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I'll be the first to admit that I'm among those leading the charge to see more McNees at SG this year, and I have my reasons why, but that is really a discussion for another place and time.
I'd like to see McNees at SG , since it would mean Abreu is a great PG. We would field a better team.
If McNees needs to play the point because Abreu can't, Abreu sits on the bench. And we are weaker at SG.
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I like how it gives you the option of "Permanently Skip this Page," but when you click on that option...it simply refreshes the splash page.
Best site ever.
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I can't understand being worried about a Chicago-area recruit, a 6' 3" guard who can jump out of the gym, who led his team in scoring, rebounds and assists as a Junior.
Zips basketball fans worry about too much. You should be celebrating and popping champagne corks, and instead you're consumed with fear of shooting someone in the eye.
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I'm also not quite as concerned with beating Can't as you. Don't get me wrong, I love beating Can't. I also realize that the way we've been built the last few years we don't match up well with Can't. I just don't want to get so focused on the rivalry that we build a team that is solely designed to beat the flushes and struggles against a lot of other programs.
That's akin to saying -- "I don't want to build a team that's solely designed to beat UCLA, and struggles with a lot of other programs."
If your team consistently beats K.e.n.t, who's been a premier basketball program in the MAC for over a decade, you will not struggle with a lot of other programs. You'll beat a lot of them. And win a lot of championships.
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All I really paid attention to was "6-3 Guard" and "High Flyer"
Bring him on !!
Athleticism seems to be a new focus for Dambrot and Co. on the recruiting trail, which I think is a welcome sign for most folks around here. We've gone about as far as we are going to go recruiting under-sized and not particularly athletic guys who have high basketball IQ's. It was time for a change. We've gotten a lot of guys now over these last two classes that are much more athletic (Egner, Gilliam, Diggs, Treadwell, Harney, Ibitayo). But at the same time I think we need to recognize that this approach is not without its risks. Highly athletic guys don't always make very good basketball players. The best athlete in the world isn't going to help much on the floor if he has no grasp on the fundamentals of the game. The first example that comes to mind for me is always Quade Milum. Athleticism to spare, but could never put it all together. Just didn't have that good grasp of the game that was needed to be a consistent performer on the floor. Now hopefully we are getting guys who are not simply athletes but also have the necessary understanding of the game that they need to succeed. From the sounds of it, guys like Gilliam, Treadwell and Harney all fit that bill. Ibitayo appears to have some work to do when it comes to fundamentals. Egner and Diggs look to fall somewhere in between. If it all works out, I think this approach can get us to the point where we can make some deep tournament runs. If a lot of these guys don't pan out, the potential is there for us to take a big step back. KD is taking a big risk here. I think it needed to be done, but I'm certainly interested in how it pans out.
I see absolutely no risk.
If KD wants to elevate the program, he's had 6 years to see what 5'11" guards can do for him. He's hit the ceiling with his "Plan A" recruits. Now it is time for Plan B.
He's not recruiting any thugs. No kids with checkered pasts.
The Prop 48 kids he's recruited in 2010 all come from good families and are, character-wise, good kids.
But both did not take their HS studies seriously. Hence why both are so ridiculously talented, yet only played 1 yr of HS ball each.
I fear absolutely nothing with the Zips new recruiting philosophy. It has worked for K.e.n.t. State for 12 years, through 3 different coaches.
K.e.n.t. has been kicking our ass in hoops. If we want to compete with K.e.n.t., we needed to change something.
Might our graduation rates dip a bit? Yes. But they might not.
Might the Zips have a greater upside now? Yes. With Plan A, they would not.
I look forward to matching up with the size and athleticism of the better A-10 schools. It will be fun. So will beating K.e.n.t.
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Akron 38 - 13
6 TD's, with 4 missed PAT's.
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See ya Dylan Ennis.
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I believe the football team did poorly enough on their own Capt. No need for you to take a point away from them.
"Week #1 saw the soccer team outscore the football team 5-2."
I'm OK with deducting a point from the football team for the 4th-and-2 field goal attempt. GIVE THE PEOPLE THEIR $20 WORTH COACH I!
Ouch.
Just the fact that we are even talking about our soccer team outscoring our football team really hurts. I sure hope this amounts to nothing more than a one-week joke. If not, only the diehards will be at the Info by mid-season.
It should hurt the football team when the soccer team scores out-scores them.
It's like the old Henny Youngman line:
Patient: "I hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Then don't do that."
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Week #1 saw the soccer team outscore the football team 5-2. With the football team going up against a 1-AA opponent, and the soccer team playing only one game this weekend, I say the football team pulls it out in Week #2.
Football Zips in a blowout: 38-6 (Soccer Zips beat BG 6-0)
Week #3 looks to favor the soccer Zips. But we must take this week-by-week. No jumping ahead.
