Zips Win!

It's official, as published to UA students, faculty and staff: "Looking for a place to watch the Men’s Soccer College Cup match tonight? The Department of Student Life will be featuring the match on the big screen in the Student Union Theatre. The first match between North Carolina and Louisville will be on at 8:30 and UA’s match against Michigan begins at approximately 11pm. The Student Union building will lock at 12 midnight per the normal business hour schedule, but we will welcome all visitors already in the facility to stay and watch the match until it concludes. Vending machines will be available for drink options, so feel free to bring in any snacks." Go Zips!

After watching "The Game" last night and seeing CSU play a week ago, it begs the question, Who is the best hoops team in Cleveland, the Cavs or the Vikings?

Dude, if it's going to be all buckeye talk on an Akron area radio station, I say bring on national syndication.

For BZ: Ohio St. president: Football not my arena Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee says in the future, he will stick to running the university and leave comments about college football to the experts. "What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football," he said Wednesday, according to The Columbus Dispatch. More than a week ago, Gee said teams in the major conferences such as the Big Ten and SEC are more deserving to play for the BCS national championship because they play tougher competition every week. "We do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor," he said. That didn't go over very well at TCU and Boise State, both of which at the time were hoping to turn undefeated seasons into a case for inclusion in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game. Boise State (10-1) lost to Nevada (No. 17 BCS, No. AP) last weekend, and is No. 11 BCS, No. 9 AP. TCU is 12-0, and No. 3 in both standings. Observers said Gee's comments fueled the perception that the so-called power conferences suffer from arrogance. It also was noted that according to Jeff Sagarin's computer ratings, Ohio State's strength of schedule, rated No. 64 in college football's top level, was comparable to Boise State (62) and TCU (76). Gee told the Dispatch he has since decided, "I need to keep my mouth closed." "I'm very blessed to have the best athletic director and best football coach in the country," Gee said, the newspaper reported. "They run the athletic program and I run the university, and I should have stayed out of there. What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth." As for the real Little Sisters of the Poor -- a Roman Catholic women's religious order serving the elderly -- Gee said he had reached out to one of the order's homes in Ohio. "I sent a [personal] check to the Mother Superior up there and invited her to a ballgame," he said, according to the report.

Until the AD's of the MAC realize this and then stop scheduling the medium ten schools, this will not change. If we get to play as many of these games at home as we do on the road, then I would reconsider. Otherwise, the MAC needs to start scheduling winnable games.

Gets my vote for quotes of the year!

Give UA 'fans' one reason not to show...game on STO, expect a small crowd. Give them a second reason...game scheduled an evening before a holiday..expect a pathetic crowd. Yes, the student body support is a joke. However, the alumni support is even worse. How many of the 2,716 will be back after losing yesterday?

I have my doubts with this one on STO...

Geez, Gordon, maybe you should look at your own schedule before you rip on someone else's. It took 11 games into a 12 game season to crack the top 60. Nice job.. I don't know how Tress sleeps at night with such a daunting schedule.

I would love to call and have a two minute conversation about the Zips. Exactly what would I gain by asking two guys, one of which even admitted he hasn't been to a UA game when the show started, anything about the Zips. They don't know anything about UA athletics... I am not looking for a 3-hour show 5-days a week dedicated to UA sports. I realize the sponsors and listeners would not support that... I would appreciate 5 minutes a day dedicated to a review of the previous weeks games, a promotion of the upcoming games--i.e dates, starting times and location and a little effort to get a weekly guest from UA on the line wouldn't hurt. Heck, find a fan on this board and get him to call in weekly...but then the hosts would actually have to do a little UA homework or they would get embarrassed. First suggestion- get on mapquest and find the directions to Infocision and the JAR...We can build on it from there...

