Captain Kangaroo

I'm cheering for OU. If OU can beat Toledo, and we beat OU, it helps our cause to get the 2nd MAC bowl bid. Say Toledo beats OU but doesn't make it to the MACC. The Zips make it to the MACC game, and lose it. I guarantee the Mobile Bowl or Motor City Bowl will take Toledo over the Zips even though Toledo didn't win their division. We need Toledo to lose to OU and we need to beat OU. If we lose to OU at home, I don't want to go to the MACC game anyhow. A team that loses 3 at home doesn't deserve a bowl bid.

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Since you said "please":

* I wonder how Ball State beat NIU this past week? Are they for real? I have to believe NIU went into the game a bit full of themselves, like they did vs the Zips, and paid for it with another "L." * Two consecutive seasons where football games in November have championship implications. That's awesome. * We gotta beat Ball State this week, or the BG win means nothing. How do we avoid the letdown? * OU and K-ent games on national TV with championships on the line. Are we in Akron? * How we finish probably has a big effect on recruiting. We go head-to-head vs. BG for a lot of kids, so that win was pretty big. OU also has similar recruiting interests as the Zips. I'm not worried about K-ent. * Speaking of K-ent....how stupid does Eugene Jarvis feel sitting on the bench at K-ent? K-ent may not win a Division 1 football game this season. I saw a quote from their coach in the paper that read (in response to the question "Why don't you run the ball?": "We are a passing team. That is what we are." I wonder if he told that to Eugene when he recruited him? * If there is any justice in the world, Jay Rohr will be a first team all-MAC LB this year. There's no way 3 more LB's are playing better than him. Gonzales, Biggs, Hixson, Reid and Stokes should also all get strong consideration for post-season honors. * Brian White has played well the past couple weeks. * Is Jabari ok for this week? If not, Long seems to be coming on. * Merce Poindexter's TD has to be a big confidence booster for him! * Is our OL coming around, or is BG that bad? * Speaking of BG...the thing that scares me about the BG Miami game is BG wasn't all that impressive with Omar behind center. Boise State absolutly humiliated them. Their defense is really bad. Our best shot for Miami to fall might be their game vs. OU @ Athens. * Great goal line stands by the defense this past week, and great stops to seal the game in the 4th quarter! How many times in the past have we seen our D get pushed down the field at game's end and lose games like we won last week? A lot. * OU put up 38 on Buffalo this week. That's a big number to post on Buffalo's defense. The fact that they surrendered 20 to Buffalo's offense heartens me a bit. * Who plays at safety this week? Do we have anyone left? Can McNeal step it up? Fear the Brew!!

From what I hear, Kemme has the most "upside" of the Fr. OL's. The staff expects him to put on another 20-30 lbs and become a real monster over the next couple seasons. I haven't heard much regarding Anderson...and even less regarding Bates recently. Not saying that's good or bad...just saying their names haven't popped up. Kemme was getting increased PT due to some injuries, and seems to have taken advantage of it. I didn't go to the BG game, but based upon the announcers it seemed like the OL had their best game of the season. Getsy had plenty of time to throw, and Biggs had a lot of holes to hit. At the end of the game, they were stronger than BG's DL. That's all you can ask of the big guys.

It beats losing to them.

I don't even think any of those teams will be in the Championship game. It'll be a rematch between CMU and Akron. Miami has a boarderline cakewalk finish, with Buffalo, BG and OU. We need them to stumble.

Original Fear - Click Me I like the Roo thing. The shirts looked good at the soccer game. I think in general, the "sinister" roo was what a lot of us expected when the new logo was introduced a couple years ago. Local knowledge of University of Maryland marketing and athletics is almost non-existant, so the "Fear the ..." theme is probably a good one to "borrow." As you can see from the Maryland site, you can take the "Fear the..." campaign as far as you'd like. Maryland people have bought into it 100%. It is a big hit.

It was a pleasure meeting you three. I'm glad you had fun. Best of luck the remainder of the season! Nice meeting you as well. I wish the best for you guys as well. We need the one MAC team that beat us this year to bring up our SOS. We won, but I think you have bigger concerns than SOS. As Sting might say, you should consider sending sending out an SOS.

If WMU could thrash them, we certainly can come out of BG with a "W." Go Zips!!!

I wish it were available on DirectTv.

Terry Pluto Field - It's only 50 yards long, but that's OK as long as everyone feels good. Then I agree that a 20K seat stadium makes sense.

I vote for Terry Pluto. I LOVE his forward thinking 20K Division 1 stadium concept. I'm sure his first coaching move would be to fire Brookhart and replace him with Lee Owens. That would be HUGE. Next: Fire Dambrot and bring in Knute Larsen as basketball coach. Hiring Pluto could be the best move The University of Akron has ever made. And, it could be crippling to Mount Union and Ashland. WAR Pluto for AD!!

Like I said, Preparation is his middle name! There wasn't enough alcohol in the entire tailgate lot to prepare for the second half of that game.

