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He just got the USC football gig, right?
Good for Steve.
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The linebacker corps is so stacked it almost makes you wonder if we should switch to the 3-4.
Anything but the 3-3-5.
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My limited contact with him was positive. I came away thinking he cared. I had horrible experiences with his assistants. "Arrogance" was a term that support staff at U of A uniformly used in describing all coaches in the i-era. I don't wish any of them ill, but i am glad they are a distant memory. Love the Bowden era.
My experience was the polar opposite.
The first time I met Ianello, he was a first class jackass. He never did anything but reinforce that behavior over the next 2 years.
After Ianello finished being a dickhead, I spoke to John Latina, who couldn't have been a nicer guy.
Love the Bowden era too. I have met most of the present staff, and they are all very approachable.
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How many other teams have played only three D-1 games through this point in the season?
Heck...Malone's already played two D-1's.
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The assertion that we're in some sort of recruiting peril is laughable. Bowden didn't get the HC job at UA until late December, and had a solid Year #1 recruiting class. Year #2 added a ton more talent. Now he has 7 kids committed in early November of Year #3, and people fret? Seriously?
And the people that whine about the local HS kids...give me a break. We have Grice, Bickley, Brumbaugh, Pratt...Lane, Pittman and Moore will be playing next year...we do fine locally. And the kids from Florida and southern Ohio are panning out just fine. Pennsylvania too.
Fretting over Zips recruiting in November is flat-out insane. Fretting over not getting local kids is worse. What has Bowden done, or not done recruiting-wise, to not have faith in the guy? The internet recruiting sites generate nothing but a sea of Chicken Littles.
Strong, accurate words.
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First, you don't know who 3/4th of out class will be because we haven't landed them yet. You want them to predict the future and tell us who will commit?
Second, we're going after just about every D-I prospect you can name. The offers are out there. Absolutely nobody from Ohio wants to play for Akron.
Strong, inaccurate words.
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How cool would it be to magically make all the OSU gear worn by UA grads turn into UA gear? What a presence-statement that would make.
When I walk into an Akron bar after a game wearing a nice Akron golf shirt, on many occasions the bartender will ask "Are you a coach?" It's unfathomable to many that an everyday alum might be walking around campus in Akron gear. If you are in Akron gear they expect you to be either a player or a coach.
And I don't look much like a player anymore.
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Realistically, Keith Dambrot has zero chance to win an NCAA championship.
Sure, there's a tournament. But realistically (different than statistically) Dambrot's best hope in a given year is to win a conference championship, and maybe a game in the NCAA tourney. No different than Bowden winning a MAC championship and a bowl game.
Should we drop to a lower basketball division too?
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Wait until Howard brings their band next season. They will administer a severe acoustical beat-down of Ohio's Pride.
But we'll win the game 65-0.
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He certainly dwarfed anyone he opposed.
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I'm hoping his weight is closer to the 290 listed on his high school roster.
Yep. Lord only knows how impossible it is to get an additional 30 lbs on a 17 year old, 6' 5", 265lb kid by the time he's 19. Tank would have his work cut out for him.
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Thank you for the nice words Dig.
Interpretation of a written piece's quality is in the eye of the reader. If you like classical music, you probably have never been to a Black Flag concert. If you loved Walter Cronkite, you probably don't like Bill Maher. But Black Flag has sold millions of albums, and Bill Maher is a millionaire, so sometimes what you like is not necessarily bad. It just doesn't suit your personal taste.
This site is like a newspaper. We have or Comic section writers, where nothing is ever serious. We have our Religion section, where things are always great and everything should be forever cumbaya. We have our Political Satirists, who pick extreme points of view simply to get a rise out of those typically religious in nature. Our Fashion section always has commentary on the latest uniform trends. Our Entertainment section critiques the Marching Band, and anything Marketing-related. Our Letters to the Editor section is loaded with crackpot clowns who have nothing better to do that use ZN.o to rant 24/7. Our Classified section offers game tickets. Our Travel section offers recommended placed to stay and eat during road trips. And obviously our Sports section boasts more "reporters" following the Zips than there are vapid stay-at-home moms following Kim Kardashian's Twitter account.
When the Religion section dominates, it is flat-out boring. When the angry crackpots dominate, it is embarrassing. And for all the quality posts on ZN.o, it seems the few stupid, ignorant guys are the ones that are held up as the poster-child for all at ZN.o. I hate that.
When all sections of our "paper" are in synch, this site can be pretty good. I wish it happened more often.
I like Bud Shaw's columns in the PD. I like Norm Chad. I like sports writers that are informed, and clever. I like the writers who paint a canvas with their words and give a visual image to the emotional ebb-and-flow of the event to go along with the numbers. I like writers with insightful opinions. Some people see this style as exaggeration. But many seem to enjoy it.
@everyone: Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thank you for your contributions. And I will see you in Lot 9 Friday!
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This has to be the most retarded men's basketball schedule since James Naismith was hitting the kegger circuit @ McGill U. I can't believe we haven't played a game since November 16th, and won't play another real game until December 7th.
There's nothing to discuss...except if Jonas Stalyga is still on the team. C'mon George...get on that story!
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So Cap'n when a team looks like our team at St Mary's what is that called? I'll take choking all day long for that gag fest they pulled in California.
