Captain Kangaroo

1995 - Lee Owens's first season after the hellish end to the Faust era. That was one of the worst games in Rubber Bowl history. Sucked to see 1-AA YSU out-sizing us at just about every position.

Keeping an eye on the OSU basketball this season...if the Zips don't win the MAC, I predict a Buckeyes/Zips NIT rematch. Thad is bad.

If you are looking for a fun mid major game to watch tonight, Marshall MTSU just tipped off.

Pretty simple stuff. If I spent 5 seconds worrying about Jerome Lane's mommy's Tweet pouting about Jo Jo Natson being voted more valuable than Jerome...OMG - The truth hurts, mom. He was. If I spent 5 seconds fretting over Tommy Woodson's Tweet that "They done me shady" after he didn't play in the OU game.... OMG - You did the Zips shady by weighing in at 260 lbs when we needed you at QB a couple years ago. At the end of the 2016 season you couldn't pick up your right arm, let alone throw a football 50 yards. Get over it and have a great, healthy 2017 senior season. A OL accepts the chance to play in the Rose Bowl instead of the Potato Bowl...and that's a knock? Really? A NFL-caliber WR wants to drop Western Cult to focus on an NFL football career, and that's a knock? From everything I've seen, he'll be drafted. All this stuff could certainly be apocalyptic. Or, it could make me *yawn* To each his own. Go Zips!

The 5th year grad transfer rule giveth...and the 5th year grad transfer rule taketh away... We've been lucky to avoid the problems of early NFL departures and key 5th year players transferring. It was bound to happen sooner or later. What if Dambrot lost Big Dog and Kwan to transfer this year? It realistically could have happened...it happened in 2015/16 when Cleveland State lost grad players to Wichita State, Michigan State and Louisville(?). Now CSU is losing to Northern Kentucky. W/o Dog and Kwan, we'd be in the same boat. Hopefully we have an incumbent to take LTT's place, and use his scholarship for a grad transfer D-lineman.

I wonder if, once you graduate, you can transfer without penalty as many times as you'd like (2 transfers is probably the max possible)? Redshirt Year 1 Play Years 2 and 3 at school A Graduate Transfer to school B and play Year 4 Transfer to school C and play Year 5

Bummer to lose a solid senior left tackle. Luckily we have some good depth on the OL now-a-days. Quigly did a really nice job at center when he got a chance to play against Ball State. Maybe whatever shuffling of the line occurs gives him a chance to strut his stuff this fall. Or maybe another grad transfer shows up. OL is the least of my worries in 2017.

PD 2016 HS All Star Team

Really nice MAC road win for the Zips. Especially with the injured/ill Hughes and Dunn-Martin not being able to give us many minutes off the bench. The starters logged a lot of minutes, and still finished strong. I don't know that our defense will ever show up this season. But these Zips seem to both enjoy, and excel at playing a fast, run and gun pace. Kwan and Dog playing at a Power 5 level. Fun stuff!

Back when Dambrot got started, the local Joyce/Travis/Wood guys pulled us out of the Hipsher malaise and took us to the point of competing for MAC championships. It would be great if this local "Fab 5" could do the same thing on the gridiron!

It was very fortunate that we had our top 3 guards go stone-cold from 3-point land, yet still emerge with a win. The bulk of our looks were wide-open 3's, and with with Antino/Josh/Noah shooting 40% from 3-land in 2016-17, I'll take that all day long. Kwan's been awesome. Clutch 3-pointers to close out the half, and then the game. I wish he had another year remaining. Tavian gave us a great lift when we needed it. I wish he got a few more minutes, but KD elected not to play him because he'd missed practice due to pink eye. You don't practice, you can't play. Josh wasn't himself Friday night. He had a couple of his fingers taped, and I have to believe there was something wrong with his hand. He couldn't control the ball when dribbling, and couldn't shoot either. Ivey gives us a dimension we haven't had on any other Dambrot team - an athletic slasher that isn't tethered to the bench! Dog is such a good passer...with Ivey slicing to the hole and two 40% 3-point shooters spaces at the 3-line, we're going to run more teams off the floor than we'll struggle. As someone stated earlier - the Big Dog's gotta stay healthy. Kwan too. Does Big Mike have a 10 point game in him? I gotta believe at some point that he breaks out. Looking forward to the CMU game. I think we'll dominate. The entire guard group can't possibly have another outing like Friday.

1.) The haven't "used" their dad's legacy at all. The "Bowden" last name might get your foot in a door. Big deal...that's life...it's no different in politics, or corporate America or anywhere else. Terry's wins (160+) and losses are on his own merit. A Program like Akron would have been absolutely stupid to turn him down when he expressed interest in the position. 2.) You've heard Terry say he uses the "Bowden" name to gain a footing in Florida recruiting, huh? Would you rather he changed his name to Norris Neidermire, just to be fair to the other coaches recruiting Florida? 3.) You wonder why the Bowden name is so big in Florida? I'll leave that to stand alone. Bowden isn't riding any coat tails. He owns his wins and losses. If he has a banner 2017, or it goes down the toilet, it will have noting to do with his 88 year old dad. The credit or blame goes to him, just like any other coach. kreed - you, and two others on this board can out-type anyone. You guys love it, and can debate endlessly. I can't, and won't. I'm done. Go Zips.

Ok...how many of you Zips fans would take Adolph Hitler as your head coach, Charles Manson as your defensive coordinator and John Wayne Gacy as your offensive coordinator if it netted you a #15 ranking and a Cotton Bowl berth? The WMU kids loved playing for Fleck, and he won. Props to him.

Did anyone else pick up the pint glass of a released/departed Cleveland Brown? I think they handed those out at the Marshall game. A Barkevious Mingo pint glass toasting an Alex Mack pint glass is as good as it gets.

You're catching on!

How would you compare the cost of his Akron education in 2016 to the cost of his Akron education in 2017? $10,000 vs $_________ "I'm sorry...the correct answer is "What is Free."

I have a great idea for a basketball promotion - By my calculations 96% of all 2016-17 stuffed basketballs and tee shirts have landed in the lower seats. Why not have all the cheerleaders walk up the stairs to the unwashed masses in the upper level, and toss them balls and tee shirts? I could care less if I get a tee shirt...I have enough to last 15 lifetimes in my dresser drawers. But I see all the general admission kids jumping and screaming at the arena rails during the give-aways and don't understand why they get ignored, while granny blue hair gets lobbed her 23rd tee-shirt and 13th ball of the season? On a positive note - Thank God they don't mention Tim Miller Insurance Agency after every three pointer this season.

I thought it was 4?

Dear George - I want to have a beer while I watch Zips basketball. Please make it happen. My hollowed-out flip flops don't hold enough bourbon to endure the likes of Adrian and Coppin State.

Did you hear Musberger blow a gasket last night defending Mixon? If a school as prominent as Oklahoma can play a kid like Mixon, the Zips could certainly have given someone like Hill a second chance.

I think he declared early for the NFL draft. He was the master of catching the 2 yard swing pass.

Blake Dennis

If there were a G5 playoff, and the Zips were in it, I'd like it.

After Miami's 0-6 start, what odds could you have gotten that they'd be in a bowl game, let alone be the only MAC team to win a bowl game?

Wasn't their center Ervin Johnson?