Captain Kangaroo

I liked the "We Got Wood" sign best.#2: "You Got Played By Quade"

I found it. It's the Hampton Inn @ Fairbanks:

I'm betting on Goddard. No inside info...just a hunch. KD doesn't roll with JUCO's and I can't believe there's another worthwhile HS kid floating around this late in the game.

JD isn't quite the coach that Urban Meyer is. Hmmmm..let's see...counting on my fingers and toes...dividing by Boltzman's constant...multiplying by the altitude of the Rubber Bowl...cosine theta...let's see...that would put JD in the company of approximately 115.9 other D1-A coaches. Let's round it up to an even 116.

It would have been a nice bonus if he'd have come to UA, but I guess it doesn't matter. Nothing ventured, nothing lost.It is odd that he'd rather play 1 season at the JUCO level + 2 seasons at Kansas State rather than 3 seasons at Akron...but it's his life & he can do what he wants.

17th Best Non-BCS Coach!!! Do you get a trophy for that? If I thought that anyone from The Sporting News did more than 12 seconds of research on that one, I'd be concerned.

Yep. I disagree. We have all the ability in the world to generate revenue and fans. In the past we have lacked the leadership to do so, we've lacked a plan to do so, we've lacked the competitive teams to do so...thus we have no history of doing so...but we certainly have the ability to do so. Our past 20 years is a crutch. Lazy people can give a piss-poor effort and simply point to "history" when we lack revenue or fans. "Hey...it just can't happen in Akron. Look at the last 20 years. It isn't my fault."Time will tell if we have the leadership to make our athletic programs attractive to a better conference. With the right leadership, U of A has the ability to ascend.

Jeter would not be able to play until 2008-9. At that time we'll be minus Middleton and Dials.

Nope. Sorry. Kreiger was a retard - The epitome of a University-world, lifer, ladder-climber who was 100% out of touch with the real world. To blame Kreiger's inept decisions on Waddell is laughable.All I have to say regarding this topic.

Gary is a great guy. I'm glad he stayed with U of A.

Ok - you guys forced me...Last year I sent Mack and Hunter a suggestion to change the "ZASF" to the "Z-Fund." No reply.A couple weeks later I get a University donation request in the mail with the "Z-Fund" name front-and-center!A week or so later I spoke to Gary Bogue on an unrelated topic and he thanked me for the idea. But I never got an acknoledgement from Mack or Hunter.I've sent the University other stuff too. Helpful heads-up to University Athletic Marketing when local radio stations are playing the wrong promos, etc. Never a response.The previous administration always gave a "thanks." Subsequently our board always had a great, mutually benificial relationship with the University. I've quit sending the University anything. I don't think thay care, so why should I.BTW: Mack shouldn't waste his time with me. Thomas never did. But anyone else "below" Mack should learn the merits of the Outlook "REPLY" icon.

No way any reserved seats go the students:1.) The Zips are a hot ticket now, and they University needs the ensuing money from those ducats.2.) With rare exception, the students have not filled their existing seats.There should be more lower-arena seats available for students...but the JAR seating is woefully inadequate and it just isn't possible.Hey, back in the mid-80's the University kicked ALL students to the upper level and sold the lower end seats as "reserved" to the general public. It could be, and has been worse.

Seems like it may be a challenge, but we'll figure it our somehow. I'm sure the MAC will make certain to take care of its fans by negotiating with the city to reserve a sizeable section of the muni lot for "Patriot Bowl Fans Only"

In my first Engineering Design class, Dr. Thorn subtracted 10 points from one of my homework assignments because I used the phrase "Akron U" in the top right corner of the paper. I never used "Akron U" again. His method was very effective. Bastard.

I don't think the University is planning on giving away anything associated with the new stadium. It is tough to pay off a 54 million dollar investment if you give away premium perks.The Zipsfest Lot created two years ago failed for several reasons. It was too cheap...so cheap it was essentially "disposable" ...the party along the fence was bigger and more fun, etc. I am guessing those reasons won't apply at the new stadium. There will be no "cheap" alternative to the designated tailgate lots. You won't be able to plop you butt anywhere you please and pop a beer like the Rubber Bowl. Worst case, the University will outlaw tailgating like YSU did, and only have a corporate "Coors Light Tailgate Area" where you need to buy tokens and stand in line for crappy, overpriced cups of beer. THAT would suck. Tailgating is a do-it-yourself event. And there's nothing better than a parking lot full of music, beer, grills and corn hole. Once the University tries to "organize" tailgating and make it "corporate" it is over. I think I would seriously think about attending Pitt games.I am VERY curious to see what transpires regarding tailgating at the new stadium. Will it be overpriced? Will it be corporate? Or will University people actually use their heads and do it right? The latter usually never happens, but I can always hope...