Good question. "Completely Overwhelmed?"
I give CSU credit for going toe-to-to with K.entucky for 32 minutes. And they did it without their best player too. But they wilted like 3-week old plastic bag lettuce those last 7 minutes.
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CSU had a 19-10 lead in the first half when Kentucky went on a 15-3 run as CSU similarly unraveled. I'm sure a lot of people thought the game was over for CSU at that point. But CSU stopped unraveling and bounced back with a 9-2 run to retake the lead at halftime. It was not unreasonable to think CSU might be capable of repeating their first half bounce back near the end of the game. I could care less who @Zipmeister agrees with.
Chokers don't choke at the end of the first half. That's when they look like all-stars.
Chokers choke @ the end of the game. They panic. They find a way to lose. They look like CSU last night.
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The score was tied 57-57 with 2:09 to go. CSU was down only 3 with 1:23 to go. CSU had bounced back from a similar Kentucky run near the end of the first half to retake the lead at halftime. CSU was in it right up until the last minute of the game.
Kentucky finished the game with a 24-7 run. It was riveting to watch CSU unravel, the player's vacant stares, Waters scowls and futile time-outs.
For the final 7:41 CSU as much "in the game" as Marvis Frazier vs. Mike Tyson. Reginald Denny vs. a lead pipe. Perhaps even worse.
You can certainly make a pure numeric case that CSU was "in the game." But the box score only tells a small part of a much, much more complex story. @Zipmeister might agree.
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It must be hard for YSU to sit back and look at the success Can't and Akron, schools no further than 60 miles away, have had in football over the past 25 years and not want to be a part of it. In the insane world of college athletics, I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
It is equally as hard for Akron and K.e.n.t. to watch the rampant success the Penguins have experienced since Tressel's departure.
The comment is more directed towards the YSU contingent that annually grouses that the Zips will not play the Penguins.
If YSU would move up to 1-A, like UMass, like App State, like Middle Tennessee...then we would play them annually. But since they choose to languish in 1-AA, they should shut up.
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CSU was in it right up until the last minute of the game. I don't expect them to be intimidated by the Zips.
They were not. They crapped down their leg with 5 minutes to go and sat shivering in the corner and the Wildcats did whatever they pleased, whenever they pleased. Dr. Heimlich should be the team trainer for these choke-bags.
Why should they be intimidated by the Zips? Sans one recent Zips victory in a down CSU season, Gary Waters has owed Akron.
CSU actually has a guard that can bring the ball to the front court against pressure from a Top 10 D-1 team. I'm jealous.
If the Zips don't bring their A+ game to the Wolstein Center, it will be "St. Mary's Part II."
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I had no idea they were moving to D-1A?
Yet another 1-AA program that has more balls then YSU.
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does anybody know what happened to Jerome lane? I know he was a prop 48,but is he going to play for akron next year.
Way too soon to tell. He needs to get his grades for this semester, and next semester, before anything is official.
I am sure he is being set up for success by UA (manageable class load, tutors, etc.). If he doesn't make grades it will be his own fault.
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I have told multiple people this and most think that I am crazy, but I believe that Bowden will stay here. He doesnt need the money. He cant catch his dad in victories. He can, however, do something that would cement his legacy as a coaching great.....he could turn one of the worst programs in the country into a nationally relevant program.
I hope he can keep his staff together for a few more years too. Tank, Woodford, Buckley, Amato...all those guys have done an awesome job over the past 2 seasons.
You saw in year #1 that we can move the ball and score if we've got the right people in the system. We regressed offensively in year #2.
QB, RB and WR need to pick it up next season. We need some horses. Then we'll be pretty dangerous.
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The teams that are prepared for Akron..St. Mary's, Oral Roberts, MTSU, Creighton.. beat us almost everytime, these are the games we have to start winning.
While your sentiment is correct, your examples are a bit off.
We've beaten Creighton and MTSU. Relatively recently. The win vs. Creighton was in a really down year for the Blue Jays. Much like beating Penn State last season...we whipped them by 20...they're a Big 10 team...but Penn State would have struggled competing in the MAC West last year. They sucked.
Nevada, VCU (0 for 5?), Dayton, etc. I think are better examples of the Zips opportunities to ascend OOC, but faltering.
While I loved the Bracket Buster event, over the last decade it really exposed the Zips as being a notch below the true upper-mid-majors.
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I like this word: imbroglio
I remember him...
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Tree remembers that game better than you do.
It was his first D1 game in a Zips uniform. He only got to play for 8 minutes, scoring 2 points and grabbing 2 rebounds, but he got to feel and taste that confetti. He wants to make it happen again, as do all of his teammates, all of his coaches and all Zips fans. How to make it happen is the missing link.Actually, I was referring to the Mississippi State win from 2005-6. I figured since LOZ was referencing the Florida State NIT win in the same post, he/she was referring to the Mississippi State win of that era.
Regardless of the landmark Mississippi State win, LOZ's point remains valid - if Tree would simply realize the Zips should not expect to win, much less care about winning such games, and wait until the MAC season to really be concerned about W's and L's, he'd be much better off.
2014 Commit: CB Kyron Brown
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I am confident T-Buck will seal the deal.