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Not suggesting we need one, but more dangerous than a live Longhorn Steer (Texas), Buffalo (Colorado) or Tiger (LSU)? If there was a real call for it, it could be done.

Is his number 4? Or maybe he just enjoys being a four seed.

That link came up dry (has the word f.l.a.s.h in it) but for anyone who never saw it, its worth a read. Here is an easier link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/art...x.htm?eref=sihp Best part of the article was the sub head-line: He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga— Look at the first letter of each word.

I hope his family is/will be well cared for, but on a selfish note, I do hope he returns for another season. It's good for the MAC. If you're going to be selfish, root for him not to come back. It might be good for the MAC, but it's terrible for the Zips.

The last time the East did not have four of the top five seeds was in 2005 (and even then the East had three of the top five). I just don't see the East dominance ending any time soon (just like I don't see the West dominance in football ending any time soon).

At double the salary, heck yes.

I wasn't really that serious, you can find the MAC if you go to the conference link and pick MAC, it's just odd that it isn't on that page.

I was browsing on the SI Division I basketball conference and teams page and the MAC isn't even listed. There are a few other smaller conferences (Atlantic Sun, Big South, MAAC, Southland) that are also not listed. Wonder what the story is behind that one? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/teams/

I agree it can be a little annoying but it is generally fairly easy to fix. Anything to potray our rival in a poorer light automatically, I say keep it. When I find something that works, I stick with it (like my hairstyle from 1987).

I think more of my posts should have been deleted, especially the dumber ones (like this one ).

Sadly though, the Zips ended at #27, which I believe breaks a 4 year string of being ranked in the final Mad-Major top 25 poll.

Apparently the MAC has a tie-in with the Humanitarian Bowl, for this year but it may only be for this year. The loss of the International Bowl hurts the MAC more than any other conference.

If you had a pack with your roommate, you may want to check, you may be gravy too.

Might be a nice design but is that bridge on or off campus?

And for those of you that love the players ratings systems, the Zips have three of the top forty players in the nation in this years recruits (#2, Perry Kitchen, #34 Ontiveros and #39 Brenes). http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-...op-100/men/2010

This was posted by News Collector, but since you can't comment on those threads, here is the Article on Top Drawer Soccer about two high level recruits who look very happy to be coming to Akron. I loved the picture, looks like a draft where the pick proudly holds of the jersey of the team that picked them. Isn't it nice to see our recruits who genuinely look like they love coming to Akron?

+1 Hold on, so that does mean that defense wins championships (or not)? My head hurts worse! Arrgghh!

The GoZips report also listed Almondo Sewell as a DT. Hasn't he been mostly a DE?

Interesting note at the end, as Randy Greenwood has apparently been switched to conerback. I am afraid this may disapppoint the Zipmesiter as Randy is listed at 5' 10".

I think they play somewhere in Stow. I'll bet Rasor had something to do with it.

Trying to help Dave's case ... From Luke Winn on the SI Site: http://www.kenpom.com/stats.php "In the six years kenpom.com has tracked tempo-free statistics, no Final Four team has been ranked outside the top 25 in adjusted defensive efficiency*. And only two Elite Eight teams in the past six years have ranked outside the top 50 in adjusted defensive efficiency. Having a decent offense matters, too, but the data shows just how unlikely it is for a non-elite defensive team to make a deep tournament run". However, in a later posting "It’s my nature to try to find some kind of numerical explanation for what happened in the Cornell-Temple game, so I settled on this: Highly efficient defensive teams with really bad offenses — like the Owls — have not been good of late in the dance" You just can't win (I guess unless you have a good offense coupled with a stout defense - hey, that makes sense )

I'm still trying to figure out what possible expletive could have fit in there. Maybe he actually said "I am not here to sit with 24 wins".

How much, though. Something trivial like $5k per school? Can't's sweet 16 credits are set to expire and unless OU can win their next game it still means a reduction in NCAA money. About $125,000 per school per round. The payout from the Elite Eight run expired a couple years ago. But is that divided amongst all of the schools in the conference or is it what each school gets? If it is the former, VMD was not far off.

And Cornell gets the victory! Much as I am disappointed by the lack of a Zips presence (especially remebering how much fun last year was), the tournament is still a lot of fun. Saw a couple of other interesting stats just now - Ohio teams are 2-0 (with Ohio State coming up later today a likely win too), and former Indiana players (Arom Bassett and Jordan Crawford - of Xavier - combining for 60 points. That's got to stick in Indiana's craw. And the thing I most disliked - a commercial for "Rules of Engagement" where they named three states - North Carolina, Connecticut and Kansas - which were obviously supposed to represent who they were rooting for or thought would win the tournament, and the first two didn't make the tournament. Nice job, Hollywood!

WOW Does the ESPN pool have a payout? If not, the stats may be different for people who paid their way in. Only 56 after the first round. WOW Winner gets ten grand. There is no entry fee. If things hold up I will have 16 of the first 19 games right, and I'm still behind about 100,000 people. By the way I'm watching the WVU-Morgan State game and they had a graphic with Akron since Huggy took them and two other teams to the tournament. Plus they said he transferred to WVU from OU.