a-zip

Did Gary Pride see the field?

I hear what you're saying about ND's incredible "poll buoyancy" Cap'n, but they DID beat Duke 4-1 the day after the 3-0 Zip win. Hey, I guess we should oot for them to stay highly ranked. This way, come NCAA tourney seeding/selection, it will go down as a true, undeniable quality win.Good point Johnnyzip. I am actually happy with the jump we took and I think it showed a lot of respect for our program. I agree with MDZip above also.....BC moves up to #2 in the polls going 1-1-0 to unranked teams?? How about SMU jumping 10 spots after beating Old Dominion (has not scored a goal in last 3 games) and UVA (who are usually good but unranked)

Great Job Boys, stay focused! BEAT IU! ZNation - This may be our first National Championship team (bball next....... Hi Zeke! -) We just shut out #3, need to beat IU, with our rep-TOP 5 is guaranteed. Next.........run the MAC, possible #1 ranking in our reach. We need to make a SICK home field advantage for these guys. P.S. - Mr. Taylor - it would take a tiny amount of $ to build the NCAAs best soccer atmosphere right next to your football stadium

This topic is about the WELL DESERVED soccer stadium for our elite soccer team and Caleb. Congrats Caleb and team, this should further progress the soccer program and get us to our first National Championship. I am anxious to see the real plans for the stadium.Maybe someone should start a separate thread on a baseball stadium...

I would like to see the Ohio women's basketball team wear them.....

Proenza is the man

What a peckerhead

I have done a few searches and nothing comes up. Anyone know where he is?

Oh no, he is from Florida! Sorry, I could not resist. Looks to be a great pick up and interest from quality schools - nice grab J.D.

I am still here big boy, you should be flattered I am still acknowledging you. The discussion was not about our recent Florida recruits. The discussion was....(Lets back up a second)....the post you made specifically about the character and culture of kids from Florida. You simply made a general/vague/stereotypical/racist remark about players from Florida that is - STUPID. Then your reply was that I do not know about a lockeroom because I have never played college football - WRONG. Now you are presenting.......wait a minute........COLD HARD FACTS by conveniently pulling 8-10 ZIP players from recent memory that you would like to use as an example to represent the State of Florida to support your point (of course you left out the good ones). When a few other Zip players were mentioned by zipboy you then turned to JD inherited......blah blah blah. BUT THEN you still followed up by your same STUPID So you bring us back to where we started and the same stupid comment about character of kids from the state of Florida. There is a reason you hear crickets chirping........ I will keep responding when I have a chance. I cant wait to see what you are going to dig up next.

And no kids from Hawaii - they would just want to do the Hula in the lockeroom.......a terrible distraction.

What kind of comment is that? So outside of Florida you can put talent above character?No, you just have to look much more closely at character when it comes to a Florida kid, and if there are any red flags at all, you pass. It's just a different culture many of the kids from down there are raised in, and it often doesn't mesh well at all with Ohio and Pennsylvania kids. Anyone who has ever been involved with college football knows what I'm talking about.Seriously, that has to be one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen here. You've obviously never been on a college football team and know nothing about locker room chemistry and the problems that can occur when you throw kids from Florida, who for whatever reason nobody closer to home wanted, in with Midwestern kids. Almost every single kid JD has gone down to Florida to get has been a problem and most of them have quit, packed up their bags, and left.Actually - I was a Zip football player on scholarship and from the south. I started for three years, got my degree in 4 and was never an issue in the lockeroom- so I take exception to your contentious/stereotypical remarks. I do however remember a few guys on our team from the midwest that had issues and created problems in the locker room. A few were even from OHIO :blink: I do agree that character should play a major role in deciding on a high school player. I also think that should be the case for any player you recruit.......even kids from the great state of ohio.

What kind of comment is that? So outside of Florida you can put talent above character?No, you just have to look much more closely at character when it comes to a Florida kid, and if there are any red flags at all, you pass. It's just a different culture many of the kids from down there are raised in, and it often doesn't mesh well at all with Ohio and Pennsylvania kids. Anyone who has ever been involved with college football knows what I'm talking about.Seriously, that has to be one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen here.

What kind of comment is that? So outside of Florida you can put talent above character?

Nobody answered the question I asked earlier, perhaps it is stupid but I am curious for an unbiased answer...........

