Captain Kangaroo

I see the debate over KD's practice of recruiting 4-year players vs. "other" approaches.Look at the Erick Howard thread. Zips fans throw a fit if the football coach takes one chance out of 25 scholarships on a kid with bad grades. How would they react if hoops coach took one chance out of three or four?The biggest risk KD has taken with a scholarship was Darrel Roberts (bad grades). That's about as risky as getting behind the wheel after 2 Bud Lights.Zips Basketball Guy couldn't handle a JUCO. Or a kid with a "history." He couldn't stomach it.Good to see Jodi Kest use a couple of JUCO's to upgrade her hoops team though. But that must only work in women's hoops?Who was the toughest kid to play under Dambrot? Probably Wood. But Dials...a transfer...would also get a lot of votes.Best player of the Hipsher era? Rashon Brown? Transfer. Or Jamie Bosley? Transfer. Tarver (JUCO)? No. But he kept his nose fairly clean while he was on campus. You can't say he was a bad gamble.Where would Bob Huggins have been without JUCO transfer Marcel Boyce? Interesting debate...

Wife just made some Mac-n-Cheese. That should get me back on track.

I suggest that you carry a barf bag around with you. Whenever players run faster and jump higher than those they're playing against, and use those abilities to make their opponents appear slow and soft, the "A" word will be used frequently by douche bags and non-douche bags alike.The most "A" team doesn't always win. There are other aspects of the game that can compensate for lack of "A." But all other things being equal, the team with the most "A" will usually win.You are allegedly a writer. How would you grade another writer who uses one adjective? How interesting is it to read? If spoken, how interesting is it to listen to?If all one has to say about K.e.n.t.'s basketball team is "they are athletic...they are more athletic than the Zips...they have great athleticism...etc" then that person obviously has a shallow knowledge of the game.I like reading and listening to people that offer depth and insight. If all you bring to the table is "athletic," you're shallow and pedantic.

1.) This Zips team is built to win in the MAC. And it does so with great efficiency. This team is not built to win beyond the MAC. K.e.n.t. State, however, is.2.) Kudos to the Athletics Department for pulling off the Wipe...er...White Out. The idea was originally ridiculed on ZN. But like all good quality ridicule, suggestions were offered to actually pull it off. UA listened and got sponsors for the shirts, and also sold white shirts for 5 bucks at the game. Again, nice job.3.) Simpson is cold-blooded. Nick Dials used to be that way. Joyce was that way. We presently have no cold-blooded players on our team. Humpty is as close as we get, and he's too inconsistent to be an assasin.4.) The myth of our home court record continues to be exposed. We build a nice one in the Joyce-Travis years, but we're pretty mortal at home anymore.5.) K.e.n.t. fans pumped up their team. Kudos to them. An excellent showing.6.) Joe Akron is very near an irreversible come. HUGE, HUGE egg laid by the Zips tonight. We never even competed. At home, for the championship, on ESPN2, coverage by all the local news media, sold out arena....and we played like scared little girls.7.) Ke.n.t. is on-par with VCU, Rhode Island, etc. 8.) If I hear some douche bag use the term "athletic" to describe K.e.n.t. one more time, I'll puke. 9.) K.e.n.t. goes strong to the hoop. Our soft players shoot threes and fade-aways. We shy away from contact. K.e.n.t. welcomes it.10.) I'll be at the Q this coming week supporting the Zips. And praying that someone knocks off K.e.n.t. Because if we play K.e.n.t. again, it will be another double-digit beatdown. Oh... One "bonus note" - Thanks to AM 1350 for the ZN shout outs. We appreciate it.

Most accurate, single-sentence post that will be written today. They messed it up.

Tough call on the crap-down-the-leg.IMO - Crapping down your leg is more tied to blowing a huge lead. Last night, the Zips got waxed by a superior team. No crapping...we simply aren't in K.e.n.t.'s league, metaphorically speaking of course, Zipmeister.

Would you also agree that water is hot when it is boiling?It depends upon the atmospheric pressure:

Just go to the game. There is always someone with an extra hanging out front.

