Captain Kangaroo

AWESOME block! Was that Laube? He's my favorite special teams player.If it wasn't Laube...he's STILL my favorite special teams player.

I thought he had a solid camp, and a great game against Army. Hopefully he can get 4-5 carries/game every week.

All I know is I saw Army's punter bombing away, and our guy was like-driving directional punts right to the receiver and getting punts blocked. OSU might block 4 punts this week if we don't shore things up. And run a few back for TD's too.

Haven't been there since the Zips game in '01 Captain, but when we were there, the "sanctioned" parties were in the hotel parking lots off Lane St, Ave, whatever.You just walk across the St. John parking lot to the shoe.I was flabergated at how High St had declined. It used to be so vibrant.No more "kegs and eggs" at Papa Joe's!Sad, very sad. I don't know about you, but I hate the "sanctioned/organized" tailgate stuff. Standing around drinking overpriced draft beer with 1,000 drunks is a drag. Any "real" tailgate lots around?

I'll give credit where credit's due -- I just got a nice hotel room for under $100.00 (for Friday night). Beats the hell out of the $350/nite, mandatory 2-nite stay policy @ Penn State last year.I will ask this - Anyone know of a decent place to tailgate prior to this week's game. All I hear are horror stories of Nazi-esque alcohol arrests. I want to have a couple beers prior to the game, grill something and walk to the stadium. Is it possible in Columbus?

One thing I truly detest on this board is people who lie about something I said, or anyone else said, to prove a their own BS point.Here is my quote regarding armbands and Charlie Coles (from LAST MARCH, BTW): I that isn't clear enough for you, and you take my armband suggestion as "unprecedentedly selfless that would benefit Akron" then you are one ignorant dude. Otherwise, you are a liar. It is one or the other.My original post is easily searched on this site. Since you are still obsessed with it 6 months after it was originally posted, you might want to check it out.As an OSU fan, you have no idea what is feels like when the NCAA screws you over. None whatsoever. The rules are all made to suit the BCS schools. Pain? Shock? Outrage? You didn't get to experience any of it. Lucky you.I will give you one opportunity to respond. Then I am locking the thread. If BuckZip wants to give you some cute smilie in support of his lying/ignorant Buckeye bud, I'll let that stand too. I think it is great that you guys stick together.

You are a trip! How egotistical can one be to post pro-OSU crap on a Zips board and assume Zips fans "cop out" when they'd rather play some ball with their son, mow the lawn, enjoy a glass of wine with their wife on the patio...do whatever, rather than type at a keyboard about OSU for an hour or two? This will break your heart, but he's the sad, sad news for you -- debating OSU on the Akron Zips Fan Message board is REALLY REALLY boring to 99% of the people here. Despite your egotistical thoughts to the contrary, the Big 10 is a little bitch here. This is the Zips world! Call Kenny Roda, write the PD, write the Beacon, Bucknuts.com, call Mike Trivisonno...they'll all whoop it up with you OSU fans. Not here. Does a little "thumbs up" emoticon from BuckZip mean that much to you? It must. If so, you've come to the right place. But that's all the response you seem to generate here. It isn't just me that doesn't respond to the OSU drivel (hint hint).On ZIPSNation.org, there's no place for OSU. Never has been, never will be. The Zips fan comes first here. And second and third. And the egotistical OSU guys that can't comprehend that...the guy that thinks EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE cares about the buckeyes...well...type away boys!! The world revolves around you!! :lol:And why didn't you address MY response regarding Miami and the armbands? It couldn't be because you "copped out," now. Could it? :lol:Six minutes of my life wasted...but in an odd sort of way, this time it made me feel "whole?" Viva La Anti-OSU Cohorts!!!

That's odd. We were in the W 3rd lot by about 2pm. A TON of us. I met Zipsrifle and KentZip for the first time. Others that stopped by were DrZ, Johnny Utah, Z-Pouch and more...a veritible cavalcade of stars!! If you ever want to hook-up prior to a game, just PM me.

