Captain Kangaroo

The lack of football acumen is certainly not helping his relationship with the fans either.

You spoke to Faust and he said nice things about a guy. Shocker. Terry Pluto wrote a column highlighting an underdog/overachiever for a future PD edition. He told me not to tell anyone, but I just couldn't help but tell. Please keep it quiet.

Zeke had a game-changing defensive performance. And despite his 1-10 from the field, I though McClanahan played one of his better defensive games. Abreu was excellent defensively, after a shaky first 10 minutes. Not a textbook defensive performance, but I've seen a lot worse.

My favorite line from that story: Akron coach Keith Dambrot said. "It's fair. Nobody in New York wants to see us." I remember...it seems like a lifetime ago...that a Gary Trent-led OU team won the pre-season NIT. It seems like we'd have had a chance to do similar? Oh well...focus on the Titans, Dukes, Mountaineers, Vikings...plenty of meaningful, high-level games coming up soon.

No Zeke for the big Hiram game??!!

I hope you are right.

Against Hiram...put Diggs in the 6th Man role. Who cares? If we play a good team, he should start. Brett McKnight was a 6th man because he couldn't play defense or rebound. His minutes needed to be limited because of those liabilities. Diggs is arguably our best offensive threat, and undoubtedly our best perimeter defensive presence. That guy starts.

I'd buy the party line too, if I was an OU fan looking for an easy, annual 17% gift towards bowl eligibility. I used to hope K.e.n..t. would retain Pete Cordelli and Jim Corrigal for similar reasons.

Could you imagine how good the Lakers might have been if Kareem or Magic was in the 6th man role? Diggs starts. Period.

Nik has a sense-of-urgency this season. He didn't return to the Program to play in the NIT. He has the size to body-up against anyone. He will have a monster season.

Dials has a good record against BCS competition, so I like our chances.

If PN7 is the QB, we have a 53% chance of winning. If Ole Miss is QB, it drops to 3%.

She knows pre-season stuff is worthless, and it's what you do during the season that counts.

I firmly believe that if all are healthy, and the Zips are losing by 17 in the 4th quarter...and score a TD with 13 minutes remaining, Ianello will...I dunno...take a knee on the extra point?

Yes. Ianello going for the field goal at halftime, when he was in the redzone, and had 3 time outs to work with. Nicely was trying to make a play. He's getting snowed-under by 4 K.e.n.t. defenders. I can't fault him. It sucked...I wish he didn't do it...but I can't use that specific play as some sort of definitive moment.It's funny...PN7 threw a beautiful 50yard pass to Suel at the end of the Miami game...hit Suel right between the 1 and the 5 on his jersey...a sure TD...and Suel dropped it. Was that Nicely's fault? Seems so.To be fair, I'm sure some of Ole Miss' 16 incompletions (out of 19 throws) were the WR's fault too.

How can it be an inexplicable attempt if you explained why he did it? I contend it was indeed an explicable attempt.

