Captain Kangaroo

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True true true. The "Backing the Zips" campaign won't be nearly as effective with a 3-6 start as it will be with a 7-2 start. Sidenote: At what point is the charade that Harney and Tree are seniors end? Everyone knows they will be in a Zips BB uniform next season.

Nick Andre is a plagiarist. He makes me sick. That poem is a complete rip-off of Derrick Tarver's epic December 2003 post regarding Bryan Hipsher. C'mon Nick. Cite your sources.

I am not concerned about our defense. I am not concerned with our offense moving the ball. I am concerned with our red zone ineptitude (#104 in the nation). I think we are equally as likely to turn the ball over in the red zone as we are to score. If we can convert on our red zone opportunities, I like our chances against just about anyone.

Updated list: I have a feeling Ball State takes us over the 200 mark! 1 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon 2 3 Floyds Alpha King 3 3 Floyds Apocalypse Cow 4 3 Floyds Artic Panzer Wolf 5 3 Floyds Brian Boru Irish Red 6 3 Floyds Dreadnaught 7 3 Floyds Gumballhead 8 3 Floyds Pride and Joy 9 3 Floyds Robert the Bruce 10 Abita Lager 11 Abita Purple Haze 12 Amstel Light 13 Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Ale 14 Atwater Detroit Pale Ale 15 Avery While Rascal 16 Ayinger Bräu Weisse 17 Beck’s Sapphire 18 Bell's Java Stout 19 Bell's Porter 20 Blue Moon Rounder Belgian-Style Pale Ale 21 Boddingtons 22 Boulder Planet Porter 23 Boulevard Bully! Porter 24 Boulevard Dark Truth Stout 25 Boulevard Pale Ale 26 Breckenridge Avalanche 27 Bud Light 28 Budweiser 29 Cellar Rats POC Pilsner 30 Coors (Banquet Beer) 31 Coors Light 32 Corona 33 Corona Light 34 Dale's Pale Ale 35 Dark Horse Kmita Kolsch 36 Dark Horse Thirsty Trout Porter 37 Dogfish Head Sixty One 38 Dominion Oak Barrel Stout 39 Dragon Mead Final Absolution 40 Duvel Tripel Hop 2013 Sorachi Ace 41 Epic Imperial Pumpkin Porter 42 Fat Heads Oktoberfest 43 Fat Heads Oompa Loompa 44 Fat Heads Spooky Tooth 45 Flat 12 Half Cycle IPA 46 Flat 12 Hello My Name Is Amber 47 Flat 12 Pogue's Run Porter 48 Flat 12 Upside Down Blonde 49 Flat 12 Walk About Pale Ale 50 Flying Dog The Fear Pumpkin Ale 51 Fort Collins Brewery Dopple Bock 52 Fort Collins Brewery Maibock 53 Founders Dirty Bastard 54 Four Horsemen Hop Rush IPA 55 Four Horsemen Nugget Head Hoppy Wheat 56 Full Pint Night of the Living Stout 57 Goose Island 312 58 Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout 59 Great Lakes Alchemy Hour Double IPA 60 Great Lakes Burning River 61 Great Lakes Christmas Ale 62 Great Lakes Commodore Perry 63 Great Lakes Dortmunder 64 Great Lakes Lake Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 65 Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster 66 Great Lakes Nosferatu 67 Great Lakes Oktoberfest 68 Great Lakes Rye Of The Tiger IPA 69 Green Flash Double Stout 70 Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest 71 Heinenken Dark 72 Hofbrau Hefeweizen 73 Hofbrau Oktoberfest 74 Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager 75 Hungry Bee Rehive Ale 76 Iron City Light 77 Jacko Travler Shandy 78 Keystone light 79 Killian's Irish Red 80 Kona Pipeline Porter 81 LaBatt Blue 82 Lager Heads Kilt 'Em All Scottish Ale 83 Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale 84 Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin 85 Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro 86 Left Hand Nitro Stout 87 Left Handed Polestar Pilsner 88 Leikeim Dunkle Weisse 89 Leikeim Kellerbier 90 Leikeim Weizen 91 Leinenkugel Summer Shandy 92 Leinenkugel's Hoppin' Helles 93 Lost Coast Downtown Brown 94 Magic Hat Circus Boy Hefeweizen 95 Maumee Bay IPA 96 Michelob Light 97 Miller Icehouse 98 Mönchshof Kellerbier 99 Mooshacher Schwarze Weisse Dark Wheat 100 Mt. Pleasant Train Wreck Ale 101 Natural light 102 Newcastle 103 North Peak Viscious Wheat IPA 104 Ohio Brewing Buckeye Blonde 105 Ohio Brewing Company Steel Valley Stout 106 Old Milwaukee Light 107 Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale 108 Oskar Blues Ten Fidy 109 Pabst Blue Ribbon 110 Peoples Mr. Brown Ale 111 Red Hook Pumpkin Porter 112 Rince Cochon 113 Rivertown Pumpkin Ale 114 Round Barn Brewery Oronoko Cocoa Stout 115 Sam Adams Imperial Stout 116 Sam Adams Porch Rocker 117 Samuel Adams: Fat Jack 118 Schafly APA 119 Schafly Extra Stout 120 Schafly Oatmeal Stout 121 Schafly Porter 122 Schlafly Kolsch 123 Schlafly Pale Ale 124 Sheaf Stout 125 Shiner Oktoberfest 126 Sierra Nevada Belgian Black IPA 127 Sierra Nevada Hoptinum 128 Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 129 Sixpoint 3 Beans 130 Sixpoint Sweet Action 131 Sol 132 Southern Tier Porter 133 Southern Tier Pumking 134 Sprecher Black Bavarian 135 Stella Artois 136 Stone 12.12.12 Vertical Epic Ale 137 Stone 17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung IPA 138 Stone RuinTen 139 Stone Smoked Porter 140 Stroh's 141 Sun King Osiris Pale Ale 142 Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale 143 Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale 144 Sweetwater 420 145 Sweetwater Blue 146 Thirsty Dog Citra Dog 147 Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper 148 Thirsty Dog Rail Dog 149 Triton 4-Barrel Brown 150 Triton Deadeye Stout 151 Triton Magnificent Amber 152 Triton Railsplitter IPA 153 Triton Sin Bin 154 Troegs Dream Weaver Wheat 155 Troegs Mad Elf 156 Troegs Nugget Nectar 157 Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA 158 Tyranena Chief Blackhawk Porter 159 Tyranena Headless Man Amber 160 Tyranena Rocky's Revenge Brown 161 Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale 162 Tyranena Stone Tepee Pale Ale 163 Uinta Black Lager 164 Uinta Dubhe Imperial Black IPA 165 Uinta Punk’n Harvest Pumpkin Ale 166 Unibroue Maudite 167 Upland CV Pre-Prohibition Lager 168 Veldensteiner Zwicklbier 169 Warsteiner Premium Verum 170 Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen 171 Weihenstephaner Pilsner

