Beanie 4 Heisman

Couldnt agree more. No red for this IU game. Unless of course you are an IU fan. I really think the stadium would look great if all the fans wore navy. And it would look good with the new All blue Unis

Didnt think about that. Night games are alway awesome in my opinion. Maybe for our first night game or our first big night game we could have a blue (or any Akron color) out. Think that would be pretty cool. GP1 - I walked by Bdubs it looked alright. Nothing special. They did have the whole parking lot blocked off and people were drinking outside. Like some one else said im not a big Bdubs fan. The food isnt very good for the prices they charge.

It lacks the magic of tradition and history. Most stadiums have stories attached to them, great plays and legends from all the games played there. This is something that will grow over time. I also think that the fans are a part of that, and yesterday the fans weren't sure of themselves, they were kind of getting used to the feeling.I believe that when the dorms get built that will obscure the view of Exchange there will be a better feel. Right now it's too open.Good point. Give it a few season with a winning team and we will have tradition in the stadium. Are they keeping the parking lot behind the scoreboard or will that become dorms as well?I thought it was originally going to be dorms.

Went to HS with Beanie. Not much of an OSU fan, but I am a big Zips fan. The avatar and screen name dont matter. My assessment wasn't ambiguous it was pretty clear. I am allowed to be critical of the stadium and state points where I think they could improve.

Maybe this is just me because no one else has complained about this. The stadium just seems to be missing something. Yeah it looks great. But to me it is bare and lifeless. Im not too sure what there is they could do now but I think something needs to be added to the stands opposite the press box. Then something need to be done to building in the north endzone. It looks bare and the ring of honor on a wall, which last time i checked is not a ring, looked fairly stupid. All in all the stadium is nice, but just had those few complaints. The vibe around campus was awesome. I was talking many students, friends, and former players and for the first time we can remember this actually felt like a college campus on gameday. Which to me was a great feeling to see in my hometown.

Just because a recruiting site doesnt say we didnt offer someone doesnt mean anything. We offer so many seniors in upwards of 400. We are the first to offer many high school seniors, many of which dont come here. Mid Major have to offer so many people based on the talent they want, think they can get, and can get.

My favorite line from the Toledo Blade article, "At 2-7 the Rockets clinch their 3rd consecutive losing season." I just found that to be really funny for some reason.

No. The recruiting is always going and happening. The public just doesnt here everything. If you how many scholarships a school like Akron has to offer a year, you would be amazed. The coaches are always busy recruiting. If you are in the stadium for pregame you can see all of the recruits on the sideline. Granted the majority of them are just there because they are local, but you get a few maybe a handful a game are the real deal and will actually recieve offers from us or other D-1's

He is a JR. played his first two seasons at Iowa. Redshirted last year for transfer. This year is his JR. season. Next year SR. year for Bain. He will be here.

Both Wagner and Patterson are gone. Patterson was terrible. He was so bad he got kicked off the scout team, because he couldnt give the defense a decent look. Wagner transferred to ashland i believe. The depth chart now reads. Jacq, Matt, Jordan Miller, and Jerred Wackerly. Jacq is our QB live with it. This board always wants something different. Jacq is playing decent football right now. he looks great sometimes and not so good other times. Most QB's are this way. But there is a reason Jacq is and remains our QB.

JD hasnt done the play calling for two or three season now. That job is Joe Moorhead's. All though i am sure JD does give his input on plays being called. I do agree with your assessment on going to a MAC championship if we win. I think we can beat all of the remaining teams on the schedule this season. How sweet would it be to 9-3 at the end of the regular season. Go Zips! Flush the Fl ashes

73 -0, Akron is what i would love to see. Realistically i am going to say 31 - 14 Zips

DK is solid. The best all around back we have probably. Alex Allen is is good, but DK is sound in all areas of the game. He is a great pass protector, receiver out of the backfield (some of the best hands on the team), and a very solid runner. Between DK Tuzze and GP we should be good to go at rb this game. I wouldnt expect to see DeVoe.

To answer a few questions. We have signed a new contract with adidas just a few weeks ago. Im not too sure how long the contract goes for. There will be new home uniforms for next season. I believe the away uniforms are staying as is. The away uniform is really nice looking uniform. The idea of the different helmet stickers isnt a bad idea. But you would have to have them made and change the entire teams helmet sticker every time you wanted a different look on the helmets. And remember someone has to do this every time. it doesnt just happen. I personally like the Blue Helmets with the gold facemasks that zip81 made. The big problem that we would be running into here is money. Currently we have one set of helmets. A lot of schools have a set of practice helmets and game helmets. We, right now, dont have the money to do this. Out helmets are painted gold with a blue flake in them. The shell itself is the same color as greenbay's helmets. That is why you see yellow on some of the helmets we have that are beat up. The solution would be to with a helmet you dont have to have panted over; such as the blue or white. Think the Steelers helmet. It is an impregnated helmet meaning the shell itself is that color. None of the companies i am aware of make a Gold impregnated helmet. To do this we would have to raise the money for a new set of helmets. The helmets the team currently is using, The Riddell Revolution, cost about 160-170 per helmet for the standard and about 200+ for a different version called the IQ. Now if we were going to chage you would have to figure in those prices for about maybe 150 helmets. $180 multiplies by 150 helmets puts us at $27,000 dollars. Not too bad. But now you would have to figure in the facemasks. Which cost some where between 12-20 dollars. We will say $15 multiplied by 200 facemasks. Which probably still isnt enough. Gives us $3000 dollars. To change the color of the helmets and the facemask the team would be looking at around $30,000 not to mention the cost of shipping. That is all a rough estimate and i would say it is on the low side. to be safe i would guess we need about $35,000+ in order to change the helmets. If a donor is reading this and wants to see different helmets or uniforms please donate. And say that is what you want the money used for. Thank you in advance if you are out there. Now the uniforms that is another story...I'll leave that for later today maybe.

Speedy good sized LB. Also, an Ohio kid. The coaches are excited about this kid. Look at some his tackles he make on this video. He is chasing down receivers all the way down the field. Looks like he could be another good player for the Zips. http://www.scoutingohio.com/Blake_Fraley_Hilliard_Darby.htm