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From Gregg Easterbrook's ESPN Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, where he detailed how the Jets beat the Patriots. Brady tried a quick out to tight end Rob Gronkowski on third-and-4, but Gronkowski was jammed at the line by linebacker David Harris and stumbling as the ball arrived. Jersey/B spent most of the contest in a 3-3-5, with the extra defensive back, Drew Coleman, sometimes playing man-to-man and sometimes playing zone. Damn, maybe we were just playing it wrong.

I wouldn't count Legursky since he played at Marshall after they left the MAC (and Briggs is close at UCF so I'm not sure there), but the thing I think is impressive is that 10 current MAC schools are represented plus Marshall (and maybe UCF). The only schools not to have a player on any of the four rosters are Temple, Ball State and Ohio. Brad Maynard punted for Testicle Tech a few centuries ago Had Ball State joined the MAC yet? So thats 11 out of 13 current members then.

I wouldn't count Legursky since he played at Marshall after they left the MAC (and Briggs is close at UCF so I'm not sure there), but the thing I think is impressive is that 10 current MAC schools are represented plus Marshall (and maybe UCF). The only schools not to have a player on any of the four rosters are Temple, Ball State and Ohio.

Pittsburgh has only MAC QB's. Also have Batch and Leftwich. And of course Harrison from Can't.

I am drawing a complete blank. I'm trying to remember what our back line looked like for the championship game. I know Kofi was at right back but I cannot remember where Valentin, Korb and Barson were. Can anyone help? Excellent news on Gallego, though. Reloading in 3, 2, 1 ...

My niece actually plays for Our Lady of the Elms. They were apparently amused enough by this quote to send the following to Coach Dambrot comparing their coach to him. Dambrot_vs._Giel.doc

So when do we start posting that Notre Dame's best player decided to transfer to Akron?

I was talking to some of Crew's season ticket sales people there and they were all hoping for a Zip to help generate some interest. Ampai and Korb are both really good players but probably would have been seen as a reach at #12 and #18 apparently.

There's at least one Akron fan there. Maybe there were two. Just took a long lunch to go up and check it out. Pretty fun atmosphere. There was a chant at the beginning that sounded a lot like the Rowdies "Worst/Best Golaie in the World" but it was Philadelphia fans. They were also amusing when New England fans chanted "Revo-lu-tion" and Philly fans kept following it up with "Sucks!". Great to see so many Zips at the top of the board. Think they were getting tired of saying "from the University of Akron (and they did get it right )". I think Nagbe maybe didn't go #1 because of the immigration issues but surprised Kitchen didn't either. Anyway, pretty excited about Kitchen coming to DC United, so I can see him play. Once the end of the first round dwindled down I was able to talk for a few minutes with Porter, Nanchoff, Sarkodie and Korb. All of them signed my College Cup program too which was nice. Chris looked a little dejected but I think he'll still go. Ampai (who didn't appear to be there) I think would have gone early if he was 5'11", 180 but he will go sson too. Fun thing to do to support the Zips. I took a few pictures which I'll try to post later. Edit: While I was typing, Korb and Ampai went. Great! Now I have Kitchen and Korb to root for.

I don't want them yelled at either. Yelling is for practice. I'm more interested in whether or not a different strategy was deployed. We pressured and double-teamed a lot in the 2nd half. OU picked us apart. I wouldn't read too much into one game. OU played well, but they have not shown the ability to play with any consistency thus far. Very thin in the front court until next year. Even very good teams come out flat from time to time. If this Ohio team were to play Akron in a 10-game series, Akron would still win 7. In my mind, the jury is still out on John Groce - he's certainly a good recruiter and should have a much better team next year, but I'm not sold on his ability to coach up a team its full potential. Dambrot is much better than that in my mind. Who are you and what have you done with jupitertoo's body?