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Go Zips - if you paid for tuition you should probably ask for a refund.
Keep charging $20 for GA and putting crap on the field and you will be laughing out loud and no one will be there to hear you. I expect more from the U of A athletics too. The general public who aren't die hard fans will not become fans until they come to see a affordable, quality and entertaining product.
I could go to any City Series High School game and see less illegal procedure calls on both teams.
I have been as big a fan as anyone, traveling many miles to away games for both FB and MBB for 25+ years. The Zips always seem to lay an egg when they get opportunities to show their stuff. Like 5,000 white wearing Zip fans and one section of Can't State fans at a home basketball game and the Zips go out an play like it was their first week of practice.
Morgan St was great for an opener and followed by Indiana and they come out flat. How was attendance the following week?
Syacuse debacle will yield similar results, especially at $20 per.
Problem solved...you can now pay $15 for the next five home games. Limited time special
Limited...until they drop to $10?
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I think you missed one, unless my math is wrong that's 11 not 12
Type-o, not a math error. Thanks for the heads up.
This will be our schedule for the foreseeable future.
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Ianello said the defensive problems came primarily from a lack of consistency. Of the 431 yards of total offense by the Orange, 217 came on seven plays. On the rest, Syracuse averaged 3.3 yards.
Reminds me of a Butch Davis quote from a few years back after Jamal Lewis had bludgeoned the Browns for a whopping 295 yards. Davis was quick to spin: "Hey -- on 25 of his 30 carries we held him to a 2.5 yard average."
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Ianello probably had zero impact on setting up the 2011 schedule. We'll see what it looks like from 2012 on.
By that time we will probably be looking for a new AD as they roll over every 3 years. The whole athletic dept will change and we will be in transition for the next 6 months.
This is why the AD should not be allowed to schedule more than two years out...2013 and beyond should be off limits for TW as far as scheduling goes...
Have fun recruiting kids when you can't tell them where you'll be playing.
8 Games -- Miami, Ke.nt State, Bowling Green, Ball State, Toledo, a couple directional Michigans, OU, etc.
1 Game -- A 1-AA school.
1 Game -- A BCS school.
2 Games -- Some combination of a lower BCS school and a non BCS, 1-A program. Both, or 1 & 1.
There's your 12-game schedule for the next 8 - 10 years. Now iCoach can recruit like the wind.
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What Boise State of the lowly WAC is to college football and Butler of the lowly Horizon League is to college basketball, UA is to college soccer, only more so. Neither Boise State nor Butler have ever been ranked #1, though like UA Butler did reach the national championship game before losing.
Boise has a good shot at a #1 regular season ranking in 2010.
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Of the 5 goals scored in Carolina, 3 of them were by mewcomers, and if my math is correct, that's 60%.
"Mewcomer" sounds like an animal that would irk Bob Barker.
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I don't understand defering until the 2nd half either. Overall, it was the least of my game-day worries, but don't you want to go on offense in the 1st possession of your home opener?
Again... least of my worries...just sayin'...
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I absolutely LOVED the guys "shussh-ing" the crowd after the goals, and pointing to the "AKRON" on their jersey.
Running smack against an ACC school, in their own back yard, and backing it up to the hilt. Man, that's sweet.
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Still confused as to why 17-6 would be a good option? It was 4th and 2 on the 'Cuse 23 with around 5 mins left in the quarter. If we make it, we have a shot at a TD and 17-10 is better than 17-6 which is still better than 23-3.
I think he would have earned alot of respect had he decided to go for it on that one.
17-3 needs two scores
17-6 needs two scores
17-10 needs one score
23-3 now were screwed...
Just my 2 cents and by the boo's in the crowd I think I am not alone on this one.
I've seen too many of Igor's low-liner kicks to ever feel good about kicking in that situation. 4th-and-2, on the opponent's 23...you go for it every time. At least until we recruit a real kicker. If Igor continues to kick, that exact play will happen again in 2010.
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I was at Barley after the football game later that night. That place makes me mad. It is literally down the street from the fourth largest schoool in the state and they just kept shoving Ohio State down everyone's throat. The DJ kept talking about their game the other night and even played their fight song while some old fat cheerleaders danced to it. It's like they don't even know that UA is right up the street. I don't understand why people have more pride in other schools than they do their own.
It is because we lose, and Ohio State wins.
Cincinnati decided to do something about the Ohio State machine...they started winning. And now it is considered "cool" in Cincinnati to be a Bearcat fan. Local radio stations make fun of the Buckeyes... it is a beautiful thing in southern Ohio.
While YSU was rolling under Tressel, even at the 1-AA level, YSU football was the talk of the Youngstown area. Why? - because they won. Youngstowners are as big a fan group of OSU and anywhere else in the state, but YSU carved their niche in the mainstream football conversation.