Updated List (as best as I could assemble). Reaching 200 is a long shot, but if Chisholm can go for 200, so can we! KEE-ner...KEE-ner...KEE-ner... 1 -- Abita Purple Haze2 -- Anchor Liberty3 -- Anchor Steam4 -- Anchor Summer Ale5 -- Arcadia Angler's Ale6 -- Avery Brewing Joe's7 -- Bakalar Doppelbock8 -- Becks Octoberfest9 -- Bell's Oarsman Ale10 -- Bell's Two Hearted Ale11 -- Black Jack Porter12 -- Boulder Flashback13 -- Boulder Hazed & Infused14 -- Boulder Mojo15 -- Breckenridge Autumn Ale16 -- Breckenridge Vanilla Porter17 -- Brooklyn Oktoberfest18 -- Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse19 -- Bud Light20 -- Bud Light Lime21 -- Budweiser22 -- Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale 23 -- Burning River IPA24 -- Christian Moerlein Lager25 -- Christian Moerlein OTR (over the Rhine)26 -- Columbus Pale Ale27 -- Coors Light28 -- Corona29 -- Corona Light30 -- Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale31 -- Dogfish Head Raison D'Etre32 -- Du Boucanier Belgian Dark Ale33 -- Du Boucanier Red (Belgian Pale Ale)34 -- Duvel35 -- Elevator Brewing Company Bleeding Buckeye36 -- Epic Brewing Imperial Red37 -- Epic Imperial Stout38 -- Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale39 -- Flying Dog Raging Bitch40 -- Fosters41 -- Foster's Premium Ale42 -- Founder's Porter43 -- Franziskaner Hefeweizen44 -- Geary's HSA45 -- Geary's London Porter46 -- Geary's Pale Ale47 -- Geary's Summer Ale48 -- Goose Island Harvest Ale49 -- Goose Island Summertime Chicago50 -- Great Divide Hibernation Ale51 -- Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold52 -- Great Lakes Edmund Fitgerald Porter53 -- Great Lakes Elliot Ness54 -- Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale55 -- Great Lakes Octoberfest56 -- Great Lakes Holy Moses57 -- Great Lakes Nosferatu58 -- Guinness Black Lager59 -- Harpoon UFO Unfiltered Pumpkin Ale60 -- Heineken61 -- Heineken Light62 -- Hirter Pilsner63 -- Höfbraü Oktoberfest64 -- Hoppin Frog Barrel Aged Boris Royale65 -- Hoppin Frog Double Pumpkin Ale66 -- IC Light67 -- Intercourse Blue Ball Porter68 -- Iron City Light MANGO69 -- Labatt Blue70 -- LaBatt Blue Light71 -- Lagunitas Pale Ale72 -- Left Hand 400 Pound Monkey73 -- Lefthand Polestar Pilsner74 -- Leinenkugel's Berry Weiss75 -- Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat76 -- Litigation Lager77 -- Magic Hat Hex Ourtoberfest78 -- Magic Hat HI.P.A.79 -- Magic Hat Howl80 -- Magic Hat Humble Patience81 -- Magic Hat Number 982 -- Michelob Amber Bock83 -- Michelob Ultra84 -- Miller Genuine Draft85 -- Miller High Life86 -- Miller Lite87 -- Modelo Especial88 -- Ohio Brewing Buckeye Blonde89 -- Ohio Brewing Cardinal Ale90 -- Ohio Brewing Verich Gold91 -- Olde Suffolk English Ale92 -- Paulaner Hefe-Weizen93 -- Paulaner Salvator94 -- PBR95 -- Port Republic Lager96 -- Southern Tier Pumking 97 -- Primator Maibock98 -- Red Hook Copper Hook99 -- Red Hook Longhammer IPA100 -- Red Hook Pilsener101 -- Redhook ESB102 -- Rogue Dead Guy Ale103 -- Rolling Rock104 -- Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier105 -- Samuel Adams Boston Lager106 -- Samuel Adam's Cherry Wheat 107 -- Samuel Adams Irish Red108 -- Samuel Adams Octoberfest109 -- Samuel Adam's Summer Ale110 -- Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier111 -- Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat112 -- Samuel Adams Irish Red113 -- Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA114 -- Sand Creek Lilja's Hell Hound115 -- Sapporo Reserve116 -- Saranac Adirondack Lager117 -- Saranac Black & Tan118 -- Saranac Black Forest119 -- Saranac Brown Ale120 -- Saranac IPA121 -- Saranac Pale Ale122 -- Shiner Black Lager123 -- Shiner Bock124 -- Shiner Kosmos Reserve125 -- Shiner Oktoberfest126 -- Shock Top127 -- Sierra Nevada California Common128 -- Sierra Nevada Juniper Black Ale129 -- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale130 -- Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA131 -- Sierra Nevada Tumbler132 -- Sierra Nevada Weizenbock133 -- Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale134 -- Spanish Peaks Brewing Honey Raspberry135 -- Spaten Optimator136 -- Sprecher Black Bavarian137 -- Stone Levitation Ale138 -- Tetley's English Ale139 -- Thirsty Dog 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale140 -- Thirsty Dog 75th Anniversary Ale141 -- Tröegs Hop Back Amber142 -- Tröegs Dream Weaver Wheat143 -- Tröegs Sunshine Pils144 -- Tröegs Pale Ale145 -- Thirsty Dog Barktoberfest146 -- Unibroue La Fin du Monde147 -- Wychwood Hobgoblin148 -- Young's Double Chocolate Stout149 -- Yuengling150 -- Yuengling Black & Tan151 -- Yuengling Light

K.e.n.t.'s defense had given up 400+ in their last two games.K.e.n.t. is K.e.n.t.Zips have never lost to K.e.n.t. at InfoCisionThis is Akron's "Super Bowl." K.e.n.t. has already won a couple games this season, so it isn't as important to them.Tyler Williams will break his first tackle on a kick returnAkron's punting game is superior to K.e.n.t.'sWe have a kicker that can make XP's (on the rare occasion Ianello doesn't go for 2)

Think 3-for-19 will get the job done on Saturday?How is 3-for-19 even possible?

Odd...I was told Clayton Moore's passer rating is much better than what we had in 2010? How can we be scoring fewer points? We even have a better running game in 2011?

Have we played the K.e.n.t. fight song before? I don't recall it?If we play K.e.n.t.'s fight song at any point in next Saturday's game, I will walk out of the stadium and never return. That would be the biggest slap in the face anyone could ever pull on a Zips' fan. If you want to play a non-conference, traveling opponent's song, that's fine. You don't play K.e.n.t.'s fightsong in Akron. Period.Does Ohio State play Michigan's fight song? Just curious.

And Ianello handed them the game last week.:He had no faith inhis players against the biggest 85-scholarshipped chokers on the planet. Why do housewives in the stands know more about our opponent's tendencies than you? You will never win another D1 game the remainder of your 4 year career. You get paid 350k to win as many D1 games as a flower pot, so good for you. Laugh you way to the bank.

The gentleman from Green makes some good points here.5 of them.

Who would have thought fans like us would even entertain the thought of walking away?How could anyone sit through another season of Ole Miss' high, low or batted-down balls, Ianello's mathmatically-challenged deficit-cutting strategies, tumbleweeds in the tailgate lot, swiss cheese defensive line play...

Do you think it would matter if the crowd is 1,789 fans, or 895 fans?If looking at InfoCision on Saturday afternoon, as it stands today, doesn't hit home as an impetus for change, nothing ever will.