ZIP1983

I am more excited about this coming season than any since my last under Coach D back in '83. Being on campus I have the chance to watch some of the early moring workouts in the JAR. Love the effort from the guys so far. The new staff is no joke and they like to scream and run the guys. Frye is always first in his group. Some of the walk-ons are the fastest guys on the team. Some of the older guys on the OL and DL are dragging hard and don't seem to "get it". If they do not pick it up they will probably be sitting down. 1. Ringer proved last season he cannot be counted on, off or on the field. Someone new carries the ball in the fall. 2. Ferguson will be the backup. The word is Arthur will move to WR. 3. Could be a lot of movement on the OL - not just one position. Those guys gave up nearly 40 sacks last season and got the QB hit more than any other signal caller in the MAC. Some of these guys are just fat and slow. 4. Couldn't be any worse. 5. Not an impact player. 6. Not an impact player. 7. There has not been one down of Spring Practice yet, why would the offense be in? No answer on this until after Spring Ball. 8. No one gains a position in workouts but you can lose face with a new staff. See #3 above. 9. Don't look for many starters in the secondary to be there come fall - could be a whole new group. 10. Yes. 11. Yes. He is round. There are two very fat guys out running who look more like Subway commercial participants than college athletes. 12. Who knows. 13. The group could not be any worse than what we have all seen for the past @#$%^ years. 14. LaFall is a paper tiger. All hype and no delivery. He was a fluke as a freshman and has not played hard for the past two seasons. He played like a Pu$$y against Can't and UConn last year. Earl can join that classification as well. 15. Blackburn was the leader last season, not Hayes. Hayne never made a play all season but kept getting reps because of his age. Blackburn is still the leader and may be one of the few "older players" to see a lot of time. Spring ball starts in 10 days and that is when the players separate from the pretenders.

I may be mistaken but wasn't Frye on the billboards around town last year. Seems like thatwould be the case again this year as well unless someone has lost their mind. It may be a good idea to put up FRYE FOR PRESIDENT signs around town, he would do a better job that anybody else running. I am pretty hyped about having a national TV game at the Rubber Bowl. This would be the first time that the Zips have played on the BIG network since the first game of the Faust run. I hope that there is also a local TV package put together like the one for basketball this past season. Coming of a 7 win season that should be done. You have got to believe that some type of Frye hype will have begun by the time the Spring Football game is staged. When is that going to be? I will hold my thoughts on this subject until then. Just like the coward who is not registered said above, starting any type of push during the hoops tournament would be throwing money away. And as we all read in the local paper it really does not matter what the press release says the Beacon is only going to print what the beacon wants to print.

You would think that the wives of the now fired Akron coaches would have something better to do than to go on web sites and fight for their husband's reputations. First it was Owens' hag and now Ms. Loudmouth has to come on and make her case. Move on already.

Here's a vote to change the coaching staff and get someone in from a big time program. The effort on the floor this season was a joke. How can this team be worse than last year's team?