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I too am dissapointed in the results thus far..............and fear what is coming can be more of the same. However, let's not overlook this possibility, and please "season" our comments (attacks) with considertion of it: how much fun do you think it is for TB (and his staff) to get their butts handed to him week after week? Could you personally "get up" week after week following close loses? Maybe he's on the edge of being depressed himself. I don't think so based upon what I see, but it is possible. He's among the most well known names in top echelon college coaches (historically) and he's got to live with his friends in that community. Good thing he found Dalton, right? Imagine going with what he inherited for a Trigger! We NEED his experience, skill set, ability to bring in talented support (staff), enthusiasm and desire to succeed. So all I'm saying is lets give them a mulligan in 2012 and see what comes during the coming months (recruiting etc). GO ZIPS!

Hit this linkie and have a cup of coffee ready, it's a long interesting read. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-12/c...lemarketer.html

I get goosebumps every time our band plays the prelude to the National Anthem. We truly have a fantastic marching band. Too bad more people aren't there to enjoy it. Coach Jim Tressel is truly a nice guy. He's patient and unbelievably polite as he says hello and gets cell phone cameras stuck in his face hour after hour. How he can be that "warm" I have no idea. It's him.............for sure. Unfortunately, those were the only positives we took away from the game today. I was expecting more.

Zips 35-28

Agreed. That was TERRIBLE. Post game TB was "cool". I hope he knows where to take this mess to and create a shitstorm behind the scenes. They beat us. The defense reminded me of Palmisano's only worse. Fix it. Yikes. What an entertaining game. Only the end sucked. BTW , what the heck was TB waiting for in allowing them to score. It should have happened at about 1:56.

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Wha'd I tell ya? Good for Paul. He's got maybe one good shot left (at his age). Why burn it over here when another more attractive offer could come forward.......... How'd we spin down into this mess........... You can't just keep hiring and firing and expect to improve. "See Cleveland Browns" sic It's more often a recipe for where we now see ourselves IMHO..........

Congrats to PW and his organization! I still say what makes you guys think he'll even consider UA? After this run, he may be able to jump over our mess. NM

So (to the old timers here) what EXACTY makes you THINK PW would even want to come back after the way he and his friends were ushered out? Never mind the fact that in his own opinion he may feel he was TWICE passed over since that Saturday night massacre. PW (for some reason) comes back, so does Z-P...............LOL

Hey! Watched that great game last night, and I-M'ed 42 who was in Beijing in Mandarin immersion during and after the OT........we both loved it! I've been a little "skinny' on folllowing the U over the past few years, but it always warms me up to drop back in and still find Doc, Cap'n, GP1 and of course, the "Dean of UA Forum-BBall" Mr. Zip Watcher. And others too! Like Hilltopper, etc. Anyway, BOOYAH to all you guys, and Great Job to getting the most out of what you have to work with Coach KD! Go Zips! Always!

Dan Basch............broadcasting novice, but never short on something interesting to say and really knows the game............tune him up in studio and he'd be great by game 3 IMHO

Worse yet, guys get them and don't take themselves out of the game.................I heard a story about this once At Purdue, I know a certain player who's number was called to receive a center screen near the end of the first half. It was a two back set with misdirection...............and the other back (BP) missed his assignment on the back side OLB who planted his helmet in the receiving backs earhole. The earholed player got up and only saw a "tunnel"...............in otherwords all his vision was black except for a small tunnel in the middle of his view. Next play? Screen pass to the earholed back (who wsas having a big half)...............it took all the concentration he could muster to watch the ball into his hands, which he caught and headed up field wide open! it was off to the races................but wihout vision he never saw a DB coming from the side and the unseen hit caused a fumble.................fortunately that time no harm done as the half soon came to an end. But at the half, they hid the concussed guys helmet and shoulder pads so he couldn't return to the field for the second half True story. The pace of the game is so fast with a 40 second clock ticking that that kind of stuff probably happens all the time.

Please see this:http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1143355490/When-is-it-safe-for-athletes-to-play-after-a-concussion Darn good story on concussion syndrome

ZW............couple observations. I was around a TON of youth football.....................and other youth sports for both boys and girls. The way our programs were run, with weight restrictions and excellent supervision, I NEVER saw a serious injury in YFB. I'm talking about players in 3rd and 4th grade for Flag, 5th and 6th for "B Football" equipped, and 7th and 8th for "A Football". I was closely involved with it for 8 or 9 years and knew what was happening in an entire league. The little guys (and once in a while gals) in the "B" league were great. They were so heavily equipped, and the rules (including weight restrictions) were so well set up and observed that it was really hard to imagine someone getting seriously injured including concussion (slow speed, low impact). I do know of a couple concussions happening in youth soccer as high speed (relatively high for 5th and 6th graders) head collisions took place. I also know of pretty serious injuries in baseball for kids of the same age bracket. So what I am trying to say I guess, is don't sweat the youth football if you find it to be well run and supervised. You can ratchet up your concern as Little Watcher moves on to "A" and HS FB.

