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For my part, this is a memory that I will really cherish for this season. It had a lot of elements that make for a great MAC game. Wednesday night. In the snow and cold. Two teams struggling. It really attracted only the most die hard fans among us. And I don’t care if you watched it live, on TV or read about it the next day in the paper and cheered, we are all together in cheering this team on. I love it and it was all the better that it was a fourth quarter come from behind victory. I’m not going to sit here and tell anyone that it was a win that will turn this season around. It may or may not. But I just really enjoyed living in the moment and sticking it out until the end no matter how dang frustrating it was. And I can’t imagine what it’s been like for all the Zips fans that have been suffering on this board for way longer than me! Hope they all took some joy from this game!

Just a PSA: you can get Flosports through the Big East Digital Network for $15 a month. Not sure if it’s only for big East events, but if you are just using it to watch zips soccer it is a good deal

I did not attend even tho' I am a season ticket holder. I was so mad at this team for destroying (so I thought) my love for Zip football. Living two hours away I watched with hope, then dread, then more hope, then pure elation. This team, that I was disgusted with, brought me back. Winning the "Wheel" is huge. For us now, it is everything. Don't believe the rivalry is dead and no one cares. There was even a segment on our victory tonight on TV in Columbus. This is our "Wheel" and we are not going to give it back for a long time. Thank you to the boys for believing when I had lost the faith. Thanks to Joe and staff. Joe is still the guy to fix it and he will.

I always like this quote from Danny Ainge - "It’s not a coach’s job to give opportunities for everybody. To me, it’s a player’s job to make that coach feel like he needs you on the court (field) to win — because every coach wants to win.” Wasel and Jennings apparently haven't shown the ability to lead the 2023 Zips or they'd have started by now. I was surprised to see Undercuffler starting. After his voluminous turnover parade, who knew he was capable of playing a clean game turnover-wise, let alone leading three TD drives in the 4th quarter. But I guess Joe did...and he was proven correct. I'm ecstatic about the Kent win, and I've never wavered in my support of Joe, whom I am certain will turn the Zips into winners. I respect the hell out of the effort put forth by the Zips on Wednesday. But playing 1-7 opponents, at home, can make for some deceiving stats. It will be interesting to see which JU shows up against Miami. If he could play a clean game, we could win. The defense took their already-respectable game up a notch once they saw the offense finally put up some points. It's the offense's turn to ramp it up again.

This is a fantastic idea and surprisingly so for a MAC school. Everyone in Akron knows these places and they resonate with alumni of all ages at some level. Well done!

Big East tourney results so far today in the noon game, top seed Georgetown ousted 8 seed Seton Hall 2-1 in the 4 pm game, 3 seed Providence leads 6 seed Creighton 3-0 at 81

PCCC's loss was so disconcerting that it bled over to Colorado where Deion has yanked play calling duties from Sean Lewis! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/colorados-pat-shurmur-to-take-over-play-calling-duties-as-deion-sanders-buffs-look-for-spark-per-report/

I'm not going to defend a lot of what he did but I certainly understand the well of emotion that it probably stemmed from. This season has been frustrating enough for the fans, I can't imagine what it's like for those players. And the first real win we get is in a rivalry game, so he was probably exorcising some demons out there. At the same time, you can't do some of those things consistently because you're going to get burned, and when our margin for error is so slim, any penalty/mental mistake is instantly magnified.

I happen to agree, I despised it the first few months, but grew to like it being that all the teams were wearing it, and I like wearing what the team wears. With that said, I will give Guthrie the the benefit of the doubt in wanting to create a more streamlined and cohesive brand. He has been quoted in interviews wanting something to represent the brand that feels collegiate and not cartoonish--again, not really something I agree with, but okay I see his point. If you look at many of the biggest and most successful schools in the country, they have some kind of block lettering, iconic logo that is the first letter of the school. Fair enough. As much as I love the Z, it was better served as a secondary logo. The A-Roo, though now I unfortunately associate it with the helmets that went 1-11 x 3 instead of 2005, was the best of all worlds and it's a shame we ever went away from it. The most important question is...at what point/year do we see it as a throwback helmet? That is the day I officially will feel like an old man.