Captain Kangaroo

Grayshirts are usually academically eligible in Year #1. Non-qualifiers aren't. Grayshirts are typically in good academic standing, but a school's scholarships are used-up. So the player commits, but delays enrollment by a semester and enters under the following season's scholarship count. He/she then has 4 subsequent years of eligibility. A non-qualifier would only have 3 years of remaining eligibility, with the opportunity to gain a 4th year if they were on track to graduate. If Ivey were a non-qualifier, you'd like to think we'd know it. We did with Harney and Tree. Then again with the history of our Compliance Dept...who knows. They may not know the difference. Grayshirts are common in football, not nearly so much in basketball. It's hard to find mentions of basketball grayshirts on the web. Maybe KD is on the cutting-edge? D'Orazio grayshirted in football. The Zips wanted him. He wanted to come to Akron. But he had a bad knee injury. He grayshirted, then redshirted. Then he played. Then he lost another year to injury, which is why he's a 25 year old senior next year.

Hope he's not taking the big dirt nap.

Great quote by Pat. He seems like a different kid this season...last year he never seemed like he was enjoying the game. This year, he does.

I liked this quote better:

Funny how good the refs can be when you win by 20. It would be interesting to graph the Ref Satisfaction Rating (RSR) vs. Point Differential. I bet I can guess what it looks like?

Speaking of WMU Big Boy, anyone seen Stainbrook playing for Xavier? What a transformation. Great win by the young Zippers last night.

I buy the fact that the big schools are separating themselves from the non-Power 5 conferences. Even a K.e.n.t. grad can figure that one out. I buy that the cost of running a D1-A football program is escalating somewhat dangerously. UAB is tangible evidence. I don't buy Power 5 schools increasing scholarships and leaving table scraps for the non Power 5. Do you really want to be the 8th string DE at Alabama? Or the 6th string RG at Pitt? I don't buy that dropping down to 1-AA would do anything for the Zips long-term. 1.) You can still stink at the 1-AA level if you have a crappy coach hires and poor leadership 2.) You only save 22 football scholarships by going to 1-AA (vs. 1-A). 22 scholarships is a joke, even at Akron. The Zips need to start winning some football games. I wish you can turnaround a program as decimated as Ianello left us in 2 or 3 seasons, but is just isn't possible. Hopefully the new play makers we'll have at WR, RB and QB next season, and a solidified OL will bring the offense up to the defense's level and we'll start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in 2015.

Temple Ponders New Stadium Wistercill proclaims (Laughably): 1.) No, people aren't flocking to ESPN3 to watch MAC football. No one watches it. While there is some merit to the argument that modern television is sapping a small sector of college football's game day attendance, that point is absolutely irrelevant to Akron's attendance issues at InfoCision. 2.) Why doesn't he mention his hiring of Rob Ianello as a contributing factor to InfoCision's poor attendance? I did a little more research that the lazy reporter from Philly and from what I can tell, Rob Ianello's pigskin holocaust was the #1 reason the stadium has been 80+% empty. November Tuesday night games with 7/8pm starts placed a distant 2nd. I am confident that Bowden will do the impossible and make Akron a winner in football, as long as UA doesn't do anything stupid to impede him. Thank God a search committee reached out to the guy. It just sucks that he was given such a big hole to fight out of.

Carmelo is no longer on the team.

Like it or not, it is our meal ticket in post-Tree 2015. McAdams is a 3-point specialist. As is Kretzer. As is Ibitayo. As is Evans. And Robotham, Jackson and Cheatham shoot it at a good clip too. If we are going to make any noise in 2015, we need to take, and hit our open 3's.

Post game interview with no working microphone. Only in Akron. Nice win by the Zips.

Frenchy just said "The Zips are throwing the ball all over crapwad." That's why he's a legend.

Hirschmann certainly is a dark horse in that competition.

Maybe we need a new topic: " Shameful MAC OOC Losses"? Ferris State 82, Bowling Green 68: Drew Lehman scored 29 points and the Division II Bulldogs ran away from the host Falcons.

If the 2013-14 Zips had Bluffton's point guard instead of Betancourt, they'd have won at least 2 more games. The kid was small, but he was a baller. Best parking spot I've ever had at a Zips BB game. I've never seen fewer cars. Ate at The Score on Exchange prior to the past 2 games. They have great steak sandwiches. Great fries. $2 pints. The bar is really nice...nicest I've ever seen on UA's campus. I may have found a new pre-game hang out?

A better example (of a really bad example) is the Rifle team.

Win, and a trained monkey should be able to fill InfoCision to 20K regularly. One caveat - don't schedule games at 8pm on Tuesday nights in November.

Just returned from Dr. Z. Thankfully it wasn't CIT, it was CBI.

No. Pelini wants to create his own identity. Look for YSU to soon begin marketing him as "The Frank Solich of the MVC."

I got CIT fever.

1.) Great to see a Hip Zip post. Hope all is well with you! 2.) If you had to pick a Zip to hit a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left in the game, who would you pick: a.) Robotham b.) Cheatham c.) Jackson d.) Evans e.) McAdams f.) Kretzer I don't think McAdams or Kretzer would be in my top four? Hope that changes.

Since the topic was greyshirts and Junious, I agree you missed the point. Everyone has their off days. It's ok.

Junius can't take classes. He is a greyshirt. Jesus...

Greyshirts don't attend classes in the fall.

"OH DR. Z, IT MIGHT BE BELOW ZERO OUTSIDE, BUT IT'S HEATIN' UP HERE IN BISON SPORTS ARENA!!"