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I thought I heard he already committed to Pitt. Anyway, I doubt he ends up at Can't unless there are very serious eligibility issues (Anyone can make it at Can't - just ask Antonio "I failed out of 5 schools" Gates....but hey he's a millionaire now so who's to say). Pope had some pretty big schools looking at him according to all the scouting resources. All would have to pass, seems unlikely.

Couldn't agree more. Great post -- Except for kicking the Browns around part.Seems to me, that everyone on Zipsnation should have at least one season ticket especially at $55. That small investment/donation will go a long way in helping our football program. We just have to step up.I was wondering how the Family Season ticket plan actually counts towards attendence. Does anyone know ? I went a different route -- getting 2 season tickets and 2 Zippy Club passes. This is more expensive but you have access to the other sports for the kids. Not really sure how those count towards attendence. Another question to throw out there - Last year, it seemed like the NCAA was worried about actual attendence - butts in the seats/stadium rather then just ticket sales. Has this changed or is the rule a combination of the two ?

Yes, there was a big article in the paper on Monday. The Knight Rider papers are in the process of being sold to McClatchy and the sale has already been approved on both sides by upper tier/majority stock holders. McClatchy has identified 12 out of 32 Knight Rider papers that it is not interested in maintaining and will be sold off. The Beacon IS one of the 12 making their future very unstable. The article did not go into any detail about who might eventually purchase the Beacon from McClatchy. It did state very firmly that McClatchy does not have the Beacon in their future plans.It definitely sounds like the Beacon will be undergoing major changes within the next year. I hope the paper makes it thru all the changes but I guess it’s not out of the realm of possibilities that this is the beginning of the end.Beacon Sale Article - Click Me

That one goes right up there with "the Zips really showed some sack tonight" after defeating Central Michigan in OT earlier in the year.French is awesome, he brings so much genuine enthusiasm for the Zips to his calls. We are lucky to have him.

This thread is amazing. It is up to almost 3000 views !! That's a lot of clickin...WowThe Zipsnation is alive.

Mack -- Can we please try to get the game televised locally by picking up the feed if it is available ? We all missed a great one tonight.

Home game with Butler to boot -- Can't State had a tight game with Butler but ended up winning after a Haynes 3 pt buzzer beater sent it into OT.

Yikes -- All of their guards are 6'5"......

Weird - Mimai, Ohio gets a 7 seed and home game.

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Please don't compare high school basketball games to D-1 college basketball games. The differences are legion. GP1 - that's the point . It's an even bigger point not to have Lebron to cover you.

I agree completely -- NO ONE wants KD to go anywhere. Some here have been thru the Crawford and Hipsher years , that was awful.I guess if I look at the positive side of KD sticking with his guys, it is a lot better then the short leash and quick hook Hipsher had with everyone. Those guys were always looking over their shoulder and afraid to play the game.I don't think there is a person other then King Zip (Mrs. Hipsher, where have you been ?) who wants to talk about KD going anywhere or not being the right coach. I'm just confused by some decisions yesterday as are others. I'm interested in insight and comments - especially Peterson. I thought all season that we were just saving him for the end of the season due to his injuries/back.

I think Romeo, Futch, Ced and Peterson played great games. All of them showed up and gave a lot effort, we just didn't give them enough opportunities. All you have to do is look at the stat lines to figure out who forgot to show up.

Dambrot's the right guy but I think he's got a little to learn on handling his players. Stop playing favorites and play who's hot and provides better matchups for each game.I'm concerned that with Joyce at the point all of the time, we can only go so far. On most nights in the MAC, he is okay but against better competition, he is athletically overmatched and can't run the offense let alone take it to the hole every once in awhile. Better guards suffocate him to the point that gettting the ball up the court and into the offensive set is difficult - Not good. I just don't see us doing anything significant (MAC Tourney, NCAAs, NIT, Big OOC wins...) while he is here. And I'm pretty sure Dambrot's not going to make any changes there. What is Joyce's upside ? or is he playing at the top of his potential.....I'm pretty sure quickness will not sprout over the summer. Put it this way, imagine Akron with Toledo's point guard driving the hole dishing out or down low in the post :blink: Hmmmm...Middleton..... :blink: Dambrot had a horrible night last night - He stuck with his guys and his guys (Joyce and Dials) really let the egg hit him right in the face. KD - How does Middleton get the least of the guard minutes when he was the most productive ? and matches up best with Toledo's quickness.- Peterson in the post, scores at will - Disappears in the final 10 minutes ?- Romeo in the post, scores at will - I think he took one shot in the second half after going 4-5 in the first half. WHY didn't he get the ball more ? Other then the two missed throws, he played an awesome game working underneath for the ball -- I imagine after the game he was asking "what ball"...should've easily been a 20pt night.- After a timeout, down two, the chosen one (Joyce) doesn't fight for an inbounds pass and Toledo makes the play of the game. AFTER A TIMEOUT !!!!!!! Games on the line, how can you not be in position ? How can your head not be in the game. For all of his big time StV games, Joyce looked scared and panicked in the crunch. Things are a lot different out there without LBJ.- Dials for another ill advised three and sees no pine. Dials will get a lot better and I swear we will love the guy next year but last night, he needed some pine time.- Seperate note - White Uniforms ? Get rid of them - Make the undefeated gold unis permanent.It was a great season even with a lot of adversity and KD's got the program going in the right direction. But what an awful way to end. I knew we were in trouble at the start when the guy had the flag backwards on the video screen - Dude in front of him with the double shocker saved him