This may be true. But the hosts of the 3-6 pm drive show are a bunch of idiots so I put little stock in anything they say when it comes to UA. The main host is a UA grad and all he talks about when it comes to college sports is guess who? Just what I like to see, another UA grad with a platform to promote the Zips...rooting for the buckeyes.. I had it on for 5 mintues today and all they could talk about was tosu basketball. Really? A show that was supposed to be dedicated to NE OHio sports and UA is another tosu talk show. Just what I've been waiting for....more luckeye talk. The idiot (Ken) makes fun of UA and the MAC all the time so I wouldn't talk to him if I were iCoach either. The best show 1350 airs at the 3-6pm time slot is when the national guys fill in... I can't wait for the show to get canceled.

Me too, with Chief Old Grandad!

I heard it was to be joined in progress after the Cavs game... so maybe the second half..

This may be true, but Humpty will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart as he is the one who hit arguably the biggest shot in the last 25 years of Zips basketball....Good Luck to Humpty-Hump.....My daughter misses you!!!

No price change for tickets. Stop slashing the price of reserve tickets throughout the season. Stop giving away free tickets unless there is a purchase on the back end. Give away 4 GA's for the opener if they agree to buy 4 for the second game. e.g. There will be no premium home games in 2011, although there will be two home winable games, which I like better. Both FIU and VMI are winable games. Incentive to buy tickets? Guaranteed parking in the same lot as 2010. Take the plunge, put up the dough and sell football jerseys to season ticket holders. Ditto for tailgating tents. How is it that UA doesn't sell blue or gold UA tents? The sea of blue UK tents seen at Kentucky this year was unbelievable.....and they have ONE SEC win.....Make them availavble as well. Open access to all spring and fall practices held in the stadium - Tell that idiot they hire that harasses anyone that walks by the stadium during a practice to go away. Exaclty what the hell are we hiding, anyway! Just win baby!!!!

Can't say I agree with much of this post!! Play Egner- if this was the Hipsher era where we needed to save players and years of eligibility, Ok. But this isn't. I also am not concerned much with positions? Is he a 3 or 4 etc? Match-ups and defensive agressiveness many times determines the combination on the floor. I also cannot say we are "deep" at any position, but I do like the returners..and I do believe we have enough experience that we could develop more than one freshman. We all know KD likes to play 9-10 guys...I've aleady know my top nine--Play 'em! McNees Roberts Abreu Diggs McKnight Cventinovic Marshall Egner Euton

For the umpteenth time, they are a competitor of the Zips. Oh yeah, I forgot. LOL Per Jeff Sagarin....not Zips Win! Update: 75% of the season complete and the SOS is 87 out of 120. 13 Ohio State A = 86.27 8 1 65.41( 87) Good to see you are so obsessed with them and following them so much. I am surprised you aren't bashed relentlessly for it. You must not be a true Zip fan. BTW, Obsession isn't a good thing. You may want to seek professional help. Just saying....... Exactly how am I obsessed with THEM? On a weekly basis I take one minute and check out Sagarin's ratings to see how his computer formula ranks all the college football teams. I then post for you the tosu sos. Hardly an obsession... As for the Zips, I've never gone to a game!!!!

For the umpteenth time, they are a competitor of the Zips. Oh yeah, I forgot. LOL Per Jeff Sagarin....not Zips Win! Update: 75% of the season complete and the SOS is 87 out of 120. 13 Ohio State A = 86.27 8 1 65.41( 87)

I forgot to update. The schedule is indeed geting harder. Up to 81. Not bad for the vest... 13. Ohio State A = 85.85 6 1 66.42( 81)

Here is a great place for you to post this kind of stuff. Stop it here. Thank you. But all the crying is here. They don't do it over there. Believe me, they would ask you to go away if your name was Zipbuck and you talked Zips football on a tosu board.

Please, enough with comments like these. You are hurting Buckzips feelings...GP1 was right, the Vest should have scheduled Urbana instead of Wisconsin and he would be sitting atop the polls at 7-0.

Zips Win! not in attendance for the first time all year therefore: Zips 24 OU 20 The jinx continues...

Update- SOS 117 out of 120 D1 programs... 15 Ohio State A = 85.08 6 0 63.45( 117)

I thought he was a graduate of the University of North Carolina!!