ZippyRulz

I won't be in Akron but you might want to give them a call and confirm that they understand the game isn't on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU, maybe ask them how they intend to show the game on their TV(s). But at least it sounds like they're a few steps ahead of Barley House, at least in terms of intending to host a Zips watch party.

Be sure to join your fellow Zips fans tomorrow night at Johnny J's Pub & Grille in the Valley to watch the Zips Football teams take on Tennessee at 7:30 pm. Johnny J's is your official watch party headquarters for Zips Athletics. They serve Irish style food and drinks with over 30 HD Flat Screen TV’s playing all major pro and college sports

Who officiates the club hockey games? Do they get regular college hockey refs? Or are they from other area amateur leagues? Just wondering what the quality of officiating is..

I really enjoy TB's press conferences..thanks for posting. It's funny that Frenchie asks most of the questions even though he's not the one that has to write the newspaper articles.. it seems he's there more as a facilitator. I'm wondering why the UT game is at night since there's no ESPN TV coverage/conflicts. Maybe due to local ABC/NBC/CBS coverage/schedules? Otherwise, it seems more practical to have the game during daylight hours.

Did they refund the price of admission to the spectators?

Welcome to the Big East, Va. Tech ! Pitt comes off the schnide big-time with a huge win over #13 Hokies.

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/universi...rce=twitterfeed Beat the bobkitties

http://akronsportsnow.com/ "The Zips & Red Storm tie after two OT's. What a disgrace to the game. St John's played for the tie the entire night. Embarrassing."

I would place the ratio of clean catches to batted/bobbled/botched attempts by receivers and DB's at about 1:5. It was like watching a beginning juggling class. The MAC will be on a par with the Big EastCentralMountainWest in a couple of years from now.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1332767...boeheim-coach-k UConn has named an interim coach for the upcoming season...after that, Shaka may be pursued again..

Da Bearss have lots of (presumably speedy) Florida/Southeast and California players on their roster...just sayin. I just fired up the FIU replay on ESPN3, w/higher quality video than during the live stream. You could say we lost that game on the first 2 plays from scrimmage (TD drive), both QB-keeper options due to blown LB assignments. I really liked the color commentator, former coach Doug Graber.

So the poor quality is due to my ISP connection, not the ESPN feed?

ESPN3 is working via Brighthouse but the video quality is only 1 bar (out of 5). I checked it out earlier with the ECU/South Carolina game and the quality was excellent for that game.

Rough start for Paul.. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/l...ryst/57677432/1

I think that works against us. With low barometric pressure, the air pressure inside the ball will be higher relative to the outside pressure, making the ball a bit bigger and harder. That will make it a little tougher to catch and kick (with accuracy), things we had some trouble with in game 1.

ESPN3. 1350 AM.

Great catch by Hixon over 2 Cowboys to set up the Giants TD! Eli throws some scary passes.

FIU Stadium:

#70 is decent for a mid-major...would need to be considerably higher for a big-dance at-large. It seems rather amazing tho' to be ahead of historically good teams like Temple, Iowa & UConn.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2...s-better-humans

Really looking forward to seeing how the OU@PSU game turns out with the perv aftermath and the Bobkitties looking strong. I believe the fans will still turn out to support the team but I have to root for the MAC team.

[FOOTBALL-CLICHE]A football team's biggest improvement is between the first and second games of the season.[/FOOTBALL-CLICHE]

No, I'm serious. Soccer could really take off if fans could watch 1.5+ hours of soccer between 2 top-notch teams and not come away feeling like they wasted their time.

What were they charging for a Roo Brew draft?

How about 1 point per shot-on-goal and 3 points per actual goal? Maybe that would help the scoring situation that holds soccer back.