I can't believe this statement was made. Frye's middle name is preparation, if his number is called, he'll be ready. I don't know, he did show up to the Central Michigan game drunk off his ass. If you are mistakenly taking about Getsy, that would explain alot of what I saw in the second half.

Here's an amazing stat from this year's soccer team: Second-half Domination... While the Zips may toy around with opponents in the first half, it is all business in the second half of play as the Zips enter Friday's game with a 34-1 advantage in goals scored in the second period.

I would take a couple hours off work and stop down.

Few limits for Turner at QB BGSU freshman likely starter By MAUREEN FULTON BLADE SPORTS WRITER BOWLING GREEN - If Anthony Turner starts Saturday, Bowling Green State University's football team will scale back its offense, but not by much. "Anthony's been in the program for a year, and he knows the system," BGSU coach Gregg Brandon said yesterday. "From the standpoint that he's limited experience-wise, that's why we limited the package a little bit, but not wholesale." Turner's first lengthy playing time came in last weekend's loss against Western Michigan when starter Omar Jacobs was knocked out of the game with a separated non-throwing shoulder. Brandon reiterated yesterday Jacobs will be evaluated daily and his availability for the Falcons' game against Akron will be a game-day decision. Jacobs did not practice yesterday. The Falcons will continue to emphasize the running game more with Turner in the game, Brandon said. Turner, a 6-feet-2, 226-pound redshirt freshman, threw 38 passes Saturday but also had 16 carries, the most of any Falcon. "Omar can get those yards passing, so we didn't necessarily need to run them," Brandon said. "Anthony can do it, too, but I think he's a dynamic runner." Running the ball more could give BGSU a clock advantage it has been lacking. The Falcons' time of possession is three minutes less than its opponents' this year. "I'm looking forward to seeing Anthony run around Saturday. It will be fun," Brandon said. Freshman Freddie Barnes would likely back up Turner, Brandon said. SENSE OF URGENCY: Brandon said after the Boise State blowout on national television earlier this season the Falcons felt like they had time to fix the mistakes. But the aftertaste of the WMU loss is different. "There's really more of a sense of urgency now," Brandon said. "After Boise, we had 10 days [before Temple], we already had a league win under our belt, and just needed to get back to some fundamental things. Now, it's like, 'Oh, man, our backs are to the wall.' We're coming off a tough home loss, and possibly playing with our backs against the wall. Guys are kind of, what's the saying, 'fish or cut bait?' Something like that." Receiver Charles Sharon said the loss was worse because it was at home and a conference game. "We really like to put on a show in front of the home crowd," Sharon said. "We're down one, but we still control our destiny so we just have to stay focused on the task at hand." CATCH UP: Brandon pointed a finger at his receivers yesterday for dropping six passes during the WMU game. "Some of those were by guys that have been here, and those guys need to help Anthony," Brandon said. "That's huge for his confidence - keeping drives alive, making plays." EXTRA POINTS: Brandon said senior kicker Joe Timchenko's quadriceps is healed and he will be "back in the mix" in the kicking game. Timchenko has handled kickoffs intermittently the past two weeks when Nate Fry has been shaky. … BGSU expects senior Brandon Jones, a receiver and kick returner who did not play last week because of a leg bruise suffered in the Buffalo game, to play Saturday.

I felt good about it before, and slightly better now. I took zero stock in the column where the Beacon writer interviewed the janitor in the Physical Plant. That was a joke. I hate Pluto, but he has his legion of sheep in the Akron area of whom he controlls their opinions. If Pluto backs the stadium, then the Beacon will...then the sheep will...and it will only help our cause. 20K...yeah, that's a sweet Division 1 Stadium. Dude's been spending too much time at Mount Union games.

But WMU didn't lose to a 0-6 team. They barely beat Temple, which is essentially the equivalent.

I think it would speed up our 3-and-outs dramatically and cut into our already dimishing time of posession.

I voted for Luke. I saw him play at the beginning of the year and he can win games for us. However...if he can't the the broad side of a barn on a given day...I would pull him in favor of Ferguson. If Jabari were getting reps at QB in practice, I'd play him...but he isn't. As bad as the OL protection has been, Jabari could at least keep the opposing LB's honest with his feet. No way do we burn a redshirt year for Jackson or Jacqmaine. I do hope they both get a real shot at the QB position next season. I'm also very curious to see who we recruit in 2006 for QB. Both Jacqmaine and Jackson are athletes that can also play WR or Safety. If we get a "stud" QB in this year's recruiting class it would be very interesting to see what transpires next summer.

"Joe" Ferguson, huh? I thought he retired? David Lee Morgan, you truely set the standard.

How do we get off this schnide? If we beat MTSU and NIU, we certainly have it in us to beat a hobbled BG. But how do we get back to the swagger and confidence we had early-on? If you have the answer, pleaase post it and I will make certain JD gets the message.

Easy CK. If you keep going on like this, you could overtake me for the most bitter person on the site. I'm not bitter. I'm simply baffled that someone can complain about the Zips fans that showed up to watch that game.