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I didn't watch, but would have also been amazed if they didn't talk much about one of the best defensive players in the MAC, and instead decided to spend their time talking about another player who the coach did not even name as a starter until a week before the first game, even though he was competing for that spot against a guy with only one good leg.
QBs get a lot of attention. And maybe some of the negative feedback you get on this board about parts of his game is because it's the people on this board who have actually seen him play a lot? In both games, scrimmages, and practices? And in some cases, much further back than just his college career?
From Rasor's Edge:
Combine that fact with Nicely's strong camp and it wasn't a difficult decision for the coaches, who named Nicely the starter today over junior Matt Rodgers."As we evaluated the body of work, (Nicely) got far ahead of Matt," Ianello said. "We believe in both of them, but the team needs one quarterback."
Ianello has been silent about his passers until today, when he repeatedly stressed the ability of Nicely to make all of the throws in the Zips' new pro-style offense.
"I think the offense really fits Patrick very well," Ianello said.
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I would say 15,000. They haven't done a very good job getting students excited about the game. More people are talking about soccer on campus than football.
If that is true, and I don't believe it is, someone should be held accountable. Who? The same guy that spend his summer creating a huge buzz-kill surrounding the football program rather than marketing it.
25k should be a "given." And YouTube Tom should live another day, and create more videos.
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Put me in the "We'll be lucky to have 15,000" camp. All the students will be home for Labor Day and nobody really knows Syracuse is in the BCS.
You can't be serious?
It will be 25k+.
And everyone in Akron knows Syracuse is BCS.
And I will drink a lot of beer on Saturday.
Those are three stone-cold locks.
If we had 15k in attendance for our home opener versus Syracuse, Tom Wistercill (AD) would be fired before halftime.
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Pretty good segment on the Zips. Coach I wore a mic and provided some pretty entertaining sound. It is definitely worth a look. They love Nicely. I think the media and other team's coaches and fans think more of Nicely than many on this board.
I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched it.
It's because he's a pretty good QB.
Matt Rodgers had as much chance in the Zips QB "competition" as Eugene Jarvis has being a kidney donor.
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What's the phone number? Is it the 1-888... one? I need a good laugh...I gotta call.
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Here is Rasor's outlook on the 2010 season. I'm not sure if Mike realizes Odefin and Dawson are no longer with the team (unless they returned recently)
It was only a matter of time before Mike got sucked into "The ABJ Way."
I give him credit... he lasted longer than most.
This oversight, however, reeks of David Lee Morgan. I have to believe Mike had a ghost writer.
Both Odefin & Dawson are still listed on the GoZips.com roster.
We suck.
Maybe Gaffney is getting his inside information from David Lee Morgan? Some how, some way, this involves DLM. I'm sure of it.
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Here is Rasor's outlook on the 2010 season. I'm not sure if Mike realizes Odefin and Dawson are no longer with the team (unless they returned recently)
It was only a matter of time before Mike got sucked into "The ABJ Way."
I give him credit... he lasted longer than most.
This oversight, however, reeks of David Lee Morgan. I have to believe Mike had a ghost writer.
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Bottom line is, we'd save on expenses, but would bring in less revenue. What the difference would be at that point is anyone's guess.
I was on this campus in the early 80s when we made the move to 1-A. If we take a step backwards now, after everything we have invested over the last 25 or so years, I'd be absolutely sick.
It would be an interesting debate - "Which is more short-sighted?"
The Zips knee-jerk, ill-conceived, unbelievably poorly-planned jump to 1-A back in 1986
or
A Zips poorly planned, number-massaged, wasteful drop to 1-AA
If we play our cards right....we could hold the record for the two dumbest moves in D1/D-1-AA history. Wouldn't that be cool?
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After seeing the 398th post from GP1 calling for the Zips to drop to 1-AA, I got to thinking... has The Great One quantified exactly how much money the Zips Athletics Department would save by dropping it's football program to 1-AA?
Let's begin with 22 scholarships. At a value of $20k/scholarship? That's $440,000.
For Game Day -- Let's fly to the campuses of SE Missouri State, Illinois State, Southern Illinois, Murray State, James Madison etc instead of taking bus trips to Oxford, Toledo, Bowling Green, K.e.n.t., etc. I'm guessing we'd lose about $100k on that deal?
That's puts the savings at roughly $340,000.
At at lower division, we'll save on coach's and Athletic Department salaries...maybe that tacks the $100k back on?
I think you can go back and forth all you want...at best you save $500k if you drop to 1-AA. Being an "equivalent" to a directional Michigan school ain't the sexiest thing in the world... but it beats being Morehead State Junior.
Dropping to 1-AA is not worth saving a measly $500,000 ($20/student).
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The website's leadership is in transition. They have been working on getting a fulltime content person and changing up the look of the whole thing.
Didn't they just change the look of the whole thing like a year-or-so ago? I remember someone getting their panties all in a bunch when people complained about it?
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Lot #9 Baby!
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Hopefully he beat-out Doug Penno for the job.
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Dr. Z with a kick-ass idea!
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big news! curious to hear the thoughts of all the people that have been bashing the new ad.
Mike Thomas got the practice facility built, and transformed stadium talk from a wet dream, into a reality. He hired Dambrot.
Mack Rhoades got the stadium completed, and on-time. He cleaned up UA's shoddy athletic academic support. He hired Kest.
Our new AD's meal ticket is Rob Ianello.
