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I like Merce at TE too. But if we're in a pinch at DE, I think he could do a great job. Hopefully this recruiting class has the DE's to keep Merce at TE. Less than a week and we'll know...

As stated here, we probably won't know until Signing Day whether or not he'll be a Zip. UVA is not a "done deal" for him.Click

I still would love to see Merce Poindexter at DE...but that's just me.

Cowles Stewart is 6' 2" and goes about 310 lbs. He'll be visiting Akron this weekend. Check out the photo below and let me know if he'd look good on our D-line next fall?A friend told me Almondo Sewell enjoyed his visit this past week. He's heading to Alabama this weekend and will need to decide between the 'Tide, Akron and Temple. He's from New Jersey, so maybe some of the Zips two recent Garden State committals can give him a nudge Akron's way? And Al-Teric Balaam or Kiki - can you help us out? Coincidentally, Cowles Stewart also hails from New Jersey.

Thank you for the overview, PEAYNATION. That was an excellent read. I see this as a very tough game...AP is 10-1 in their conference for a reason...but one we should win. Our nine-deep Team-With-No-Star is clicking on all cylinders right now and we just don't lose at home...except to Top20 teams. Zips 74 Peay 65

Like several others, I've heard this will be "The Patriot Game" (or something like that) held at Cleveland Browns Stadium.Army owed us a game from several years ago. I believe they backed out, but promised they'd make it up...and I think this is the make-up game. Credit to them...most schools just screw you over.Unrelated: Bobby Ross retired yesterday.

The Zips presently have scholarship offers to 6 HS Juniors in the Akron/Canton area:John Adams - BuchtelLarry Dawson - Akron NorthDevoe Torrence - Canton SouthThe other three are top secret at this time.

Yeah it sucks, but Nevada got the same raw deal last season when they played a Zips team that had no business playing a team of Nevada's caliber. And, Nevada drilled us. And this season they're #13 in the nation.What the Zips need to do, is drill Austin Peay. And then continue winning. Like it or not, that's the way it works. Those early season key losses bit us in the @ss today. The success K.e.n.t. has had over the past 8 years helped their cause. If it matters, George Mason was guaranteed a home game, so they had no chance of playing the Zips anyhow. And...what they did last season isn't helping them too much this year...they're mediocre at best.Next year, we get the Nevada-esque respect. "The Fly is Open, Let's Go Peay."Fly Williams couldn't have picked a better school to attend.

I would be shocked if 1% of the Ohio population outside of Akron/Canton knew the Zips played basketball in a facility called the JAR. I would be doubly shocked to see if the JAR's name recognition outside Ohio is even measurable to 0.0001% of the population. Unless you're in Kalamazoo or Ypsalanti.People know CSU's arena as The Convo because that's what it was called for about 15 years. More and more people call it the Wolstein Center. The Convo name will fade in a few more years.Everything about the JAR sucks. The teenie-weenie team shop sucks. The seating sucks. The lobby sucks. The food options suck. We need a new arena or a major renovation. And if someone is willing to foot the bill, they should have the arena named after them and we should swing the wrecking ball asap.

If someone wants to donate a ton of money so we can gut the existing JAR and build a real arena, then I'm all for renaming it. If the JAR stays status quo, so should the name.

Word is Paul Simkovich received a scholarship offer from Miami a couple days ago...and not the RedHawks. So far, he's still coming to Akron...but Miami's going to work on him for a weeks and a half.

Great game by the Zips. If Wood's play is a sign that he's getting back into shape, it's bad news for the rest of the MAC.Great to see Dials hit his open looks. He's played his typical solid D as well.I thought the best sign of the night was "U Got Played By Quade!" Quade was a blast to watch last night.Killed BG on the road. Killed NIU on the road. Destroyed WMU at home. Man, if I'm EMU I'm selling blindfolds at the door for the upcoming Zips game. Only the strong will be able to handle the carnage. Nice crowd. I hoped for about 500 more, but with the game on TV I think we did ok.Hope we don't get dicked by the Bracket Buster selection committee. Although we lost @ OU, we're the best the MAC has to offer at this time (sorry Toledo...I've seen the west and it's pretty sorry). We need a premiere MVC team as an opponent.

The football team took advantage of the ESPN2 game to show some recruits the campus life they might expect to see if the elected to choose U of A.Recruits included Jonathan Hannah, who is also considering NC State and a John Greene, who I don't know much about other than he's also looking at Texas Tech. At the game was 2007 recruit Casey Estrada and 2006 recruit Curtis Brown, who was in that terrible car accident this past summer. There are some concerns about Brown's knee, but overall things look promising for him. Also helping out with the visit were Al-Teric Balaam and Dante Barnes.Observant spectators in the stands pointed out Carlton Jackson and Hakes probably wouldn't mind if Quade decided to don some pads and give WR a try this spring...and maybe Chris McKnight at TE?

FYI - Andrew Johnson was at the Zips/WMU game tonight.

Of the top 80 rushers in the nation last year, he had the lowest yards per carry. He just seems to make bad decisions on cuts, and gets tackled too easily by CB's. He's never a threat to break one. Conversely, he's great inside the 10 yard line. Unless, we got called for holding or an illegal procedure penalty.This was Kennedy's first year as the full time back. He's only a Junior. Maybe he improves in 2007? If he doesn't, it looks like they'll be several backs capable of stepping in. Hopefully one is a "game-breaker."

Its a problem on a lot of message boards. Not much we can do about it at this time, but we're aware it is increasing.

The Master of Photoshop strikes again!

Updates have been "pinned" up top. Below is the link:Click for Up-to-Date Zips Football Recruiting InformationI'll only update the pin above from here on out.

Attention CK. I'm not getting a link to your updated posts. You can use this. Click for Jan 24th UpdateI need to "pin" the updated list up-top. I'll do that @ noon today.

Apparently he doesn't know squat.

Click for Huskie PredictionsImpressive board activity for having such a down season.

If it matters...I hereby confirm that is true.

Update Wednesday the 24th.