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1. A back to the future time machine to make it Sept. 20092. A modified compass showing only North-South (no east-west)3. A geisha hospitality house for the players to improve morale and retention

1. A new arena plan2. A Zippy Capital One Bowl win to promote this program nationally3. A Zips Fever epidemic thruout NE Ohio

Sounds like it's State Hospital night and all the patients got in free.

Dude is raising a son and 2 brothers so smoking anything at home would be a bad idea. And his idol Batman wasn't no stoner, either (Robin...maybe)Yahoo interview:Robinson: So how is your life off the field these days? Are you living well? Smith: Yeah. My son (Dwight Jr.) just had his eighth birthday. My grandparents are still alive and kicking, so everything is lovely for me. I got custody of two of my brothers, too. They are 15 and 16. To see them basically trying to walk in my footsteps is something. One just lost in the state semifinals in football. Robinson: You're Mr. Mom these days, huh? Smith: That's exactly what they call me now. At 29, I've had them for six years. I've had to grow up really quick over the last few years.

Like I say...bulletin board material. Was it a simple mistake that they got the name of our mascot wrong, or intentional disrespect?You're going down, Goldy Goofer !!

Bulletin board material: Goldy Gopher Aims To Claim Top Mascot Titlehttp://wcco.com/local/goldy.the.gopher.2.611401.html

Maybe Thirsty Dog would be the new logical hangout for watching Zips away games, sipping on some RooBrew!

All I can say is if this research deal was made behind Tosu's back, Fingerhut is going to be really pissed. Now that it's posted on CNN they will find out...

The construction business is slow and it looks like we are benefitting. But didn't we just read the budget had jumped from $56M to $61M and they had reduced the number of suites from 25 to 16? Does this just put us back closer to the original estimate?

We win if and when we have a coach that someone else wants (at a higher level). Hopefully JD will turn it around and become that coach. Mostly it will depend on the impact of the new stadium tho.

Is this the same Thirsty Dog brewery that used to be out at Montrose? Did they close that one and move to Grant St.? Is it just a brewery now and not a public bar/pub? Hopefully RooBrew will be tasty and widely available around town. Maybe that would get folks pumped up about the Zips (if they don't instead complain about a lack of Buckeye Ale availability).

Still tops in the MAC and 341 votes more than Winthrop (!?)http://www.collegeinsider.com/mmpoll/1. St. Mary's (20) 7-0 750 32. Gonzaga (4) 8-2 732 23. Butler (7) 8-1 720 14. Western Kentucky 7-2 640 75. Creighton 6-1 565 46. Holy Cross 7-1 532 107. UC Santa Barbara 9-1 511 148. George Mason 7-3 510 59. Sam Houston State 8-0 508 1110. Southern Illinois 3-3 461 611. Akron 6-2 414 912. Valparaiso 8-1 331 2113. Missouri State 5-2 328 1214. Texas-Arlington 8-0 318 1915. VCU 6-2 307 1716. Bradley 6-3 266 1317. Can't State 8-2 246 NR18. Georgia Southern 6-1 221 2019. Cal State Fullerton 4-2 214 1620. Miami 4-3 206 1821. Northern Iowa 6-2 202 1522. Davidson 3-5 142 823. New Orleans 5-1 115 2224. IUPUI 6-2 95 2525. Stephen F. Austin 7-1 82 NROTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Arkansas Little Rock 78, Winthrop 73,

