Captain Kangaroo

To quote Lee Corso: "Not so fast, my friend!" I want to interview multiple candidates. Winters should be one of them. Any coach from Wisconsin or Minnesota shot not be one of them. And anyone caught asking for Barry Alvarez's advice should be fired. A silver lining to Winters being overlooked again would be - It would really piss Terry Pluto off.

Better than Mike Johnson? Played pro QB for several seasons. UA alum. NFL coach for many years. Kids want to hear that they can get to the pros. Even if they have no chance of doing so. Mike's NFL connections could be HUGE in getting a higher-caliber athlete to the UA campus.

If they win this week...than I guess we should hope they win it all. Maybe getting the D-2 Champ Coach gets a little more of a buzz going in the area? We know that Pluto would be all over it.

Then why hire a new coach? Things can never change.

Alexander Column

Every week Wayne State wins puts us 7 more days behind in recruiting. And probably add another $15k/yr in salary/win.

Jesus...we leave you guys alone for 2 f-ing hours... If you need to discuss the Tree issue further, please begin a new, race-free thread. CK.

I'll be selfish and say I hope he's back by the CSU game. Otherwise, Gary Waters will wax us by 30.

"Quote of the Week" nominee.

Every college coach preaches 1,000 times in his career -- "Nothing good happens after 12am." We'll see what transpires... BTW - Hartville has DJ's? It seems the news report's accuracy may indeed be questionable.

VERY happy for Brian! He was really the only consistent bright spot for the Zips in 2011. Unless you want to include our kicker.

Jason Taylor was recruited by Faust. Both Taylor and Smith were defensive guys. Winters was Offensive Coordinator.

+1 That's what I've come to love about Akron basketball since I came to the university two years ago. Not only do we win, but we do it with high standards unlike that school to the east. But we've never accepted transfers or non-qualifiers before. Now our team is heavy on transfers and non-qualifiers. We now have a higher ceiling, and also potentially a lower basement. Harney and Treadwell had their hands held as they gained their eligibility last season. Maybe one of them took advantage of the help and changed their lifestyle, and one fell back on his old habits once the hand-holding ended? Very disappointing.

League Rule: MAC schools are not permitted to play away games at 1-AA stadiums. YSU will not play the Zips unless it is a home-home. The Zips have offered to host YSU, and YSU has declined. End of story. If this was such a rule, please explain to myself and ALL YSU fans why Ball State is playing an AWAY game at Illinois State (same conference as YSU) in the next two seasons??? Because Ball state asked for an exception because they couldn't find FCS schools willing to play them. eguins - Can you please do me a favor and forward this reply to "All YSU Fans?" Is email offered in Mahoning County yet?

We could hire a staff of Knute Rockne, Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi and Eddie Robinson and we won't be competitive until Year #3. We were down 68-5 to WMU in the 3rd quarter...lost 51-10 to a 3-9 Buffalo team...lost 35-3 to Can't...down 49-0 at the half to Cincinnati...there's no 2-year plan to turn this Program around.

Any clown can hire the most-familiar name they hear. After the name "Tressel," no other "name" carries any weight in Akron Ohio. Pelini? Polian? Bowden? Have all three of them walk through downtown Akron for 10 days, wearing one of those "HELLO MY NAME IS" stickers on their shirt, and see if one person recognizes them.

League Rule: MAC schools are not permitted to play away games at 1-AA stadiums. YSU will not play the Zips unless it is a home-home. The Zips have offered to host YSU, and YSU has declined. End of story.

I never saw an ego with Moorhead. If he was walking through the Rubber Bowl parking lot prior to games, he'd always stop by and shake the hands of the people in our group. At the golf outings, he'd talk to you about recruiting...schemes...whatever you wanted to discuss for as long as you wanted to discuss it. I saw him as 100% ego-free. Is he a great head coach? I'd leave that up to the committee to determine. But as a person, he's a super guy. And his resume' would put him in the Top 5 realistic candidates. He was a major part of some of the biggest wins in our school's D-1 football history.

Unlike Winters, he's schemed against Big East opponents for the past several seasons. We scored a lot of points, and had some of our Program's biggest wins while he was Zips OC. He left UA for UConn before JD's final season, so perhaps TW is not biased against him? Bio Still recruiting the Ohio/PA area

A BIG KID who stands a good chance of blowing his college scholarship. Stupid, stupid move for any person of any age. If the report is accurate I would not be disappointed if he were suspended for the season, or permanently booted from the team.

UA did an awesome job with the bus trip. Everything was done right, very well-organized and enjoyable. Treadwell and Abreu couldn't kill the bus trip fun. But they sure made the game suck...

I've never met Ian, but I've seen him at pretty much every UA sporting event I've attended for the past 6(?) years. He's a moster fan. He owed the mistake. If Ian cares, I forgive him. One f-up doesn't define the guy. I will ask everyone to be mindful - We clown, commiserate, learn, meet new friends, get pissed off...there's a lot of things that embody ZipsNation beyond being a fan message board. But one thing I insist upon is - No fake news here. "Facebook-fib" all you want, but don't do it here. There have been in excess of 160 fans on this site within a 15 minute span scores of times in the past several days. In excess of 300 different viewers within 60 minute spans. This site is "The Face of the Zips Fan." I, and the other mods, and most members take the reputation this board has earned very seriously. No intentional lies or phoney news here. Period. It undermines our integrity. Thanks. CK

mod-war :popcorn emote: Not at all. Humor is one thing. Phoney info is something I don't like.

Memo to all - Please do not use our site to be a jackass. If you see something regarding Tressel, fine. Post it. If you have an opinion, fine. Post it. If you are fabricating stuff simply to get your rocks off, stop it.

There are three moderators. I don't recall any of them mentioning the above conversation.