Captain Kangaroo

If you can't bring the ball up the court, the shot-blocking is irrelevant. See the VCU game. Or the WVa game. High-major D-1 point guards seem to feast on weak/average guard play. I have no fear we'll have PG talent to do well in the MAC. My concern comes with Thinking Bigger. I was really hoping Evans would, assist-wise, be a drop-in replacement for Abreu. And give us the edge in our marquee games. Additional note - The sometimes paella-riddled Abreu wasn't always the "dream" D-1 PG, but when he was on his game he was the best I'd seen since McLaughlin.

Stupid Losing season, Empty Dix Stadium, Non stop incomplete passes from 3rd string QB to wide receivers. Continuously running plays that don’t work, The inability to separate being a hacky sack player and a Frisbee golfer. Dropped classes, But having 4 of your original teeth means you’re a "super star", Yeah right. Where's my tooth paste? My out house? My Double-wide? I can drop passes, Run backwards, Miss tackles, And be afraid to take a hit. That's top line div. 1 material right there. If that's what K.e.n.t. wanted, They definitely got it. This whole town will be glad when the smelly hippies are gone. For anyone who doesn't understand what I am saying? K.E.N.T.'S SCREWED!

If these guys both turn out to be Blake Justice Part II, it will be a big problem. We need a real D1 point guard if we are going to achieve anything beyond our annual run through the MAC, then one-n-done in a tourney. Hope one emerges. I bet KD does too.

I hope Diggs can play PG at a high level. It will make this team extremely dangerous against high-major competition. Who can deal with a senior, 6' 6" PG with mad game? But all I have is blind hope that Q worked exclusively at improving his passing, vision, poise and decision-making during his lengthy hiatus. In his time at UA he has proven to have a sweet, twine-tickling outside jumper. A killer crossover and a keen ability to slash and finish. His floor attitude is on the edge...crossing over the edge on many occasions...but that's not always a detriment. Love Q at the 2. Love him at the 3. But he really has to have improved those key PG attributes if he's going to help us net a few early marquee games that always seem to elude us. Will he kill against Bluffton? Sure. Against the Zips #2 squad? Sure. And probably against Western Michigan and even K.e.n.t. But he has looked massively overwhelmed against teams like Northwestern and WVa when asked to play the 1. And until I see the metamorphosis for myself, I will remain a Q supporter, but a skeptic that he's the answer to replace Abreu. Why would we bring in Evans if he can't play PG? If he can only play the 2 at a high level, what's the use? We already had buckets full of guys to play the 2. We'll see how it plays-out. Stay hydrated, Melo.

Northwestern game. The last 16 seconds are burned into my memory. Prior that, other 2011-12 instances where Abreu was out/suspended (WVA game was an extended look).

Diggs is not a point guard, at least not for anything more than emergency purposes. And an occasional top-of-the-key drive at the end of a half. Hopefully Betancourt has elevated his game. And Evans can play the point. Otherwise, I think McAdams is our best PG option. And that would be a big weakness in an otherwise very strong team.

Zips win this week. The only question is whether it is a laugher, or if the penalty-loving Zips manage to bungle their way to a close win. There are no excuses this week: * The Zips play at home. * Rivalry game, where our rival enters at 2-7. * K.e.n.t.'s QB is sub-mediocre. What a treat to play against a lousy QB for once? * Unlike last season, when the Zips defense was decimated by injuries and still should have won the game, this year the Zips are healthy. Even without Turner, CJ James and CJ Mizell, the defense has performed at a relatively high level. How is that possible? Give Amato some props. * Pohl should have a much easier time throwing against the K.e.n.t. defense than Ball State's. I look for a big day from him. * I don't think Nico Caponi lets the Zips lose this game. There's a LOT of pent up frustration amongst the Zips seniors...way too many losses over their careers. They finally have a team surrounding them that's capable of beating someone, and they won't let this opportunity pass. Hoisting the Wagon Wheel at InfoCision is something those inglorious bastards deserve. They will seize the day. * Bowden needs to play like he wants to win the game. Last year his dadgum butt-hole puckered up after half time and the Zips sat around waiting for K.e.n.t. to rally. Do the Zips have a trick play? K.e.n.t. has historically been stupid enough to bite on them. Pull out all the stops Saturday afternoon! Robert "Shanken" Stein needs to pull the bolts out of his neck and hit a few short field goals. Either that, or the Zips need to synchronize their frequent personal foul penalties with his chip shot field goals and move him back to 45+ where he seems most comfortable. Chisholm's legs look like a baby deer on a frozen pond, but he's putting up some decent numbers. If he can keep his balance, he can go for 150+ versus K.e.n.t. Side note: Was there ever any bigger disparity in running style on display than at InfoCision last week watching Ball State's RB patiently wait behind his blockers for a hole, versus Chisholm's wild, slashing unpredictable bursts? Can Milwee remove that "5-men-in-the-backfield" play from his playbook? It seems to be illegal (at least the refs think so), but we run it multiple times every game? If K.e.n.t. is unprepared on defense, and we are ready at the line of scrimmage, can someone tell Pohl to run a play instead of waiting and staring at our sideline until K.e.n.t's ready? If Pohl wants to be in the class of the QB's we've faced from UCF, Ball State, Northern Illinois, Louisiana...he needs to take command of this offense. If Getsy was our QB last week, I think we beat Ball State. The rest of our team is improving. But QB seems stuck in 2nd gear. We need better play from our QB. I want to see Pohl become a leader. I want to see some accuracy. Some 3rd down conversions. Or, I'll want see if Hirshmann's celebration dance has improved. Zips 41 K.e.n.t. 23

