Captain Kangaroo

I've seen LR8. I'll put my money on Pohl or Williams, even though I've never seen them throw a pass.

Butler and Gonzaga's coaches each make over $1,000,000 per year. So does Wichita State's. They make BCS money.

Skip the "Olympics" threads.

Or win more than 1 football game in a season.

Unfortunately, it was only open to students. Maybe we'll hold our own ZN.o t-shirt contest this summer? It's usually a dead-time here.

No. I've seen that quote, in various forms, 1,000 times from KD. I recall last year KD was asked "Isn't it great to see a mid-major like Butler make the NCAA finals in back-to-back years? And see the success of teams like George Mason and VCU?" KD replied - "Not really. I think it'll lead to unrealistic expectations for a lot of mid-major programs." It was funny...Steve McNees was asked on the STO Coach's show about this season's Zips team, and he stated: "Anything less than a win or two in this year's NCAA tournament would be considered a disappointment for this Zips' squad." Welcome to making the transition from being a player, to a fan, Steve.

Tree, Abreu and Diggs. Zeke? I don't think he's ever been one to live at the gym. I'm guessing it is study and X-Box season for him.

Since we haven't won one in 9 seasons, I can't say anyone expects the Zips to win an NCAA tournament game once, let alone every year. But it would be nice. I guess I'll don my patented Zips Hair Shirt for wanting a tourney win. Selfish me. BTW - I hear The Akron Hair Shirt is the runaway leader in the shirt competition being run at the Bookstore. BTW2 - The Zips have not won a post season game in 4-seasons-and-counting. The previous 4-year seniors (Dials, Joyce, Middleton, Wood, Travis, etc.) had 2 NIT wins, and probably would have had 1 or 2 more had CM Newton not shafted us. While my expectations for winning an NCAA tourney game every season are infinitesimally low, I DO expect us to win at least an NIT game every couple seasons.

Coming off back-to-back 1-11 seasons, I don't think "Vision" is a message I would associate with Akron Football. Maybe in a year or two. Maybe "Blurred Vision," with "AKRON TAILGATING 2012" on the back? I'd buy that.

All are terrible.

I'll place my bets on either Fordham or Towson. With YSU and Ashland being a dark horse candidates.

If this were a discussion on dating, I think that's like saying Gary Waters has dated only two more supermodels than KD. Waters 2 Dambrot 0 isn't a huge disparity if we were talking baseball. But it's a huge disparity in supermodel dating, just like it is in NCAA tourney wins. You also can't overlook Waters' team being taken to the Elite 8 by Stan Heath. The absolute worst case scenario for Waters coaching that Huffman/Gates/Mitchell/Shaw team is 1 NCAA win. 2 or 3 wins being much more likely. Waters' last two CSU teams have choked in February, for some odd reason. This year, injuries are the scape goat. But when comparing CSU to the Zips, or Waters to Dambrot, Waters has the edge in every category. Wins. Championships. Players in the NBA. Head-to-Head. That's just the way it is. Hope it starts to change this upcoming season.

The score, with 13 days remaining in the spring: George Thomas 28 Elton Alexander 1

Quote of the Day Part I: With recruits and their parents within earshot and the Zips in the heat of battle during the scrimmage, the language got pretty salty. So salty in fact one coach said to one of his players: “Someday you’ll have a daughter and you’ll understand.” Replied the player: “I do have a daughter, coach.” :lol: :lol: :lol:

Silly point. The Akron Zips QB is "my" QB too. He should be every Zips fan's QB.

Please present me the numbers that prove your statement. If Xavier and Gonzaga don't have the recources of mediocre BCS basketball programs, I'll walk naked from Akron to Valporaiso, farting the K.e.n.t. State fight song the entire distance. Each of those programs could hire 4 Keith Dambrots for their bench, and still have money remaining to hire a couple private jets for tournaments in Alaska and Hawaii.

I haven't seen great QB play for the Zips since Luke Getsy. If Pohl can sling the ball, then let him roll.

No he doesn't. No, we can't.

Xavier isn't a mid-major. Gonzaga in't a mid-major. And Butler isn't either. They are "majors" residing in a non-BCS conference. If you have multiple players in the NBA, you are not on the same level as the Zips. Murray State is a mid-major. Norther Iowa is a mid-major. Wichita State is a mid-major. OU is a mid-major.

Isn't Artis Gilmore about 71 years old? I don't think the 3-point line existed in college hoops until a couple decades after "Rigor" Artis' final game with the Dolphins? The game has changed.

What would Chris Rock say in response to this post?

Will BG wear scarlet and grey?

I would like to compare Broderick Alexander's bathroom with aforeseen (another new word for SkipZip) Chauncy Gilliam's. I hear Alexander's soap holder is real porcelain...not that cheap plastic stuff. Love the porcelain. Make it happen, UA!

An inside game gets you a 1st round NIT loss. An outside game gets you NCAA wins. Look at K.e.n.t. - Who carried them in their tourney runs? Guards. Small forwards. They won tourney games with stiffs like John Edwards at center. OU won with a dime-a-dozen Reggie Keeley. Huffman, Shaw, Mitchell, Gates... Bassett, Cooper, Kellogg, Offutt... That's who wins. Shooting the 3 is the difference between being a giant killer, and a 1st round floor mat.

The only way mid-majors stand a chance of beating "majors" is by hitting the 3 at a very high percentage. Trying to match real "major" programs inside the paint is impossible. Hell...vs. UNC, tiny OU couldn't buy a rebound off missed free throws! Their inside game was parsley on the dinner plate. They lived off the three...as they should. Looking forward to what Blake Justice brings to our table in 2012-13.