Dan Kadar

In case no one knew already, Akbar rescinded his commitment.That link is a quick post on Ohio.com's Varsity Letters. Dayton Daily News has the full story.

Thanks for posting this. I canceled my pre-order!

He gets feisty when the enchiladas take too long.

We're having some server issues today. No more, no less.

Why do you guys think I work for the online part?

Man, you guys are quick with your never-ending hatred. Here's some inside baseball on that. On Ohio.com, we like to push a story or two over at noon if there's not a lot of breaking news. The stories we usually push over are for the next day's paper. That was the case here and I wasn't online to immediately fix it before someone caught it. No more, not less. Don't worry Zipsnationistas, we're not trying to screw you up.

Aww, thanks guys. But to answer your question, I avoided the pickle juice.Wait...

I put that up there because I trust Rasor when he says he has multiple sources, so I don't consider him "any yahoo." We often put up blog links in that spot when it makes sense to do so.

I'll take "Swingin'" Dick Stanzi of Iowa for the win.

Thanks for that!Fun stuff, though. Maybe we'll do some more, maybe not. It all depends on traffic.

That is correct.We're up to 20! Thanks for joining people!

Last call, folks!

There are only a couple days left to sign up, but the number who has is too low! Come on, don't you want to say you're better than Mike Rasor at something? And at least with this, you'll have official numbers to back you up.

"What time Danny K?!" Time to lose to me in Yahoo college football pick'em again!Last season, I bested 30 of you and look forward to doing it again.You know the drill, one team per person and you have to make your picks 5 minutes before the first game of each week (I'm pretty sure they don't do Thursday or Friday games). Please don't join if you're going to flake the first few weeks of the season and please don't whine about it when you forget to put your picks in (Rasor). The league ID # is 7144The league password is kentsucks (that's k.entsucks without the period)Good luck and, of course, go Zips!

I'm pretty geeked for this. When I loaded the demo last week, there was a video of Reggie Corner (I think) intercepting a Julianna Edelman pass and returning it for a touchdown. It was pretty great. Even the Rubber Bowl looked good!The gameplay seems a little better this year and there are a lot of new tackling animations, which is good.If anyone has a 360, my online tag is smooth danny k. Bring it, or something!

Off the top of my head, Ball State, New Mexico State, Navy, Wyoming, Nevada, Virginia Air Force and Hawaii run the 3-4 and this season Alabama, BYU, Kansas State and Notre Dame are switching to the 3-4. Maryland runs a variation of the 3-4.I wish I didn't know that.

Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?

If that's the case, follow-up then. Get a phone interview, a statement sent over, something.

I was with Rasor tonight when he got the call about Akron not getting in. There was a lot of controlled anger in our room -- mostly because we were around non-sports fans. But the rage has just been swelling in my head about this. It's so unbelievably ridiculous.We've lived through The Drive, The Fumble and Michael Jordan killing the Cavaliers. This hurts the most.I'm not the sports editor of the Buchtelite anymore but someone from the paper is going to make sure we get a justified reason from either Mack Rhoades, the NIT selection committee or NCAA officials about this lunacy and make sure to either get it on Rasor's blog or here for you guys.

That guy didn't even ask anything about the NIT. Pathetic, gutless reporting.

Those suckers can bring it on.Is everyone too scared to lose? Only five people have joined. You're breaking my heart!

Hey Zips fans, seeing as how the yahoo football pick 'em league was fairly popular, I thought we could try yahoo tournament pick 'em. I'm already signed up, so bring it on. If you remember, I won the fooball pick 'em. While he may tell you otherwise, it wasn't because Mike Rasor forgot to pick a week's worth of games. Instead, it is because I am great.Anyway, here are the particulars (please only one bracket per person):Yahoo League ID # 41913Password: kentsucks (that's k-e-n-t-s-u-c-k-s, all lowercase)What do you win??? Absolutely nothing! (except the pride of beating me, of course. maybe Rasor will mention you on his blog. however, i make no promises)

Yeah, wrong time stamp. A friend from Western hooked me up with the photo. I really want one of these, or a Keith Dambrot one.

Yes, in 1967. Al Kerkian was drafted by the Cowboys in round 13. In round 16, the Browns picked wide receiver Don Williams.

Channels really looks like he'll be a heck of a player in a couple years. He looked really quick on both ends.