Announced crowd: 20,346 Actual butts in seats: 6, 697

Added mine in too. Soooo close to 200! Keener is the "Jordan Lynch" of the Lot 9'ers. I will have a special corked beer to pop in the lot after Saturday's voctory! 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 Black Box 2012 IPA 21 Blue Moon Rounder Belgian-Style Pale Ale 22 Boddingtons 23 Boulder Planet Porter 24 Boulevard Bully! Porter 25 Boulevard Dark Truth Stout 26 Boulevard Pale Ale 27 Breckenridge Avalanche 28 Brew Kettle Dark Helmet Schwazbier 29 Brew Kettle One Eye Jack Porter 30 Bud Light 31 Budweiser 32 Cellar Rats POC Pilsner 33 Coors (Banquet Beer) 34 Coors Light 35 Corona 36 Corona Light 37 Dale's Pale Ale 38 Dark Horse Kmita Kolsch 39 Dark Horse Thirsty Trout Porter 40 Dogfish Head Sixty One 41 Dogfish Head Theobroma 42 Dominion Oak Barrel Stout 43 Dragon Mead Final Absolution 44 Duvel Tripel Hop 2013 Sorachi Ace 45 Elevator Brewing 1810 Oktoberfest 46 Epic Imperial Pumpkin Porter 47 Fat Heads Oktoberfest 48 Fat Heads Oompa Loompa 49 Fat Heads Spooky Tooth 50 Flat 12 Half Cycle IPA 51 Flat 12 Hello My Name Is Amber 52 Flat 12 Pogue's Run Porter 53 Flat 12 Upside Down Blonde 54 Flat 12 Walk About Pale Ale 55 Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA 56 Flying Dog The Fear Pumpkin Ale 57 Fort Collins Brewery Dopple Bock 58 Fort Collins Brewery Maibock 59 Founders Dirty Bastard 60 Four Horsemen Hop Rush IPA 61 Four Horsemen Nugget Head Hoppy Wheat 62 Franzikaner 63 Full Pint Night of the Living Stout 64 Goose Island 312 65 Goose Island Honkers Ale 66 Goose Island Sofie Saison 67 Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout 68 Great Lakes Alchemy Hour Double IPA 69 Great Lakes Burning River 70 Great Lakes Christmas Ale 71 Great Lakes Commodore Perry 72 Great Lakes Dortmunder 73 Great Lakes Lake Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 74 Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster 75 Great Lakes Nosferatu 76 Great Lakes Oktoberfest 77 Great Lakes Rye Of The Tiger IPA 78 Green Flash Double Stout 79 Green Flash Saison Diego 80 Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest 81 Harpoon Oktoberfest 82 Harpoon Pumpkin UFO 83 Heinenken Dark 84 Hofbrau Hefeweizen 85 Hofbrau Oktoberfest 86 Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager 87 Hoppin Frog Amager Chocolate Wheat Stout 88 Hungry Bee Rehive Ale 89 Iron City Light 90 Jacko Travler Shandy 91 Keystone light 92 Killian's Irish Red 93 Kona Pipeline Porter 94 LaBatt Blue 95 Lager Heads Kilt 'Em All Scottish Ale 96 Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale 97 Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin 98 Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro 99 Left Hand Nitro Stout 100 Left Handed Polestar Pilsner 101 Leikeim Dunkle Weisse 102 Leikeim Kellerbier 103 Leikeim Weizen 104 Leinenkugel Summer Shandy 105 Leinenkugel's Hoppin' Helles 106 Lost Coast Downtown Brown 107 Magic Hat Circus Boy Hefeweizen 108 Maumee Bay IPA 109 Michelob Light 110 Miller Icehouse 111 Mönchshof Kellerbier 112 Mooshacher Schwarze Weisse Dark Wheat 113 Mt. Pleasant Train Wreck Ale 114 Natural light 115 Newcastle 116 North Peak Viscious Wheat IPA 117 Ohio Brewing Buckeye Blonde 118 Ohio Brewing Company Steel Valley Stout 119 Old Milwaukee Light 120 Ommegang Take the Black Stout 121 Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale 122 Oskar Blues Ten Fidy 123 Pabst Blue Ribbon 124 Peoples Mr. Brown Ale 125 