Captain Kangaroo

OOC Schedule 2015-16 Akron Men's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule November 12th - @ YSU (AWAY) November 17th - vs. American (HOME) November 20th – vs. Radford, Savannah Event (HOME) November 22nd – vs. Georgia Southern, Savannah Event (HOME) November 25th – vs. Air Force, Savannah Event (AWAY)(Neutral Site) November 26th – vs. East Carolina or Mercer, Savannah Event (AWAY) November 30th - vs. Adrian (DIII) (HOME) December 3rd - @ Creighton (AWAY) December 7th - vs. Coppin St (HOME) December 10th - @ Gonzaga (AWAY) December 17th - vs. Marshall (HOME) December 21st – vs. UC Irvine, Sun Bowl/El Paso Event (AWAY) (Neutral Site) December 22nd – vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore or UTEP, Sun Bowl Invitational (AWAY)

Woodson article

Granted you can skip through it...but the 1:20 minute intro for a 2:20 minute video is a bit excessive. Nice to put a voice and personality to the players. Otherwise you'd only know their name and number. Since Akron has no TV coverage, it's really the only chance to hear most of the guys.

I'm thinking if we advertise "Zips vs. Georgia Southern Trump Rally" this season we can increase attendance at the JAR by roughly 4,000 fans.

If you donate $100 to the Z-Fund, you can get the Lot 9 pass, if you ask for it. If you don't ask, they automatically give you 36. It sucks that you have to call them regarding the Lot 9 pass every year, but they never give you the option for 9 up front, when you buy the tickets. So that's what you gotta do.

Akron overlook a 1-AA program? NEVER!

I would love to see a couple of the new kids give us consistent offensive production in 2016-17. You never knew what you were going to get with Kretzer, Forsythe and McAdams. It's been a long time since we've had so many question marks, and needed to bank on so many new/unproven commodities for major minutes. Utomi...who knows anything about what he can do at the D1 level? Eubanks? I don't know squat about his game. Ivey? Hope he worked on his shot and ballhandling over the summer. Olojakpoke? Don't know squat about him. Dunn-Martin? Who knows how his game will translate to D1 hoops? Big Mike? Who knows? Can Aaron Jackson stay healthy? Can Kwan do anything consistently besides defend the rim?

Short article

The reason UA football is in the situation we see today is - Our Department of Athletics has been run by carpetbaggers, ladder climbers or imbeciles for a quarter century. If you want to judge Zips football by what a former Black Sabbath roadie has to say, it speaks to your sports acumen:

I agree the game's competitiveness rides on how Bowden approaches it. I've seen Bowden teams go full-bore conservative and simply try to get out of the game with a slightly embarrassing score and a healthy team (Oklahoma...Marshall...etc). I've seen him go balls-out and almost beat Michigan. I hope the days of us simply trying to run clock and get out of a game in good health are over. We have an offense that should be able to post big numbers on just about anyone. And our defense should be stout enough to bail the offense out if we have a couple consecutive 3-and-out drives. Wisconsin was almost upset before... Actually...they were upset before.... I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention the Zips near miss in Camp Randall, when Hendry got stuffed on a 4th and 1 in the 4th quarter that would have given the Zips the lead. On the next play Lee Evans burnt Jesse Smith for a 99 yard TD and the dream died.

I hope this thread dies soon. Every time I glance at the title it looks like "Keith Dambrot Resignation," and I get a minor heart attack.

Everything I hear is - we might be really good this year too.

Pluto Story

If you are a redshirt, or a transfer, or injured, you can't participate in games but you can still practice and be under scholarship.

If they were dismissed from NC State in April 2016, I don't see any way they are eligible for the Zips in 2016. The only players not on the roster are ones not academically eligible. If academics are good, but they transferred, they can still be shown on the roster.

Nice job, Rob.

Big win still paying dividends 10 years later?

Others interested in Moris include...

I think he learned it here. Nice report by George. But I wish he'd have also mentioned, in addition to him getting kicked off Michigan's team, that he graduated in only 3 years. That's why he has 2 years remaining.

Will the Zips see a familiar face when they play Georgia Southern?

He seemed to be a very likable kid in his Coach's Show appearances last year. From what I understand, smart too? I guess if he's going NAIA, that pretty much tells you why he left. I wish him a great college career.

Doubt it. He'll make an impact. We're going to have 3-4 wideouts at any given time. If he's at the TE position, who covers him? He's not the traditional lumbering TE that an LB can cover. I think he's really going to put the pressure in the opposing defensive coordinator to pick his poison. Go small on the line (safety or corner) and try to contain MTB. In that instance, a big back like Ball will have an advantage. Or, go big on the DL...and the quicker MTB is going to catch some screens/slants and run a long way. On paper, MTB's work in the weight room should give him the ability to hold his own blocking on the line vs LB's, and flatten MAC safety's and corners. We'll see how it plays out on the field.

I agree the casual Akron fan doesn't know the difference between Valpo and American, but those "fans" wear Ohio State gear and don't come to games anyhow. To the real Akron fans, the ones that actually buy tickets, attend games, and fund the Program, they know Valpo would be an awesome opponent: 20+ wins, year-in-year-out. NCAA appearance 2 of the past 3 seasons, with the lone "miss" being an NIT appearance where they made it to the finals. I can't imagine how excited I'd be about Zips basketball if we could have a 3-year run like that one. I know...Valparaiso doesn't have a football team...blah blah blah... We could get a home-home with Valpo if we wanted it. So there must be another reason we don't play. Reviewing how Valpo's fared over the past 3 seasons with the Zips recent post-season resume...I can probably guess what it is.

Just curious...how many App State fans would you expect to make the trip to Akron. 300? 1,000?

USA Today's Take Not sure what you learn about the Zips in the piece, but you do learn a little about the rest of the MAC.