Boise State is kicking anyone's ass who's man enough to play them. Even on a neutral site, across the 3/4 of the way across the country. My son loves Boise State...they win, and they are really fun to watch.
Conversely -- Zips football loses, and is frustrating to watch. That's gotta change before you'll see local attitudes regarding UA football change.
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This year's stereo in Lot 34. The little monitor on left is fed an internet stream via channelsurfing.net. Surprisingly the wi-fi in Lot 34 is pretty damn good.
How was lot 34?
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And GP, the day Nicely throws for 3600 yards in a season, or the day a BCS coach says that Nicely is the best QB his team will see all season, then we'll start some comparisons. Until then, your comments look slightly foolish. Was a Charlie Frye led offense ever kept out of the endzone for entire game??
Since you asked - "Yes."
In fact, wasn't it JD Brookhart's 1st season?
I believe the immortal Charlie Frye threw for all of 78 yards (w/ a44% completion percentage), and a gaudy -38 yards on the ground? And with a hell of a lot better receivers than Nicely had on Saturday night, and with a veteran offensive line.
The Frye & Nicely UVA/Syracuse games are eerily similar, in both circumstance and results: BCS game...first season under a new coach and system...beatdown
It looks like Nicely actually performed better, since he threw the ball away (-4 rushing yards) instead of eating it like Charlie (-38 rushing yards).
Oh, and Nicely - True Soph.
Frye - 5th year Senior.
They say "The only thing new is the history you don't know." You are all welcome for the hyperbole-free perspective, and the history lesson.
People see what they want to see. I tend to see what actually happened. The book on Nicely is far from it's completion. This week he should throw for 300+ yards, and everyone will marvel at his arm strength, and his growth from game #1 to game #2. Then we'll lose at K.entucky, and everyone will clamor to see the hobbled, banjo-armed Matt Rodgers save the season. Which ain't gonna happen.
Stick with Nicely, and you shall be rewarded.
You want to compare 2004 Virginia, one of the BEST DEFENSES IN THE NATION, led by Ahmad Brooks and Chris Canty, to Syracuse???? There were about 8 draft picks on that Virginia defense. The Syracuse team we played yesterday would be lucky to have one!!! Apples to oranges Cap, you know better!!
Here's a better comparison. Charlie Frye's sophomore year season opener. On the road. Against a GOOD Iowa team.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores102/1...WA------0nr.htm
21-29 for 230 yards. If Patrick Nicely had done that Saturday, I would like where we're going. Instead he laid an egg against a team that's a lot more akin to upper level MAC than a good BCS team.
Seriously...did Zach steal ITZ's IP address? Must have, 'cuz no one else would post such a vapid response to cold hard facts.
ITZ boasts that Frye was never held out of the endzone. A fallacy that anyone with 3 seconds of free time can easily debunk.
ITZ boasts about some dominant Virginia defense that... well, they gave up 37 in a loss to Fresno State in the prestigious 2002 MPC Computers Bowl in Boise.
Now...in his latest bizarre bit of selective memory... ITZ brags about a stellar Frye game (Iowa) where...get this...Frye was down 37-0...AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER!!! ITZ is stoked about Frye's mediocre stats where Iowa had Frye's Zips down 37-0 after 15 minutes!! DO YA THINK IOWA LET UP A LITTLE AND LET THE CUTE FUZZY HAPLESS LITTLE ZIPPERS GET SOME POSITIVE YARDS AFTER 37 - 0??
Gheez... I bet that 21-29 for 230 yards is a sweet memory for old #5.
Dude...I can't debate QB Zips QB play with you until you elevate your level of discussion.
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I met Willie at the golf outing. Really nice guy. I feel horrible for him.
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And GP, the day Nicely throws for 3600 yards in a season, or the day a BCS coach says that Nicely is the best QB his team will see all season, then we'll start some comparisons. Until then, your comments look slightly foolish. Was a Charlie Frye led offense ever kept out of the endzone for entire game??
Since you asked - "Yes."
In fact, wasn't it JD Brookhart's 1st season?
I believe the immortal Charlie Frye threw for all of 78 yards (w/ a44% completion percentage), and a gaudy -38 yards on the ground? And with a hell of a lot better receivers than Nicely had on Saturday night, and with a veteran offensive line.
The Frye & Nicely UVA/Syracuse games are eerily similar, in both circumstance and results: BCS game...first season under a new coach and system...beatdown
It looks like Nicely actually performed better, since he threw the ball away (-4 rushing yards) instead of eating it like Charlie (-38 rushing yards).
Oh, and Nicely - True Soph.
Frye - 5th year Senior.
They say "The only thing new is the history you don't know." You are all welcome for the hyperbole-free perspective, and the history lesson.
