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Does anyone know how to lay hands (technologically speaking) on the animated Zippy video set to Michael Jackson Thriller?

There are chairbacks on west side lower reserved duct taped together. 30 years of wear and tear. I hope Tommy Evans seating is open to court and not enclosed in glass.

If Worcestershire Sauce doesn't lose his job for complaining to the MAC about the refs, he should be fired.

Coach Tressel went from great div II school with great support to premier DI and took program to top Coach Winters is at a previously poor div II school with no support and he gets into D II playoffs and wins Zips are currently one of the worst programs in BCS hemorrahging fan support by the week He from here his family is still here Can someone name a better Offensive coordinator at akron in last 30 years I will not attend another game until Coach I is gone

Another item noted at Friday's BB game. The electronic sign at the scorer's table shows "This is Roo Town" all through-out the game. Look closely at the skyline in the background - it is Cleveland's!!???!!

Did Paul Winters get an interview?

Quote from Coach I: "Let's face it Charlotte Webb played one T double-E double-R double-R double-I double-F double-I double-C, C, C game".

If we go 0-12, our draft position should be awesome.

Go Zips - if you paid for tuition you should probably ask for a refund. Keep charging $20 for GA and putting crap on the field and you will be laughing out loud and no one will be there to hear you. I expect more from the U of A athletics too. The general public who aren't die hard fans will not become fans until they come to see a affordable, quality and entertaining product. I could go to any City Series High School game and see less illegal procedure calls on both teams. I have been as big a fan as anyone, traveling many miles to away games for both FB and MBB for 25+ years. The Zips always seem to lay an egg when they get opportunities to show their stuff. Like 5,000 white wearing Zip fans and one section of Can't State fans at a home basketball game and the Zips go out an play like it was their first week of practice. Morgan St was great for an opener and followed by Indiana and they come out flat. How was attendance the following week? Syacuse debacle will yield similar results, especially at $20 per.

Could someone on the coaching staff correct the punt team's illegal formation after the first, second or third penalty? All that time to practice and soooo many penalties for illegal procedure or formations. Simply poor coaching. Mid-way through the 3rd quarter, my son said, "maybe next week the Zips could erect a barn in Info to see if Nicely could hit it", I frankly had to agree. To Nicely's defense, the dropped pass by Carter early on and the penalties had to be frustrating. Protection was not good. Anyone ever hear of a quick slant? Anything to get the ball out on the perimeter, and I'm not talking about the WR screens thrown 3 yards behind them. Zips have needed someone to step up at RB for 15 years. Every series of the Zips downs should have started at 2nd and 8, first down play calling was predictable. Defense played well, especially DL and LBs. 4th and 1 or 2 on the 25 yards line - you play the games to win, not to be respectable a loss is a loss. GO FOR IT, successful you are down by 7 - unsuccessful, they have to go 75 yards for a score. I heard they are charging $20 for GA seats. Really? Are they 300% better than watching high school teams? They should "give the tickets away" until they fill the place up (hint: winning - look at the soccer team). A guy told me he spent $80 dollars for GA seats for his family to see the bands' butts and watch a poorly played game. He said he would not go back, too expensive. Sell them for $10, soak them for $5 for hotdog and pop. Easy math $20 time one game versus $15 less $0.75 for the pop and hot-dog times 6 games = $85 - all other costs are fixed.

I would also request that the new coach work on self control of players and coaches. The former coach hopefully was not aware of the F bomb being used on the sideline by players and coaches. I have seats are in row one right behind the benches where the Defensive players gather and when the O is on the field. Everyone around me and I probably heard the F-Bomb 20+ times per game. I know its been 20+ years and kids are very different today, but Coach Dennison would have administered 20 lashes at mid field for even a gosh darn. Self control should be something the university teaches these fine student athletes. WIN the right way.

It will be hard to test run everything, because it looks like they will still be installing seats right up until the gates open for Morgan State. Maybe they'll use the blue tarps from the Rubber Bowl to close off a few sections.

The athletic department is pretty stingy with season tickets. I know, I have tried to secure them for non-profit raffle prizes.I know of two instances where the winners of basketball season tickets, renewed by their seats the following year ($$$). Of course a winning team helps, but I can assure you they would never have attended a game without those freebies.If the seats are empty, how much do they really cost?Maybe the marketing department could explain to the athletic department the concept of loss leaders.J.D. really needs to get his team to learn how to finish. They seem to be a 3/4 team which ususally translates into 50% wins.There will be big crowds at game one through three, winning those three games will bring them back to the remaining 3 games. Winning the next three games will bring them back next year.They do need to sell their soul to the Cleveland TV stations. Of course, on opening day all 3 or 4 stations will be camped outside the stadiums, touting "our own Akron Zips" and the next day you will only hear about OSU and the Clowns.

