Captain Kangaroo

What really matters, and all that I really want out of any "celebration is To tell the players who are leaving... THANKS for bringing us a National Championship. THANKS for coming to Akron. BEST WISHES for your future. I wish you MUCH SUCCESS. and those who are staying... See you in the Spring , at least for a few games, no matter where they are played, and I look forward to and will be there next season! Go Zips! +1 Excellent, excellent point.

If you don't guard them they can. I'm a 44-year old Rec League Has-been, and if no one guards me at the 3-point line, I make 4-of-10 easily.

There is a reason that Glenville has multiple major DI college players every year, yet can't win the state title. Lack of discipline and thugliness. If his football career doesn't pan-out, he can always be a lyricist for our dance team?

From YouTube -- Thank you for the note. I’ve copied two of our staff members who oversee the Dance Team so they can address this issue. It is certainly not our intention to have offensive lyrics as part of our game-day experience. We appreciate your support and thanks again for writing. Go Zips!

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For the other 35 minutes he was in Cooper's hip pocket. Abreu got a good lesson on what it's going to take to be considered an Elite PG in the MAC. Of all the reality checks administered last night, IMO that was the biggest one.

No. I'm saying they blast "FUCK" when the dance team is on the floor. Sorry for the confusion. I think these are the words. Is this clear enough? - Yeah Yeah Class Heat I'm the sh*t Yeah Baltimore Club Music Yeah I'm The sh*t I got them diamonds on my neck Got patrone in my cup If you wanna come and get it Shawty I don't give a f*ck See it's Friday night And I just got paid I done had a hard week Now it's time To Celebrate Well the DJ played my sh*t Some of that club music sh*t Make the girls wanna freak Back it all up on my d*ck See it's on tonight Trying to leave with something right I'm a grown @ss man So Shawty you can spend the night

jupitertoo's post doesn't speak to the problem at hand -- The Zips do not match up with OU well at all. Nor do we match up with any team possessing skilled guards who can hit a wide open 3. I do not look forward to seeing Guyton back in a K.e.n.t. uniform at all. I don't care if OU is losing to Sisters of the Poor...they are beating the Zips. And like last season...the Bobcats are getting better as the season goes on. It also concerns me that the Zips are still playing terrible at home. I hope Abreau learned a lesson last night. One was certainly administered.

Two consecutive home games the dance team has strutted their stuff to a hot new tune where the second line is "I don't give a f#ck." Do they turn down the volume for that phrase? Yeah...and it's about as transparent as me using a "#" sign in place of the "u" above. Who in their right mind thinks that song is appropriate for a family venue such as a college basketball game? I looked across the arena at YouTube Tom, and he really seemed to like the profane ditty? Good for him. My wife complained to UA. I can't believe she was the only one. Who knew Dan Hipsher had a rap career?

Our defense killed us last night. If your shots aren't falling, and you play defense, you are still in the game. The fact that we didn't defend cost us the game. Too bad ZipsWin doesn't post any longer. I'd be interested in his assessment.

I don't want them yelled at either. Yelling is for practice. I'm more interested in whether or not a different strategy was deployed. We pressured and double-teamed a lot in the 2nd half. OU picked us apart.

This group of Zips guards have never defended the perimeter well. You can yell all you want at halftime...it isn't going to change anything. IMO - The leash needs to come off Diggs. He needs more court time if he's going to get better. He has the size and speed needed to shut down a quick guard. Ditto more time for Egner...another athletic player that plays "fast." More Egner and Diggs...reduced time for McNees and Cventinovic. Not anything crazy...but a swap of 5-or-so minutes worth of PT each would be welcome.

If we play them on Day one, you may need to keep your Rowdy Rag at home on Day 2. OU put things together late (last season), but if you look at the talent they placed on the floor last night, the experience, and the depth, you should be scared. They are 2-0 in our last 2 meetings, and the next one is in Athens. 3-0 isn't luck...it would signal a trend. Would Bubba have gone "Dave Jamerson" against the Zips and scored 60 last night? We do not match up well against OU. They can shoot...and we can't guard. They also have the beef inside to negate Nik and Zeke.

Slightly paraphrased because it is late: "People picked OU to win our league this year. They got hot for two weeks last year, that's all. K.e.n.t's been winning for 12 years...we've been good for 6 1/2 years. We're the favorites." I wonder if that text was on a locker room wall somewhere tonight? OU is a really good basketball team. In my wildest dreams I couldn't see the Zips beating Georgetown in the NCAA tourney, and the Bobcats actually pulled it off, and only 10 months ago. OU is the real deal. We have no one that can hang with Cooper. Abreau tried to run smack with him and was promptly, and throughly taken to school. Cooper was double-teamed all night and almost effortlessly racked up 15 assists. He did whatever he wanted, while forcing Zips guards to make mistake after mistake after mistake. I hope this is a wake up call for the entire team and staff. That's the worst loss I can remember in quite some time, at least that wasn't an OOC opponent or K.e.n.t. No fun at the JAR tonight. Joyce/Dials/Middleton - where are you? Can anyone guard the perimeter? Is "My fingers are crossed and I hope he misses it" our new defensive mantra? Buffalo ALWAYS plays us tough in their house. Big-time gut check for the Zippers this weekend.

We need a couple big JUCO WR's. We need them badly.

I would agree with that. I have heard KD in his post game interviews say this very thing more than a few times. It worked against David Kool. But not against that Cotton kid from Wisconsin GB. Diggs may indeed be the answer...but he was supposed to be our athletic "Ken.t equalizer," and he was totally ineffective Saturday night.

Can we hold Cooper under 40? I see us winning, but we've yet to prove we've improved our perimeter defense over the past 2 years. Scorers like Cooper continue to rack up video game-like shooting performances against the Zips.

I thought that comment was interesting also, too bad there wasn't a quick-witted reporter there with a good follow up to that. Can you think of one? "...and if my Aunt had nuts she'd be my Uncle! Coach 'em up, KD!" "Yeah...but Caleb will never know what it's like to beat K.e.n.t."

Seems like Linhart may be the next "Ira Newble?" Good for him.

Quit sh!tting on the fans by booting them down by the Exchange Street railroad tracks for parking. Stop fantasizing about $5k donors filling Lot 9 and fill the damn thing with fans PERIOD. Funny how many thousands of man-hours were spent by UA fretting and legislating about alcohol on campus. For what? Idiots.

The Zips haven't done anything to merit a high ranking yet. No marquee wins...just won the games we should, and lost the games we should. And our wins haven't been by any sexy, "holy mackerel" spreads...we're winning ugly...against mediocre competition...which never impresses the pollsters. I hope we can get on a roll and get a quality Bracket Buster opponent.

After Nagbe.

Because it is a good idea.