Zip JD

I remember watching the Zips draw under 900 to a pay-to-host tourney game (Wisconsin Green Bay in the CIT I believe) and the crowd yesterday seemed smaller than that one. Reminds me of the old Municipal Stadium days of the Indians. Go by the tickets sold and round up.

I never thought I would miss a Riak 2 for 3 from the field and 2 for 2 from the line 6 point game but I do. (I blocked out the 3 failed alley oops and 3 kick outs without even thinking about put backs). We will see what Groce has up his in his bag of tricks when we get back to the JAR in December.

I got the joke. I just could not pass on a chance to type his name out one last time. I guess I should have gone with my first instinct and said Jim Dennison.

Maybe we can at least get him on a Zoom call this time. I remember when his name was flying around this site with a few guarantees he was going to be hired. That was right up until he declined to even be interviewed.

After the OU debacle and everyone having them most likely finishing 1-11 (me included), this was great for the team. They played hard and may have some life for the second half of the season. This will be the best bus ride the team has had in at least 3 seasons. Go Zips!

Great pull Dre

The most frustrating part for me is I cannot tell where the poor player evaluation/recruiting ends and the poor coaching begins. Nothing I see from Arth gives me any confidence in his ability, but we are so over matched every game that it is tough to evaluate anything I watch. We are a FBS program with FCS talent that sometimes looks more like NAIA level.

Great catch on the TD. Behind him and hit as soon as he grabbed it. Let’s go!

Then I probably shouldn’t mention that after waiting 20 minutes in line our AVI lady started yelling she’s closed and may have just quit. What a $h!t show.

Concession card readers still don’t work and out of Powerade for my kids 30 minutes before kickoff. Must be game day at Infocision.

Not enough to ensure we keep our D-I status, but I plan to fill a row or two (possibly more if the weather is nice).

I am all in on this game. I will be buying extra tickets and bringing as many people as i can to the game. Go Zips!

It appears that this comment about "walk ons" was actually a "walk off". Thanks for the info, I believe you have won the day and it is still morning.

Ouch. The copied text is taken from the write up on #25 Ball State: Ball State is the first of six MAC teams in the rankings this week, which I love to see. I've always thought of the MAC as the official conference of The Bottom 25. The league routinely schedules "up" for its non-conference early in the season, which leads to plenty of losses. Former MAC schools UMass and UConn are on list and Temple was on the list last week and will soon return. WMU and Can't were on the list last week as well and my guess is WMU gets back on. Anyone feel like starting a Rifle or ESports thread or anything we might be competitive at?

You Sir, have won the day.

It looks like LCJ's next stop is in the A league in France. https://www.chorale-roanne.com/saison-2122/roster-pro/loren-cristian-jackson/

I was hoping he would make the Brown's roster, but they have some return men that are more versatile and can play other positions. I hope he hooks up with another team.

He does always look like he is need of a rain out.

Not a lot of deer loose on the 600 Block of Sherman Street in Akron. The full article is up on page two of this thread. It was a terrible decision by a young man that had a chance to be the focus of the offense. I hope he gets his life together.

Hopefully they add liquor to the beer sales. This feels like more of a whiskey than beer season.

After the Bobcats big first round upset, the MAC settled back to what it has been lately. Closed the post season with 4 losses (NCAA, NIT (2), CBI). Brutal.

or to say #15 Oral Roberts. Lots of big programs taking L's this year which i hope continues. I just LCJ would have gotten to go dancing during his time here.

A rare occasion where the MAC gets two teams in the NIT with both Toledo and Buff getting bids. I know a lot of the blue bloods like Duke, Louisville, etc. declined to go, but it's still amazing that the MAC got 2 of the 16 spots this year.

ESPNU @ 8:30 p.m. tonight.

It must be COVID protocols. After almost every game you will see Groce do a fist or elbow bump in the air while nodding to the opposing coach.