Buckzip

Good point. The star system is very flawed and there are a lot of people with their own agendas and favorites. To truly judge a player, as much as you can judge them before they get here, look at his offers. If he has offers from big time schools, he is a player. I am not talking interest from the schools, I am talking an actual offer. Yeah, you mean like Aaron Rodgers who didnt have one....NOT ONE ....D1 offer? This talk about our bad recruiting under Ianello is beyond annoying. There are exceptions to every rule. So do you think we have 20 Aaron Rogers here is that what you are saying?

I am not a flaming liberal either. Both parties are terrible and don't represent the average person. They only represent two perfectly opposing extremes. Yep. They all suck.

Who would have thought that GP1 was a flaming liberal? LOL How's that hope and change thing working out for you? I know, I know It's Bush's fault...ROFLMAO

My favorite quote from the ABJ: "On defense, the Zips added four linemen, one linebacker and four backs. We needed the backs because three of our backs from last years' squad have left the program to become jockeys." I, too read the article. What a waste of time. In particular, the two paragraphs referring to Tom Lemmings comments were ridiculous. ''Akron's having an outstanding year. They're doing an excellent job in their area. Rob Ianello is an excellent recruiter,'' said Tom Lemming, an analyst for the CBS College Sports Network and one of the nation's best in his field. ''It's going to take him three or four years to get to the top of the Mid-American Conference, but they're going to do it. ''I was really impressed with the way they went about their recruiting. They really attacked it, beating Bowling Green, Ohio and Toledo to a lot of top players.'' Like Tom Lemming has any clue about UA's recruiting class or the MAC in general. Why were we outstanding, Tom? Is Rob really a great recruiter at UA or did you mean at ND? If it takes 3 or 4 years to get back to the top in the MAC, you really aren't that great... How was he impressed? Then he named three other MAC schools ... Superb analysis, Tom.... Lemming is a ND homer big time. I never listen to anything that schmuch says.

Good point. The star system is very flawed and there are a lot of people with their own agendas and favorites. To truly judge a player, as much as you can judge them before they get here, look at his offers. If he has offers from big time schools, he is a player. I am not talking interest from the schools, I am talking an actual offer.

indeed. Very disappointing. Obviously he kept looking for something better.

Nice pickup. We need D-lineman.

The donor sounds like a major prick. He really thinks he should have input into coaching decisions. I hope he doesn't get 1 cent back. He donated. That is without condition. Screw him.

I can't take this guy too serious when he says Rossi may replace Brian Thomas at LB. If the guy doesn't know the names of the starters on the team, he probably isn't too up on other things.

I know a Mac receiver that is an NFL rookie that is going to the Super Bowl that never played receiver in high school. There is also a MAC QB playing in the superbowl that was a WR until his senior year in High school

According to Scout, there are only three 4 star DE's not committed, Brandon Alexander from Texas, Koa Ka'ai from Hawaii, Lavelle Lincome from California. Can't see any of those guys coming to Akron. There are 27 three star DE's not committed. Out of those 27, I'm going to guess it's Andre Sturdivant since he is the highest 3 star that is from the area and being recruited by Toledo. He has offers from PSU and Michigan. I would guess we have a small in since we have a Glenville relationship now, but I would be very impressed if iCoach can convince him to come here rather than Happy Valley. He might be waiting for a Columbus offer. Somebody called for it back in early Dec. Possible help to our chances? Tank has a visit to OSU now scheduled.

In football, Stanford normallyis to the Pac10 what Northwestern is to the Big Ten, what Vandy is to the SEC, what Baylor is to the Big 12 and what Wake/Duke are to the ACC and what Columbia is to the Ivy League (I have no idea where I pulled that last one out of). At times they get good, but most of the time they are average at best. I guess on some leve I respect them, but I wouldn't be stupid enough to be a season ticket holder to one of the......wait a minute, I am a season ticket holder to one of them. I agree. You are absolutely correct. But this past season is all I am talking about. I think Stanford is a little above Vandy, Wake, Duke and Baylor. They are in the middle of the PAC of the PAC 10 usually. It was great to see a school with very high standards make it to and win a BCS game. I doubt you will see that very often.

Maybe they look at the rosters of the schools in the south and figure they won't get on the field. If you are good enough to be offered a scholarship to an SEC school, you are probably more likely to get on the field sooner at a Big Ten school. Kids want to play. The same kid might sit on the bench for a couple years in the SEC and then get bounced because of oversigning. One point about the SEC that nobody has made. This is going to come off as mean, but here it goes. You can be a near retard and get a scholarship to an SEC school if you are a good football player. You may be right about the playing time. There is no way to know though. I did mention the grades to play at an SEC school are much more lax than most. That gives a huge advantage. If you heard some of the interviews with SEC players during bowl games, you would realize the academic standards are less. I respect the hell out of the programs that are top notch and have high standards. Stanford comes to mind immediately. Although with Harbaugh leaving they will probably drop.

This would be fantastic. Last year Rivals had him as a 5* recruit listed at 5'11" 185 w/ a 4.4 40. Latwan Anderson Just say no to Anderson. Kid is a punk and we don't need that type of cancer on the team.

