Captain Kangaroo

Ouch. I know Martin's a common last name, but didn't Dale go to Bolingbrook?He certainly did, along with the enigmatic Ryan Bain if I recall.And Rich Reliford.

K.e.n.t. beat them by 30-points a couple nights ago. NIU isn't on a roll.That said - For the first time in a couple games, the Zips took care of business. I think we hit rock-bottom on Monday. I look for a rejuvenated Zips team over the next couple weeks.Going one step further - I hope the Zips go into the VCU game with something to prove. We have never won a marquee Bracket Buster game. This is the team's chance to prove they're essentially the same team that went to the Big Dance only a little over 10 months ago. And to achieve something that Travis, Joyce, Dials and Linhart couldn't do.

Seems like it

SheDon continues to be in the news...

TE for Tiffin...who knew? Scroll to the bottom.

Da'Von Moore is on the team. Like Henderson, Givens name appeared annually on the Rivals Zips commit list. Good to see he, and the immortal Kyle Roddenberry, are both finally off the list. But apparently nature abhors a vacuum.Side note: Henderson's situation was very similar to Erick Howard's. Four Star Henderson was on campus last summer and just on-the-edge of eligibility. He ended up not making grades, so he elected to attend a prep school.

If he can live up to his potential, they'll probably be a couple thousand additional STH's in the stands over the next few years too.

I believe he and Jarvis Givins held a joint press conference announcing their commitment to the Zips program.

Great bounce-back game, Zips! Back it up on Saturday!

(please sing to the tune of oh where has my little dog gone)Oh where oh where has the Tonganator gone?Oh where oh where can he be?With his hair cut long and his monster hands,Oh where oh where can he be?Please check the weight room and get back to me. I looked. He wasn't there. Any other guesses?Practicing his swim move in the natatorium?

Zips Get LT to Shore up the D?

PD Column

Odd story since Jamie Reader is a coach at Monessen

In this guy's opinion, it does...

BaRksdale (not Baksdale as the pd printed) committed to Wyoming in October?Wyoming Commit List shows himI found on scout.com he signed with NIU. LinkVince Hill Jr?Virginia...then Akron...then Minnesota...then Temple...

Up-to-the-minute recruit commit updates? Wonder where they got that idea?I'm glad they're doing it. It allows me to be a lot more productive at work today.

Updated

Q4: ZipsNation.org

Lobster rolls are better up there.

"Handing Out Free Tickets" - If there was a class prior to Marketing 101, that would be it.

Then why sell tickets? Why does the band show up? Why play the games?Obviously these games matter to some people.

Couch enrolled in January. Already on campusThanks.

Updated the list today.Note - I am assuming Pierre Carr and Josh Couch remain in the running. They weren't on scholarship last year, so who knows. If I had a guess - Carr out, and Couch in.We'll see.