Captain Kangaroo

Buffalo-ians Feeling Good About Themselves

Jamie Reader Gets $10k for Monessen

Buffalo looked very good. Willy is a solid QB. His arm isn't the strongest, but he is accurate. He's also pretty elusive, and QB's with good feet always give us fits. Defensively - Buffalo is going to give up some points...but they hit hard. This game was a HUGE step up from last week's Temple/OU pillow fight. It was like watching a real D1 football game. Miami is a s-l-o-w team. Offensively and defensively. Simply put - they need to recruit better players. Their schemes were fine...but players make plays.

I'll be there, probably pulling into the lot around around 4:30pm. I believe the lovely Mercedes takes the stage at 5pm, so I should be in good shape.Zips 42 Toledo 39Igor does his Alcorn impersonation, hitting a 56 yarder at the final gun. To set up the play, the Zips take the ball to the 29 yard line. We have 12 men in the huddle, so it moves back to the 34. A subsequent false start moves it back to the 39...then Igor works his Voodoo Magic!Johnnyzip84 relives his youth...rushes the field...trips over some stadium rubble, and breaks his hip. Alex Allen lends him a crutch.

If Anything, a Fair Assessment

You can do both.

Just curious if anyone here has any "voodoo" to help the Zips get off the snide and win a home football game? Was it enough to simply quit doing to "Separated at Birth/Look-alike" threads? Or is more required for a home win? Lucky underwear? Rabbit's foot? The picture below is reportedly (unconfirmed) from the early 90's, in the Townhouse Bar basement, where GP1 took one for the team and ended one of Coach Faust's legendary slumps. Would you take one for the team?

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Damn dude, tone down the arrogance a bit. Here's some advice from a former honors student--you're not as special as you might think you are. Keep your love of yourself behind closed curtains. Your comments are a disgrace to nerds everywhere.I flunked Calc 1 twice...and don't even ask about Fortran. BOTTOM-TIER STUDENTS RULE!!!

Bears QB shuffleCarlton Jackson is one of the reasons for the Bears' surprising run in the MEAC this season, but the transfer quarterback from Akron has had his struggles. He has made six starts for the Bears, although he's appeared in seven games.Backup Jeremy Glover has been called to Jackson's rescue in five games and has impressed coaches enough to earn one start. In that game, he led Morgan State to a 31-30 win over Howard earlier in the season.Jackson made his first start since Nov. 11 against North Carolina A&T, leading the Bears to an upset of defending MEAC champ Delaware State a week ago. But not even that is a guarantee that he'll remain the starter for every game, Hill-Eley said."With this young generation you could never let them be comfortable," he said. "Our biggest thing is making sure, as we tell them. You've just got to protect the football and when you start giving it to the other team you stand over here by me and watch the other team. We've got to continue to have that type of pressure on them and he stepped up and didn't put it on the ground. Both (quarterbacks) are still in our mix and that's the one we will go with."The Bears ended up using three quarterbacks who combined for 44 yards passing. Jackson was 2 of 4 for 10 yards.

Another QB on the Zips Radar

Akron "My top choice."Visiting on the 8th.Considering we're losing Williams and Grant, it would seem this LB is a no-brainer recruit for the Zips? BTW - I hear the Zips verbal count sits at eight (17 total are available) right now. I'm trying to get additional names, but no luck thus far.

Milton Patterson

Hoover inducted @ WCU

In the event of an outage, I will station my customized emergency generator outside the local Penn Power substation and crank away until the fax goes through!

1.) You don't build a $62 million dollar stadium if you have ANY intentions of dropping to 1-AA.2.) There is no savings in dropping to 1-AA. You save 22 scholarships...that's it. That's peanuts.

True! And, now that I think about it, with a spread offense aren't quicker players generally a better fit for the spread scheme than a slower, less shifty 6'5" receiver anyhow?As long as we are putting lipstick on the pig, please explain to the rest of the class why you would rather date the bearded lady from the circus instead of the Playboy centerfold.You can't rate a MAC school's recruiting class on November 1st. We'll be fine when the first Tuesday in February '09 rolls around.

If we beat Toledo, and the game is truly for a championship, I see Buffalo bringing 6k themselves. We'll be over 15k regardless.If we lose to Toledo, and the weather is terrible, I think 10-12k is expected.Since I paid $60.00 for my four reserved season tickets, and based on the devaluation of Zips tickets, does that mean my family's attendance at the Buffalo game counts as 60 heads?

Hey – we all know there were times like the 2004 game with Marshall on ESPN2 that we packed the Rubber Bowl with more than a few freebie tickets – but that game was a launching pad for our image and we needed to show the nation a solid crowd in the Rubber Bowl. That game specifically paved the way in changing a lot of opinions about Akron, about the City, and was vital in moving the stadium project forward. Akron football, for a night, was a national story and it mattered. The stadium project had been bandied about in various incarnations for years, but after that game in 2004 it really gained steam. That Marshall game/win may well rank in the Top 5 moments of Akron Football history along with the bowl wins, the win over NC State and the 2005 MAC title game.Just because it worked in 2004 doesn't mean it is applicable to 2008. We have a hell of a lot more to "sell" for the upcoming Buffalo game than we did vs. Marshall in '04.Hey...if they want to charge $1 for such a pivotal game...have at it. Just don't tell me you're running a deficit.

FWIW - Ball State's top two receivers this year are 6'0" Briggs Orsbon and 5' 10" Dante Love. They have some big guys too...but watching the BSU/UA game I recall those "bigs" dropping a lot of balls.There's usually a reason a 6' 5" WR ends up at a MAC school. He either has frying pans for hands, grew 4" in his senior year or was injured his senior year. Or smoked too much weed.

They'll probably make a killing. After all, it's not like UA is spending anything on facilities upkeep.Make a killing on $1.00 tickets? Where's a smilie smoking weed when you need one?The reason for the $1.00 tickets is to try and fill the bowl for TV. Plain and simple. I contend that you can both fill the bowl, and make a little cash too. But why would you want to do that...

I would place the odds of such a deal somewhere between Blutarsky's GPA and a K.e.n.t. basketball player's BAC.

I will never ever agree with the concept of "marketing" a game by giving away free (essentially) tickets. You hear so much talk from the Athletics Department regarding the need for revenue...you have an INCREDIBLY attractive game (likely to decide a Division Championship, last game at the Rubber Bowl, opponent that will bring several thousand fans...etc.)...and you give away tickets for a buck?It isn't a shocker that the promo is associated with the Alumni Association. That's all the old-timers @ UA know *insert old man voice here* "Let's give away free tickets, like we did for the Acme Zip Game. That'll pack the house. I remember when the Great Wallenda...."

Which game I go to will be decided by whether we beat Toledo on Wednesday. Win and I'll be at the Bowl. Lose, and I'll go to the JAR to support a real team with a real coach.I have three responses here:1.) What basketball game in on Thursday night November 13th?2.) If UA hands out $1.00 tickets for the Buffalo game, I hope they never ask me for another dime the rest of my life. They obvoiusly have more money than they know what to do with. Tickets for the last game at the Rubber Bowl...a game for the MAC East Championship...where the opposing team will bring several thousand fans...and we are going to give away tickets for $1.00?? You GOTTA be freaking kidding me. Nice Marketing. Who gets paid to make such a decision?3.) Which real team with a real coach is playing at the JAR on the 13th? I would enjoy meeting this person.

Troy OH RB