Thank you ZipsWin! for taking the time to post something of interest and substance. I read your post and it reminded me of the old days...Brookhart and Owens era...when ZipsNation actually exhibited some quality penmanship. The wins weren't always there, but the games were USUALLY tight. And we had a chance to win. And you could point to several pivotal moments there the outcome was decided. And ZipsNation left every game itching to break it down. I hope the reason you were compelled to write a recap was because Zips football games might just actually be worth discussing. That the games are becoming increasingly competitive, and the team is becoming interesting to follow in-depth. I hope the Miami game, and your post, were indeed really the first sign that winning + fun + interest are returning after the Zips nuclear winter.

I think he has a fantastic situation. Perennial NCAA tournament D-1 men's basketball program to cover. NCAA Champion men's soccer program. He gets to cover D-1 college football. Broadcast games from The Big House, State College, Neyland Stadium, The Horseshoe....Terry Bowden is the Zips football coach. If he were running a radio or TV show on Muskingum, I'd say he's got it tough. But he really has nothing tough with the Zips. Lob some softballs to the Zips coaches once a week...tell everyone Bickley was a yard deep in the endzone before he fumbled...then call it a day. I don't think he does any Marketing for UA? I will give you this - It had to be supremely difficult to tell Rob Ianello "The kids certainly aren't quitting" and "Rob, I think good times are just around the corner," without laughing in the guy's face. That takes a real pro. No doubt about it.