Queen of the Night IPA 126 Red Hook Pumpkin Porter 127 Revolution Eugene Porter 128 Rince Cochon 129 Rivertown Pumpkin Ale 130 Rivertowne Old Wylie's IPA 131 Round Barn Brewery Oronoko Cocoa Stout 132 Sam Adams Imperial Stout 133 Sam Adams Porch Rocker 134 Samuel Adams: Fat Jack 135 Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout 136 Schafly APA 137 Schafly Extra Stout 138 Schafly Oatmeal Stout 139 Schafly Porter 140 Schlafly Kolsch 141 Schlafly Pale Ale 142 Sheaf Stout 143 Shiner Oktoberfest 144 Sierra Nevada Belgian Black IPA 145 Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA 146 Sierra Nevada Hoptinum 147 Sierra Nevada Pale Ale 148 Sixpoint 3 Beans 149 Sixpoint Sweet Action 150 Sol 151 Southern Tier Porter 152 Southern Tier Pumking 153 Sprecher Black Bavarian 154 Stella Artois 155 Stone 12.12.12 Vertical Epic Ale 156 Stone 17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung IPA 157 Stone RuinTen 158 Stone Smoked Porter 159 Stoudt's Oktoberfest 160 Stroh's 161 Sun King Osiris Pale Ale 162 Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale 163 Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale 164 Sweetwater 420 165 Sweetwater Blue 166 Thirsty Dog Barktoberfest 167 Thirsty Dog Citra Dog 168 Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper 169 Thirsty Dog Rail Dog 170 Thirsty Dog Siberian Night 171 Triton 4-Barrel Brown 172 Triton Deadeye Stout 173 Triton Magnificent Amber 174 Triton Railsplitter IPA 175 Triton Sin Bin 176 Troegs Dream Weaver Wheat 177 Troegs Mad Elf 178 Troegs Nugget Nectar 179 Two Brothers Resistance IPA 180 Tyranena Bitter Woman IPA 181 Tyranena Chief Blackhawk Porter 182 Tyranena Headless Man Amber 183 Tyranena Rocky's Revenge Brown 184 Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale 185 Tyranena Stone Tepee Pale Ale 186 Uinta Black Lager 187 Uinta Dubhe Imperial Black IPA 188 Uinta Hop Notch IPA 189 Uinta Punk’n Harvest Pumpkin Ale 190 Unibroue Maudite 191 Upland CV Pre-Prohibition Lager 192 Veldensteiner Zwicklbier 193 Warsteiner Premium Verum 194 Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen 195 Weihenstephaner Pilsner 196 Widmer Bros Milk Stout 197 Zatecky Gus

Great point. The kid is certainly no Robert Frost.

Save a swig for me!

I sense him enrolling in Akron in January. Or Oberlin...Bluffton...wherever he has a scholarship offer.

It's the question for Harney. It isn't the question for Tree.

Hard to believe that writing and reading a poem in high school that speaks poorly about your football coach would get you kicked off the team? Back in my day, coaches loved such poems. The usually netted you a starting job and a Team Captain's role.

Got it.

Can we agree that listing Tree as a senior, without any reference to the likelihood that he'll be gaining a 4th year of athletic eligibility, is a tad misleading? Not going "jupitertoo" here, George. Just making a comment.

Since when was K.e.n.t a 1-AA program?

I sold the Marketing Department WAY short. As the beginning of the hoops season approaches, the campaign is building to a crescendo. Looking at the big picture, it's clever and well-organized. Interactive and fun. A more-then-worthy followup to the "Think Bigger" campaign. If the Team backs it up with a couple early marquee wins, of which our 2013-14 schedule permits, the JAR will rock this winter. Nice job UA Marketing.

Our compliance crew merits your comment.

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.