Z.I.P.

Damn! What ever happened to Far Side anyhow? That was sooooo gud.

man if i would have known that i would have been there booing him myself.Two questions: First off: GZ -- or anyone. Is this Foote guy the same guy who played baseball (catcher) at K-ent and for the Montreal Expos? I'm thinking his name was "Jim". I remember him as the student P.E. teacher at Green JHS about 1972, making us run wind sprints in the gym immediately after lunch. Mine didn't last long!More importantly: Do you see KD running much more backcourt pressure than he has in any year previous? And will that be a necessity to be competitive, given the lack of frontcourt prowess? It sounds like there will be a lot of teams in the MAC similar to us -- excellent backcourts, but as usual, not a team with a post player that could elevate them near the top-25. That will change in exactly one year.

I have 'The Sunday Capital' from Annapolis, October 24, 1999 hanging in my cube.AKRON SHOCKS NAVYMids give up 23-point lead, lose gameI listened to the Navy radio broadcast of the game here in Hawaii. At halftime they interviewed Jolly Roger Staubach, who said something along the line of, "Looks like we have this game pretty much sewn up". Yup! Thanks Cowboy.

Good grief! What an awful display of football. (and I'm one of the few who admits preferring MAC football to BCS ball). I watched live the 2nd and 3rd quarters (watching the replay now), and when I left I said to myself, "the only way Temple can win this game is if OU gives it away". Was I ever prophetic.Before this season, I penciled in the final two games, @OU and @Temple as likely defeats for Akron, but having seen Army twice and Eastern Michigan once, I feel both of those teams are a step ahead of either of the two I watched tonight. In fact, Temple tonight looked to be the worst D-1 team I've seen in recent years (first 8 drives - 60 yards & 0 pts). That QB was terrible. As the announcer said, Golden should have found someone else behind center. IOW -- I'm penciling in two Akron victories to finish the season -- over two teams outside the top 110. Akron could win 8 games and still not be in the top 90 in the country.On a positive note, I liked the Pink Out theme. More schools should do that. Pink Zippy?!

I saw another pre-season magazine yesterday -- Street and Smith's I think -- and they placed Akron second in the MAC East, behind #1 Miami. And guess what. They put our friends from Portage County fourth. I like that one!! And you know it's because

If this is indeed true, it's a bummer. Not that we'll be bereft of talent if he goes pro, but having a proven finisher up front is invaluable and while there is a wealth of new talent arriving next year, I don't know that any of them are strikers. Steve's brother Gabriel is a professional footballer in England (a defender) owned by Fulham who played on a loan spell for a year and a half with Stoke City (in the English Championship at the time, newly promoted to the EPL this year) and currently playing with League One side Peterborough United. Anyway, how 'bout one more year Steve? Not sure how much street cred GoZips has with the futbol playahs. He told me already that Evan Bush was going pro after this year, and I believed him without checking the program. Good one! IF Steve leaves, and goes back to the UK, he will have to start at the same level that his brother plays at, League One -- the third level of English football. If he stays in the states for another two years, he could be equivalent to a lottery pick in MLS, IMHO. COULD be -- hard to tell, but one more important thing: Get an education young man! That's the closest thing to a "sure thing" you can do in life. And I'd love to be able to watch him for the next 15 years as MLS builds itself at least to League Championship level.Let's go Nottingham Forest!

From an old-timer take it from me, that this is not exactly a "new idea". Governor Rhodes (for current students, he's the guy our gymnasium is named after) promised Cleveland sportscaster Gib Shanley about 35 years ago that Cleveland State would have a football team -- and I think that it would be in the Big Ten. How many votes did that garner?

The gametracker showed him making the "tackle" on the blocked FG. You got me.