Will the A-logo helmet in front of the show tables finally be switched to the "Z-logo" zipper helmet? We'll find out tonight....

I remember walking out of the Rubber Bowl after Roethisberger beat us, and hearing the Miami team belting out their fight song from the visitor locker room. Nice to get a tiny bit of revenge roughly a decade later.

If you hear something on a public radio show, begin a thread to discuss it, then refuse to discuss what was said, you are less than worthless. Glad Steve and Joe still enjoy our site after all these years.

Can GP1 inform us of the Wake Forest fan base's general mood following this crushing defeat?

And somewhere in southwest Ohio, Zipmeister is filing a copyright infringement lawsuit...

I think this list is supremely important. Probably the single most important list of all lists listed. If at least 5 Zips listed on the 2013-14 roster are not listed on this list, I will enlist Alton Lister to re-enlist his crisp lisp with Listerine.

@ the Rubber Bowl Urinals I wonder how many hundreds of gallons of processed beer I passed through you over my lifetime?

Penguins and polar bears have seats hotter than Terry Bowden's.

Why are we discussing CJ Spiller on a Zips web site?

At least the NCAA lets him do the fun stuff. Allen Iverson would like this one single bit.

How about - Ball State = Adult Zip-or-Treat Each participating Lot 9'er brings a 6 pack of high-end beer to the pre-game. Must be a 6-pack. No 22oz'ers. Lot 9'ers bring their 6 pack to participating fan's tailgate and say "Zip or Treat!" They then are given a beer from the participating tailgater in exchange for one of their own. You continue around the lot until you have 6 new, different beers in your 6-pack. Personally, my favorite beer is always my next beer. I'd rather try 6 different pumpkin beers than drink a 6-pack of a single brand. Zip-or-Treat would be a good way to try a bunch of different beers and have a little October fun. Costumes optional. Kids Root Beer Exchange is also an under 21 possibility. Thoughts?

Wash them down with a couple highballs, and you're set.

So is the Ball State Tailgate theme "Balls"? Meatballs (many options here), sauerkraut balls, melon balls, rum balls, spinach balls... Just make sure not to get any balls on your chin.