So we should play St Francis on the road? Problem solved.Our SOS was weak for one reason - Our schedule was weak. Funny how that works out.

lets be fair cap'n about 80,000 of those came on the stadium thread but this is a great arguement but the one counterpoint I would like to bring to you is. how many people are doing the posting? are we a small family that likes to argue over thanksgiving or do we have a wider following than I know of? not trying to start an argument just a friendly questionThe Stadium Thread has 1,821 posts. Slightly shy of 80,000.How many people post? - Easily in excess of 100 different people post in a typical week. At least during the school sports year. It dips after hoops conclude.Just glancing at who's on the site right now -13 members are reading the board, and 27 "guests" are reading the board. That's 40 people using our site at this very moment. Those 40 will go, and another 40 will take their place in 15 minutes.

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Most accurate, single-sentence post that will be written today.

If "response emails" were the only metric to measure MAC fan interest, then Pluto would be correct.On ZipsNation, we have 100,000 posts to-date. Actual posts from real people who want to talk MAC...specifically The University of Akron sports.Let me repeat: 100,000!I posted a short note on the gravity of tonight's game on ZN. I got 56 responses? There are in excess of 200 posts, and thousands of views on the subject of tonight's game on ZN. Seems like there IS some interest? Just because I don't clap like a trained seal the three times per year Pluto writes something about the Zips program doesn't mean there's no interest in the program.The MAC finals will draw roughly 13,000 people to The Q. But because no one writes to Terry Pluto, there must be no interest? He needs to get off his high horse. I tired of Pluto in the late 90's. While Hipsher and Crawford were bringing Akron Basketball to it's knees, he kept writing "The Little Engine that Could" columns about the scrappy, underdog Zips. He never had the guts to call for change. And at the time, his opinion carried some weight. He fiddled while Rome burned. I can see how people in their 20's love Pluto. They're young. Wait until you're in your 40's and you've read his cookie-cutter columns 50 times. Then he isn't so awe-inspiring.I can see why senior citizens love Pluto. He's now a big religious guy. Older people eat that up.He's vanilla. I prefer writers with some sort of opinion or edge. If he's not getting responses, maybe he needs to look in the mirror rather than point fingers?

The Zips need the lower seats filled Period. If there are students that want to sit down below, and those seats are filled with Rowdies, then "tough luck" to those students.If those seats are empty, because only a small group of "Official Rowdies" attend a game, then "Unofficial Rowdies/Students" should be welcomed in those seats.Our home court advantage suffers because those seats are 30+% empty for most games. Because of stupid T-shirts.

Yeah...it had nothing to do with the fact that Miami had a great TEAM that season. They made the freaking Sweet 16, and beat Xavier and Notre Dame during their OOC season.

I like how he latched-on to your "Fort Worth Bowl" comment.

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Overheard after we beat NC State:We lost to eh-KRON?!...I ain't never even HEARD of eh-KRON?!

I will be selling these at the JAR. Zips fans will need them if they are sitting anywhere near a K.e.n.t. fan:

New Computer

If you don't tailgate with me, I'll cry.

Please make sure to wear your Zips gear to work tomorrow! And don't forget to dress your kids in the appropriate Zips apparel too!

A K.e.n.t. State student came running into Ray's Place and yelled across the bar to his buddy Cleatus, "HEY! Somebody just stole your pickup truck!!" Cleatus: "AW Crap! Did you see who it was!?" Student: "I couldn't tell, but don't worry cuz I got the license number!"

I will pick Brett McClanahan as the Jawanza Moore of 2010.Obviously not because it is his final game at the JAR (unless someone knows something I don't), but because he has played EXTREMELY well in is limited minutes lately. Brett's 3-point stroke is looking very good, and he's taking advantage of his limited minutes, not pouting.My second choice would be Ronnie Steward. He allows the Zips to play at a totally different pace...he's like throwing a fast ball, after McNees has been tossing knucklers and change-ups.

Great to see you aren't just a 1-trick pony. Very fresh take. I applaud you.