Bill Turner Figures you'd know. But, yep, Bill Turner was actually drafted and played in the NBA for six years and is the only Zips player to ever play in the NBA. Played for the Zips in the 60's. Of course, Jakubick was drafted by the Cavaliers in I think 1984, but was cut and never played for them. This was back when the NBA draft lasted longer than two rounds.

Can't crushed BGSU 80-63. Makes me feel a little better about the East. Also NIU beat EMU. We need to take down Ohio tonight since our next three will be on the road.

I'm sure the Rowdies will let this one slide.

I was wondering the same thing. It's supposed to be nasty tomorrow. I'll be there either way, but I sure hope people come out even with subpar weather conditions. I'll never forget the OU game. That was Bubba's first return to Akron. If I remember correctly, the game was sold out, or nearly sold out, but it looked like only about 1,000 people made it. I remember not even being able to pull into my driveway when I got home. One of the worst snow storms I ever remember hitting Akron. And Nick Dials playing a major part in that game and never even scored a point.

Seeing how Nate has done after college, it's no surprise that the team he led won the MAC tournament title. As a side point, has Akron ever had a player in the NBA? I know the answer on this one.

I wrote to STO to see what the issue is. For all of us out of towners it dioesn't make much sense to buy the extra sports packages. This was their very polite and quick response. Per our TV rights agreement with the Mid American Conference, our LIVE MAC Football and Men's Basketball games can only be shown in the MAC's normal distribution footprint. Unfortunately, Maryland does not fall into that footprint. The MAC has a national TV rights agreement with ESPN, and those LIVE games are exclusive to ESPN's Game Plan package for Football and ESPN's Full Court package for Men's Basketball.

Quickzips, I don't know how much time and effort you put in these previews but you do a nice job (maybe you ought to combine forces with RootForRoo44 on ASN), but thanks for doing them. I watched some of the Ohio-Miami game on STO (why I could see that game and the Lady Zips vs. Ohio live, but not the Akron-Can't game mystifies me, but that is for another post I guess), and it seems eerily similar to the Ohio team of last time. Lot of talent not playing together particularly well (just hope the end result in March is not the same). Baltic looks much improved this year and Cooper is still very good if occasionally error prone. I think the Zips height will cause problems for Ohio and the Zips should win this one. They need to hold at home so I expect a big effort in this one. Maybe not 20 points from Zeke this time but should still be a potential double-double. Zips 67 Bobkittens 61

Posted by News Collector - 01-8-11 21:37 - 0 comments A late 8-0 scoring run - all six coming from center Zeke Marshall - capped off a 65-62 come-from-behind win over rival Can't State Saturday night. View the full article at www.GoZips.com We make fun of Can't Read, Can't Read, Can't State and then GoZips posts a "Come Back" win in which we get "A late 8-0 scoring run - all six coming from center Zeke Marshall" as our headlines. C'mon guys, not after the Can't game.

No surprise. Zeke Marshall named co-MAC East player of the week. Way to go big guy!

I could defintely see it. If I can get a few minutes away from work, I'm thinking about attending.

If you're looking to try to get 25 folks, I'm in.

+1 I'm pulling for Miami to pee in OU's beer today. OU can return the favor at Miami. Maximizes alumni discontent, I think. You got your wish. OU goes down at home. Also WMU took down CMU.

Triple OT now. I'm hoping for about 6 OT's to wear the Bobkitties down.

Rooting for TCU.

Don't see where Steve had a good night offensively. I think he was better on the defensive side. He was 2-7 from the field and 1-2 from the line. If Brett McKnight didn't step up and have a big game, the Zips would have been toast. The starters other than Zeke were a combined 8-30 from the field, a sizzling 25%. Good that the team could overcome that and if the other starters can step their game up just a little, the Zips will be very formidable. You may have forgotten about the 2 key 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 3 assists (team lead), and NO turnovers. Compared to some of what we've seen lately, I'd say that's a very productive night for him. I did, I just consider rebounds to be a defensive stat, I just consider 2-7 (even with the consideration the 3's were big) to be just mediocre. Maybe I'm just comparng him to the Steve we used to know.