Captain Kangaroo

I went to the Zips/Vols game back in 1989. Carl Pickens had both offensive and defensive TDs and Chuck Webb had a couple hundred yards rushing. Derek Alston had over 100 yards rushing for the Zips. In-between the 30's we moved the ball fine all day...but that's where it stopped. Going off a fading memory, I think UA was up 9-7 at one point,, and lost 52-9. Absolutely awesome place to watch a football game. Great game-day environment. I hope I can attend in September, but the kid's fall sports schedule looks to be a conflict.

He contributed early...against the softest part of WVA's schedule. The equivalent of the Zips' John Carroll, NC A&T, etc. gauntlet. Forsythe hasn't played meaningful basketball minutes since high school. He's transferring into an entirely new program and system. He's not going to set the world on fire when he arrives. He'll have moments when he teases you...but as far as being a consistent 20m/g contributor, odds are it won't happen until 2013-14 at the earliest. I certainly could be wrong...but him setting the world on fire on a deep, veteran team like the 2012-13 Zips would be unprecedented.

Anyone remember how raw Zeke was in his first year? Forsythe is essentially a 1st year player. A 7-footer too, which means he'll have some early growing pains. The likely scenario is: Zeke will get roughly 25 minutes, and Forsythe gets somewhere between 10 - 15 minutes. KD will play Mad Scientist on occasion, playing both simultaneously. But Forsythe is not going to regularly take many, if any of Cventinovic's vacant minutes. Hopefully Forsythe is Bardo 2.0 this season, pushing Zeke in practice, giving energy off the bench, and hopefully adding a little more offensive punch than we've come to expect from a Zeke-sub. And when Zeke gets in foul trouble, it should be much less of a drop off at the 5 spot than replacing Zeke with Egner or even Tree.

Blake Justice is the most maligned player never to play for the Zips.

Zeke's broken into the Top 10 worldwide in Guitar Hero?!

I wonder if he's developed his right hand? In his high school videos he exclusively uses his left hand, even when he's 1 ft away from the hoop on the right side.

If he's relegated to pounding on Zeke in practices for 2012-13, it will also be beneficial.

I have never heard "I want to move closer to home" being an acceptable NCAA excuse to play immediately after a transfer. Unless there was a dying parent or similar severe hardship involved, I would assume he'll be in slacks and a sweater, next to the Igloo cooler on the Zips bench this winter.

Yeah ..... one 23 year old stole from his teammates to buy heroin. The 18 year old used a stolen credit card to buy chicken wings. Eerily similar.

It originally stood for ZipsFanForever. I think he really meant Zips Fan for a Fortnight. Honestly, I haven't seen the guy in a couple years.

If I was Danny Ainge, I'd trade Ryan Hollins for Zeke in a heartbeat.

Quit. Then let an AD with a clue step in and improve things. A guy like Terry Bowden arrives on campus, surveys the situation and knows what to do to improve things. Dambrot took over for Hipsher, surveyed the situation, and knew what to do to improve it. Caleb Porter stepped into a good situation, and knew what to do to make it even better. Our AD stepped on to campus... and had no clue what to do. I have no faith he can improve anything. Here's what Zips basketball needs to do - Win games, retain Dambrot, and pray that Tressel can expedite a new arena. 3,800 is the best they'll ever average at the JAR.

Unless we're in Athens Ohio.

I think the A-10 is now a major basketball conference.

What if the Zips didn't have David Harvey in 2006? That season would have been a complete disaster. What if Lee Owens didn't have Dwight Smith manning the corner for 4 seasons? Impact players like those can give you 3 - 4 wind in the MAC by themselves. I hope Bowden can uncover one or two of those guys. Or three.

If there's anything better than a salty potato chip dipped in Lawson's French Onion Chip Dip, I don't wanna know it.

Seen more in-depth profiles in my day... looks like we beat-out West Virginia for his services?

My best beer of the summer thus far -- $8.99/6-pack at Heinen's.

Next to Frenchy, Cosell's calls are the best.

He's grown from 6' 3" to 6' 9" in one thread. They grow up so fast, don't they?

Maybe they don't care about fan safety? Or they'll only open up the sides, and permanently close-off the endzone? It will be bizarre to see a Zips player go from college ball at InfoCision...to "pro" ball at the Rubber Bowl. It'll be like going from Oz to Kansas.

I think soccer is a good fit for Seattle, who is smaller-market, and hungry for professional sports entertainment. Especially since they lost the Sonics. Large Asian-American population is a big help too.

Millions of yen, maybe.

Whatever happened to ZipDude?:gun:

Commack is a HUGE pick up. We haven't had ANY serviceable CB since Reggie Corner.