I think someone has finally uncovered a Zips related question that I can't answer. My Ripken-esque streak goes by the wayside. Any takers on the player who administerd the beatdown? Zipboy? Does Jarvis Catron check out ZipsNation? Help us out, JC!

I think you meant Brian Wood. He was definitely a D-2 player, but at the time I would have taken him over the guy ahead of him on the depth chart - the immortal Bryan Hipsher.David Wood was also a Zip. He was the kid that got beat with the chair in the locker room during the Coleman Crawford era. He got a broken arm out of the deal, if I recall correctly?

I think it will hurt mid-majors. The 3-point shot is a big equalizer for teams like Akron who typically don't have the big men to compete in the paint with BCS-level schools. The NCAA just made the shot more difficult. A foot doesn't sound like much, but it is. Especially at the end of a game.

Ok, stop it with the Hershel Walker re-hash. It's taken me 15 years to get over it, and you bastards have to rip open the scab. You're lucky. If I didn't have to go out and get my Jermaine Reid jersey now, I'd really let you punks have it.

TESTIFY!!!! HALLELUIAH, Brother!!!!

Look out for Gary Waters in the next couple years. I spoke to him at the MAC tourney for a few minutes. He said he was kicking 10 players off the CSU team ("they just weren't division 1 caliber") and starting to build "his" program. He didn't want to play the Zips next year(we just won't be at that level yet"), but was hoping to get us on the schedule in 2009. The Waters/Dambrot battles could be the long, long, long awaited sequel to the Mackey/Huggins wars of the mid-to-late 80's.

Having had the opportunity to review the ticket form in detail during my 3 hours to Dallas, I have to say I was incorrect about the endzone seating being marked as general admission. Seeing the form in daylight instead of by nightlight, the endzone is definitely black rather than dark blue. The Captain is color blind at that end of the spectrum. That moves my grade from B- to B.I also noticed that the $25.00 fee applies to parking section #5. Not general admission. I can't raise the grade to B+ however, because the form is still too vague. I think a lot of people will buy the $25.00 spot thinking it is saving them money on GA parking, when in actuality it's more expensive, and not in the GA lot. Cost is still wrong. Parking map is still wrong.A "B" from CK is a pretty good grade. If some I's are dotted and T's are crossed next year, I may give my first ever "A-?"In a different topic for a different day - Why would anyone park anywhere else but GA? I've never seen a tailgate party in any of the other lots? No tailgating!? Ill get my lot 5 parking pass with my Z-Fund donation and park in GA anyhow.

My point is not that $6.25 is too much for parking. My point is the $25.00 is incorrect. They held the price of last year's parking passes, but shortend the season by 20%.Beyond that - Parking on Game Day last year was $3.00. I would assume it is $3.00 again this year. Maybe it is $4.00? Hell...maybe they go to $5.00. Why is it cheaper to pay to park on Game Day than it is if you pre-pay? In every other walk of life, if you pay early, you get a better price, not a worse price.Based upon a $4.00/game parking cost, you are paying $9.00 extra for a season's parking if you pay early? Explain that to me.

That may be your best post ever.

I got mine yesterday. The biggest blunder was the addition of my existing season ticket price. The price grid saved me the trouble of multiplying 2 x $75.00. I like the grid's math better because it says I owe $120.00 instead of $150.00.They need to separate parking section #3 from the General Admission section. At first glance it looks like the General Public Parking is now for the Gridiron Club and Director's Level members.The stadium map color chart shows the Rubber Bowl endzone seating as General Admission. Did they re-open it? I doubt it."Youth Ticket" is a misleading name for the kid's season ticket package. It looks like kid's tickets are $30.00 ea. They should have called it "Youth Package" like all the other "packages."I see parking for GA is $25.00. I'm assuming that will get you parking at Browns Stadium too? Otherwise, you're prepaying $25.00 for 4 games worth of parking at the Rubber Bowl, which CAN'T be correct.Is the Zippy's Kid's Club "dead?" Usually the ticket mailing mentions it. Beautiful piece of literature. I give it a B- overall. Hight grade ever. It would be nice if they let someone outside the University proof it and add comments before it went to print...but they never do.