Captain Kangaroo

Is this the year The University of Akron basketball team finally knocks off a major basketball opponent? All other MAC schools have baskets full of marquee wins over the past two decades. We have nothing. IMO the barometer for how good we'll be this season is our performance vs. the big OOC opponents: Cal (who lost to EMU in Ypsalanti already), Mississippi State and Louisville. These are the games that put you on the national radar...the ones that get you into the NIT or considered for an at-large to the NCAA's. On an unrealted note: Sorry to see Can't lost their home opener to Delaware State.

Toledo lost the previous week to CMU. They aren't exactly rolling. Tough choice tonight: Cavs/Celtics NCAA Soccer vs. WVU at Jackson Field Toledo/BG on TV What to do?

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I'll take the following out of Saturday's scrimmage: * Based soley upon that game, you's thing Goddard may be the worst 3-point shooter on our team? All kidding aside, I think it will be tough for a guy like him to get much PT when there are so many other capable 3-point bombers on the squad who also can play defense. * If Daryl Dawkins was "Chocolate Thunder" then Matt Futch is "Chocolate Falknor." The dude simply can't resist the lure of the 22-footer! With Wood officially out for 2005-6, I hope KD gets C-Falk's keester in the paint. We have Travis, Preston and Milum to crash the boards and defend the paint if C-Falk is hanging out between the top of the key and center court. That won't do. 5 fouls for the young man from Buchtel too...bad night. * Dials looks good. He's a good passer and anticipates well on D. He needs to get his legs back to hit the long jumpers, but he has a really nice stroke. * Peterson played well. * Joyce seemed the same as ever. Quietly had a nice game. * Milum put on about 15 lbs, to bring him up to around 165. He plays well on D and runs the court well. He needs to work on his free throw shooting if he's going to help us on the inside. His arms are really long and he can jump out of the gym, so he plays like a 7-footer when he's in the paint. * Bubba was off the hook. He can flat-out bury a team when he's "on." I wonder how MAC teams will defend him in 2006 now that the word is out? * We have 4 guards that really can play. They're smurfs, but they can all ball. * Nice to hear KD move on after Wood was declared out for the year. A refreshing change for the "Gosh darn it we'd have had such a great season if it weren't for Andy's back..." excuse machine. * AK-Rowdies were absolutely stellar. If they can maintain that intensity throughout the regular season, we will have a HUGE home court advantage. * We officially have a successor to the horrid, slo-mo "Give me an "A"....Give...me...a..."K"...etc." cheer! An AC Slater look-alike in drywaller garb casually leads the "Z-I-P-S Let's GO Zips" cheer via his on-court microphone. Absolutely horrible. Memo to the cheerleaders: Kill the microphone cheers. They suck. The Z-I-P-S cheer that rotates around the JAR is a good one, but most of the fans are college grads who can figure it out without AC's "help." Please kill the microphone stuff. * Love the new sound system! Clear as a bell! Finally, after 20 years!! * New announcer rules.

Ay least Charlie Frye can now say he's beaten Miami.

In the worthless ABJ, Dambrot says that Wood won't play this year. Word on the street is he could play fine, but his knee would swell for 2-3 days after he played. Word also is he wasn't/isn't the world's most dedicated rehabber.

I love it! Why would a Steelers fan want the Browns to start their best QB?

Unlike Owens/Winters, who were so very "clutch" when the game was on the line. I'm sure Winters' patented 3rd-and-8 draw play would have gotten us at least 45 points vs. Ball State and Owens' D would have held BSU to only 5 or 6 TD's...or 7. Dude...to get 6 wins this year with the players we have is a good coaching job. 90% of the best recruiting class in the MAC was redshirted. We are ok. Relax.

See you there you K-ent black squirrel hugging anti-tailgating Huskie shill.

Then the thread would end. What fun is that?

You aren't wrong. We beat Can't and Toledo beats BG, we are in. Miami could beat OU 100-0 and it won't matter.

* Getsey played probably his best 4 consecutive quarters of the season. It is a shame that such a performance couldn't have happened one or two times more this season. * The defense was stellar all night long * How the hell did OU beat Pitt? Man, Pitt must suck. * BG and OU: Two great wins that will affect recruiting. We bump heads with those guys pretty frequently for talent. * Please spare me the whining about the attendance. It is laughable that people sitting on their couch last night, with two able legs, can complain that the Bowl was empty. * Furthermore, regarding attendance: Did any of you myopic attendance whiners see the radar screen yesterday afternoon? Did you see the weather forecasts? Thunderstorms. Hail. Heavy winds to 30MPH. Did you see the freaking downpour that happened all morning and into the afternoon in NE Ohio? Despite all that, and the fact that people could find the game on television or the local sports bar, and that is was held on a work/school night, 7k showed up. Yeah, it is a real shocker there weren't more people in attendance. * I heard a rumor that the Miami/OU games has no effect on the championship tie-breaker? If Toledo beats BG, and we beat Can't, we're the champs. Can anyone else verify this? * Great game by Biggs and the OL. * Very very conservative playcalling in the first half. We ran middle way to frequently, when the outside was there for the taking. * What's the deal with icing the opposing kicker when he has a dead-center 31 yarder and there's 1:50 left in the half? That extra time out sure would have been nice to have on our last drive of the half. * Frank Solich - The Gerry Faust of the 2000's? * No mention of the game in the PD today. Nice job, Elton. * I hope JD goes for the jugular aginst Can't. This is a team we should beat 52-6.

