Captain Kangaroo

Just because they merited coming back to the top. Nice job everyone!

Gary Waters and Keith Dambrot on the same sideline! We'd RULE in hoops!

Nice work on the board thusfar Bill!

Cracked me up!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:ROWDY REEFER!!

Toadette Jablonski from the F.lash Alumni Association Tailgators sent me a personal message letting me know their group "Wished the Zips the best on Saturday," and said "Ya'll can stop over at out tailgate party at anytime!" Here's a pic Toadette sent:I didn't realize they made those temporary tattoos in XXXL?

Click me to read first-hand how vicious one's head can be bitten off! Absolutely SAVAGE!

His post meant: YSU doesn't have a BCS ($700,000) pay-out game scheduled for 2009. Thus there might be an opening to play the Zips. While the Zips would only pay about $175,000-$200,000, it would be a bus trip for YSU and a good recruiting tool for them in Akron. If no BCS school picked up YSU for 2009, it would make a lot of sense for them to come to Akron. If they find some BCS school who'll pay them $700,000 to get mauled, they should probably take it.

It is (or, would be) a 7th home game. And it would be a sell-out.We will have a brand new stadium and you don't want to use it? I don't understand.We need to finance our stadium somehow. We need to funnel money to the new businesses surrounding the stadium. If we have the opportunity to utilize the facility, and sell the facility out, we MUST take it. It is smart business.

If YSU came to Akron in 2009, that would give us 7 home games for the inaugural season. How can anyone complain about that? That would include the following guaranteed sell-outs:K.e.n.tYSUIndianaObviously the other games would draw very well too.A seven game home schedule with three guaranteed sell-outs would be a great way to open 2009!

I can think of worse ways to make a million dollars. Derek Anderson's gonna get the snot beat out of him for less than 1/2 that salary.

I'll be lookin' for ya!

Why not?Say you're an Ohio State player. Should you turn off the television, the local TV, ESPN...not listen to the local or national sports talk...not read the local papers?In a city devoid of ANY media exposure for the local D1-A sports program, we talk about it 24/7/365. The various coaching staffs should be grateful that we've created a forum to get people excited and talking about their programs. And I think 95% of the coaches like ZipNation. I believe most student athletes take it for what it is and have fun with it too.If your offense punts 13 consecutive times...and if you're involved with the Zips offense personally...you probably should avoid clicking on a post titled "Our Sucky Offense." But if you do click on it...you should be objective enough to say..."If I were a fan, I guess I'd be pretty miffed if my team went 50 minutes without a first down too."We make certain to keep the talk here as clean, informative, "pro-Zips" and entertaining/stupid as possible. If I were a Zips player, I'd check it out.

Skip-zip. I understand your point. Again, you are missing mine. Please reread it.I never said he was garbage. My point is just that the only thing the Browns could get for him is a 6th round pick.This has nothing to do with salary. $1M in NFL terms is nothing.IF any other team really wanted him they would have given up more than a 6th round pick.I will make this easier to understand. If Peyton Manning was going to be traded by the Colts right nowDo you not think the Colts would get a whole hell of a lot more than a 6th round pick for him in a trade?He makes umpteen million. However, the Colts would probably get 2 1st round picks and other stuff too. I know it's apples to oranges. Bu that is my point.I never said nobody wnats Frye. I said nobody wants him enough to give up more than a 6th round pick. Salary has nothing to do with it. My analogy, and maybe this hits home, is:Say you are Ohio State. You have a game that is worth $700,000 to an opponent. That opponent only gets paid $375,000. That doesn't mean the game wasn't worth $700,000. Obviously it was...two opponents are known to be receiving that cash. It only means that Ohio State received a pretty good deal.Just because they paid for it with a 6th round pick doesn't mean that's what he's worth. In my opinion, the Seahawks got a great deal, giving up a 6th round pick for a 25 year old QB with 19(?) NFL starts under his belt and a 64% completion percentage last year. The Browns are Half circus/Half Iraq. Frye's the lucky one...he's went from that situation, to a Super Bowl contender, in one day. Browns fans are stuck watching clowns and ducking mortars for the next several years.At least the Browns will have a top 5 draft pick to work with after this 3-13 season is over...wait...that's gone. We'll...they at least have a second rounder, don't they?Remember that episode of Bugs Bunny where Bugs single-handedly took on the Gorillas? It was "Bugs Bunny at first base, Bugs Bunny at second base, Bugs Bunny in center field..."Unless it's "Brady Quinn at quarterback, Brady Quinn at offensive tackle, Brady Quinn at defensive tackle, Brady Quinn at cornerback..." the Browns are, yet again, in a HEAP of trouble. Ken Dorsey as a "mentor?" Wow...

Sure beats the heck out of those Browns' cheerleaders!!

If our defense were coming off the Army game instead of the war at OSU, I'd agree with you. But back-to-backs against Big11 opponents...and we aren't talking Northwestern and Illinois...will be tough for our D. Our offense will really need to help them if we're to have any shot at a win.

It is funny that is is often the same people who called talk shows screaming "If the Browns want to be a contender next year, they GOTTA draft Troy Smith in the first round and get Pittman (cut by New Orleans) in the second round!"

I guess the answer is "yes!"

He does get a TD. I think his JUCO gets better coverage than the Zips do in the Beacon?

Does Chase Blackburn kick Grandma off the couch and let Charlie crash at his pad for the next couple weeks?

Mmmmmmmmmmmm......fresh cut Fry....aggghhhhghhh........

We need to put together 4 decent quarters of offensive play to give our defense a breather. The D is going to be dinged-up pretty good after such an exhaustive effort in Columbus.I haven't seen our offense put together 3 good quarters, let alone four, in quite some time.Indiana 31Zips 15IU's Hardy tops 200 yards in receiving. IU's QB rushes for 150.I hope I'm wrong.

I agree. To have their wait-staff in OSU gear is uncalled for. I hope someone at UA has made some phone calls regarding this topic.I also heard that the UA-subsidized buses did a nice job of transporting several OSU fans in their OSU gear down to Columbus. What other University subsidizes bus trips for opponent's fans?