uakronkid said:"I suggest you read some of the discussions that are held on the Ohio.com messageboards about the stories that are written. There is an incredible hatred of all things UA held by many residents. They don't understand what UA is trying to do by improving facilities and eliminating the ghetto that surrounds campus. they are trained all their lives to believe that UA is hilltop highschool and that it is just a communitty college that people go to when they are too stupid to make it into OSU. Whenever UA announces a plan to improve the campus or accademics, people come rushing from all over the area to bash it as a waste of taxpayers money and they ask the questions like "Why would UA do that? They are an urban campus! They don't need things like trees. Urban campuses serve simple people who don't go to Can't or OSU and shouldn't care whether they have nice things." It's terrible. The amount of hate spewing from the people who benefit from UA keeping this city barely afloat is astounding. They revel in their own ignorance. I'm glad that there's a few voices of reason enough to balance them out."Well said and very true. The contempt for Akron and UA by some of its own residents is both bizarre and sad and is probably a symptom of low self-esteem. Or a victim mentality that growth can only happen at the expense of someone else and not through education, hard work and investment. Obviously if someone offers a large donation earmarked for a particular constructive use the U is going to try very hard to accomodate them. And obviously that donated money is not coming out of taxpayers pockets. It is the students who are demanding more residential/dorm units on campus but I guess UA is supposed to refuse to develop new living spaces because it's in an urban area, I mean what the heck? I thought the definition of an urban area is someplace where a lot of people live, work, learn, etc.

http://www.ramnation.com/message_board/ath...er/6/940173.php

They've been talking about it for a long time now but those buildings are still there. I agree they are ugly but enrollment is increasing and I don't think they can afford to lose the classrooms. I don't know how they could build this new 4 acre green space behind Buchtel with Carroll Hall still there though. It may just have to wait at least until the academic space in the new stadium is ready. They also put that amphitheater in behind the arts & sciences building but I guess you can never have enough of them (?)

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_new...RS.html?sid=101

After what I saw happen last year, I agree completely. With the 2 losses we have already, I hold out no hope of an at-large bid to the Greater Akron Jr. High Charity Invitational, let alone any other tournament. At best, these regular season games are just for bragging rights in the mid major poll. At worst, they are nothing but scrimmages to prepare for the MAC tourney. Having said that, losing a 10 point lead does not constitute a choke job in and of itself. It's not like the other team gives up when they're down, especially on their home floor...if anything they play harder. Winthrop has a home court record much like ours (and BTW, their attendance was about like ours). But shooting 35% from the field and 50% from the foul line will get you beat almost always. Now I'm starting to think we should play as few games as possible at the JAR...it just makes us overconfident and does nothing to prepare us for playing at the Q at the end of the season.

Looks like USF spent themselves to beat us. Their goalie had the game of his life at Akron and now you saw the big letdown. Plus the travel distances may have had an effect. I think we would have done better than 5-0 at uconn but they are ranked #3 so yeah it would have been a tall order up there. We just need to keep coming back strong and pounding on the door.

Has anyone heard if there's a plan yet? Will existing season ticketholders get first dibs on seats at the new stadium? I'm guessing there will also be preferred parking somewhere for extra $$. I know it's a ways off yet but there should be a major sales drive while construction is ongoing. Any guesses as to how many season ticketholders there will be at the new place??

A delay would not surprise me, especially if the holdouts want to go to court. Better to delay than rush too much and screw something up. Kentucky would play at the Rubber Bowl for the right price, but of course we couldn't pay it based on 8500 in attendance. More likely the game would be played at Lexington instead. We could move to the new stadium later in the season if necessary. It might be more fitting to have a conference foe as our first guests anyway. Maybe even Can't State.

Steve started saying something about a lot of USF players are from Indianapolis area (?), then there was a shot on goal and he didn't really get a chance to elaborate.It's just now halftime, still no score. Zips had some good shots (6 total) but USF made some nice saves.UConn leads Vermont 1-0, winner of that game meets the winner of this game.

Steve said Coach Porter said the weather is not really a factor once the game begins. Plus they have heated benches on the sideline.

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Steve F. is calling the game live on Zips Zone and doing a great job...that guy is really versatile. No score yet 7 minutes in. 41 degrees and cloudy, it's a beautiful night for soccer

Sportswriters would vote for Smith over Green just because of his Super Bowl game. I don't think that's fair tho.