NWAkron

Say what?

There are no divisions.

Have to agree. Final game CMU at home? There's a crowd favorite, but I will be happy just being in any crowd come March. and 4 of last 6 games on the road.

Who was the associate AD who did this? Just seems such an odd/stupid thing to do.

I'm trying hard to remember who the Zips football coach was in 2015 when an associate AD was loaning $$ to players.

Article said significant majority are vaccinated so hopefully these are mild cases. This situation will likely pop up for a lot of teams. On another note, good article! *correction: significant majority of team is vaccinated, not necessarily the players who are out.

https://sportsnaut.com/mississippi-rebels-football-reaches-100-percent-vaccination/

That leaves Arth with having to answer the running back question once again and while it is an issue, it’s not necessarily a concern as it was when he first arrived at UA. “I think it’s a position where we have to learn more about the guys we have,” he said. “We thought we had great depth … the guys we have in that group are more than capable.” The Zips list eight other running backs on the roster, Arth has mentioned Toledo native Jonzell Norills, Michigan State transfer Anthony “Ant” Williams and Cole Gest as those with near-term potential. None of the three have much in the way of experience. Although it’s only one day of practice, Arth said they are hungry and they’ve put in the work necessary to compete for the job. “There’s a high expectation among our group and they’re holding each other to a higher standard and it’s been really good to witness that,” Arth said. “It’s been really good to be able as a coach to step back and let your players lead a little bit.” Norills (5-foot-10, 210 pounds) has flashed in practice situations. Gest, a 5-foot-9, 195-pound sixth-year senior, produced his best while a freshman at Indiana when he rushed for 428 yards and caught 10 passes for 83 yards and Williams, 6-foot-1, 210, arrives after getting lost on the depth chart when Mel Tucker took over as coach of the Spartans. In his two seasons in East Lansing, Michigan, he rushed 42 times for 123 yards and a touchdown and caught seven passes for 82 yards in 14 games.

As of the opening of camp Friday, Dollard was not on the field with his teammates. He was already suspended for spring practice and he is likely looking at time away from UA and the football field into the season. “It’s totally out of our hands,” Arth said after the team’s practice Friday. “Teon is going through the process, through university protocols and we do not make exceptions for athletes. He has to go through this process as any student would. The timeline is what it will be. We have no control over that.” Arth gives Dollard credit for doing the things necessary to return to the field, including a grade-point average above 3.0, but Dollard will have to defend his actions related to the weapons charge in a hearing with the office of Student Conduct and Community Standards. “I’m not allowed to weigh in,” UA Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie said. “Tom’s not allowed to weigh in. There is no influence from athletics. It’s a university situation and it’s no different than a biology student getting in the same situation.”

Why did they fire Bowden? wonder if he's vaccinated.

I thought I heard of every university or college in the U.S. until I met up with a tennis instructor from Newman University in Kansas. But Point Park is a new one to me. Of course, Jodi Kest is now an asst coach at Lynn University (???) in Florida.

I think it's very clear where this is going and there will be no fans at football or basketball. So ... my point is that it's hard to market the sport or for a fan to get excited when the unvaccinated have chosen to ruin life for everyone.

jesus. ok ok.

I think with COVID lingering it's difficult to get excited with a general sense of unease out there.

Uhh...awkward...Akron alum Matthew Cherry won an Oscar for his short film about a Black father and his efforts to style his daughter's hair. I would suggest that Zipmeister watch it and then re-think his post. (It's called "Hair Love")

Back in the day, we wanted wins over Power 5 because we "thought" it would get us that at-large bid. Well, that never happened. So I think this is an excellent tournament that will allow Groce and crew to evaluate where the team is with Mid Majors. I won't be going to Florida for this, but I will be in the JAR for the big game in November against Malone or Coppin State.

Stay the night and fly out on Thanksgiving.

Wow. All white. Exciting.

B and M are close on the keyboard.

Media always looking for the next villain. He's being raked over the coals more than those idiots in Hudson

My comment was more of an inside joke for Clark. I refer to KSU as Ravenna State or PCCC at Ravenna.

You can live really well in Ravenna on that salary.

Now what?

ugh...Bubba for Threeeeeeeee!

ZipsMBB just announced officially Castaneda and Walton are with the Zips.