I forgot a few of mine. I'll need to look them up later. Here is the updated list: 1 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon 2 3 Floyds Alpha King 3 3 Floyds Apocalypse Cow 4 3 Floyds Artic Panzer Wolf 5 3 Floyds Brian Boru Irish Red 6 3 Floyds Dreadnaught 7 3 Floyds Gumballhead 8 3 Floyds Pride and Joy 9 3 Floyds Robert the Bruce 10 Abita Lager 11 Abita Purple Haze 12 Amstel Light 13 Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Ale 14 Atwater Detroit Pale Ale 15 Avery While Rascal 16 Ayinger Bräu Weisse 17 Beck’s Sapphire 18 Bell's Java Stout 19 Bell's Porter 20 Blue Moon Rounder Belgian-Style Pale Ale 21 Boddingtons 22 Boulder Planet Porter 23 Boulevard Bully! Porter 24 Boulevard Dark Truth Stout 25 Boulevard Pale Ale 26 Breckenridge Avalanche 27 Bud Light 28 Budweiser 29 Cellar Rats POC Pilsner 30 Coors (Banquet Beer) 31 Coors Light 32 Corona 33 Corona Light 34 Dale's Pale Ale 35 Dark Horse Kmita Kolsch 36 Dark Horse Thirsty Trout Porter 37 Dogfish Head Sixty One 38 Dominion Oak Barrel Stout 39 Dragon Mead Final Absolution 40 Duvel Tripel Hop 2013 Sorachi Ace 41 Fat Heads Oktoberfest 42 Fat Heads Oompa Loompa 43 Fat Heads Spooky Tooth 44 Flat 12 Hello My Name Is Amber 45 Flat 12 Pogue's Run Porter 46 Flat 12 Walk About Pale Ale 47 Flying Dog The Fear Pumpkin Ale 48 Fort Collins Brewery Maibock 49 Fort Collins Brewery Dopple Bock 50 Founders Dirty Bastard 51 Four Horsemen Hop Rush IPA 52 Four Horsemen Nugget Head Hoppy Wheat 53 Goose Island 312 54 Great Lakes Alchemy Hour Double IPA 55 Great Lakes Burning River 56 Great Lakes Christmas Ale 57 Great Lakes Commodore Perry 58 Great Lakes Dortmunder 59 Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster 60 Great Lakes Lake Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 61 Great Lakes Nosferatu 62 Great Lakes Oktoberfest 63 Great Lakes Rye Of The Tiger IPA 64 Green Flash Double Stout 65 Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest 66 Heinenken Dark 67 Hofbrau Hefeweizen 68 Hofbrau Oktoberfest 69 Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager 70 Hungry Bee Rehive Ale 71 Iron City Light 72 Jacko Travler Shandy 73 Keystone light 74 Killian's Irish Red 75 Kona Pipeline Porter 76 LaBatt Blue 77 Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale 78 Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin 79 Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro 80 Left Hand Nitro Stout 81 Left Handed Polestar Pilsner 82 Leikeim Dunkle Weisse 83 Leikeim Kellerbier 84 Leikeim Weizen 85 Leinenkugel Summer Shandy 86 Leinenkugel's Hoppin' Helles 87 Lost Coast Downtown Brown 88 Magic Hat Circus Boy Hefeweizen 89 Maumee Bay IPA 90 Miller Icehouse 91 Mönchshof Kellerbier 92 Mooshacher Schwarze Weisse Dark Wheat 93 Mt. Pleasant Train Wreck Ale 94 Natural light 95 Newcastle 96 North Peak Viscious Wheat IPA 97 Ohio Brewing Buckeye Blonde 98 Ohio Brewing Company Steel Valley Stout 99 Old Milwaukee Light 100 Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale 101 Oskar Blues Ten Fidy 102 Pabst Blue Ribbon 103 Peoples Mr. Brown Ale 104 Red Hook Pumpkin Porter 105 Rince Cochon 106 Rivertown Pumpkin Ale 107 Round Barn Brewery Oronoko Cocoa Stout 108 Sam Adams Imperial Stout 109 Sam Adams Porch Rocker 110 Samuel Adams: Fat Jack 111 Schafly APA 112 Schafly Extra Stout 113 Schafly Oatmeal Stout 114 Schafly Porter 115 Schlafly Pale Ale 116 Sheaf Stout 117 Shiner Oktoberfest 118 Sierra Nevada Hoptinum 119 Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 120 Sixpoint 3 Beans 121 Sixpoint Sweet Action 122 Sol 123 Southern Tier Pumking 124 Southern Tier Pumking 125 Sprecher Black Bavarian 126 Stella Artois 127 Stone 12.12.12 Vertical Epic Ale 128 Stone 17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung IPA 129 Stone RuinTen 130 Stroh's 131 Sun King Osiris Pale Ale 132 Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale 133 Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale 134 Sweetwater 420 135 Sweetwater Blue 136 Thirsty Dog Citra Dog 137 Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper 138 Thirsty Dog Rail Dog 139 Triton 4-Barrel Brown 140 Triton Deadeye Stout 141 Triton Magnificent Amber 142 Triton Railsplitter IPA 143 Triton Sin Bin 144 Troegs Dream Weaver Wheat 145 Troegs Mad Elf 146 Troegs Nugget Nectar 147 Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA 148 Tyranena Chief Blackhawk Porter 149 Tyranena Headless Man Amber 150 Tyranena Rocky's Revenge Brown 151 Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale 152 Tyranena Stone Tepee Pale Ale 153 Uinta Black Lager 154 Uinta Punk’n Harvest Pumpkin Ale 155 Unibroue Maudite 156 Upland CV Pre-Prohibition Lager 157 Veldensteiner Zwicklbier 158 Warsteiner Premium Verum 159 Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen 160 Weihenstephaner Pilsner

I'm guessing the same whiz kids that screwed up the Harney/Treadwell paperwork last year got promoted to Football Operations?

WTF kind of recipe is this? I assume you spread it over sticks of butter and eat it like a Popsicle?

The defense steps up: 52-10 NIU

Does playing Grand Theft Auto 5 in Poland count as "playing in Europe"?