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all good points about zeke. the game changed when he sat with 3 fouls. one thing that isn't being talked about too much is nik. he's played like an mvp much of the season but he's been m.i.a. the past two games. 4-10 with 4 boards i think? isn't going to get akron a win over the top mac schools. he's got to lead this team to the promise land and i think he can do it! this team has responded well to adversity this year and I think they have one more run in them! see you at the Ranch and see you at the Q

Can't 21 bg 17 40sec to go in the 1st half....ugly basketball in the mac today

38-20 ohio....this is getting ugly! the guards look lost and mcnight has taken 5-6 long rang jumpers. not good not good at all!

akron is really gonna have to get the ball inside this game as the guards are having a hard time getting space on their own against a quicker ohio team. and they have to start hitting shots when they get wide open kick outs.

That's what I'm talking about!!! Go Zips!!!! +1

nice article zach! i think its interesting when looking at these numbers mostly because the various sites show different offers on the players profiles. for example scout shows multiple offers for moore but only one for march. on rivals its reversed. i'd guess that the number of players that had akron as their only offer would be around 50%. i can be ok with that as long as the bottom half adds depth and the top half can find their way onto the field and contribute over 5 years. once akron starts to win more than 1 game a year you'll see that number change. also all the people that were complaining about jd's at risk kids are not stepping up to talk about coach i's less risky picks. i am curious as to why we haven't seen any remarks about this on the board? again, there are multiple ways to recruit so i am not condoning a certain way to get the job done. just curious about what everyone else thinks.

i had issues too but it's working now. just watched it.

this is all a crap shoot but so far i am happy as the staff is doing what they said they were going to do. and to get a top notch kid like rossi is really impressive. normally when you see a 4 star kid coming to akron he never saw the field. this will be different. can't wait to see this kid next to wagner!!!!! (no way they waste him on O). lots of depth lots of depth. good balance with juco kids. hopefully they can be impact players from the jump. any word on the kid from glenville that was supposed to transfer? any body see anything on anderson? just curious as all. thanks!

17 freaking offensive rebounds and they still get the L!!!! roberts 4-13 mcness 2-9 mcknight 2-9 mcclanahan 1-4. :puke: just don't know what to say about this team. KD must be close to having an aneurysm

from the link above Jan- Zach Paul, a K/P from Padua Franciscan High School in OH, has received a Gray shirt Scholarship Offer from The University of Akron. Zach is a talented kicker and punter that can do both at the collegiate level. Zach Has been coming to camps for the last few years and we are very excited for Zach and the Paul Family. so his scholarship will go on next years books.

some rankings updates by ohio varsity as they have morgan and cheek in the top 20 db's grice and williams in the top 20 rb's with williams 5 and pohl 9th qb. that is for the state of ohio. here's the link for the rb rankings click me

the guards refuse to guard anyone but they make up for that by being the dumbest team in the league with the ball. they are in big big trouble

was doing some thinking about this and it always seemed like JD's classes came together right towards the end of signing day while many other mac programs were done. JD seemed to pull in some major talent that way although most never saw the field in a zips uniform. Ianallo seems to be locking people up quickly and players that were offered by a lot of other schools. i'd guess he'll wait for some bigger names at the end too but it doesn't look like as many as JD's classes. will it work? who knows but i have noticed a change. also noticed a lot more offers to the military prep schools. lots of talent there. also working for them is the other 2 schools that got a lot of that talent are with out a coach (Can't and temple). lets take advantage of this. oh and GP1 i agree with your post about wanting to win and turn things around vs early playing time. the recent articles i've been reading most of the kids say that they look forward to turning things around. to be fair they also mention early playing time after.

awesome! :NCAAC: :NCAAC: :NCAAC: :NCAAC:

Ianello said that one of them will moved to another position (think it was potts). side note frank clark is listed as having a visit set up with akron. he also has offers from michigan, north carolina, and psu. lets hope akron can land him and keep the glenville connection.

thanks for asking! it was ok. gave us one of the bigger tv's but no sound. many people noticed my small group watching the game and began to watch and comment on last years loss in the title game and they knew about how good akron's soccer program was. was great to get the random comments during the game and someone bought me a victory beer! can't beat that!

Well put guys! For those that live in the cleveland area ill be watching the game at the old angle on w 25th. English pub that shows nothing but soccer. Already confirmed theyre showing the match.

Just got a letter in the mail today from the athletic department. Just curious what people's thoughts were that received them. I am assuming they were sent to all season ticket holders. For those who don't have season tickets I'll paraphrase. 1. hope you notice we put a lot of money into the football program. 2. thank you for making a commitment to the football program. 3. we don't take your commitment lightly. 4. disappointed with the results. 5. thanks our support during a season like this 6. they aren't discouraged about the future. 7. they expect to compete for a mac title year after year and that is their goal. 8. talks about the upcoming home schedule FIU, VMI, OU, Temple, CMU, and Can't State. Very honest letter. I am happy they sent something out like this. Thoughts?

big big win! the zips will go as far as Nik can take them. Abreu looks like a faster Humpty. Glad KD stuck with the freshmen this game. big step moving forward for this team.

fantastic news! click me

i think golden went out of his way to start his freshmen over the upper class men. this seems to be the way Ianello is leaning now. take a look at the depth chart the past few weeks and there's tons of frosh there. i agree bowers looked like the best of the lot but i am encouraged by what i've seen out of the freshman class.

click me man i can't wait for basketball season!

haven't posted anything in awhile because there really hasn't been anything to post. the team can't put a full game together and its hard to watch this team. during the season many on the board have asked for the freshman to get more playing time and start looking at next season. this has been happening more frequently as most of Ianello's 2010 class have seen the field. while watching the temple niu game a few weeks back they talked about how temple won just 1 (maybe 2) games in golden's first year and played a ton of freshman. this worked out very well for temple but it did upset their fan base. my questions to the board are: 1. what do you think of Ianello's class so far? 2. what freshman are standing out so far? 3. do you think he's doing the right thing playing most of the kids and burning their red shirt (some are just playing special teams). 4. is this the fastest way to rebuilding the program? i have always thought and with some of the talks (limited at best) i've had with either staff or people in the ad confirmed that Ianello knew there was no talent on this team and that he needed to play his guys asap to speed up the development of the program. while i may not agree with some of his concepts i can at least give the man some time to executed his plan. i just wish there were a few wins mixed in with the plan.

here's an update on the roo wards program in the PD click me

i think what the poster is trying to say (and correct me if i'm wrong) is that during the games the fans are not that into it. with that i tend to agree in all akron sports.