1.) I maintain my stance on the "Total F-ing Dirtbags" comment. 2.) Sometimes, when a few OSU fans want to type mile-long posts...it is just best to bow out. To say the POV was proven proposterous is right...in your "world." I felt there was nothing productive to be gained by extending that thread. I was right.3.) That's a good one!! Like any Akron fan, I want what's best for the MAC. The Zips got hosed by the NCAA in not receiving a post-season bid. It could have happend to any MAC team. That's why Miami should stick up for the MAC (not Akron). If the MAC, and other mid-majors don't raise a stink when the "Big Conference" schools step on them, things will never change. Sorry if that concept is tough for you to grasp. But when you're an OSU fan, I understand why you'd hope the MAC schools would just keep quiet and allow less-worthy BCS schools take bids from better mid-majors. You guys need the cash.

I LOVE the idea. I listed to it the whole way home...even through the static. The interview with Coach Ferri (fer-REE, BTW) was great. I liked his no-nonsense answers to all the questions. I couldn't call in...it was all I could muster just to stay between the wite lines and stay awake on the way home. I'll make it a point to call in in the future.

In your "world" that's probably true. However, this is the discussion board of a mid-major school. When a 1-AA school or a MAC school beats a Big 10 school it hits home with us, and is worth of mention on this board. As a shill for OSU and the Big 10, you wouldn't understand. In fact it is very obvious you don't understand. Nice post, Dan!! And congrats to Andy!

Just to appease you. We know you love it.

I LOVE the Direct TV sports package. There's always a college football or basketball game on during the respective seasons. And a lot of them are mid-major level, which I kinda prefer.

A few years ago, after I would return from a week's vacation, there might be 7-8 new posts on our board. We get that, and more, every hour now-a-days. Our board activity is excellent for a non-BCS school. And it continues to improve with every passing month.We will upgrade things soon, and that will also help grow the ZipsNation. As the fan base continues to grow, so will we.

A big portion of the blame falls on the University for that. Until the AK-Rowdies, the U did little more than hope students showed up. They were lazy in fostering student involvement in athletics. That cost us a couple decades worth of alumni.

STOP POSTING DAMN FACTS!!! THEY RUIN PEOPLE'S PREJUDICIAL RANTS EVERY TIME!!

I complained to the Sports Editor - Larry Pantages - a few years ago. Although I did so constructively, his response was not so professional. I canceled my subscription.It is not worth my time to write any more emails to the ABJ. They apparently know what sells papers. Who am I to tell them differently? That said, it doesn't mean I don't realize the negative impact of their stance regarding Zips athletics. And it doesn't mean I can't call them out on occasion.

P S ...

"Promoted the hell" out of the K.e.n.t. games? I don't recall that at all. Previous Akron/K.e.n.t. games (within the past decade) were never promoted well. And more importantly, they were often held in November. It isn't too shocking that they didn't draw well.The K.e.n.t. game this year is in September, where it should be if you want fans to come. And it will be at, or very near a sell out.

Furthermore -- It doesn't need to be positive coverage either. I highly doubt we'd have been stuck with Hipsher for 9 years if the Beacon would have done some objective coverage of where his program was headed. Ditto 9 years of Lee Owens. Terry Pluto wrote his "feel good" personal interest stories once or twice per year regardless of how the respective teams were crashing and burning, and that was about it. DL Morgan does a shoddy job. His feelings towards the Zips program are very evident in his writing. If I were him and I read the Rasor site, or this board, I would be pretty damn embarrassed. For the sake of argument, say only a handful of people care about the Zips in Akron. How does that excuse their beat writer from doing a decent job on what actually makes it to print? It doesn't.

Like I said in my practice overview a few weeks ago:DL Morgan came to the scrimmage after it was 80% finished. This was the "big showdown" scrimmage where Jac and Jackson were battling for the starting QB position. The ABJ office is about 3 blocks from the practice fields at Shrank South...he's the Zips beat writer...and he shows up with 20 minutes remaining? When people complain about the lack of coverage in the print ABJ I always wonder "why?" Do you really want to read more stories from an absentee beat writer who could care less about the team. Like Steve French said after the Zips won the MAC Championship: "THE ZIPS JUST WON THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP! They're going to The Motor City Bowl! And who knows...the Beacon Journal might even send a reporter to cover it?"

Bastards.

You select your music to match your hair? That's attention to detail!

From what I am told, there is gravel in the lot. I doubt you can pound stakes into it, however. Maybe you can toss a cinder block or two in the Menace family Pinto and secure it that way?

Our group...about 20 of us...will be at the west 3rd street lot. Probably arrive around 1:30pm.7am? God bless you, Bleacher Bum!