Sergeant Zip

Almondo Sewell was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL but release August 2nd.

CJ James played the last three seasons at Colorado State and will utilize his redshirt to sit out 2012 due to NCAA transfer guidelines.

Jamal Turner is eligible and in No. 55...playing LB.

Medical Redshirt approved for Egner.

George Thomas tweets that DeAndre Scott doesn't report to camp. GoZips Bio and ZipsNation info on DeAndre Scott

Corner staying positive despite injury.

Forbes ranks Akron #609 out of 650 in "America's Top Colleges" Link to methodology Unless I missed it, Miami (OH) was the highest MAC school at #183

Reggie Corner (knee) went on Injured Reserve, ending his 2012 season.

Chase Blackburn to be on 92.3 The Fan today with Bull & Fox. Didn't give a time. Probably will tweet when he is to come on.

The NCAA has a conference call at 11 a.m. today to discuss the issue.

Joe starts off his show with an Ohio State Buckeye update on Brionte Dunn. Terry Pluto will be the first guest. He did say he would try to get Terry Bowden on the line later today.

LBJ / Dambort / Arena Zach Jackson article He has a direct line to a certain multi-millionaire mentioned above who happens to like basketball, happens to like Akron and happens to be one of Nike’s most important clients. This is me saying this, not Dambrot, but when Akron does get a new arena there’s a pretty good chance it will have lots of swooshes, lots of LJ logos and the absolute finest and shiniest of everything.

MidMajorMadness on Dambrot contract and Zips "team." "Getting that talent to work together in that manner is a skill that not every coach has. Dambrot appears to be able to do it, along with some of the best coaches in college basketball."

Rather than starting a new thread, I'll post here: Athlon Sports Preview has the Zips at #119 of 125.

Zach Jackson update

Steve French & Terry Bowden open up MAC Football Media Day at Ford Field in Detroit.

Akron students to design a mobile app to enhance The Akron Experience, tentatively named "Successful U."

Glad it happened today. That is the problem with technology, you never truely get away.

Great news! I thought you were on vacation George!

Matt Williamson works for ESPN. He followed J.D. Brookhart from Pitt to the University of Akron, where Williamson was the director of football operations.

"#MACFBDay Official tweets will include this hashtag." Cool. How many tweets does it take to get trending?

Looks like Matt has had a decent career in coaching after UofA. Do you think he new anyone at North Alabama that helped UofA reach out to Terry?

JZ84, I thought the same thing about the injuries. Unless i missed it, no mention of concussions, head injuries or concern of injuries in general.

Dambrot on James: "Listen, this guy has been pampered, spoiled and told how great he was since the 7th grade..." Keith seems to be getting a lot of run since James won the championship.

D.B.A.(Dante Boccuzzi Akron) opened this month and is described as “modern American.” First floor of Northside Lofts in the former VegiTerranean location. Link to restaurant webpage.