You can't spell ChEatS without SEC. There is cheating everywhere. Like someone said, it depends if you get caught. I don't know if the SECheats, cheats more than anyone else, I just think they are much more unethical than most other conferences as a whole. Over signing, players being cut to make room for other players, supposed injury exemptions, and a lower entrance requirement for student athletes than other major conferences. There are a lot of players on SEC rosters that wouldn't qualify or keep elegibilty in other conferences. I am not saying the SEC schools are not good schools. There are some great schools down there. I am talking only athletics. I also disagree with weather being a huge difference maker and where talent is. There is talent everywhere. There is a lot of talent in Ohio, PA, Michigan, Illinois too. SEC teams get more outdoor time because of weather and guys get more practice in than the guys in the north do. Guys are outside doing there own thing 365 days a year. If weather was that much of a concern, Hawaii would be great. I used to argue with some that would say USC got the great recruits because of the weather. Of course they could never counter when I asked what the excuse was for UCLA, SDSU, Cal, and all the other great weather teams. Someone posted that schools from the north have to "steal" players from the south to be competitive. That is ludicrous. If you look at the offers from the SEC schools, you will see they offer a lot of the same kids as OSU, ND, PSU, etc ,from the north. The difference is that it seems guys from the south are more likely to come to a north school, than guys from the North going to a south school. I agree that if you look at rosters, it appears that there are few guys from the north on the south rosters. It's because guys don't go there. It's not because the SEC schools aren't trying. This is only an example, so no need to attack. But look at the OSU recruiting class. Nearly all of there commits were also offered by the big SEC schools. There is talent everywhere. A big difference in the schools, IMHO, is coaching. Look at the coaching in the B10 compared to the coaching in the SEC. It's not even close. The SEC has much better coaching top to bottom. Not just the head coaches either. Look at the assistants. There assistants are paid much higher than those in the B10. Florida just got Weis as their OC. he was a failure as a HC, but he is a former OC for a multiple super bowl winner. The SEC has the best coaching in all of college football and it's not really that close IMHO. Until the B10 and other conferences, as a whole, decide to start paying for top notch coaches the SEC will continue to dominate. The thing that is more amazing to me than the SEC winning these consecutive NC, is, other than UF, that it is by different teams. That is truly remarkable to me.

Yes, it would work but you need the athletes. Those types of offenses are better suited for MAC type teams because top teams will find a way to control them to a point.

LOL

Marshall was 6-6 that year and lost to Akron. (S. Holmes won that game by himself against Marshall) I'm not trying to argue anything, just making lies with stats to try to give myself some kind of hope come September. I wish we weren't playing them this year. Nothing will start my year off worse than losing to them. My dislike for that business grows everyday when I read about the honks that support them. Please elaborate on the Honks that support them.

I clicked on this link to read the story, but I was too distracted by the pop culture links to the right to read. Whether or not Pawn Shop Pryor (psp) plays is not important in a game like this for tOSU. They are going to come out and try to run their base offense for four quarters like they do during the MAC portion of their schedule to try and get everyone ready for the season. They can do that with a back-up. It’s not much the loss of Pryor that intrigues me. They’ll also be missing starting RB Herron and a few others. Add this to the loss of several other starters due to graduation. Then consider that the Zips run defense, while far from stellar, was actually fairly decent in 2010. Perhaps even a slight improvement here might make it somewhat difficult for the Red & Silver to simply run it down the Zips throats using their basic offense without at least getting the back-up QB involved beyond simply handing the ball off. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not making a case for a glorious upset. I just think these factors might make this contest a little more interesting than one might initially expect from a Big 10 power hosting a team that went 1-10 the prior season. Herron may leave for the NFL. His stock will never be higher. He will be a late round pick either way. Rod Smith is a complete stud. He is being described as a better version of Beanie Wells. If Boom stays it may hurt his draft status, especially if he becomes a backup. I agree that PSP, I love that, can't be replaced that quickly. However, Boom can be replaced and probably by someone better. LT is more of a concern for most. Mike Adams is a 1st round pick next year if he keeps developing. He will miss the first 5 games too. That one hurts more.

PSP...That is awesome. I may have to borrow that during some of my other conversations...

I agree. Scam is a stud. Auburn has over a month to prep for the Duck offense. I hope I'm wrong though.

Yea, I hope his dad isn't his agent.

Even though they will eventually have to return the trophy along with Scam's Heisman, I'm taking Auburn. Oregon has the weakest SOS ever to appear in the NCG. Oregon runs a gimmicky type offense which was shut down in the Rose Bowl last year. When you have a month to prepare for a gimmick, it gives you a much better shot. Scam Newton will be the key. If he plays as usual, he will dominate.

That is awesome. They have them everywhere. Someone spent a lot of money to try to get some approval. So many people were pissed right when Gee said that. He needs to STFU. Dude is a joke IMHO.

There is a reason that Glenville has multiple major DI college players every year, yet can't win the state title. Lack of discipline and thugliness.