ZippyRulz

Here is the link: http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/Artic....aspx?e=12992942nd best golf recruiting class in the nation, better than SEC, ACC and B10-leven schools? That's just shocking. Here's to future and golf-wars with Way to go, coach Nick

We're not that far from having 3 ranked teams in the AP poll. BSU is #14, WMU is #31 and CMU is #36. Once we're in Infocision the Zips should be able to maintain the #25-45 range consistently and get an occasional ranking.

Id much rather be known for being a bunch of @$holes than being a bunch of pansiesand oh man can we be a$holes sometimes Why did they leave AK- out of the acrostic? Now you've got the A word...what can the K- word be? K-angaroo-loving? K-ent-hating?

Good points. We need large crowds at each home game because of the university and team's success, not just because of a grocer (with all due appreciation for their support). Having one sellout because of a well-sponsored community event, followed by poor attendance at the other games is not a good model for the future. Ideally though, every game should be well promoted and offer some type of extras for the kids, wives, grandparents etc. that are not strictly football diehards. Every game day should be a true festival and now that it will be on campus they could open up some of the other facilities like the student union and rec center for families to take advantage of before or after the game. I'm trying to imagine morning tailgating for a 1pm soccer match, followed by more tailgating for a 6pm football kickoff...it will be Acme-Zip times 3 !

From GoZips.com:Prior to the celebration, Akron's athletics director Mack Rhoades announced a $1 million gift towards the project from the FirstMerit Foundation, the charitable giving arm of FirstMerit Corporation. In turn, the stadium's fifth floor will now be called the FirstMerit Club Level, which includes 522 partially-covered chairback seats, 38 loge boxes, two lounge/bar areas and upscale concessions. Also, the now FirstMerit Club Level is where the University hopes to welcome conferences, meetings and receptions to truly make this facility a resource for this community.

The game's over, we won, and I'm still scared...

here's a live stats site if that helps...you can at least read the play by playhttp://www.sidearmstats.com/emu/football/

Does he by any chance take any supplements?

I can hear Eric Fingerhut groaning all the way down in Columbus.

Holy Sardines, Batman! Do we have room for another poly-sci building?

This game scares me because too many people already have us at 4-4 and Ypsi has often been unkind to us. A must win game for JD.

Let "The University of Cleveland" join the Zips franchise. We would double the football budget with them paying 49% annually (gotta maintain controlling interest ) which would help tremendously with recruiting and boosting coaches salaries to attract better candidates and we could drop a money game here and there. The enlarged program could then tap into the entire Cleveland market for attendance and corporate sponsorship. When we need a venue larger than I/c we can play in Cleveland (home/home w/tosu, psu, etc.). That should get us to the Big East mucho pronto. We would have to share some control of the program, e.g. coaching and scheduling decisions and naming rights since we would become the Akron-Cleveland Zips (for football only). Wouldn't they rather do that and have a chance to get into BCS instead of languishing in 1-AA?

Question: Does Elliot Bates (center) high snaps affect the play? It does affect the timing of the play. He is our best answer at center after the graduation of starter Mike Schepp. Elliott is leading that group well. It is not easy to snap and step laterally at the same time and still deliver a fast, waist high snap. He probably snapped 10,000 balls this summer. He is very diligent and works very hard at it.http://www.gozips.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB...;ATCLID=1602572He practiced high snaps 10,000 times ?? :blink: (just kidding)

IMO this year would not be the time to start a coaching replacement search, regardless of the outcome. Better to wait until next year after the Infocision era has begun and there is some new buzz and publicity about the Akron program nationally and a nice bump in our attendance...it will draw a better pool of candidates. Like who, you ask? I don't know, maybe the next Gary Pinkel, Urban Meyer, etc. I don't think JD can do enough at this point to earn an extension without the job being re-opened to new candidates. Can he get a coaching job in the NFL based on his volunteer experience with the Broncos? It may be more likely he ends up back as an assistant with another college team like Pitt. Time will tell.

It's all good...just consider the source. They have to rag on our facilities to feel better about their own. They're the ones who have to compare what we'll be playing in next year against what they play in. We'll find out who has the recruiting advantage in that regard going forward.Our move up to 1-A 20 years ago should have been accompanied by some major facilities upgrades to make us more competitive but we didn't have the budget back then. That should have included overhauls of the RB press box, locker rooms, restrooms and lighting. But if we had done all that then we probably wouldn't be getting a new stadium on campus for quite a while longer. So the facility lean years are now behind us and the future looks bright whereas BG's successes are coming a lot harder than they used to.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/...81009143704.htm

Trivia question: Who won the final Saturday game at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio?

Livestats quit updating...I'm flying blind here...

Kennedy with nearly 150 yards rushing early in the 4th...

Toledo 13, Meeeshigan 10

Looks like there will be video broadcasts of the Ohio and Temple games as well on Zips Zone. The annual price is 49.95, or if you don't want to commit to that you can pay 9.95 per month and cancel any time. When I subscribed before, the video did not have any audio "attached", although you could play both...they just weren't in sync which is kind of a PITB. It looks like the MAC site doesn't have any options other than purchasing 1 individual game.

Maybe one of the players or someone within the athletic dept. should be assigned to check the NCAA site regularly for rules changes. Too bad the NCAA is too lame to send one email to each school to inform them of any updates.

I also like the white jersey & pants w/blue & gold trim...very different from what we're used to but reminds me of the basketball home whites.

https://www.nmnathletics.com//flexReg/doReg...?DB_OEM_ID=9400$7.95 to watch on the MAC site.

The beanie, the rugby shirt, the high-tops, no skirt, no makeup or jewelry...Zippy is quite the tomboy. I've seen her open a can of whoop-ass on the Y-town Penguin, too. Transgendered maybe? (but the pouch was too useful to give up?) Even the name is not definitive. The debate rages on...