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I like to visit old restaurants and bars when I return to the area. I remember Yokono's is in the area..maytry that again for lunch on Monday after I stop at the WPM. Thanks Yocono's was sold a few years back and is nowhere near the same place it was when owned by the family. They were shutdown for a while earlier this year for failing to pay their taxes. Larry's Main Entrance would be my choice of a Walhaven eating place.

I absolutely love this tread and I can't believe more people aren't posting. The more you read about this case, the more you realized how out of control college athletics has become on every level. Are the players corrupt, or has the arms race in the form of building one facility after another caused this environment? College kids are college kids (not just athletes) and if you put a free hooker in front of one of them (imagine the quality of hooker one can get in Maimi), there is going to be some sex going on in 99% of the cases. College kids are not able to resist the temtations presented to them. A kid who grows up in a ghetto, in most cases, is not going to turn down a ride on a million dollar yacht in Miami, or a free $1,000 per hour hooker, or a dinner at a high end steak house, or anything else ("Is there a bigger racial divide in American than the difference between the players playing college football and the high end donors?" Mrs. GP1, the luckiest woman in the world). Universities have spent millions in building facilities. Ashland University just spent $20 on athletic facilities for a D II school....a D II school... and $70 million on school buildings...talk about a school that doesn't have its priorities straight. The money doesn't fall out of the sky...it has to be raised. At a school like Miami (and there are others like Miami), there aren't that many high end donors so if you find one, you let him basically do whatever he wants in order to keep up with the Jones. If you don't, you are finished. What's the ncaa's solution to this problem it doesn't see as a problem? Create more rules preventing the kids who have no chance of turning down a free hooker from getting the free hooker. It seems to me that the arms race has created the problem, not the players. If the people at the ncaa had a combined half a brain, they would restrict the "building processes" at these schools that are at the core of the problem. The players aren't at the core of the problem. The problems are the athletic departments who haven't seen a stadium building project they would turn down and the ncaa who is obsessed with making college athletics bigger and bigger at any cost. Nobody will say it, but that's the problem. It's so out of control now that no control can be established and every off season we are going to hear these stories until the ncaa reforms or is eliminated. The main stories of college football are now about teams in a scandal and not, you know, actual college football. It's terrible for college football. I agree with you 100%. The kids are not the problem. ESPN is an enabler for this crap. I watched their "Panel of experts" try and explain why the BCS should stay the other night, what a joke.

Is that Nick Sparks in the photo?

A lot have closed practices. This isn't 1960 anymore. I fixed it for ya!

I'm with Zipwatcher on this one. It really puts all the emphasis on winning the regular season. At this point in time, I think it gives an advantage to any team in the West division that can run the table on the weaker teams in that division. Being able to play 2 games against Toledo, NIU and Eastern is not the same as playing 2 against the majority of the teams in the East.

I posted this in the other thread, but this is big enough for its own thread. It will be interesting to see how the NCAA handles this one. Yahoo Sports rocks! Why Miami is in trouble Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players

Add the Miami Hurricanes to the list of cheaters. Renegade Miami football booster spells out illicit benefits to players

What was the final score?

Dr Z, how did you create that code? Is it a font like a standard barcode? ps: I found it.

From a guy who refers to himself as "The great GP1".

Google sent me a few of those in sticker form to put around my business. It links directly to my website.

Works on my Droid X2.

Could one of the moderators please remove this spam.

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Go to hell, you Suckeye-loving butt munch. Glad you finally got that one figured out!

My sons youth football team ends most practices with the Oklahoma Drill.

ZIP, you're asking the wrong guy. We might make it to the final 8! We made the final 16 last year and didn't lose much to graduation. Lots of senior talent and a deep bench.

Thats Nick Harney. He is a small forward who sat out last year to get his grades in order.

Thanks for getting back to the topic, football.

He was at practice Saturday morning. Looks like he could be Brett McClanahans younger brother or his twin.

Dave and I attended this mornings practice. Got to speak to KD a little and he is thrilled that the Serb is playing in the World games. It gives the Serb a chance to play against a high level of competition and it gives the Zips a chance to let the new guys get some playing time. I was impressed by the amount of time in practice they spent on running the offense. Heard coach tell them all that if you're open shoot the ball, but you gotta take shots you can make. As far as the new players; Deji Ibitayo is way bigger than he looks on video with really long arms. Same thing with Blake Justice, who showed a sweet jump shot. KD got on Chauncey Gilliam for passing up a couple of open shots, reminding him what a good player he is. Gilliam can definitely find open shots. Brian Walsh is a very athletic guard. He was banging under the basket for rebounds with the big guys. Nick Harney is very smooth and very long. Demetrius Treadwell was as advertised. Very strong under the basket, not afraid to muscle up shots against Zeke. The thing that really stood out with this group was how fast and athletic everyone of them was. After seeing these guys today, I can see why Euton left, he had no chance of playing this year. By the looks of things we are going to be able to run and push the tempo more than any Zips team that I have ever seen. Every one of the returning guys looked bigger, stronger and more confident. Its a great time to be Zips basketball fan.

I wonder if this poll was handled the same way as the ones that declared WMMS the #1 radio station in the country for so many years?

It looks like new HC Rob Senderhoff could use the services of this Can't State student. Alliance: Police make puzzling discovery

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