I can only personally confirm that someone named "Christianson" Fears the Roo.....

Current Lines for tomorrow’s games.3/09 2:20 PM ET Western MichiganAkron -10 3/09 12:00 PM ET ToledoNorthern Illinois 13/09 7:00 PM ET BuffaloCan't St. -7 3/09 9:20 PM ET OhioMiami-Ohio -2.5

I also give Buffalo a slight chance. You never know which Buffalo team is going to show up. They have potential to pull an upset and have some Q experiance from last year. Not to mention, some motivation after tip in loss in the finals.Thursday's night session should be a couple of good games.

FYI - Tourney Matchups - Great draw for Akron as Can't's side of the bracket includes Miami, Ohio and Buffalo.1) Can't St. 15-3 2) NIU 12-6 3) Akron 14-4 (1-1 vs. Miami, 1-1 vs. Can't) 4) Miami 14-4 (1-1 vs. Akron, 0-2 vs. Can't) 5) OHIO 10-8 (2-1 vs. WMU & Toledo) 6) WMU 10-8 (2-2 vs. Ohio & Toledo) 7) Toledo 10-8 (1-2 vs. Ohio & WMU) 8) Buffalo 8-10 9) Ball State 6-12 10) BGSU 5-13 11) EMU 3-15 12) CMU 1-17 First Round Matchups: CMU@OHIO EMU@WMU BGSU@Toledo Ball St.@Buffalo Quarterfinals: Can't vs. Buffalo/Ball St. winner NIU vs. Toledo/BGSU winner Akron vs. WMU/EMU winner Miami vs. Ohio/CMU winner

Simply put

Please update score and is Dials injury serious ?Thanks

I’d like to see them try that…..sounds like mass confusion even for 4 of them.Can’t Read, Cant Write, Can’t possibly put any number of small signs together to spell anything,,,,Dr Z – Odds on Can’t putting 10 or more small signs together in order ? I'm pretty sure my one dollar would mean early retirement.

I bet they're not in our student section I bet it's as close to a MAC FB championship ring that they will ever get and I bet many will finally get to see the Wagon Wheel for the first time :blink:

