Captain Kangaroo

Beer sales tonight have exceeded those for the entire year already.

Trimble has been a conundrum this season. He's played 20 games. In his twelve worst shooting games, he's 16-90 from behind the arc, for a ghastly 17.7 %. In the other eight games he's a sizzling 38-69...good for 55%. The best thing about Freeman is - he brings it every...single...night. If his shot is off, he still rebounds and defends at a high level. When Trimble is off...he's WAY off...and with the volume of shots he takes it seems increasingly tough to keep him on the floor hoping he turns it around. Clarke, Dawson and Tribble are all playing their best ball of the season. I think Trimble needs to find his stroke if the Zips are to win a championship this season, and reach their full 2022 potential. His 3-point season average is 34%, which is sub-par for a "shooter." And 60% of the time, when the final buzzer sounds he's shot below that average. 1/3rd of his season's 3's came in two games (BG + Marshall). It's fun when he hits those 26 footers. Hope he gets back on track tonight.

I dunno...there's enough of a body of work to begin the conversation. He's going to have 500+ points and 500+ rebounds going into next season. And 80+ blocks. With his best years ahead of him, that projects pretty well.

I’ll give him Top 20. He was no slouch.

I think when all is said and done, Freeman’s numbers will merit a Top 10 all time ranking. He’s only going to get bigger and better. And he’s not going to do something stupid to curtail a great career.

Having it televised, on a Friday night, doesn't help in drawing a crowd. But I'll agree COVID has killed our attendance. It'll take some time to get it back up post-COVID too. Sucks, because we may have our best basketball coach ever...and have seen two of the Top 10 Zips players ever...and perhaps the best Zips basketball team ever...and few fans will have seen them work their craft in-person.

I heard an interesting stat while watching the Loyola/Bradley game tonight. There were 430 seniors that took advantage of getting an extra “COVID Eligibility Year.” Of those, only 30 stayed at their original university. Of those 30, 4 are from Loyola Chicago. Didnt know where to place this, so I created this thread.

I like Smigel. He’s 14-16 inside the 40 in his 3 seasons…but only 2-7 from 40 and beyond. If one of the new kids has a big leg, and is reliable inside the 40 too, I guess they could take the job.

I hope some Zip steps up and gets in Carry’s grill the entire game.

Freeman is going to be a Top 10 all time Zip. He’s awesome every night. Wonder if he can develop a jumper in the off-season?

Great ball movement by the Zips so far.

Mumpfield update

I’m giving Freeman Player of this Game, and the next one too.

Interesting that Hannah was a PWO at Boston College last year. Edit - I guess LZip beat me to the punch. Not the first time, and won't be the last. 😁

LOI? LOL. I trust LZip. If he says it's in the bag, I believe 'em. And he was right.🦾

Joe & Co out-recruited the combo of Herm Edwards, Marvin Lewis and Brian Billick?! Nice!

9:45 pm and still at 100%!💯

Does that put us back in good graces with Clayton Murphy?

@zippy5 as our resident western PA recruiting expert, do you have any feel for this kid? All-time leading rusher at Farrell is an impressive feat.

Probably as good an explanation as any. That Akron Echo tweet does smack of dumping Gatorade on your coach when there’s still time remaining. I’m waiting for the clock to show all zeros before I begin any victory laps.

Does Akron Echo know there’s a difference between Alabama and Alabama A&M?

Pinned atop his Twitter, he says he's 100% Committed to the Zips? That's a pretty high percentage.

Those non-believers are the scum of the earth as far as I'm concerned. 😁 I'm happy the stars are aligning for Joe & Co. Putting together a nice class for having such an incredibly late start. Bowden predicted with the advent of the early signing period, that the traditional February signing day would fast become a "non-event". But it seems with the rampant transfers, coaching changes, rescinded scholarship offers, etc. February remains very relevant. Lots of talent remains available in January.

I remember the story of Niko's father passing away last fall. Really sad. Hope the kid has a great Zips career. He definitely has the mental toughness you need to be a great kicker.