Blue & Gold

Rough weather today. Hope it doesn’t effect crowd size too much.

Kyshad Mack transferring to Butler C.C.

Yeah it was. IIRC I used to take 4 days off work that week & kept going up as long as the Zips kept winning.

"Defense travels," and (I'm not sure how Groce managed this, but) this team sincerely takes deep pride in their defense. It seems as if they take not being ranked #1 in the conference in defense personally. Love it! And we now have the athletic depth for all of our players to leave everything on the floor and not have to be concerned with pacing themselves. I hope we come out and put a python's death grip on NIU's offense & curb stomp them from the get-go. I think we can. "1-and-0." Every game is a statement game.

Good point, ZipsVoice. @Let'sGoZips94 did us the courtesy of starting a separate Luke Brown thread transcribing all of @Blackford's information.

Good stuff, @Let'sGoZips94. This will be a better way to keep track of Luke Brown, @Blackford. Otherwise, all the information you took the time to compile would eventually get buried & lost in the more generic 2021 Recruiting thread.

I thought I saw him slightly tweak his knee, versus WMU I think. Maybe UMass.

I forget where I heard/read this (Joe Dunn?), but word on the street was he applied for both the KSUcks job and the Akron gig and got neither. He needed at least a little experience at a higher level. Idk. I was pulling for him to get the Akron gig. (Not that I'm bitter about it; I'm an Arth fan now.) Go Zips.

Postgame press conference

Whittington's a load. Must be a solid dude, as well. I saw him at a Zips game last month. He was sitting in the lower bowl & stayed for almost the entire game. He left maybe 5 minutes early but the Zips had a big lead. As he was leaving he was giving some handshakes and a couple hugs to Zips fans - it looked like they all knew each other. Idk.

I thought the haunted hotel was in Kalamazoo. Is it in Dekalb?

My dad used to take me to see professional wrestling at the Civic Center. Saw the Road Warriors and Macho Man there. Great times. One night we stayed late & were able to talk to Jake the Snake & Ted Dibiase (sp?) after almost everyone else had gone home.

IMHO they haven’t really been quite the same since they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory versus Cleveland State. Maybe this BUGS win will help them right the ship.

We need a burner/deep threat WR to replace Dustin Burkhart. Someone who will make the DB’s line up a 1/2-step back. Dre fits the bill.

Rimshot. lol

Awesome! Thanks a lot, @Blackford ?

I apologize. We did know about Luke Brown. His offer is listed on VerbalCommits dot com. I'm busy right now but a bit latter I'll try to find and post some highlights. Thanks again & welcome to ZipsNation! Go Zips!

Hadn’t caught wind of that offer yet. Thanks for the tip!

Is this rhetorical? Id be hard pressed to say it’s enhanced his prospects - to say the least.

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ABJ: Zips looking to clean up defensive flaws against Ball State

Focusing not on RayQuawndis Mitchell (what a name, btw!), but on the picture below. If we we're going to remove the track I though the JAR would look a lot like South Dakota State's arena. Anyway, before I die, I pray to see a new downtown arena. Not merely a re-designed JAR.

If you remember, KD's teams would traditionally run like a buzzsaw through the first half of the MAC season but then begin to stumble & rarely felt like they had momentum going into the tourney. It'll be interesting to see if Groce can keep the team's momentum cranking & peak at the right time. I also appreciate, more than mere words can express, how Groce doesn't pull hot shooters from the game. ?

What were they before?