Apparently some OU fans have already pulled up their tailgate RV's at the newly installed ZipsFest Swimmin' Hole? See you there in about 2 hours...bring your trunks!!

It is true. They'll be available at the start of the hoops season. Also good to see Rasor frequents this site. He should forward the link to DL Morgan.

Rumor has it Jeremiah had a 21 pt 17 rebound effort in a scrimmage the other day. Although he hasn't been the most aggressive rehab patient...to say the least...it appears he will be ready to go this season. Also caught on the rebound...Bubba needs to pick up his defense if he wants to get major minutes this year. The Dials/Joyce backcourt seems to be favored at this time. DP put on some weight in the offseason. Not muscles either. Conyers has some HS transcript issues holding up his eligibility. He has yet to practice with the team.

Pneumonia Bowl 2005! Game Slogan: "If you didn't get pneumonia at the Army game, here's your second chance" Tuesday night: Showers and thundershowers in the evening, then overcast overnight with steady rain - a thundershower is possible. Low 47F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90%. We can't catch a break with the weather this season. See you in the tailgate lot around 2:30pm. Anyone else insane enough to go?

I agree with you 50%. We aren't on Miami's radar. BG wasn't asleep. Their defense is AWFUL. How does Biggs get "lucky" and rush 38 times for 180-something yards or whatever he had? OH-VER-RAY-TED...that's BG. Omar, Schmomar. Their defense absolutely stinks. That's why Miami is going to kill them this week and put to rest all this 4-way tie malarkey.

These guys are our rivals??? Funny how they tried to make fun of our close game with Buffalo on bbs. WOW They are rivals in hoops, volleyball and track. In football they are not...it's Miami and BGSU now. We are as much Miami's rival in football as Can't is our rival in football.

Please elaborate Sorry. I don't elaborate on faculty contract issues. Maybe you can check the Beacon archives if it is that interesting to you.

Z-P: Ok, we're 4-5, but don't lump us in the "crappy" bin with K-ent! K-ent would give their left nut...probably from a black squirrel...to have the type of season the Zips are having! We're going to have 5-6 D1-A wins in a rebuilding year...Can't needs a decade to get such numbers. Akron: Mediocre Can't: Re-defines "crappy" (on an annual basis) As far as the tailgate section, my little corner of Lower Derby Downs will look sweet. I can't speak for the others. Getting to the Rubber Bowl to tailgate a 7am will certainly be rough for all involved. In general, I will say this positive thing regarding the Thanksgiving game: If the Zips one day do get to be a good overall team, they will fill the stadium for the Aug/Sept home opener every year. The trick to having good attendance for a MAC team isn't to draw well the first couple good-weather games, it is to draw well the last 2-3 games. Playing for championships will draw bodies in November. So will tradition. If this Thanksgiving game does work out, it will ensure us a 10K-20k crowd for November on a bi-annual basis. Some of you oldtimers like me know that November games in the Rubber Bowl traditionally draw in the 500-2,000 range. This is a good opportunity to see if the idea has a chance to succeed. Maybe one day we can "opening day crowd" in November. If the weather's good, there will be a solid 10k. And I will geat a beer from the notoriously cheap Z-Pouch.

Please elaborate There will be no stadium plans announced before the faculty contract issue is finalized.

This was a mark that the athletic depatment favored a couple years back, but it was shot down but those outside U of A athletics. Those same folks who love the University sunflower license plate seal? Probably. Hope to see more of it. It is cool. What will happen if the Zips face the Terps in the soccer finals? Fear the Roo vs. Fear the Turtle!! I am told the "Fear the..." campaign was initiated by Walt Disney Corp a few years back as "Fear the Mouse." Maryland adopted it with their "Fear the Turtle" campaign. They do a lot of neat things with it. It will be fun to see if U of A takes the "Fear the Roo" and accompanying logo to the next level? Click Me for Fear the Turtle Stuff if You're Interested

BG had 9K for the Akron game a couple weeks ago. It was on a Saturday. Everyone was off work. 13K for a 10am Zips' game that's: 1.) On TV 2.) Against the worst team in the nation 3.) Held in late November 4.) Held on a Holiday when many people travel is pretty damn good. Especially when the best the Zips will be at that point is 5-5. It isn't "sad" to draw such crowds on Thanksgiving morning. In fact it will be very impressive.

It wasn't the fact that he was miffed that made the quote tomatoable, it was the fact that he considers OSU his "hometown" school. Go to Youngstown and ask a local what their hometown school is...after dodging a couple bullets and being assaulted with a blunt object and then being violated while you lay unconsious I guarantee the Younsgstowner says "YSU." And trust me, there are as many OSU fans in Youngstown as there are in Akron. IMO: Getting a brand-spankin' new football stadium and fielding a winning team will create a quantum leapforward in making Akronites think "Zips" when they talk about their hometown team. Even if they are OSU fans. I hope this faculty/pay thing gets settled soon so we can start the f-ing stadium!

I find it about as interesting/compelling as the Terrell Owens saga. *yawn* They make this Oddball clown out to be some sort of Che Guevara. It is a joke. That's all I will say regarding that topic.