Buckzip

I was complaining that the manager would be so petty as to not let her waitress (one waitress) wear an Akron shirt.I don't apologize for that. Agreed, they is lame. I hope you asked to speak to that manager. I did...but she didn't come over, of course.The service wasn't that great.They were obviously slammed.Operating a sports bar, you'd think that they would be aware that the Big Ten (11) Network hasn't signed with Warner cable forcing Buckeye fans to the bars....a windfall no doubt, but their staff was not prepared. Windfall or not, asking one waitress to change because someone requested she wears a Zips shirt is sad. I would call and complain about that manager. That is BS

When it comes to college football, objectivity is an entirely subjective concept.

How is that any different than here.?Over there they are talking amonst themselves. Here OSU fans have been attacked for saying good things. They aren't over there attacking Akron fans. Come on now, be a little objective.

I was complaining that the manager would be so petty as to not let her waitress (one waitress) wear an Akron shirt.I don't apologize for that. Agreed, they is lame. I hope you asked to speak to that manager.

The day of the Roo is coming.

Nice post Cap'n.The defense was very impressive yesterday. You have to love the safety.

I know what you meant. A alos happen to agree with you.I only mean that a few people on here are pretty thin skinned when it comes to OSU.They can take what was a great post and only remember that one sentence.

SGM, good post and with the exception of #4, I agree.#4 is a little degrading to the Zips. Not that I disagree, but it didn't need to be said.IMHO

I didn't climb under a rock aftre the NC championship game and certainly will not today. If we had lost today I would still not climb under a rock. Win or lose I am proud of my team. Cicero, I didn't climb under a rock either. I spend a lot of time in Florida for business.I was abused and still am abused. Most of it is in good fun, but everytime I am down there I know it's coming.

JBiddy, I agree with the statement about the arrogance.Being an OSU fan too, whenever OSU plays a team "deemed" to be below them, they always crititicize the game of the Buckeyes, rather than complimenting the other team.Again, I don't think that is strictly an OSU thing. I think all of the elite teams are like that. When a top 20 team has a tough time against a mid-major, they drop in the polls and are criticized. It's not right, but it's reality.Look at Michigan. They are being teased and made fun of because they lost to ASU.Sure people are praising ASU, but the underlying thing is bashing Michigan.

Yes. He can't be any worse than Jacq.At least he gives a dimension that Jacq doesn't.

Skip-Zip, these are sarcastic ABJ headlines. I am not saying that. I am saying what the ridiculous ABJ woud say.Read the other headlines too. They are making fun of the ABJ.I am emphasizing that the ABJ would put the score in small letter and the excuse in big letters.

That is what I said too. The Akron starters were right there with the OSU starters. The difference is the depth. OSU rotated liberally all game long. Akron doesn't have that luxury. .......YET.

Carr is already gone. He was 1/2 out before the season started. He was 9/10 of the way out after last week. He is 100% gone after today.I agree though. I think scUM wins this year. They are due.

Let's go 1-1 versus the B10 this year. Akron played a good defensive game Saturday and the young offense got some great experience against a great defensive team. Now let's grow from this game and kick some Hoosier butt.Please don't follow up a hard fought game with a POS game against a very beatable Indiana team.

You know, the worst part about all this is that many Akron fans are not respecting Akron.Some are acting like wow, OSU is going to lose a bunch of games this year because they only beat Akron 20-2. Why are so many people discounting that there is a possibility that Akron may just be a pretty darn good team?Well you know what, Think about how much better it would look for Akron if OSU went undefeated and won the NC. They only beat Akron 20-2. I think that is prety cool.We look much better if OSU goes undefeated than if OSU loses 5 games.Also, I said I think they will lose "at least 3 games"

I hope you aren't talking to me there......BTW, I think OSU loses at least 3 games this year...

