Captain Kangaroo

I thought the UA band was awesome this year. Shame on me for not posting it sooner. The sound of the band on a college Game Day is one of my favorite things.

Hmmm....why would he want to be a head coach in the MAC....boy, that's a tough one.... Maybe he wants to parlay one great season into a Big East gig, like one at Pitt (like Haywood just did)? Maybe he wants to parlay his MAC success into a sweet gig at a school like Miami Florida (like Al Golden just did)? Maybe he aspires to move from a HC job in the MAC to being a head coach in the Big 10 (like Jerry Kill just did)? Maybe he wants a head coaching job in the Big 12, and feels the MAC is a good place to ascend (worked pretty good for Turner Gill)? Where's Central Michigan's Butch Jones right now? Answer - Cincinnati That's FIVE MAC coaches that have landed lucrative BCS jobs in the past two seasons?! Why the hell wouldn't a BCS position coach want to be a head coach in the MAC? By comparison, if you do a bang-up job as Jim Tressels' WR coach for 3 years, what are your chances of landing a BCS HC position? Answer: Z-E-R-O.

Makes sense. He was suspended for the first semester. Semester's over tomorrow, so he's back.

Brett McKnight was supposed to be that guy. I'll contend that he was often more "instant shooting" as opposed to "instant offense." But he was slotted to be our "Microwave" this season, and he's not there. If you look back in the days when we could knock off a Mississippi State, Florida State or Temple, we had Dials, Joyce, Travis and Wood. Those guys didn't back down from anyone. Dials played at Ohio State. Joyce and Travis played in front of 17k crowds with regularity in high school and were used to winning against whatever heralded opponent they played. Wood was a driven baller with strength that few could match up against. Those guys had the skill set, attitude and swagger to win the big OOC games on occasion. Roberts isn't Joyce. McNees isn't Dials. Cventinovic isn't Travis. And Zeke isn't Wood. Comparing both eras, the old guys were simply better. Going back to the Huggins era, we hung with top 10 teams like Michigan and Pitt throughout entire games because we had ballers like Buford, Boyce and McLaughlin who could match up with just about anyone. This Zips team's problem is -- we don't have anyone who's stepped up and merited discussion that their jersey # should hang from the JAR rafters. Good guys...good teams...play together well...graduate...tons of laudable attributes. But we are missing the element that lets us ascend "From Good to Great." The season is still young. Maybe McKnight returns, humbled and motivated. Maybe Egner and Euton bust out? Maybe... a lot of stuff. Road wins against Detroit and UIC shouldn't be taken for granted. This team is good as they stand today. But they need to improve if they want to be playing in late-March. It will be fun to see what KD and Company do to figure it out. And a final note - Loved the games vs. Temple and Minnesota. The team knows where they stand against high-level competition. I do too. Better than beating South Carolina Upstate any day of the week. I predict I lose my left nut. We beat Miami in Vegas.

I thought this thread was going to be about Drexel stomping #21 Louisville, in Louisville? C'mon Zips...beat Minnesota! Justify a high ranking in a mid-major poll! ESPN highlights aren't just for Zips soccer! Join the fun!

I'd give my left nut to beat any Big East basketball program, under any circumstances. Also noticed that Hunter Yurachek's new school beat LSU last night? Nice win for the Chanticliers.

motto, the is in effect here. So i'll let LeQuitter slide one time for his props to the U. Even if he's an idiot for calling it "Akron U". LeBron learned from his high school coach. KD refers to the University as "Akron U" all the time. Many University officials do it. I know I saw a video at the JAR recently where a player (Kara Murphy?) referred to "Akron U." We should begin a thread where we post every time a player or administrator uses the "Akron U" reference, in an interview, newspaper column, etc, and see how long the thread becomes.

I think a bigger "Holy Crap" was K.e.n.t. beating a Big East team, while we played a game againt Temple where the final score was, at first glance on the ESPN ticker, assumed to have been a women's game. Thankfully the soccer team took the attention away from hoops on Sunday.

Him score heap many touchdowns, Kemosabe!

Like many other things about Zeke, it all comes down to potential. No different than any other player with 1.3 years of college ball under their belt.

Big men develop slowly. They always have, and always will. From what I've seen of Zeke this season, he's WAY ahead of where he was last season. And I expect his progression will be similar when comparing 2010-11 to 2011-12. I posted on Kaman and Edwards, since those are the most appropriate comparisons. The same can be done for 96% of the collegiate 7-footers out there.

They still have free drinks in first class?

1.) I doubt any fans would head to the bathroom if the soccer team were being honored. 2.) Is CLE Hopkins open today? I think it would be a good idea to honor them at the Bethune Cookman game, only because it would help the basketball attendance dramatically. That said, that's a bad reason to do it. The soccer team needs it's own recognition event. Plan on 1,000 attending. Hold it in the InfoCision tower, and do it right. No cold pizza and chicken wing buffet on the JAR floor.