The SkyHi (Db Cheeze and special sauce) is better.

Ever parked right next door to an OSU game? Downtown has plenty of parking as it is a ghost town after 5:05 pm Friday.

Quote: JohnnyZIP84: Granted, there was really no competition on the field (even at halftime.....I felt JUST as sorry for the "Pride of Ohio" for having to follow THAT performance). I remember the Howard and Central State Bands. My 9 year old daughter, 24 year old nephew and I were totally blown away by how good those Bands played. I also remember my daughter asking to leave when U of A started playing a rousing tribute to "My Fair Lady" in an attempt to save face against those other 2 bands.I can also remember telling friends and family of how entertaining it was... I don't recall being all that excited about Zip football since the "miracle" season. And it truly was a miracle.

For improvement you should look at LO last 4 years 21-25 (46%) and JD is 21-23 (48%).So yes JD is better than LO, but not by much.

All 4,000 that regularly attend?

What if we canned the football program and put our investment in BB. I am going through the same thoughts I had back when Faust came and the U had to make a huge commitment to football and Coach Huggins was given a clear signal that BB was secondary to football and he promptly left for Cincinnati. I had those thoughts as a member of the U of A football team. I know, maybe we don't keep Huggins forever, but it is better than running him out of town.With all the talk of a new football stadium. Fielding a successful FB team is difficult to do and there is virtually no chance to catch lightening in a bottle and suddenly become a national power. U of A football is second to last in front of Buffalo and just behind Can't in the NCAA DI revenue generation. Tough to perform on such a small budget.Why doesn't the U of A put some thought to getting out of the FB business and make a significant investment in the Basketball program. Fielding a team of 6 to 8 players is certainly easier than field 30 football players good enough to contend with the Majors.We are 6 to 9 years away from Boise State status even if everything possible would go right (and we all know as NE Ohio fans that never happens). We would be 15 years from serious consideration for anything more than an annual trip to the motor city bowl.We could build a new arena in place of the new FB stadium and it would probably see more use that the 10 to 30 dates the FB stadium would be used.You would also have more options to get into a BB conference. Hell for that matter be the Butler of the OVC or the league Niagra is in. You would get into the NCAA every year.Just a random thought.

GO ZIPS!!!KD is the best.Thank you to Romeo and Dru II. I love Cedrick Middleton and he is back!Wood is a beast and back! Dials, Linhart and Milam are back!Conners and Rybeck are showing signs of improvement.McKnight x 2, McNeese, Bardo and more...

How about thinking a little bigger like an FM station (WNIR the Talk of Akron) / (WKDD - have a heart)?

Why since the day of my birth (January 1965) have no northeast Ohio teams been able to finish and have been crushed by the drive, fumble, shot and bank?It must be my fault.I'm sorry.

I'll bet if the above predictions are true (BIG SNOW) that there will be more OU fans than Zip fans. Zips fans looking for excuse not to go.

I was at the UT game. The stripes with the slick hair makes only offensive foul calls (no pun intended). He ref'd the Central Michigan game and made the same calls. Valenza (sp?), Wood and Rome were beating the crap out of each other and then all of a sudden "slick" would call them for having their hand on a UT player ass 20 feet from the play.Rome's and Middleton's charge calls were blocking calls by 99% of every other qualified college refs. I would say 8 times out of 10, contact on a drive to the hoop ends up as a blocking call. "Slick" proably calls a charge 8 times out of 10.The Cant State at Uof A game should have silenced everyone that home calls are made in the MAC. I only request is that the ref's make consistent calls. You expect homer calls but call the the same everytime.Linhart absolutely can't make a shot, he looks like his legs are gone. He took a 3 point attempt and was about 3 feet short. Rest him and give some time to Conyers, Milum and McKnight.Rome and Wood were unstoppable in the paint. Only double teams slowed them, which should leave someone open. But Linhart, Middleton, Milum, Joyce were not on.Dials shot very well and passed poorly.One last observation... KD needs to wear a suit and tie and dress shoes. Last night he had grey slacks and white shirt (probably wears it to clean his garage) and tennis shoes. Dress professional and maybe the team will play with that mentality. Dress casual the the team may play casually. I'm superstitous.

Zippy has a hole in his knee and 2 in his butt. A what is that lump half-way down his tail? Time for a ZIppy make-over.