Hilltopper

The JAR was so full, people were sitting in the aisles. The fire marshal told them to stop selling tickets. It was "Mouse" McFadden vs Eric "Cricket" McLaughlin. What a great game. People complain about how weak our schedule is now. Take a look at this schedule. 1. 8,168 Cleveland State (ot) 12-9-86 W, 73-692. 7,131 Murray State 2-22-86 W, 76-573. 6,701 Middle Tenn. State* 3-7-86 W, 68-634. 6,546 Eastern Kentucky 2-16-87 W, 74-735. 6,518 Youngstown State 3-2-87 W, 103-746. 6,382 Eastern Michigan 12-3-83 W, 78-747. 6,140 Morehead State (ot) 1-28-84 L, 78-868. 5,864 Bowling Green 12-10-83 L, 90-919. 5,718 Middle Tenn. State 2-25-84 L, 64-8410. 5,657 Can't State 1-17-07 W, 78-6811. 5,651 Can't State 3-4-06 W, 75-6712. 5,607 K ent State 3-9-08 L, 58-6113. 5,582 Tennessee Tech* 3-3-86 W, 67-5814. 5,552 Youngstown State 1-3-86 W, 60-4615. 5,547 Can't State 12-6-86 W, 67-6216. 5,519 Ohio 12-9-87 W, 76-6917. 5,511 Austin Peay 2-24-86 W, 84-72* - 1986 OVC TournamentArena attendanc e records1986-87 (21-9, 9-5 OVC*)• NIT Participa ntCoach: Bob HugginsN29 Slippery Rock W 82-53D1 at Ohio L 79-81D3 Bowling Green W 79-52D6 Can't State W 67-62D9 Cleveland St. (ot) W 73-69D12 Central Conn.+ W 72-47D13 Coastal Carolina+ W 66-61D20 Edinboro State W 95-76D22 at Robert Morris W 73-60D29 South Carolina St. W 81-66J3 Youngstown State* W 60-46J5 at (14) Pittsburgh L 65-67J10 at Eastern Ky.* L 61-82J12 at Morehead St.* L 52-62J17 Austin Peay* W 89-76J19 Murray State* W 76-70J24 Tennessee Tech* W 95-73J26 Middle Tennessee* W 96-78J31 at Youngstown St.* L 68-71F2 Detroit W 82-74F4 Hiram W 91-63F7 at Middle Tenn.* L 62-64F9 at Tennessee Tech* W 87-83F14 Morehead State* W 93-83F16 Eastern Kentucky* W 74-73F21 at Murray State* W 76-66F23 at Austin Peay* L 58-63OVC Tournament(Murfreesboro, Tenn.)M2 Youngstown St.# W 103-74M6 vs. Eastern Ky.% L 85-94NIT (Normal, Ill.)at Illinois State L 72-79+-McDonald’s Zip Classic#-OVC First Round(UA 2 seed, YSU 7 seed)%-OVC

I'm pleasantly shocked they're updating it in practically real time. 5 GA's(?)...that will help keep the costs down. Is it good to hire unit coaches before the coordinator? I guess RI is being very selective about a DC.Its possible that some of the hires won't be announced until the bowl season is over.

You need to fix your link CK, it goes to an article about Syracuse football.

Dare I say it? Jimmy Conyers has been the Zips most consistant player this season. He is making all the little plays, the dirty work. He goes after every rebound and is our best defender. Hmm, kinda reminds me of another guy from last years team. Nate Linhart

Sometimes, yes .. other times .. not so much.We need an applet where you can play music behind a post when someone is reading the post. This one needs the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" .. nice motivation speech. I'd have written the exact same thing 10 years ago. Might be interesting to revisit in 5, and then again in 10 years. Hope it's a prosperous 2010.Opportunity does flourish amid chaos. And that too!Go Zips! B) B)This song would make more sense for GP1.

Are you channeling GP1 now, or what?

Huggy was ahead of his time. He is exactly what college sports are and what they have always been. He had the balls to say what everyone else was thinking. It's about winning today. It was about winning in the 1990s. It was about winning in the 1950s. It always has been and always will be. Coaches are brought to schools to win. Alumni give money because the school is winning. Coaches are fired because they don't win. Athletic Directors are fired because their teams don't win. Alumni stop giving money because the team is not winning and are willing to turn their backs to bad behavior if the team is winning.I'm not saying it's right or wrong, it just is what it is.You are so full if sh!t.Look at John Calipari. Or Rick Pitino. Those guys stand for all that is good in Division 1 athletics. With them, it is all about teaching kids. About education first, then athletics. About integrity and character.How long would Bobby Knight have lasted at Indiana if he won 15 games per season? FOREVER, I SAY!Winning has nothing to do with anything.ROFLMAO ... !!!!Cap'n, surely you say that tongue-in-cheek. You just named two of the biggest cheats on collegesports. Continuing to ROFLMAO. Nearly brought tears to my eyes. If only they could keep theirJohnsons home.I forget, was it Pitino or Calipari who coached Tiger?

This is great news. I hope that Porter is here for the full 5 years. Hopefully there is a huge "poison pill" in there that makes it very expensive for another team(Pro or collegiate) to lure him away.

Epic! Post of the year.

Waiting for GP1.....

Like I said during the game, #17 is a thug!

#17 for UVA is a thug. He got one yellow, but deserved another one for stepping on Ampi's head.

After more than a week off, this will be a nice little tune up. We will need to shake off some rust. Zips by 18.

At last report, the ZipsNation.Org search party is still on its mission started to Put-in-Bay a few years ago in search of DA ZIPMAN!You'll have to wait to find Balki .. priorties.DA ZIPMAN! I'm sure a few pearls of wisdom from him would make my day!

Why don't you tell us how you really feel ITZ!

Yeah, but we need to wait to see what The Big Lebowski and Overtaxed Voter, not to mention Old Man Grump, have to say about it before we chime in right?Don't forget Loren Eberly, she's really profound!

Someone in the know told me that UA and the City of Akron are in discussions about renovating the Knight Center into a real arena. Aren't the University and the city are already partners in this project? Most of the infrastructure and other items needed(Parking) are already there. Is this just another crazy rumor or could an arena at that location make sense?http://www.johnsknightcenter.org/pdfs/uppe...0capacities.pdfhttp://www.johnsknightcenter.org/DefaultJSK.aspxhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...=12&iwloc=A

It works in the SEC and it worked in The Longest Yard.Erick Howard , "Mr Football" from Canton HooverQuote; GP1 Quote; GP1 By your logic, this kid is a perfect recruit.

They did secure an alternate site (115 x 70 with field turf) in the event that Lee Jackson was unplayable for the tournament. Thankfully it looks as though we're going to make it through all three games with no weather/field issues.I heard it was here;http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe...=16&iwloc=AThey have a nice new field, just zoom out and look to the upper right of the campus.

I did! Truly an unforgettable moment.

Tiger Woods would hit that!

Duo to be rivals

Things are heating up. "Akron is no Gimme"

I think this thread might be as close to one about the Zips at this point.How did we ever draw 11k for McNeese St last year?