My guess is that he is of Korean ancestry, and it is pronounced "Sook". Now excuse me, but I have to go to dinner. I have reservations at Fuk Yuen's Seafood Restaurant. Zip in ParadiseHonolulu, HI

I take back everything I said last week about JD. This is a humiliating result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OK -- I take back what I just wrote. Nice Win coach. Now can anyone tell me what the ____ just happened???My ESPN gametracker showed DK with a 91 yard rush after the blocked FG. I guess that was a typo.

I take back everything I said last week about JD. This is a humiliating result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OK -- I take back what I just wrote. Nice Win coach. Now can anyone tell me what the ____ just happened???

I take back everything I said last week about JD. This is a humiliating result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw most of the Army-EMU game last week. EMU has a decent running game, that could present Akron with problems. The passing game is pretty limited. They are very close to Army in quality, equal to or better than K-S-U, but since Army won what was a close-fought game, and Akron won @ Army, I have to say the odds are with the Zips. Akron by 5.

Thanks for your support Rowdies. But a win is still worth only three points, and well, that's only in MLS, EPL, etc. But we'll take the 8 goals! BTW -- I wonder how much worse Wright State is than the Missouri State team that used 10 defenders and nearly beat us in Albuquerque.

If you are referring to the "early signing" period for basketball..that isn't until November...either the 13, 14th or 15th (somewhere around there)Here's my prediction: Akron WILL sign someone. And Gamechanger54 will reply on this site!

And this is different from college football, how?Maybe you mean the (non-televised) MAC games.

How difficult is it to simply say that Bowling Green is a better team than Akron. Akron didn't underperform. Akron didn't overperform. Akron played to their potential. The team is getting better, but lacks enough all-MAC variety players to be among the top ranks of the league. Nonetheless, they have an excellent shot at a .500 season (must win in Zipsilanti next Sat.), and the team is slowly improving, which frankly is about all we can hope for. Or you can fire the coach, and see a 3 or 4 win opening season at the new stadium. As it is, the team will be among the several contenders in the East next year, but still a very mediocre football team. We are the MAC! And that is that.

The MAC has a real BCS bowl contender this year. And IMHO, they're every bit as good as last season's Sugar Bowl Busts.

Zippy just called. Zippy said, "Call me Pat". :blink:

And catch an STD? Maybe the Zips in Paradise should hold a Rust Belt Old Tire Party Tailgate. Maybe we should all think "rubber".

B&G,Re-read your own comments, please. You want to move to the Big East, but you DON'T want to move to CUSA. Do you really think the Big East will ever take a new member from the Mid-American Conference? No -- Never! -- or at least not under any scenario currently imaginable. So, if the question is, as you indicate, "How can Akron get from where it is, to become a Big East member?", the answer must show a long-term, not short term plan. And the first step must be to jump to a conference from which a move to the Big East would be possible. I can only think of one conference that fits that bill, and it is the one you don't want to join.So, next, let's ask the obvious: Should Akron have such a goal (BE membership). I feel that at this point, it is self-defeating for Akron to gain a reputation in its own league of suggesting we are too good for the rest of the league. That is especially true of a program that is not close to being a dominant power in the MAC. Let's put every ounce of energy into doing just that, becoming the one university people think about when they think of the MAC. After that accomplishment, MAYBE we can consider the next step. OR -- we can put even more investment into our MAC membership -- and pull the entire league up by its -- and our bootstraps, until the MAC can replace the CUSA as the bridge to our "promised land". I think either of those events is at least two decades away. I just hope I live long enough to see it!

If Hawai'i finds out about this, they may sue. :blink:

How about the quarterback -- Hayward. What grade is he?

Is the division title still based on only games in the division -- or the entire MAC schedule? I think they changed it to all conference games, didn't they.

West Virginia knocked off #7 UConn 1-0 at Storrs, CT on FSC Friday night. Other top-10 scores: (1) Wake 8 Virg Tech 1Louisville 2 (2) St John's 1(3) Northwestern 2 Penn St 1Clemson 5 (4) Maryland 3(11) St Louis 0 (5) Creighton 0No. Illinois 0 (6) Akron 4Michigan 3 (8) Notre Dame 1