Nice artilce on the new AD.----------------------------------------------Zips AD all about peopleRhoades considers communication key factor in management, is eager to build football stadiumBy Tom Gaffney Beacon Journal sportswriterMidnight was nearing and Doc Sadler desperately needed some professional advice.Sadler, who was in his first year as head basketball coach at the University of Texas-El Paso on that 2005 evening, knew that the best sounding board would be Mack Rhoades IV, the school's associate athletic director.``It was about 11 o'clock, and I had some issues with the basketball team that were bothering me,'' Sadler said. ``I called Mack on the phone. A lot of guys would have said to wait until the morning to talk about it. He said, `Let's visit. Pick me up.' ``I went to his house and we drove around in my car for three hours... it was 2 a.m. when we finished. We talked about the program, problems we were having and he gave me some great advice. He is a guy who is very, very professional and will do anything to help his coaches be successful. He has a bright future as an athletics director.''The University of Akron shared that opinion when it named Rhoades director of athletics Dec. 20. The 40-year-old Rhoades has taken over a Zips program that includes 18 sports (10 women and eight men) and has an annual budget of $14 million.Rhoades remembers the midnight ride with Doc Sadler but did not think it was noteworthy or beyond his job responsibilities.``I want my staff to work with me, not for me,'' Rhoades said. ``The staff has to be able to do the job they were hired to do, and it's my job to help them do it.``My philosophy of management is based on communication.`` I would hope I clearly communicate my expectations and then hold people accountable. That can't always be done 9-to-5.'' Darren D'Attilio, UTEP's associate athletic director for development, worked for Rhoades for seven years and said such words are not mere rhetoric.``He is the type of boss you want to work for. He has great relationships with so many people. He brings everybody up,'' D'Attilio said. ``He is a bright guy with a tremendous amount of experience. He has tremendous potential (as an athletics director). I would like to work for him again.''Todd Wyard, UTEP's associate athletic director for marketing, began working for Rhodes two years ago and said the job was not a chore under him. ``He created a family atmosphere,'' Wyard said. ``If he asked for anything, we would do it because you knew he would do the same for you.''Rhoades was considered one of the nation's rising stars in athletic administration when UA formed a search committee to look for a replacement for Mike Thomas, who resigned to become athletics director at the University of Cincinnati. The committee hired a search firm, Eastman & Beaudine, to provide candidates. Rhoades was on that list, began the interview process and became one of two finalists. Rhoades accepted the job in mid-December after having turned down similar offers at three smaller schools in 2004 and 2005.``There were several factors why I accepted. First and foremost, I saw that the university as a whole was moving forward,'' Rhoades said. ``Second, I liked the athletic success the school had been having, and I knew there was potential for more. ``And I liked the community. My wife and I always thought this time would come (to be an athletics director), and we wanted to move to a great community to raise our three daughters. We heard nothing but wonderful things about the Akron community... that it was family oriented.''Rhoades comes to Akron with 11 years of experience at Yale, Marquette and UTEP. He was at UTEP for seven years, holding three positions there. While at UTEP, he worked in fund-raising, marketing, development, licensing, media relations, budgeting, ticket sales and facilities upgrades, among other areas. Two of his primary team responsibilities were in football and men's basketball.UA president Dr. Luis Proenza interviewed the two finalists and enthusiastically endorsed the search committee's choice of Rhoades. ``We feel fortunate to find a person of his caliber,'' Proenza said. ``He has come in with a huge amount of energy and great ideas. We are excited about where his vision can take us. When you meet him, you can't help but be impressed with his depth of experience and the range of his ideas. The choice was straightforward.''Rhoades takes over an athletics program that has been invigorated by successes in football, men's soccer and men's basketball. However, those successes have not been accompanied by corresponding revenues and attendance increases. Rhoades said generating higher attendance, especially in football and basketball, is one of his biggest challenges.``With so many colleges in close proximity and with Cleveland pro sports, we have to try to find our niche,'' Rhoades said. ``We have to get people excited, get people to our games. ``Tickets are the lifeblood of any athletics program. When people ask me how to best support our programs, I tell them to buy a ticket.'' Rhoades said UA must have help. ``You can put together great advertising campaigns and that has been done here,'' he said. ``But we have to do more than that. We have to get out into the community. ``We need to find people who care about Akron and who will volunteer to go out into the community and help us sell tickets. It has worked at other places and it can work here.''A healthy increase in football revenues is important, Rhoades said. He oversaw a football program at UTEP that led Conference USA in attendance in 2005 with an average home crowd of 47,000. In 2005, the Zips' had an average home crowd of 10,893 at the Rubber Bowl. In the long term, Rhoades' experience in football and in fund-raising will be needed because a new stadium has moved to the forefront of UA's athletic goals. Preliminary plans seem to indicate a facility of between 25,000-to-30,000 seats will be started in the Exchange Street-Brown Street area of campus with completion scheduled around the end of the decade. ``The bottom line is the Rubber Bowl needs a lot of work,'' Rhoades said. ``Is that cost efficient, given where it is located? The charge to build a new football stadium is extremely important. It is something that is needed and is something that will make a statement nationally. ``It certainly will help our football program, so it can sustain the success it has had. It's a win-win situation for everybody.''Rhoades said his personal and professional philosophies were formed growing up in Tucson, Ariz., being raised by his parents, Carmen and Mack Rhoades III, and having a close relationship with his grandfather, Mack Rhoades, Jr. ``My grandfather was a people-person,'' said Rhoades, who played baseball and basketball in high school but did not play any sports at the University of Arizona. ``He was a great example of being a giving person, putting other people before himself.'' In recent years, his personal hero is his wife, Amy. ``With the workload and hours that everybody in this industry puts in, you need a spouse who is supportive,'' Rhoades said. ``For the most part, she takes care of all the responsibilities of the home. I would not be here without my wife, Amy.''Rhoades said one particular group of the UA community will be part of his professional focus.``Student-athletes are special people. That's why I am in this business,'' he said. ``You will see me at a lot of different events, not just football and basketball. I enjoy watching student-athletes... watching them grow.'' Rhoades has been on the job for only a month and said it is too early to make major changes. He said coaches and staff members will be judged on success on the field and in the classroom.``You win with people. That will be the bottom line,'' Rhoades said. ``People will be held accountable. Mediocrity is not a term we will use here. In everything we do, we will do to the best of our ability.''

I wouldn't change a thing as the old saying goes "If ain't broke, don't fix it". People are comfortable in their roles and rotations. Ced hopefully gets more time on Wednesday because he is having a good game but I keep him coming off the bench. All we have to do is play our game as we have all year and we should be playing Can't for the conference title on Saturday.Buffalo first then

Alley Can'tThis is old news, already posted This is still a Zips board, notice the logos and colors have yet to change - You are now up to almost 30 posts........:iws:Please find a home