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BuckZip, you are on the right track only the logic is slightly different. IF a stud player like that IS coming to Akron, there has to be a reason. This might be it>>>>> Reply to My Critics By William C. Dowling Fourteen members of something called the Academic Oversight Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics last week professed themselves to be "horrified" by a Sports Illustrated article in which I supposedly called Rutgers football players morons. (Commentary, Daily Targum, Sept. 18) I called no football player, on Rutgers or any other team, a moron. My Sports Illustrated remark was about booster subculture. It's a disgraceful fact that boosters at Division IA schools care nothing about students at their universities who are brilliant at Greek or philosophy or physics. They invariably go into ecstasies, though, when some low-SAT recruit is enticed to their campus to perform on a team. My remark is there in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated, in its original context, for anyone who wants to read it. It happens to be true. It is something I can back up in detail with tables of the SAT scores of football players at Div IA schools. I also have files overflowing with posts from Rutgers sports boards in which Scarlet R members go crazy over this or that low-SAT recruit who has mentioned the bare possibility of signing to play for Rutgers. Luckily for me, an example occurred just when the Sports Illustrated article appeared. One Nate Robinson, a lineman highly ranked in SuperPrep, had earlier signed to play for the University of Miami. It turned out that he was unable to make even the dismally low 820 SAT score Miami requires for football players. So he came to Rutgers instead. The boosters went into a frenzy of rejoicing. And so, presumably, did the members of the "Academic Oversight Committee": Robert Boikess, Roger Cohen, Emmet Dennis, Gus Friedrich, Jim Hughes, Arnold Hyndman, Harry Janes, Robert Jenkins, Carl Kirschner, Pat Mayer, Jeff Rubin, Tom Stephens, John Worobey, and Kathryn Uhrich. Could we be serious for a second? Nate Robinson's combined SAT score was 800. A student with an 800 SAT might be able to do the work at Rutgers if he spent every available moment of his time on his course work. It would be hard. Even putting in 60 hours a week studying, it would be a tremendous struggle for such an individual to keep up with his better-prepared classmates. Maybe, just maybe, it could be done. But it's brutally dishonest to pretend it can be done by an 800-SAT freshman who's made to put in 40-50 hours a week on developing his physical skills, and then go on frequent weekend trips away from campus. Even a top student who'd entered Rutgers with a 1400 SAT would have a hard enough time keeping up a decent GPA under that regimen. Nate Robinson is not the miscreant here. He's just a pawn in the sleazy game of commercialized college athletics, viz.

By the same logic, this may be the Rutgers transfer: http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=183&p=8&c=1&nid=1308129

<A Pitt recruit from this year's class didn't make grades, so Pitt dropped their offer. He'll prop 48 at Akron this year an be eligible next year. A big DL, but I didn't get a name.> By process of elimination on the Pitt site, it may be Marlon Terry from Buchtel. He is one of only two defensive linemen that had both Pitt and Akron listed as favorites. He was originally listed as a commit to Pitt but the site doesn't reflect that now. Good luck to him if this is the case. Local coaches will have a harder time criticizing the program if we are willing to take on someone who needs help with classwork.

I have to respectfully disagree with the common attitude toward our illustrious "hometown" newspaper. In fact, I'm lookin' to break out my Beacon Journal cheer for the first time on this board. Ahemmmm......clearing throat. Gimme a B.............. Gimme a J............... What's that spell?!? BJ And really, wouldn't every Zips fan be better off with a BJ? Think about it. I think y'all will come around to my side.

I cheated and looked it up. Here is what I found. 1967 Draft 16. Williams, Don (WR) Akron;

Captain, 1) Not sure about Maple Heights 2) I believe the interest is the player's interest in the school, not vice versa. At this stage in the recruiting game, I'm sure it is just a guess.

Check the link above out again today. It looks like the connection with Maple Heights has been firmly established.

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/ Loads of excellent pics, articles and an interview with No. 9. :blink:

Complete list from Browns site: The following players will participate in this weekend's minicamp as free agent tryouts... •Kevin Atkins, LB, Marshall •Patrick "Bucky" Babcock, OG, Illinois •Chase Blackburn, LB, Akron •Jonathan Colon, OT, Florida •Mike Grzeskowiak, OT, Akron (Parma Holy Name H.S.) •Antwan Harris, S, Virginia •Lionel Hickenbottom, S, Northern Illinois •Paul Jefferson, FB, Penn State •Mike Kne, OL, Ohio State (Cleveland St. Ignatius H.S.) •Markeith Knowlton, CB, Michigan State •Sam Mayes, OG, Oklahoma State (Austintown Fitch H.S.) •Ellery Moore, NT, Kentucky (Massillon H.S.) •Chad Mustard, TE, North Dakota State •Leonard Myers, CB, Miami •Tony Paciotti, TE, Wisconsin •Brandon Rideau, WR, Kansas •Clint Stockdorn, OG, Cincinnati •Cale Stubbe, OG, Iowa State •Tony Sutton, RB, College of Wooster (Akron Hoban H.S.) •John Thompson, DE, Lambuth •Armar Watson, CB, Duquesne

Tony Grossi, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, reports the Cleveland Browns have invited undrafted rookie free agent LB Chase Blackburn (Akron) to their upcoming minicamp to tryout with the team.

Looks like 3 or 4 potential recruits have been added to this site. :blink: http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=333&p=9&c=4&yr=2006

Plan on being there even though I have no idea where to park.

"Looks that way to me. Maybe once the dust settles and everything is brand-spanking new down there...I'll open the long awaited Captain Kangabrew's Brew Pub where The Townhouse used to be? " Reminder to the Captain on the long-forgotten Townhouse business model: Step 1: Drink until you are broke. Step 2: Go next door, donate plasma, take $15 back to Townhouse and repeat.

Kudos to the Zips for the tickets. I will be at the baseball game as well. However, ATTENTION TICKET OFFICE: Please, for the love of attendance, whenever you mail out a communication about ticket sales, include a form to send back with check and/or credit card information. Don't leave any doubt about what you want the recipient of the letter to do. As it stands, your letter tells me where my seats will be located and how much they will cost. You then tell me to call if I have any questions or would like to change seats or buy more seats. Now you have me guessing - do they want me to call to renew my seats? - do they want me to send a check in with the letter as my invoice? Every year I see questions about why there isn't more fan support and I think that along with winning, it is the dozen or more small things like this that add up to poor attendance. I have personally witnessed several 20 year season ticket holders quit coming to games because of interaction with the Ticket Office. I'm done with my semi-rant, but I'll leave it with this thought. Which ticket department made out better on this mailing, the Zips or the Aeros?

Hopefully I won't be in the minority when I say that this is pretty rotten treatment for a kid who obviously had a hard time with the whole recruiting process. Moderator note: Topic was "cleaned up."

Welcome to Akron, Mr. Jackson.

He must be coming to Akron. Since this afternoon, when I last looked, Scouts.com took away one star. He is now a three star recruit. The Zips are listed as the 82nd ranked recruiting class and are shown on that screen with ZERO three star recruits, even though Scouts.com has them with one on another screen. :angry:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highsch...chool-headlines

Another slant on the same recruit: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-re...s/s_298587.html

The mention is near the bottom of the article, right after the news that Can't lost a punter to WVU........ sniff sniff.......

A heads up from another Zips fan: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05031/450505.stm

Thanks Doc. Here's a link to his page on scouts.com http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=333&p=8&c=1&nid=1390624

Sorry, didn't see that because I didn't sign up to read the article. What is the player's name?

Moderators...... clean up on aisle 3. Second post with no relevance whatsoever to the Zips.