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For what it's worth, Dials is still listed as a center on the Cavs site.As far as whether Travis is "wasting" a summer league roster spot, I think we are selling him a bit short here. He was, after all, POY in a D1 conference. That alone makes a summer league look justifiable. Certainly, players have come from less auspicious backgrounds/resumes and gone on to succeed in the NBA (And NFL. And MLB.). I hope the Cavs give him every chance to make this team. Not for LeBron, but for themselves.

Hope he kicks @ss and earns a roster spot..Other notable names playing for the Cavs are Terrence Dials (hard to believe he was the Big Ten POY just two years ago) and Kevin Pittsnogle. Seems like Daniel Gibson has already proven himself and is not a cut risk, but he's on the roster too:http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/summer_l...ter_070704.html

actually it IS enforcable... Its just of matter of whether the NCAA WANTS to enforce it or not. Exactly. I'm afraid they could start playing hardball at any time, especially if the BCS conferences that hold all the sway in the NCAA decide they want it to be more strictly enforced.Back to Cleveland, I think whatever conditions exist in the Rubber Bowl that helps the Zips when (ie., home field advantage) will be in play at Cleveland stadium too. In fact, I'll come right out and say: Zips will beat Army!

I think one angle being missed is the need to continue to maintain at least 15,000 per home game every two years. Yeah, we hit it last year, but we can continue to buy more time for us until the new stadium by continuing to hit that mark.The Cleveland game should help immensely in that regard. Of COURSE it's a home game. It's 30 minutes from Akron and over 7 hours from West Point per Yahoo maps. They'll probably paint the Roo on the 50 yard line like the did for BG last year and we will earn more money and asses in the seats than we would have at the rubber bowl, and that's the important thing.Some of you guys just demand everything to be perfect, and think that there's some Santa Claus out there we can hire to make everything Right and Just, who can get blood from a stone, and derive influence out of thin air. Your pissy attitudes do not help things.

I'm not sure but since there are several teams in the NIT with a lower RPI and SOS than the Zips. And there are definitely a whole bunch of teams with worse records. I'm just wondering of all those teams that did not get in by winning their conference during the season, just how many had gyms SMALLER than the JAR? Could it be that Akron's Seating Capacity was not up to the committee's standards? I suspect the same. I don't think anyone had a worse SOS in the NIT field (not counting the Automatic Bids), But, that's the ONLY thing going against us, and these guys are supposed to be looking at myriad stuff.Actually, the NIT is selected by guys like Dean Smith, Gene Keady, and other coaching luminaries. You think they are swayed by any of the phone calls from everywhere? You think they are really doing much research and sizing these up the way they should rather then discussing their golf games and deciding who they would "fear most" to play?I don't. And that's why I don't blame Rhoades, Chryst, or any of those guys. The fault of this injustice lies squarely on the shoulders of the NIT selection committee and the NCAA for installing retired coaches rather than guys who actually have the inclination to get things right.

So you're saying that he knew he hadn't done enough for Akron and wasn't really surprised. And the mission to scapegoat everyone on the planet continues....

http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2007/03/n...s_toledo_t.html

Someoe said this already, but someone please take mental notes and reiterate for those of us outside the Cleveland market. Thanks!

You forgot about how they lead off the show with us saying we are in, and that 26 wins is apparently a new record for a team to go to neither tournament, and that the seven losses were all by six or less, and that all the teams with higher RPI's got in as well as the next eleven with lower RPI's.

Do you have a cite for this, I'd love to be able to use it.

I don't think that's right, because the team they went to after leading off with Akron was Clemson, and they are in.

Here's a fun fact...We have the highest RPI of any team not playing in either tournament....AND the ELEVEN teams just below us are all still playing:http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

I thought the guy was saying that Akron should have gotten into the NCAA -- what possible explanation is there for the Zips not getting into the NIT??? The NIT Commish, C.M. Newton, said, "We asked ourselves, who would you be more reluctant to play? Then who? Then who?"Translation: I'd be scared to play big conference teams. We don't know anything about Akron and we didn't research. We only included mid-majors that have been on the National radar all year.

WHAT?!?!?!?! Please tell me I just missed it. Please tell me. Mike Hall said, "All these teams are in" after talking about Akron and I DID NOT SEE AKRON!

Well, that was nice, Akron was the very, very first team they mentioned, with props. I was a little afraid we wouldn't get in at all when I saw how many high major teams on the "bubble" of that link above.

It appears it will indeed be availabe for a fee via Gozips/Collegesportsdirect:http://www.collegesportsdirect.tv/liveEven...3&frm_year=2006besides the College Sports Direct website, you can pretty much figure out all live games available, either streaming video or audio, via the following links, which have become indespensible to me:http://mattsarz44017.tripod.com/http://hometown.aol.com/zagsfan2715/basketball2006.htmhttp://www.thegamelive.com

...what the single game Rubber Bowl attendance record is for a Zips game (i.e., not counting Cleveland Browns exhibitions?) Couldn't find it in the media guide.

Did anyone catch this color guy (Ron Brown) say the dumbest thing an annoucer has ever said (seriously) when they were reviewing that UC incompletion?"Now, we know the ground cannot cause an incomplete pass...The ground is the ONLY thing that can cause an incomplete pass!

...and here's a great, great resource for college football on tv and live streaming games on the web, including All-MACcess games:http://mattsarz44017.tripod.com/football2006.html

You know, before every game we get fans of the opponents in here, and for the most part they are gracious and cordial. But this one really takes the cake. This is the nicest opposing fan post I think I have ever read. It made me feel good to be an Akron fan, and has also made a UNT fan out of me. Major kudos, and go Mean Green.

Phil Steele.I'll be here all week. Seriously, I'm not too worried either, although I hope the players don't have a "Bah! This'll be a cakewalk as usual." attitude. Another mitigating circumstance to the BG game is BG committed six turnovers. I think it's safe to say we will not.Come to think about it, is this the biggest football game for Can't in decades? If they beat their rival, they go to 3-0 in the MAC East and they still have Buffalo, EMU and Ball State left to play and likely beat. Their players, coaches and fans - all 24 of them - will be super-hyped up (and hopefully tight) for this game, and we have to match them in intensity. Or put another way, we have to take them seriously. If we do, we should win.If not, I move that we pre-emptively ban Antonio Gates from ZN the second the final gun sounds.

Bump.As promised (sorry it's later than I said it was gonna be...)http://www.sports-central.org/sports/2006/...s_and_poker.phpHalf of my column deals with the NCSU game fallout, and I link directly to Zips Nation. Hopefully that will direct more traffic here and keep the momentum going!

I watched the week 1 Ball State - EMU game on all-MACcess, and the picture quality was good (I have DSL). It seems to be that they are only picking up games that are on TV somewhere (locally, regionally), and streaming that broadcast wholesale, graphics and all. I will definitely be ordering the CMU game as well. Not sure about Zips Zone.

Wow, what a beautiful post. It brings a tear to my eye. You see, perhaps the Penn State fans shouldn't have pointed it out, but it's true: They are going to absolutely kill us and we are poor saps living in a dreamworld if we think this game will be anything but an abject beat-down, with PSU pulling their starters before halftime, just like a couple years ago. It's the integrity and somlemnity of JoePa, however, that allows for such a magnanimous gesture like the post above and permeates throughout PSU fandom. May God Bless you, TheSkyIsBlueAndWhite! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

What were you saying again about a lack of respect?