Captain Kangaroo

88 - 53

Pretty confident for a guy that just lost to CMU.FYI - After tomorrow the Zips will have won 8 in a row. If that is the effect of the "toll" the season has taken on our youngsters, I guess I'll have to live with it.

Clarke mentioned in today's Pittsburgh Courier

Come to think of it, I did notice the Popemobile swerving a bit on CNN the other day?

CUP-CAKE. C-U-P-C-A-K-E. Mark it down for all to see...NIU is a 100% cream-filled, heavily-iced chocolaty delight. Should they be taken lightly? Of course not. Should they play the Zips within 12 points? Of course not.K.e.n.t. is bad, and NIU committed every possible basketball atrocity known to man in the last 25 seconds of regulation to hand them the game.The Cleveland Browns are cupcakes. The Detroit Lions are cupcakes. The Northern Illinois Huskie men's basketball team is a cupcake. If the game in DeKalb is a severe test, then the Zips will have played their worst game of the season. This "test" will be as easy to the Zips as the Pope taking a sobriety test.Second verse same as the first.

381/2=190.5Come clean...are you John R. Buchtel!?

I'm only counting NIU as a cupcake. Valpo is scary because they have tradition, they're at home, it will be a tournament environment, unfamiliar gym...all that stuff.

I don't think OU is any younger than the Zips?

I think the worst part about not getting a bye is...it gives you one more opportunity for a loss than if you had a top 3 seed. Teams like Ball State and Western Michigan are dangerous opening round opponents. I'd rather not play them at all.EMU? Ok, that might be a nice tune-up.

I care about the QB. If we play people tight into the 4th quarter, then turn the ball over when the game is on the line, we'll go 5-7 again.The defense will be fine. RB's too.

Who knew there were two South Dakota's? :blink:

It is awesome that we are toe-to-toe with two Big East schools for a 6' 6", 240 lb DE that wants to be an engineer. From everything I hear, the kid has tremendous ability and character. His parents are very serious about finding the best collegiate "fit" for him. It could take a couple more days...or a couple more weeks.

On the schedule...I'll assume it is 2009

I've spent a lot of time over the past 10 years beating on the local papers for their shoddy-to-invisible coverage of Zips Athletics. So it is only fair that I give a little praise when someone does something well. Nice feature by Tom Gaffney. He's done several lately, and I've learned a lot from every one of them.Nice job, Tom. Keep up the great work!

It was worse than that. NIU only needed to inbound the ball, up by 2pts with about 5 seconds remaining, to win (K.e.n.t. would have fouled them). Instead, NIU inbounded the ball to a K.e.n.t. player...then immediately fouled him!! He made the FT's and they went to OT.NIU also went about 1-9 (my guess) down the stretch at the free throw line. They had a million easy chances to ice the game.

We had a 1-AA team scheduled, but allegedly a Big 10 team (Michigan?) offered them a lot more money and they backed out.

Steubenville-UA walk on will instead go to Tiffin.Too bad...I saw him play in the State Finals and he looked to be a great athlete.

If Tillman gets on-track and OU finishes the season strong, it is Tillman's to lose. If not, and the Zips continue to roll, C McKnight should get it. Wins over Buffalo and Miami would be pretty much mandatory for it to happen.

I agree. A good sponsor pick up. Tough call...great referees...or a nice chicken sandwich. You can't have it all on Sundays, I guess.

Those teams would get crippled if they played a D-1 team. Physically crippled. If you thought the 65-0 beating of Hampton, w/65 scholarships, was a tragedy, wait til you saw Duquesne vs. Akron. 100 points might be achievable. By halftime.

Detroit is dumping salaries big-time. It wouldn't shock me to see Dwight end up somewhere else in 2009. He still has another year or two left in him...if he can stay out of trouble.Frye and Alleman came to a game last season. I got a picture of my son with Charlie. Alleman was having a big tailgate with a bunch of other former players.

The PD's Elton Alexander is obviously lurking on the "Akron Fan Message Board" (God forbid he mention the name, even though he uses it for material). His latest column discusses Tillman's loosening grip on the MAC POTY award. Just to make the "idea borrowing" a little less obvious, he's omitted Chris McKnight from the POTY competition. It is also interesting that the MAC FOTY is apparently locked up by a center from Ball State? I hope Cventinovic takes that as a challenge tomorrow.

Attendance-related story from Sunday - My wife goes to the Chick-a-filet window at the JAR for a sandwich. The person behind the counter says "Oh, we only sell those when we're expecting crowds bigger than 1,000. We won't have any today."Defcon 75