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As well as a testament to the quality of Zips football.

Love the "according to who?" This clown obviously doesn't know who he's talking to 😂.

On a completely random note, Arby’s owes a big thank you to whoever associated our new logo with that of the fast-food chain as my consumption of beef and cheddar and chicken cordon blue sandwiches has drastically increased. Apparently, I am easily influenced.

Who's Tyler Kavalecz?

According to whom!

Looks like Groce got an extension that hasn’t been made public. Love to see it.

Brubaker is on the 15 day DL for the Yankees.

It is March 30th and we're talking basketball. That's a testament to the quality of Zips basketball.

Yeah, he's probably firing off a FOIA request right about now...

https://fordhamsports.com/news/2025/3/29/mens-basketball-mike-magpayo-named-head-mens-basketball-coach-at-fordham-university.aspx He was their first choice all along. Sendy wanted the job in a bad way but had too much baggage. In more ways than you can imagine. Martelli? Why would they hire a guy that the coach they just fired beat in the regular season?

Unfortunately Zach was injured this season.

I edited a prior comment. Gray was also a very poor shooter prior to coming to Akron. He shot ~.270 at Cornell and .365 in year 1 at Akron. In Groce's time at Akron we've seen some players make huge leaps Freeman, Lyles, Tavari, etc. Mahaffey shot improving is certainly a possibility, but not a given.

Side note, this is a great shot of Wentz and his passion for the program.

Young's size and lack of strength and this point can be taken advantage of my a larger offensive player but I was impressed by his perimeter on the ball defense. He was really good at pestering a dribbler.

100%. I remember when Groce couldn't play Tavari b/c of him being such a liability on defense (reminds me of Young). Tavari just had the biggest stop of the MACC.

Since this weather is crap and in the spirit of my buddy GP1 I'm feeling extra snarky today, I thought I'd keep going on my horsey and share some thoughts on the current state of the Zips rivalry with Kent. I saw online its been more than 720 days since Kent beat Akron in football or men's basketball. The programs, for the moment, seem to be at opposite ends of the spectrum with the Zips riding high, but oh how quickly that can change with something as 'basic' as a program's approach to scheduling. Scheduling, particularly in football and basketball, is a huge uphill battle for mid-major FBS and one-bid conference schools, ADs and head coaches. This is not some bullet point on an AD job description. It is a challenge to create reasonable schedules without major money games when school administration (boards, presidents, provosts and the like battling enrollment challenges and budget deficits who aren’t able to get creative outside of taking a quick payday for a football game) get used to the big fat paychecks coming in at the expense of coaches, players, and fans who care about winning. You need not look further than just down the road… The Chucklers who knock Guthrie on this forum, have been so busy scathing their own, that they seem to have completely ignored a Kent-specific jewel right in front of us. Sure, Kenny is gambling his life away. Pinky is dejected and the brightest shade of pink. Come on Zips Nation! Dig deeper! Step up your game! It’s disappointing how surface level you’ve become with your insults and quips. How easily you can dismiss that successful scheduling is critical to ongoing success and argue that it’s base level AD 101 – if that was true schedule drops wouldn’t pull in so much attention. All simply because you dislike a guy. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this group gush over the above ‘marketing’ of Kent's money grab, blood bath football schedule, and chide UA’s marketing for not doing better. Riddle me this timeline and the results - I remember having many emotions as a Zips fan in the spring of 2021 when Randel Richmond, Kent’s current AD was hired to replace long time Kent AD Joel Nielson. Richmond was hired just after Williams announced his departure from Akron. First and foremost for me, relief to see Larry go as my heart was broken numerous times throughout his tenure but also immediate fear that Kent would continue to trend upwards and we may never recover post-Williams, post-Covid. When Richmond was hired, Kent was on a roll with a Sean Lewis-led football team, we faced the sting of the 2017 heartbreaker in basketball, and I personally had deep wounds when it came to the different paths for Kent vs. Akron baseball. What would Miller do with his first and turns out only AD hire while at the helm at UA. When you consider it now, in hindsight, it was a real crossroads for the Zips and became a real turning point, particularly in the UA Kent rivalry as it stands today. Looking back at the dates, Guthrie was brought in just three months later than Richmond. Since those moves in 2021, other than the Kent NCAA tourney appearance in 23 when they had POY Sincere Carry, it's clear Akron has thrived, while Kent has struggled mightily under Richmond's leadership, coaching hires etc. Richmond and Kent’s totally inept, uninterested president, have been unable and/or unwilling to do what Miller and Guthrie were willing to do while at Akron, prioritize athletics. All these beat downs of Kent - all these wagon wheels the past two seasons across sports-was the outright vision of the guys or guy some of this board seem to loathe. Cornerstone in the strategy for Miller and Guthrie was dominating Kent. There’s quotes from them both over the tenure saying as much. Moorhead has followed suit in his own messaging and approach to the rivalry. Can the same be said for Kent’s president and AD? As we find ourselves in the position to joyously crap talk PCCC and hoist the Wagon Wheel high above our collective heads all year long, and as we assume the announcement of our next AD nears, I think back to where we were before Miller was named president, on the heels of Covid, and prior to Guthrie. I sure hope Nemer and the incoming AD keeps this momentum going because after writing this post and realizing how bad KENT SUCKS I'm feeling much better.

Apparently there isn't a board in charge anymore. For the last couple of years the board has been terrible as most of the people "in charge" couldn't even attend as fans because they were working the events. When I was a student no one really went to games because they were members of the rowdies. It was more just a student section and not anything organized. I said it at the start of the year, if we beat OSU students will show up as they see the team is good. But as we have seen the last few seasons, we lose or draw early big games, people just stop showing up. I think basketball would be a better way to see if students actually care about being part of the "rowdies" or just a student section