Little STO deals are nice. Getting the soccer stadium upgraded quickly is very nice. But changing the nick name from "YouTube Tom" to "Touchdown Tom" is what will impress. Bringing winning football to Akron is equally as impressive/important as getting the stadium built. That is what gets you a BCS AD job.
Winning football helps everyone, and losing football drags everyone...every program...down. UA can't afford to lose on the football field any longer. TW's job is to change that. And of course, not to screw up the good thing we've got going in hoops.
TW's successor will hopefully have the Basketball Arena Project as his/her BCS AD resume'-building ticket.
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If you want to sit with Akron fans, call the UA ticket office.
If you want a cheap ticket, go to the game and buy one from someone outside the gate. There will be below-face-value tickets in abundance at all Zips road games this year. Yes, even at K.entucky.
If it is a MAC road game, there is a very good chance someone will hand you a free ticket outside the gate. I don't know that I have ever paid for a MAC road game. And other than K.e.n.t, there will be a million empty seats to choose from at every MAC stadium. "Reserved" tickets aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
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Take that, Shaka Smart and District Baller!
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I think we'll still see Rodgers in wildcat packages. He may have been the best rusher on the team last season.
I want to see Rodgers in a baseball cap, holding a clip board.
Maybe mop-up duty vs. Gardner Webb and K.e.n.t. too.
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Well, I guess it time to support a QB. Nicely will be taking the snaps. I thought this might be the case, only because Rogers had to came back from a majr injury. Now that we have nanmed a starting QB, it is time to start getting ourselves ready for 'Cuse.
GO ZIPS!!!!
Who knew? I, for one, and absolutely shocked.
I thought it might be the case because...well...Nicely is a lot better quarterback.
Somewhere, Mike Rasor is weeping.
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But, I could surely get by with a lot less of the "I'm right...You're wrong" fortune tellers, and the name-calling, which keeps so many other older fans I know away from here.
I agree. I know a lot of old guys who absolutely can't stand the fortune-telling, doom-and-gloom spouting worry worts on this board. They view ZipsNation as a bunch of whiners who never can place a positive outlook on anything. All they do is worry and complain. Or, complain and worry.
How can we fix that, and get those coveted "old guys" to participate?
I also agree the name-calling on this board is out of control. I will contact a Mod and see what they can do about it.
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It seems as if one of the purposes of this board is to report reliable information to fellow Zips fans. I think that WAY too much predicting goes on here.
I like the predicting that goes on here. Especially when it is provided by people whose opinion I value. It is interesting, and I learn something from it.
It is easy to attend a game, watch it, and say "This it what happened....", reeling off what everyone witnessed. Any clown can do that.
It is also easy to expound using universal truths - "You win some, you lose some...in the end it really doesn't matter who wins and loses .. kids will be kids, and everyone has their ups and downs in life...hey, who here hasn't made mistakes?....and on and on and on...." You can write the same post regarding absolutely any event or individual athlete.
It is easy to parrot someone else's thoughts. It saves you from the effort of thinking for yourself. This is the ESPN/WKNR SportsTalk Syndrome. Lot's of people need this direction in the life... because...well..they just aren't all too insightful. The think they are, but they aren't.
It is more worthwhile to hear someone say, prior to the game, "He's how I think things are going to play out, and here's why..." The same goes for prediction an individual player's performance, or career promise. In a way, it is like recruiting. Coaches see a kid at 16 years old, and have to predict what he'll be like as a 22 year old man when making a decision whether or not to offer him a scholarship. The best recruiters have a knack for it.
The best posters here also have a knack for foretelling how Zip-related things will pan out. Everyone should learn from them.
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But I was just wondering about Rob, since I don't see it anywhere in his bio.
I wondered that too. I've heard of Southern Methodist...Presbyterian...Texas Lutheran...but I've never heard of "Catholic University"?
Since he played some D-1 ball, would Devoe Torrence be a better coach than Lee Owens? Probably not.
I see the "street cred point," but certain guys just aren't all that athletically gifted, yet intelligent, motivated and with a love of the game. More often than not, you'd like to see your HC with D-1 playing experience. But it isn't all too rare to find exceptions. Dambrot never played college basketball*, yet he's a pretty successful D-1 hoops coach.
* Douche Bag Alert (hereafter abbreviated DBA) - Yes, I do know he played baseball for the Zips, and he got hit by a lot of pitches. Now go back to re-laminating your Bryan Hipsher rookie card. If you are not a Douche Bag, please ignore the DBA.
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I'll add some of the Captain's comments to the list that includes "he looks good in the pocket" and "I like his size". The problem is, a QB has to also complete passes, and move the offense down the field. As ZachTheZip says...baseless optimism.
Funny.... when ZachTheZip states an opinion, it makes me bullish about the opposing view.
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What I saw last year was a guy who could throw the ball the length of the field but had almost absolutely no touch on the ball at all.
Any negatives I saw last season seemed to have a reasonable explanation -
- His O-line regressed terribly from 2008. His protection was minimal.
- He had absolutely no running game to support the pass.
- With Bowser on the shelf, he had no WR's.
Combine that with the fact that he was a true Freshman, and he did the best anyone could under the same situation.
I like Nicely's vision. I like his arm strength. I like his footwork. I like how he worked through his progressions and didn't lock onto his primary WR.
I don't like his tendency to fumble.
A strong-armed thrower like Nicely can work on the "touch" throws. A weak-armed QB like Rodgers will never develop a long-ball. Or be able to zip a screen pass quick enough to avoid the route-jumping DB.
- His O-line regressed terribly from 2008. His protection was minimal.
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So do you look more like Tim Robbins, or the guy who looks like Tim Robbins?