Z.I.P.

I turned on WESPN with about ten minutes gone in the half, and the Zips had 11 Turn Overs already! And just 2 assists. They ended the half with 13 TOs and 7 assts. So, improvement! But they were leading the whole time I watched too! The Defense looks improved from recent games -- I sure hope they can keep their (team and individual) energy level going!

James King. Former Miami commit. https://247sports.com/player/james-king-32214

Chuck the Chest will be in touch, Captain!

27 months later, and for most everyone...No change!

Looked in the paper those morning, and a para in irrelevant issues mentions that my local semi-pro ABA basketball team, the Hawaii Swish is playing the Akron Aviators this evening. This a first-year team in Honolulu, and made up of mainly 35 and over former Hawaii Rainbow players and former D-II ballers. I looked at the Aviators web and they seem to be mostly D2 guys as well. Has anyone been to any of their games at the #LeBronJamesArena at StV-M HS? The strange thing is, the Hawaii club is just starting their season, while it appears Akron is finishing theirs.

I don't watch much B1G hoops, but I've seen some Twitter traffic talking about how officiating there has gotten worse, and the name Borowski comes up first!

How. Could. That. Happen?

"A big thing is people need to spread more positivity man. Like holding a door open for someone or buying someone a coffee. Or if you go to McDonalds leave an extra $10 so someone might get a free meal because of that. If we pass along positivity and don't let things take you down and you don't let injuries or jobs get you down, that will ultimately lead to spreading more happiness positivity and joy. And that's contagious. If I see someone having a good day I want to have a good day" -- Zarek Valentin" THIS is why Z-Man is my favorite Zip!!

I was looking to see if LA Football Club would be broadcasting their games on any TV channels available to me here in Hawai'i. I've watched LA Galaxy for >20 years, and many Chivas USA games were available until they fell into disrepute (!). This is quite disconcerting to an old guy like me! Not only do you have to pay $35 a month, but...How in the world do you watch "YouTubeTV" if you wanted to, anyhow? Sad for me and Joao! http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-lafc-youtube-20180131-story.html

So... Wasn't able to watch any of this game live. Can anyone explain why Virshon played only four minutes (I think)? Fouls? Doghouse? I hope the kid can make a presence more often on the floor, because he can make his presence felt (so to speak!) -- he has ball and shooting skills we don't have from a freshman very often. We need him around for four years!

Well, damn! Now I HAVE to watch the ESPN3 replay!! They DO show the commercials don't they?

I bet if you look at our comparative scores for the final five minutes of the first half in MAC play, we trail by an average of 5 points (for 5 minutes) per game. Why do we have so much trouble finishing the half??

According to the box score, it was Cotton.

What the Hell just happened with 1.4 second to play. We were inbounding...and...they stole the inbounds pass???

Officiating crew is about as bad -- BOTH WAYS as they can be! Fantom fouls...What was the floor violation on BSU a bit ago -- double dribble?? Crazy. It's all about THEM!

So, going back...What was Coach's "The Hawk" comment, Joe Akron??

You may be both too young AND geographically mislocated to know it, but Ken ("the Hawk") Harrelson was the subject of the most celebrated trade of my youth involving the Cleveland Indians. In 1969 the perennial fight-to-avoid-last-place tribe traded for slugger Harrelson from the Red Sox and the press heralded it as the beginning of the new renaissance which would actually have to wait another 25 or so years. Harrelson hit about 30 HRs his first season for an improved but still subpar team (after initially refusing the trade and briefly "retiring"). Then he broke his leg the next pre-season and barely played at all. Finally, the following season the Hawk retired for good -- with the pretense of joining the PGA golf tour! Never hit a shot there, but his legend -- and ego will live on forever in the minds of long-time (and suffering) Indians fans..

Sorry, I missed it...and I think he's too young to remember Ken Harrelson! Shrug

Parrish! 21 points, 9 rebounds!

Can't explain my joy to see the Zips sign their first student-athlete from Humboldt Nation! McKinleyville had produced many good players over the years. Bryce was offered out of HS by Iowa St, committed to Nevada then decommitted and went JC way to a good program at RiversideCC. He's a guard primarily.

Okay, two can play THIS game!!! I'll see you Ricky Brown, and raise you John Britton! Actually, Britton probably still holds the school record for shot attempt. Averaged over 20ppg, but the same # of shots! lol No Captain, we're NOT talking about D Tarver here!

Top Drawer Soccer now has caught up to Zipnation with an article titled: "Akron Men's Soccer Land a Trio of VerbalsAkron picked up three offensive-minded midfielders, adding depth to its strong recruiting class of 2018 & 2019." However, it is restricted to paying customers!

...Which brings back one of my fondest memories of my times supporting Zips athletics -- which you long-time board members will no doubt recall. On the basketball team's arrival at their Waikiki hotel in 1990, I was sitting in SID Mac Yates' room when I overheard the shout of the then Zippy performer to the cheerleading coach, "Okay...I got Zippy's head. What'd you do with the tail?" Half of Zippy remained in the Cheerleading office at the JAR. Lovely free trip to Hawai'i, but the children of the Aloha State were hard to console! We still await Zippy's full arrival on our shores.

Doesn't say which side of the football or positions he's going to take on coaching. Is there a vacancy? Could he be an OC?

For those of you who saw it, how does this game compare to the Dayton triple-OT game from the 90's?