OK CK...............I actually did play in a helmet with a one bar cage (see Billy Kilmer or was it Sonny Jurgenson?), so you got me. GP's right (like he is most of the time I reluctantly add), the damn NCAA should be attending to the issue. I think GP can speak to this better than I can, but a high percentage (maybe in the 90s) of guys on the field this fall for UA will have already had MULTIPLE concussions, and many already have serious concussion syndrome which is the tendency to get them easier and easier as each additional incremental one occurs. I think I can safely say a BUNCH of guys coming out of college football careers bail on taking the next step because they are already "limited out" on concussions, not to mention bulging disks and scoped out knees. Good topic GP...............for a slow time especially....................maybe we can get some real stories going,

The best.............good luck to him! A Gentleman and Nice Guy to boot. He'll make a great coach.

Let's find out. If he did contact him from somewhere other than an office or University paid phone, where did he call from? A boosters phone? Was he contacting his HS coach to act as a middle man? Lots of questions. I think we're barking up the wrong tree so to speak. All this is spin (I think) to conceal the fact that he missed the 4 "B's" he needed, getting 3 "C's" and a "D", hense not qualifying. So he wouldn't have been coming anyway. This is probably a story to cover up that fact. If this is true (all rumor keep in mind) I hate the fact he's taken to trashing our program so he has a body to step on and make himself look good. As a side craziness, his HS girlfriend is preggies also...........rumor has it.

I have also never seen him play so I don't know how good he really is. I do know a lot can change in a year or two so he may be better in a couple of years. Time will tell. Think slow EJ Lilley, worse personal habits, slightly stronger, fewer academic skills

LOL............Thread of the Season. "Rack it ZW"

I know I've said this before, but we are blessed with a GREAT crew on the radio!

Zips 6 Bulls 3Wait a minute...............didn't I just see a game played up there with a similar low score?LOL

Is it just me or is anyone else not really impressed with the changes to GoZips over the past year or so?

Bowser I had a United flight to Chicago just after summer workouts broke up. Sitting quietly, reading, at CAK was an obvious Zip Player (necklace gave him away).............I passed a casual hello (you know how it is, you really don't want to bug anyone who's not interested in being disturbed) and ended up spending the rest of the CAK wait and a piece of the Chicago connection chatting with him. He was on his way home for a couple weeks before finishing up his athletic and academic careers at UA.What a great young man. He's smart, articulate, focused and conversent in lots of things outside of football and sports. Big ups from me. Good luck #1 !Just an FYI.

Aaron.............you are wrong. This area was not a sanctioned lot, and I have the feeling that because it was not, it was open an open target for the Nazi's on duty. These were definately gals over 21! Keep in mind this was south of Exchange. In areas unsanctioned these guys were "working". I'm surprised more posters haven't come forward with similar stories.

Hi!Back comes a member of "The Porky's Seven" for an increasingly rare post.I missed the Grand Opening because I was in China. That pissed me off, and I feel bad about it. Thanks to y'all for positing up a bunch to read about it.I made the IU game yesterday.......arriving early and staying as long as our grandchild could handle it.First of all, sorry to say this but Sarge agrees with me..............while the stadium is nice, it's not the greatest place I've ever seen..............which a lot of posters have been saying. For those of you who have been to multiple other houses, it's like a new version of OU's house..............with a few improvements like widened concession hallways. Now, I have not been in the "Select" areas in the tower (I'll probably reup my support when JD's replaced next year and give you an opinion then ;-) ) Is it the nicest venue in the MAC? No. I doubt anyone will ever beat EU's setup. Buffalo's solid too....but that's not the reason I came out today.Here is my "concern". I love UA and will always be a Zip.We arrived about an hour before kickoff. We parked south of exchange in a grassy lot off Allyn street. As we pulled up, 3 officers were ticketing 3 female alum who were in the lot having a few beers. I couldn't believe my eyes. These ladies were maybe mid 20's, and only had a cooler and some chairs out. It wasn't even a full tailgate.We walked over to the stadium and picked up our reserved seats. There are sooooooooo many signs all over the place warning not to "this and that" I was shocked. I got the feeling the school was afraid someone was going to have too much fun at the game! I felt bad for the students and backers.Then we went in. You know the grass? My grandchild (1 year old) and her father went on the grass just to sit there and do a little "walking" and got unceremoniously kicked out! WTF.............whatever...............welcome to Russia in Akron.You think 18M was small attendance? You aint seen nothin yet if they keep up this kind of behavior which will serve to depress game attendance.Positives? I LOVED THE ENERGY OF THE STUDENTS. Too bad they couldn't have a more fun however............I'm sure they are sat upon by the U.So................I love UA. I hated the team's effort yesteday...............the stadium is great, but not the worlds best by any stretch of imagination..........I'll go as often as I can but hope the admin loosens up a little.They'd better find a way to allow adults to have some fun (ie., the beer tent) IN A HURRY.I hope this post flushes out CK, Doc and others who've been a little quiet about what I'm talking about.