Captain Kangaroo

We'll crush 'em like grapes! 🦵🦵

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Maybe it's the last day before break, and the last day they'll be together for a pic? It's ok to sign a paper and hold a ceremony at your HS, but nothing's official until it rolls off the athletic dept's fax machine on the 21st. It is still faxed, right? 🙃

Isn't it the 21st?

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I recall when Charlie Frye came to UA, his best HS receiver came along for a couple years. I don't think he ever played, but I'm sure having a familiar face from his hometown come to Akron was nice. Smith seems like an athlete. The coaches wouldn't bring him half way across the country if they didn't feel he could be a player one day. I look forward to seeing what he's got to offer.

For all you Boones Farm and Night Train fans out there, fortified wines under $5 per bottle don’t count.

So many beer posts on ZipsNation over the years…could this be the first wine shout out? Glad someone else thinks Yellowtail is the benchmark for bottom-end wines! 🤮

If my Aunt had average nuts, she could, potentially, be my Uncle.

2020 Owen Article

If Buffalo pulls that one off, they have a mortal lock on the "Hoban pipeline"! I remember when Andy Hipsher was in his later HS years, even though he was heading to Akron, his dad thought it was important for him to go through the recruiting process. And, there's no guarantee that the next "Larry" Williams, "Curly" Wistercill or "Moe" Helsel doesn't succeed Guthrie and ditch Joe. Or, Joe naturally moves on from UA. A million things can happen between now and 2026 so I get why he's going through the same process as any other HS '26 talent.

Tom Corado Could be the "Blake Dennis" of this Zips recruiting class?

Akron Transfer Lands at Cincinnati The HS Portal is apparently open too?

I was in a hurry this morning...still am...but hopefully it reads a little more accurately now.

Can't believe he's 66 years old? When he was at Akron the guy never got his due. He brought in some great players...guys that Brookhart won a championship with...with no Stiles Center, and no Infocison...just a dilapidated Rubber Bowl. It took him 9 years at UA to get the Zips to a "nice" 7-5. His tenure at Ashland was "very good," but not "great." But it does make you wonder what he could have done had he stayed at UA. He was loyal to Ashland for 22 years, so if he continued at Akron there's a chance he could have been that long-tenured, "Solich-like" coach? And with improved resources, 8 or 9 win seasons wouldn't have been crazy talk. We'll never know... Enjoy retirement, or whatever comes your way, Lee.

Only in Akron could you have a 1st and 10 on the opponent's 35 with 3:15 remaining and turn over the ball twice + give up a TD on a 4th and 10. That's a hell of a 3 minutes and 15 seconds.

One crippling loss after another.

Hey, I didn't say "Earl Morrall"!

Undercuffler is fine as our "Gary Danielson" or "Don Strock", but I don't see him as our starter. Arm strength and accuracy just aren't there.

Buffalo would be killing us if they had our wide receivers.

Zips 29 Buffalo 28 Zips players and Staff are confident. Buffalo is overconfident. Undercuffler won’t get the breaks he got last week with his under-throws. But hopefully the running game carries us.

If the portal we around 25 years ago, Jason Taylor would have gone to the HOF as a Panther, not a Zip. I love that kids like Jacque-Louis and Whigan get a chance to play as starters before their eligibility expires. But it’s sad to see guys like the St Francis kid bolt the program that gave him a shot when no one else did. I’m sure there are “overlooked “ D3 kids bolting for FCS that offset the FCS kids bolting for G5, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

Freeman and X are missing free throws, in addition to wide open looks. Freeman is much easier to double when no one has to respect the perimeter. X needs to snap out of the funk. If he's legitimately good, he should be able to score against the defenses he's faced thus far. He hasn't been smothered.

Benevolent announcers made this drubbing as watchable as was possible.