Captain Kangaroo

Yeah, everyone thinks Dambrot's a bum. It was funny...consistent with many quotes from last season...Dambrot's post-game comments to Frenchie after beating Drake began with a slight to the fans. The general theme was - "No one remembers how many games we won over the past 6 years...everyone thinks when we start 0-2 that we stink."They guy is always complaining about lack of support...never showing much gratitude for the many loyal followers he's got.I guess it is simply a motivational thing for him. He convinces himself that everyone thinks he's a bum, and that motivates him to be his best.But it isn't true.Like t or not, we all love Keith Dambrot and want him to stay at UA for as long as he wants to be here. I hope I didn't ruin his primary motivational tool by saying that.

I'll guess 3,000.To paraphrase Forrest Gump: "2-9 is as 2-9 does."

TESTIFY, BRUTHA' GOOD!!

And the tree should be drunk.Separated at Birth?

How do you study or take tests if your first 11 games are on the road?!I'd never seen a "body bag" schedule for a basketball team until now.

Arkansas Pine-Bluff Fears No One

Not if he continues to do stupid things at 2:49am.

Come on. That's the easiest "crutch" in the MAC. You need to spend money to make money. Win games and people will come. Lose and they won't. There are a billion examples out there.

Temple vs. CMU at Ford Field will look great. It will be great football, played at a high level.Any other games are poor exhibitions. Missed field goals galore...on-side kicks being returned for TD's...27 yard rugby punts...running backs dancing in their own endzone, getting tackled for a safety...in the 4th quarter, coaches punting on 4th and 1 when they need a TD...stuff like that...

1-AA schools are here to stay. Otherwise, we'd never win a home game. At least in seasons where we don't play K.e.n.t. at InfoCision.

The happiest person on UA's campus once the new soccer facility gets built will not be Caleb Porter. It will be Keith Ford.Nothing like being the ticket guy taking the brunt of turning away 500 fans every match because your stadium is maxed out. Poor guy took a beating on Sunday afternoon. Speed up the stadium process for his sake alone!

Why does it suck? Specifically, what does a fan actually see when they watch a game?I'm not trying to be silly or anything like that. It's important to get these issues out in the open for fans so they understand where the league is and why it is the way it is and why it really needs to start doing things differently.No right or wrong answers.I said it in my post - MAC teams will not spend what it takes to be successful in D1-A football. If you want to be like Temple and turn around decades of losing - spend the f*ucking money. If you want to lose, if you want a "great" season to be 7-5, then keep your coaching salaries in the bottom 10% of D1-A football. If you want to be successful in D1-A football, it isn't just the outermost bill that needs to be a $100. The inner ones need to be too.You get what you pay for.That is the right answer. Any other answers are wrong.

ESPNU is the devil. I said it several years ago, and nothing has changed:Regarding watching the MAC on TV -MAC football, at this time, is awful. Akron sucks, K.e.n.t. sucks, EMU sucks, Ball State sucks, Miami sucks...basically every team in the MAC sucks with the exception of CMU and Temple. Teams like BG, OU and NIU have decent records, but only because they play against such pitiful competition. Any of those 3 teams will get smoked by 4 TD's if they play in a bowl game.Akron has taken 2 of the 3 steps necessary to break out of the MAC cesspool and rise to the levels of Temple and CMU. Akron has the training facilities and the stadium. Now they need a coach.A trained monkey should be able to win 6 games in the MAC, considering the laughable annual strength of schedule. Temple spent the money on a coach, and it paid off. But, spending money doesn't guarantee anything. If it did, Notre Dame wouldn't have sucked for the last 20 seasons, the Washington Redskins wouldn't suck, and the New York Mets would win every other World Series.The Zips need a new coaching staff commensurate with a $61million stadium. Then we'll be entertaining to watch on national TV. Until then, we'll just be embarrassing. Temple gave the blueprint. Follow it and win. Or, pray for some success on-the-cheap, follow EMU, and lose.

DrakeNation Comments

Or, maybe Niagara isn't that good this season? Blowing a 15 point late game lead still bugs me too. But it is a long season...we'll steal some win in a similar, APSU-like manner this year and all will be right with the world.

You must have fired Humpty up with that one?

racecar spelled backwards is racecarSame with Tacocat

You're just a "hater."

McNees has no lack of confidence. If he's 0-9, he's shooting. Most of the other guys refuse to shoot if they start off cold.I think McClanahan is a much better shooter than McNees. If he had McNees' mentality, he'd score a ton more points. And, while McNees can go off at any thime, he's streaky. Sometimes, if his shot isn'y there, I wish he'd back off a little.Puzzling start to the season. I certainly don't have all the answers. You and ZW make solid points. It isn't just one thing or one guy...we're collectively not playing well right now. KD's started off like this in the past...and eventually he figures it out. Hope the light bulb comes on today.

It is a stepping stone back to selling AutoCAD software for JD.

In our last 47:36, we've been outscored 89-50. We need to make free throws. Free throws are nothing but practice and confidence. Our team doesn't have much confidence right now. We're also missing an offensive assassin. No one wants to step up. Someone needs to start putting the team on their back and be a little selfish. Is Derrick Tarver available for a brief clinic?McClanahan needs McNees' confidence. And McNees needs McClanahan's confidence.How is it possible to hold an ACC team to 66 points, yet let them shoot 61% from the field? The sky isn't falling...but I'd love to see some changes. Like Cventinovic and Brett McKnight getting 30 minutes each. If that big Zips cheerleader that looks like Brett McKnight wants 30 minutes...I'd give him 30 too. Whatever it takes...

A Zips fan without a sense of humor would be one miserable SOB.

I agree.We miss the assassin-mentality guard. Dials had it. Joyce had it. Those guys weren't perfect, but they had a mentality that I think we're missing.

I'll just watch a replay of last season's Pitt game. It seems like pretty much the same thing.