NBA All-Star and Former CMU Chipp Chris Kaman's College Stats Sophomore season -- 11.8ppg / 8rpg Former K.e.n.t. Center and NBA Player John Edwards College Stats Fr.: 2.0ppg / 1.7rpg So.: 3.5ppg / 2.1rpg Jr.: 7.2ppg / 3.4rpg Sr. 13.2 ppg / 6.7rpg 7 games into Zeke's Sophomore season, I think he's doing fine. Statistically, he'll finish 2010-11 in the same neighborhood as Kaman's Sophomore season. And his development is way beyond Edwards'.

I think they should join the MAC for att sports. OK. you piqued my interest. What are att sports? If there was a God, I would have peeked your interest. No God.

I think they should join the MAC for all sports.

Thanks to everyone for keeping me up to date as I sat in the Newark airport. Great job Zips! Bring home a National Championship!

After the CSU loss, on Frenchy's post game show he made two comments that stuck in my memory -- "Well Zips Fans...you wanted to play a tougher schedule!" and "The Horizon League has clearly surpassed the MAC in basketball." Quote #1 irked me when I first heard it. CSU isn't Duke. And it is a local upper-midmajor that we should be playing annually. But after thinking about it, if you take it in the context that a tougher schedule means we'll going to have to accept a few defeats as trade-offs for what were formerly 40-point blow outs the likes of South Carolina Upstate...I can accept it. Regarding Quote #2 -- Since Butler made the NCAA Finals last season, I don't think there's any doubt the Horizon is a better hoops conference than the MAC. But overall, it isn't the MVC. The MAC's dregs hold the conference back, but the top teams of the MAC can easily run with any Horizon team but Butler. Three NCAA bids for the Horizon is laughable. Two is possible, if CSU upends Butler in the tourney. IMO - Butler and CSU would both represent the Horizon well against just about anyone...but after those two schools...puh-leeze. Three Horizon CBI bids...that could happen.

Great game by the Zips last night. After Abreu's down game, I'd have never thought he'd start against Detroit. Great move by Dambrot. If Roberts can embrace the 6th Man role, he'll fill the void left by McKnight. Until, of course, McKnight returns.

It’s a challenge, but I’ll give it a shot 1. How many downs will Ryan Bain play this year? 2. Will the next hoops arena be built downtown or on-campus? 3. When will the Zips finally win by 14 so that Zipmeister can start up his long-desired gambling web site? 4. What’s going to happen if the MAC only has 5 soccer playing members left???? 5. Can we fix the blasted audio on these ZTV reports already? 6. Will we begin the 2011 gridiron campaign in the infamous “Bottom 10”? 7. Hey, what’s with the band taking up all of the seats on the lower portion of the JAR? 8. Did you hear LeBron is refusing to urinate or defecate in the Q during his 1st game back, instead preferring to “hold it” until his armada makes its way to the Summit County line? 9. When will Zips and Buckeyes ever learn to “just get along”? 10. When is the NCAA going to enforce the attendance clause on us and send us back to 1-AA?? #2 is close...but it doesn't make me barf. The mere sight of any thread containing "Western Kentucky" or "Illinois State" send me sprinting to the john... Nice job, BTW!

If there is anything less interesting than speculation on MAC expansion, and possible realignment, I have yet to see it.

Actually NIU rejoined the MAC with Marshall (also rejoined) and Buffalo (new member) in 1997. Source CK modification -- Northern Illinois re-entered at roughly the same time Akron entered the MAC... now they are #1 in football. Note - I intended to reply to this segment of your original post. However, I was in "Edit Mode" and accidentally erased everything else. Sorry about that.

If UMass wants to join for football only, let them do it. Like Temple, have them give the MAC a few OOC hoops games and call it a done deal. What is anyone smoking to think that UMass would drop from the A-10 to the MAC in basketball? The MAC is basically stem cells to any incoming football program... with the exception of Akron. Northern Illinois re-entered at the same time Akron entered the MAC... now they are #1 in football. UCF used the MAC to springboard to Conference USA. Marshall slapped the MAC around for a while, then spring-boarded to Conference USA. Temple was a D1-A laughing stock for decades... then got a stem cell injection from Rick Christ and are now winning 8 to 9 games per year. They represent the MAC well. I would love love love to see NIU, UCF, Temple and Marshall play at InfoCision every year. They were great additions to the MAC. UMass is an upper-echelon 1-AA program. They would bring good, competitive football to the MAC, and to InfoCision. They would win 8-9 games per season in short order, and lift the MAC's image. There're no drawbacks to bringing UMass into the MAC. Ultimately, they would be a logical fit for the Big East. And the MAC stem cells will have worked their magic once more.

I love the idea but the new conference is unbalanced with 9 members. I would prefer 12 members that include Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, and Dayton (moving to FBS). I am curious, where might this leave Can't? Dayton doesn't offer any football scholarships as it stands now...how would they jump from 0 to 85?

Do it. If UMass wants to join our leper colony, let 'em in! Added bonus - It would piss off YSU.