People see what they want to see. I tend to see what actually happened. The book on Nicely is far from it's completion. This week he should throw for 300+ yards, and everyone will marvel at his arm strength, and his growth from game #1 to game #2. Then we'll lose at K.entucky, and everyone will clamor to see the hobbled, banjo-armed Matt Rodgers save the season. Which ain't gonna happen.
Stick with Nicely, and you shall be rewarded.
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1.) Nicely did about as good as any QB could expect to do, with almost zero protection from his offensive line. The OL continued it's regression of 2009.
2.) Nicely's biggest mistake of the night was throwing a ball into the stands on 3rd and 3... when he esily could have ran for 5 yards. It would have been a BIG 1st down.
3.) At WR, the Zips have Jeremy LaFrance, and no one else. Jalil Carter looked lost, and Gary Pride couldn't shake his man to save his life.
4.) When watching a bad QB, there are multiple times during the game when, after the QB runs around for a while eluding the rush, you say "Jesus... there were 2 guys wide open!!! How the hell didn't he see them??!!" I don't think that happened once last night. Our receivers were covered like blankets all night. Nicely's decisions to ditch the ball were usually the right ones.
5.) I don't think I ever saw a receiver break off his route to help Nicely, as he ran for his life, either.
6.) I thought Alex Allen looked ok. Better than in 2009 for certain. But he only got 7 carries. He needs more than 7 carries.
7.) Burney is a tough little kid, but he's small, and a good lick from a DL sends him flying. We need another RB in our rotation.
8.) One of the worst calls of the night was sending Burney up the middle on 3rd and 1. AA easily gets that yard. iCoach must not have witnessed "Metcalf up the Middle."
9.) Another terrible call was going for the FG on 4th and 2. iCoach showed zero confidence in his offense. He didn't play to win the game. You only get a BCS team at home on rare occasion...iCoach didn't coach like he wanted to make a statement. No aggressive play calls all night.
10.) I turned to my son on Igor's 1st kick and said "Watch it hit the center in the butt." I was 1 kick too early on my call.
11.) How many low liners does Igor need to kick before someone realizes that's all he can do? Our chance of AA getting those 2 yards was WAY better than Igor making theFG.
12.) Campbell had some beautiful punts. And no horrific ones. Best punting I've seen in some time. Certainly since the Stec Ohio State game.
13.) Illegal formation penalties were inexcusable. Hard to fathom how we could be so unprepared.
14.) This Syracuse team was a lot better than the bumbling, hapless crew we played 2 seasons ago. They aren't spectacular by any stretch, but they appeared well coached, and I liked their D-line.
15.) Syracuse brought 500 fans max. A nice showing, but no where near the rumored 5k.
16.) The Zips D-line played very well. They got good QB pressure for most of the night. Lemon had an excellent game.
17.) Wagner had an excellent game too. It is too bad our offense was so pathetic. The Zips D eventually wore out.
18.) Nice to see Delone Carter, and the other Syracuse RB's work for their yards. We saw no gamebreaking plays...no 50 yard TD runs...no man-amongst-boys plays that made the Zips D look like a Pop Warner group. Overall, our D played fine.
19.) Province had a rough game. But at least the 2nd time he got beat he was smart enough to interfere and take the 15 yards, rather than risk a 40 yard catch.
20.) When we had a guy run a deep route, we threw into quadruple coverage. When Syracuse threw deep, we never had 2 DB's in the vicinity.
21.) GP1 mentioned that he'd be pissed if he wasted 3 hours of tailgating for that game. Way off base. The tailgating was easily the highlight of the day. I don't see how anyone could have endured the game without it.
22.) Profoundly disappointing crowd. 10k shorter than it should have been. Funny - I received a bunch of info on Zips tickets in the mail yesterday...after I'd already left for the Syracuse game. Little tardy on the mailing, guys.
23.) Lots of complaints on the parking and prices. It will continue as long as 29-3 beat-downs are the norm. Actually, it will eventually stop, because people will stop caring, and spend there money elsewhere.
24.) Bailey did a nice job at FB. I think he'll be a good one.
25.) Met Aaron and Dreal. Always a treat to meet new ZN members. Texan Mark didn't stop by. Hope he had a good time in the AK.
26.) I saw enough good things, especially defensively, to keep me coming back. I think the offensive penalties are easily correctable. I think we played a BCS team who's better than many think, and they kicked our butts because we couldn't move the ball offensively. I am very concerned with the o-line. Especially #75. I am very concerned about our WR's. I hope Frisman Jackson can coach, because we can't have a successful season with the WR group not getting a hell of a lot better, and soon.
Off to enjoy my Sunday. Too nice a day to mope over the Zips.
Coach Paris moving on to Wisconsin?
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Wonder who will replace him?