zen

lookin at the crowds for most of the games, I am suprised they didn't carve up asphalt squares from the biglots parking lot and bring them down to the Q.Tonights game will change that, I am sure.

I agree with you zip81.and to add to it, I want to say that I enjoy a good rant, and I enjoy more ranting when I gotta get something off my chest, but this one keeps popping up every time someone says "Akron U" or "AU" er whatever. When you come here, you are preaching to the choir..... and you'll be lucky if LeBron or Mr.ESPN Reporter or Joe Turkey ever heard of this site, let alone comes to read your rant and avails themselves to your corrections.Write your local paper about it (and propably come off sounding like a snooty brat). You can even write your congressman. But here? I'm a little tired of raising my glass and saying "here here" to the same old rant.

I have two theories:1) All of the recent action and drama at the end of the big conference schedules, as well as the start of conference tourneys has brought more attention (and votes) for other teams2) Some of the writers have been giving token lip-service votes to mid-major teams through out the year, but now that the time has come for the polls to truely reflect who should get into the big dance, they vote differently.This is akin to when they voted Michigan 2nd place in the football polls until the final week, even though Michigan had not even played the week before. (so, even though the situation is different, it demonstrates how those voters alter their vote when they think it has a bearing on bowls.... or in this case, tourneys)

House of Blues?

I would hope there aren't and Can't fans on teh west side.

whaddaya gonna do? Seriously, it's just some chump reporter. He can't be arsed to do homework on how the school abbreviates. You gotta remember, the goofball isn't trying to pimp the zips. He's trying to write about something that he thinks is clever. He prolly pat himself on the back for what he thought was the first big story to "expose" the zips and the Lebron connection.Forget about it. You can't complain. It's futile.

That concept if self fulfilling, though. This isn't knock on the Beacon, but an observation on the Media in general. If they only report Ohio State stories, or only Can't State stories, then that is all the public wil be interested in because it is the only thing they know they should be interested in. Yeah, the media is always consciously or subconsciously aware of this.For proof, all you gotta do is look at social issues or political topics.It's scare when some media outlet or reporter isn't trying to cram issues down the public's throat that THEY think the people should know about and/or take a more activist position on. Yet somehow, when it comes to sports, they fain "oh, the public aren't interested, why should we force it on them?" Well, I call Bull! You know damned well that you generate the interest. It is YOU (the paper) who doesn't have the interest.Like it was alluded to earlier in this thread. They were probably holding out for a grease job... either something on the down-low, or atleast the purchase of some ad space. Once that happens, oh, then the wheels of interest start turning. Unless of course, the public gets interested on it's own, then the paper begrudgingly has to put out.

yeah, the game will be 93.234% as exciting in the semis as it would be in the finals. You know your ass is going to ready for a fight the morning of the game regardless of which day it is... you wont even need a coffee.

the regional media are losers. They have a loser mentality.I'll bet you euros to donuts that someone proposed thease features earlier this year and all the losers came to the conclusion that they didn't want to dedicate space to the zips in case they fell on their face this year and the paper would look like it backed a goat. Now, it's safe enough to start printing things.

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES26. USC 17027. Virginia Tech 12628. Oklahoma State 12329. Kentucky 11030. Stanford 8831. Winthrop 7532. Boston College 7433. Arizona 5934. Maryland 4835. Notre Dame 3936. UNLV 3537. Kansas State 3438. Xavier 2839. Indiana 2140. Akron 1941. Creighton 1642. Old Dominion 1543. Davidson 844. Virginia Commonwealth 745. Santa Clara 646. Massachusetts 446. Drexel 448. New Mexico State 348. Texas Tech 350. Tennessee 251. Vermont 1

OMFG! Quote of the week!

I'm with skipzip. I see akron maybe getting several more points, but we wont be jumping 7 to 10 positions.

of course they caused commercials. You don't think they wanted to shorten the game because they hate being there and wanna leave as quick as possible, do you?It's all about the money.Well, they'll find a new way to squeeze in more commercial time.

I'm not going to even think about it. Why stress?IF we win out but don't win the conf.tourney, then I will piss and moan.

One way to show TW that showing zips game is worth it is to switch to their service. I have time warner and I do not get 23. Go figure! :mad;

Typical defensiveness. You feel like shit, so you deflect it by trying to take your perceived threat down some notches.I don't see a lot of gloating here, as you would claim, or anyone declaring the Zips NCAA champs

I'm sure it's amusing, but I'd rather not bother. It's like crashing a post-battle funeral

STOMP!!!! :chair: :chair: Wow! and I half thought about going straight down to the JAR after work instead of coming home and shoveling snow (for hours and hours). I come inside to find that the zips are leading 70 - 45! Wooo!

Hey Zen, I think you mean early in the 2nd half, right? oops, yeah. :blush:Damn, I hate not having admin privaledges here. On my sites I could edit my post and then edit quote in your post. History revised.

I don't think that's true for those of use who have Time Warner in areas that were taken over from Adelphia.

My prediciton, it stays close and goes back and forth, and at the half, 31 to 30.Zip break out late in 3rd quarter and win it 74 to 66

Wow, he has Akron 23?This just goes to my theory last week, that people only remember us when we beat them.That's why the guy from philly ranked Akron, because we beat Temple in the NIT last year.Now, I know it was football, but do you remember these articles from Releigh last year after we beat NCState asking, "where is Akron" and "what is a zip?".I'm really starting to think that you have to leave a scar on these media people before they remember you.

bah! who is afraid of the white stuff around here?

but, it's not over yet. *waits for fat lady*

Is it on the tube? I was just streaming scores off foxsports.55-46 NIU 7min