Captain Kangaroo

You are utterly amazing... "I'd like to buy you for what you know, and sell you for what you think you know." Look at Kentucky's present Head Coach. Look at his track record. Do you think winning trumps everything in college athletics? No D1 school is going to overlook a great coach because he's friends with one of the world's greatest basketball players. Shockingly, most Universities think it might be a unique recruiting advantage? The CMU stuff is WAY old. In the world of college athletics, it's been expunged. No one cares about anything but his wins and losses now. And at Dayton, they might care that he graduates his kids too. Amazing...

No Zips information again....guess it's time to start talking about Tressel's latest scandal.

This one will stick in my mind, however it turns out, I will remember this quote: ''I think Akron is a sleeping giant. You have got to give them two or three more years. The way they can coach and recruit, this is going to be a juggernaut.'' This quote -- "Akron is a sleeping giant," is officially 25 years old...my, how time flies! It was first uttered by Gerry Faust upon his UA hiring, and printed in Sports Illustrated. Years ago I went to an off-campus house party, and I can recall seeing that SI clipping Scotch-taped to a cupboard door in the kitchen. Rip Van Vinkle had set the previous "Gold Standard" for naps @ 20 years. UA football has set the New Gold Standard...25 years and still counting!

I predict: Zips 8 Cleveland State 0

Who's "Smith?"

In an eerily similar story, quite a few K.e.n.t. basketball players have recently been involved with a Portage assault. Happens a lot.

I just can't take it any more....

Gaffney Breaks UA's Code of Silence on Zips Football Information

Did Tressel try to pimp him here to Akron? Yes. And I believe we made a mistake not accepting his generous bribe. On top of having a better coach, we could have had a nice donation to help pay off the stadium. A good coach fills the stadium. That pays the bills.

Wow...he's going to be a 20+ year old Freshman?! To your P.S. - I hope so!

Noticed his name wasn't on the Rice roster? Wonder if he's regretting anything now-a-days?

PN7 had a great game against Buffalo. He threw some nice balls into the teeth of a pretty strong wind, and for perhaps the only time during the 2010 season, the balls weren't dropped. If PN7 can pull it together in his Jr. season, I'm all for it. If Moore is better, I'm all for it. Quoting the immortal Derrick Tarver - "I just wanna win." I'm still waiting to see who's going to be at WR.

Reminds me of a story... Mrs. Hipsher used to sit in the lower reserved seats, directly below us. I'm kidding you not when I say Bryan Hipsher had an 0-29 streak going on 3-pointers. Starting at about 0-10, my buddy would "BOOO" him after every miss. This continued for many games, until... As luck would have it, a loose ball rolled towards the corner, near the band. Falling out of bounds, Bryan grabbed the ball and heaved it towards the hoop. *Swish*, nuthin' but net! Mrs. Hipsher turned up towards our section and let loose with a screaming, arms-flailing, finger-pointing, contorted, " I TOLD YOU SO" eruption like I've never witnessed in my life. Such a release of pent-up rage I thought she was going to have a stroke. 1 for 30, and running smack. God bless her.

For giving Shaka-mania it's start...

It's Zach, so there's almost a 19% chance it could be true!

I know too...it means that Zips fans know nothing about this upcoming team. Seriously...did anyone learn anything from the last 77 second Ianello video? 77 seconds of generalities is all I have to talk about regarding Zips football. I could have written Ianello's sonnet. "We had a really spirited practice...guys were flying to the ball...the practice facility is really nice, but we hope to get outdoors...hope to see you at the Tap House." WTF is THAT? Zips fans are unfortunately WAY more informed about the lying, weasel Jim Tressel. Thus they spend time discussing his situation more than the Zips spring. Is Moore a legit competition to Nicely? Beats the hell out of me...I haven't seen Moore, and I have no idea how he's doing. No one from UA has anything to say about him. Is B. Alexander fully recovered from his knee injury? Beats the hell out of me...I have no idea how he's doing. How's the transfer DL from Michigan State looking...I'm expecting him to dominate this fall...is he tossing our incumbent OL's around like rag dolls? Is he out of shape? Beats the hell out of me...I have no idea how he's doing. Zips Athletics has absolutely no clue what it's like to be a fan of the Program. The awesome information packet of 77 second Ianello videos and a Spring roster .pdf makes me want to replay old Zips soccer and basketball games on my DVR. It doesn't get pumped, or informed about football. Tressel's a weasel.

Also, the fact that they do not have to spend money on a football program is a big help. Imagine, for a moment, if we didn't have a football team. Imagine the money that could be allocated to all of the other sports. Imagine if we had a really good football program. Imagine if we drew 25k every Saturday in the fall. Imagine the excitement that would be instilled in the community and campus. The argument that football drags down the MAC/Zips Basketball is absolutely W-R-O-N-G. BAD football drags down the MAC, and Zips Basketball. Basketball Guy needs to hold UA Athletics accountable for it's bad/atrocious football. Not simply point a finger at football in general. If football isn't winning, and InfoCision isn't packed, someone needs to be held accountable, and something needs to change. UA football is an albatross that is holding UA down. And with the new stadium, and awesome new coaching staff (Tom's choice), the Era of Excuses is over. Under the correct leadership, UA Football could be a gem. For UA to reach it's full athletic potential, it MUST be a gem.

News to me? Me too. I guess if being the knife in the back of Dan Hipsher is a better job, then so be it....someone had to put Hip and Zips fans out of their misery, why not KD? After being the knife, then he did have a better job. Tarver was the knife that ended DHip's run. With help from Hollingsworth. It's not uncommon for me to be in agreement with a lot of GP's edgy comments, but I can't roll with this one. Mount Saint Hipsher had no knives in his back. His explosive personality burnt his players out early. Gambles on troubled souls like Carson, Tarver, Hollingsworth, Melton, etc, coupled with a crappy son and a crippled son blew up in his face. He died by his own sword, not one in his back.

My favorite quote: Gary Waters has ascended to...Cleveland State. Heath just went 1-15 in the Big East. Christian just went 1-15 in the Mountain West. Now Ford leaves for Bradley, who incidentally has one less NCAA appearance than the Zips in the last decade. Obviously K.e.n.t. has NOT produced "the best and brightest." It has produced guys that can win in the MAC, but not beyond the MAC. It has produced guys that want to line their pockets rather than win. Which is fine...but just don't try to sell me on the fact that that group of 4 coaches is anything but slightly-above-average. Just because other Universities are stupid enough to hire them and throw a lot of money at them doesn't mean they're "the best." It seems to mean - the hiring AD isn't "the brightest."

News to me? That Dru Joyce II mask KD wore at the end of LeBron's St V career was a really good one.

I heard Arizona ripping us off with their "UA" chants during the tourney this past week. Oh, it made me soooo angry. They must have seen our game against Notre Dame.

I thought the same thing!

Something tells me there won't be a second printing of that book for a couple decades...

It isn't luck. From the Clarrett "gettin' his goose on", to Troy Smith's $500 handshakes, to telling Erik Howard, a Zips commit, to back out and go to a Prep school, everyone knew Tressel would eventually get exposed in a big way.

It's funny to see LeBron glomming on to someone else's celebrity. FYI - I played baseball against Urban Meyer in 1982 (the epic McDonald vs. Ashtabula St Johns match up). We lost 22-2. Man amongst boys (Meyer, not me).