletes (and any American athletes who weighs more than 160 lbs) (most of them) will go for the big money in football or basketball. But we can always dream of another miracle like the 1980 olympic hockey team...