Captain Kangaroo

REALLY excited to see our running backs this fall! So many new guys with size + strength. And if Sands is healthy...look out!

Janoris in the news again

TJ Article TJ Tidbit

Kobie Booker has quit school and football. Nine out of ten times that would be terrible news, but it makes room for Maverick Wolfley to get immediate playing time. Maverick rules. Travonte Junius has hung up the cleats. Injuries played a big part in the decision. There is a good chance that Jonah Morris will be immediately eligible to play due to the medical hardship affecting his family. The NCAA has become increasingly more player-friendly in their eligibility rulings. Morris’s 6’ 4” 205 lb frame and experience are expected to be a huge addition to an otherwise very small and inexperienced WR corp. Beautiful day for golf, and a blast as always. More fans should take advantage of the event. It never disappoints!

Colorado may have the upper-hand

Selected to Play in the Penn-Ohio Game

Other than it’s Municipal Stadium? Photo 9/9 in the slide show is actually of the Rubber Bowl.

From West Branch HS

Complete speculation - some decent program said they were booked scholarship-wise for 2018-19, and told him they'd sign him for 2019-20 if he played JUCO ball for a year. Or - he had mediocre interest due to his limited body of work, and thought he could improve his 2019-20 stock by putting up some gaudy JUCO numbers. Wherever he went he'd need to sit out a year, so I'm sure playing any level of basketball was more appealing than sitting on the end of a bench in street clothes watching the other guys have all the fun.

I agree. Good decision for him to go JUCO. I assume he'll have a great season, and probably find a nice mid-tier D1 program for his final 2 seasons. My money is on Houston.

I went to Nebraska in 1997 for the Zips game. UA had a deal where, for $365.00 you got hotel, game ticket, and airfare to Lincoln. About 20 members of their band came over and played the Zips fight song to our group during the 3rd quarter. Their fans couldn't have been nicer. Had a blast.

Corn Nation Looks at the Zips

From Hustlebelt

Why should it take a couple more years to re-establish ourselves? We made it to Cleveland last year with two hands tied behind our back. I'd expect to be playing on Friday night at The Q this season, and I'd give us a puncher's chance against any "major" opponent this year...at least as much of a puncher's chance as any MAC program would have.

I would put it at 1.

Boy would it be nice to see him at WR for the Zips

See this post.

http://iuhoosiers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8128 No doubt he’d be an exciting 2019 addition!

Looks to be true Zach Dilauro

Who did Jatavis Brown know?

Lane had the skill-set to be an NFL wide receiver. But he really needed to work harder at the craft. He thought he knew what it took to be an NFL WR, but he was wrong. I still feel in some NFL team would have put him on the 53-man roster last year and worked with him, they'd have had something in 2018 or 19. But who wants to invest that time when there are 100 "Jerome Lane's" out there fighting an NFL roster spot. He didn't separate himself. Even staying in Akron for his senior season...he'd have put up some serious numbers in 2017 and maybe done enough to convince an NFL team to invest in him. Unfortunately it looks like the end of the road for his playing career. Unless he wants to hook up with one of these fly-by-night pro leagues that seem to pop up, and then disappear on a monthly basis.

Zips rated a dark horse candidate for a MAC Championship

My take from the JAR Section 2B - Parrish's reasons for leaving? He wasn't a Groce recruit, he was a Dambrot recruit. Sometimes you aren't simpatico with a new staff and philosophy He bought into a program that was a perennial 20 game winner. I'm sure the team he played on last season wasn't at the competitive level he envisioned when he originally signed. He wasn't all that keen on playing defense. He got better at the very end of the year, but performance on the defensive end seemed to rub the coach the wrong way. I liked Parrish, and I think he'll do well wherever he ends up. His departure is a shame because he's a baller who probably just needed to mature a bit. For him, I think the Zips loss will be someone else's gain. Patton - One of Groce's late recruits who had no other offers at the Zips level. He was the best player we could get under the circumstances. And from his standpoint we were the best Program to show an interest in him. Hustler. Good rebounder. Took defense seriously. Good role player. A garbage man under the hoop that otherwise has a really long way to go on the offensive side of the ball. I think the writing was on the wall that his playing time would be limited as the new guys gained eligibility. If he wanted minutes, and to develop his offensive game, he needed a fresh start elsewhere. On the influx of transfers - I think in Division 1 sports today, athletic directors and fans want to win NOW. They don't give a new staff 5 years to recruit freshman and build a program the traditional way. The post-Dambrot Zips program was heavily gutted by transfers & graduations . Thank God for BCS transfer Duvivier. BCS transfers are a way to become competitive quickly. Like Bowden in football, when you inherit a decimated team, you need to win some games to attract recruits. So you need some talented, mature, short term "mercenaries." Once you begin winning, the transfers dwindle. I think this Zips basketball staff has a good pulse on the transfer "waiver wire" and had brought in some solid talent. I'd expect they'll get out of the transfer business soon. Groce doesn't really have a reputation for building his program on transfers. It's just a necessity based upon the situation he inherited. Again - just my opinion from 2B.

Judging from that video, Easton Wolf can hit! Hope he decides on the Zips.