OSU 20-Akron 2Game not as close as final score indicates

skip-zip. Not that I disagree with what you are saying, but you might have a little more credibility if you don't get in to the name calling thing. At least IMHO, whenever anyone starts the name calling, they lose any "respect" I had for them. Again, that's just me and I know you don't care what I think.This is a thread about respect and here you are with your "suckeye" and "columbus state" stuff. BTW, I always find it amusing that whenever anyone thinks they are making a point, they will say "I have friends that agree with me" Like for some reason that gives what you are saying some validity. I used to have a neighbor that whenever he and I saw things differently, he would say "I have 3 friends that agree" Finally one time, I asked him if these were the same 3 friends that agree with everything he says or a different set of 3 friends.Just because someone "claims" others agree with them, doesn't make them right.Just look at the current war. There are many people that agree on both sides. That doesn't make either side right or wrong.Of course OSU has some trashy fans. So does Akron. The difference is when you have 100,000 people at an OSU game and 2% are jerks they stick out a lot more than the 2% of 10,000 fans at an Akron game. Believe me, I know there are some crappy Akron fans. I have 3 friends that agree with me too. By the way, I visit OSU boards and nobody is laughing at Akron. At least not on the site I go to. they may be upset that OSU didn't win bigger or say Akron shouldn't have been that close, but nobody is "laughing" or making fun of Akron. If they were, I would be all over them. Believe it or not, they are talking about their own team. They are talking about the problems they see and where improvements need to be made. Unlike this site, they aren't obsessed with bashing another team. Well, except Michigan.I know you will bash me now and go into attack mode. Have at it. I won't respond as I have said me peace on this matter.I am glad this week is over and now we can concentrate on the rest of the season and not bashing others for feeling diferently that you do.

Cicero, a little harsh there. That is some of the arrogance that a lot of people don't like about OSU. I get what you are saying, but calling UA small time is a little low.The problem here is that many fans think something is owed to Akron. They don't understand that respect is earned. I think Akron earned a little bit of respect today. Well, at least the defense did.

The offense is putrid. JD needs to find some horses. As I have said before, Dennis Kennedy is a fullback in a Tailbacks body. He has no speed or moves.The offensive line will learn from this game and be better for it. Both QB's received valuable experience against a good defense.Onto the defense. They looked great. If we had any type of depth, the second half may have been different. The difference between OSU and UA is that OSU was still fresh.This is the most impressed I have been with UA defense in a long, long time.Be honest, if I would have told you last week that OSU would only score 20 points on UA, you would have thought we would win.I know UA lost, but when you think back to losing to Penn State 81-0 and Florida 59-0 and Nebraska, whatever the blow out was, losing 20-2 is a pretty good improvement.

I agree. If we can compete with OSU, we can beat Indiana and UConnWe should learn a lot from this game and it should make this team better.However, Brookhart need sto work on his offense quite a bit.Great defensive showing today.You never know what might have happened if Akron had the depth to keep guys fresh.

LO could get some first downs with his offenses. I think you mean a statue of him sending in the kickoff receiving team. Maybe a statue of the punt return team sitting on the bench sleeping.

I think that describes many college football fans. Not just Ohio.Did every Michigan fan go to UM? Did every Florida fan go to UF?Did every USC fan go to USC? I bet they didn'tSo, like I asked earlier. How is it different if people like Akron just because they are winners?You hate front running OSU fans, but front running Akron fans are ok. Do I have that right?When I was growing up I had a friend that was a USC fan. They were good back then.He had no ties whatsoever. I asked him why USC. His answer they are good and fun to follow. He was obviously a front runner. I could care less. I did like to tease him when they would lose, but it didn't matter that he was a front runner.Why do so many Akron fans care if people are front runners? I don't care. It doesn't affect me as a fan at all.Hell, the area atheletes won't even go to Akron. We get the 2nd or 3rd tier guys. We rarely get the high rated guys. And when we do it is because they won't qualify anyway. (Anton Hight)Like I said earlier, if the teams are winning the fans will come. Nobody wants to constantly cheer for a loser. With the Browns each season brings new hope. There are new draft picks, new free agent signings, etc. They play on an even playing field with the rest of the NFL.With Akron, there is a litlle new hope, but we all know we didn't get one of the top recruiting classes in the country. We know we are still behind the big dogs.Geez, we are lucky if 1/2 of our recruiting class even plays for the team.This year is good for UA. I think there are only 3-4 non qualifiers.I understand what you are saying. I really do. However, you also need to understand that unless this team gives a reason for people to want to see them, nobody will wnat to see them. If it wasn't for the few of us Zip lovers, there would be no fans. . I agree 100%. I look forward to that day as well.

Be careful about believing this. I heard from a very reliable source that this guy is a 35-year old who lives at home with his parents... In their basement.