Where does anyone get the idea that we are a desirable athletic program (TODAY) to another conference - except for soccer? Attendance?Fan Base?Conference Championships?Big City Market?The athletic dept. was just penalized by the NCAAHow could we possibly make a case?Coach D and the Bball program are looking REALLY STRONG - Zeke is going to help us elevate even furtherThe new stadium on campus will be nice but will the novelty wear off? - heck even if we filled it to 30K........yawnI am optimistic about our future, Landscape for Learning is impressive, it is truly a pretty college campus BUT we have a long way to go IMHO.Here is a better question.......If you ranked the MAC schools - honestly, which one do you think would be the most desirable today(unbiased).

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page1971.htmGreat press! Will be interested to see where our class is ranked nationally.Ranked 25th in 2006Ranked 5th in 2007Ranked ??? in 2008 - this appears to be the best yet!

Welcome Marshall family! Needless to say, we are all extremely excited about your choice and boy are you coming at an exciting time. New football stadium on campus, soccer stadium, hopefully new basketball arena.The soccer team will likely have another top 5 recruiting class and legitimately contend for a national title BUT as I look at our baskeball roster WOW!Brett McNight 6-6 FreshmanSteve Sweich 6-9 FreshmanMike Bardo 6-10 FreshmanChris McNight 6-7 FreshmanNikola Cventinovic 6-7 incoming FreshmanANDZeke Marshall 7-0+ 2008!!!!!!You guys are going to be beating up on some folks for a while!

I originally was posting this as a response to another thread but thought it warranted what I view to be the most important topic we have. I said it in previous posts and I will say it again..........The key to our success is KEEPING good coaches. It is rare when you have a great coach like KD who actually WANTS to stay and BUILD our program to national prominence and make that his legacy....... "Dambrot Arena".....I like it! What a story if he were to make it happen in his home town. The pieces are in place (Lebron) for this to happen. In KD's tenure, we are off to a great start(Lebron), winning seasons, better recruits(Lebron) and we have advantages that no other (Lebron) school has. Did I mention that Coach Dambrot and Lebron are loyal to Akron?Who could blame him for taking millions one day to go to......UCLA or Kentucky? Christian going to TCU is a joke and another slap in the face to the MAC. I hate Can't, but TCU? I have been to TCU If UA lets Coach Dambrot get away for anything other than an absolute ELITE school - I will separate any association I have with UA. This is a rare (nope, once in a lifetime) chance to make a serious leap. I have more to say, but let’s see if there is any interest.

Copy and paste finger was off, I missed him. He is also a Junior.

We sure are loaded this year at Runningback but MAN are we going to be depleted in two years......... 42 Matt Harmon RB 5-9 220 Jr. Massillon, Ohio (Massillon Jackson HS) 7 Andrew Johnson RB 5-10 215 RSr. Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Hills HS/University of Miami) 4 Dennis Kennedy RB 5-11 205 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Stranahan HS) 34 Phillip Morris RB 6-0 220 So. Columbus, Ohio (Mifflin HS) 32 Joe Tuzze RB 5-11 215 Jr. Mayfield, Pa. (Lakeland HS) 24 Bryan Williams RB 6-0 200 Sr. Akron, Ohio (Buchtel HS/Valley Forge (Pa.) Acad.) BTW- What is the deal with spring practices, anyone heard how Matt Rodgers has looked in the practices?

Assuming we can keep this up, I'd prefer to reload this way than the JUCO "two-and-done" route. I'm glad KD is willing to be patient and not give in to the temptation to go after the "quick fix." If I remember correctly, OU got some good guard play out of their JUCO guys this year but in the end the talented Bubbacats struggled (TOS is probably the biggest reason why). Now they've got a couple of guys who will be gone after next year and they may have to quickly fill the pipeline again. As someone else pointed out, for every coach who successfully blends JUCOs, there are probably a bunch others who have a hard time getting it to work.I hope KD is rewarded for his courage (UA, don't let him leave ).....his vision and tonights win along with some quality recruits could be the start of something special. Combine that with continued soccer success (new stadium ), new FB stadium - we might have something.

One thing that is nice is that a good number of our younger players have been red shirted. What a luxury that we have been able to be so successful while these guys develop and mature;Steward - 2nd year freshman next yearSwiech - 2nd year freshman next yearMcNees- 3rd year sophomoreBardo - 3rd year sophomore

Another interesting sitehttp://tcaa.puretecmo.com/nit06.html

Somebody thinks we are a lock for the NIT!http://a4theroad.blogspot.com/2008/02/spor...acketology.html