Blue & Gold

ABJ: Zips grit out 72-57 win over Southern

A little separation. Very little Ali in this tight game. Zero minutes in the 2nd half? Quality minutes from Tribble.

Player intros. I’d guess there are now 500 here ?

Why are we having a Sunday afternoon game? During a Brown’s game, no less. I’d guess there are only about 300 people here at 6-minutes to tip-off. I hope no recruits are visiting today. Jesus H.

No.

Beacon Journal "Scouting Report." I did learn this game's not being televised.

Got another RB! Jonzell Norrils, RB, 6-1, 195, from Toledo Central Catholic. They were beaten by eventual D-11 state champion La Salle in the semi-finals. This nice interview is from after that loss:

Good call, @LZIp (I posted this earlier today in the wrong thread.)

ABJ: Akron Zips coach Tom Arth maintains team is pointing in right direction

I’d love to see Marshall back in the MAC. It was, and could once again be, a good rivalry. I’m glad to see we’ve got a series with them in baseball.

I Liked Kyshad Mack. Last year he was Massillon's best player -vs- Hoban after being inserted at RB & almost brought Massillon back for an historic comeback in that game. After that performance I thought UA may try using him at RB. I was surprised he earned as little PT as he did. I'm extremely careful to play the Politics card in college ball. In fact, I never do. Coaches want to win. If Kyshad wasn't getting PT I'm sure there was a reason other than Arth wanted to play his nephew, or whatever. If Arth thought Kyshad could help us win but was unwilling to give him PT for a deeper issue, then kudos to Coach Arth for sticking to his guns. Nonetheless, I'm disappointed in Kyshad moving on. We'll see where he lands.

Anyone able to watch the game? I've got no stream on the reddit link & the C-USA website won't update my credit card information. So I'm listening to Frenchy.

McKinley RB Lamier Garrett He's listed at 6-0, 200, so size certainly isn't an issue. But I haven't seen where he has any offers... at all. So there must be questions concerning his academic standing?

It's on C-USA TV. You can watch the game if you get a 1-day pass for $6.95. @AkronAlumnus, do you trust the reddit stream? ConferenceUSA dot com / watch

I remember that. I believe Ali Kart (?) had a nice look at a mid-range jumper that could have sent the game into another overtime... but it rimmed out.

I don't believe we ever have. I remember losing to Top 25-ranked Nevada at the buzzer during the Dru-Romeo-Wood era.

It's funny how powerful tradition is. I was watching the Cincinnati -v- UNLV game last night & was thinking how cool it would be if we could bring UNLV to the JAR. But man I'm getting old, as UNLV hasn't really been relevant since the early 90's. But I still think of them as a basketball power. Same goes with UMass. And Temple. To a lesser degree Tulane. Even Loyola-Marymount (they experienced a little tournament success same era as those classic UNLV teams). Now that I think about it, when was the last time Cincy got past the 2nd round of the NCAA's? UConn seems to be falling into this category as well. Anyway, yes, I think Tulane would be a nice trophy prize. While I'm just rambling here, Louisville is now ranked #1 in the nation. We only lost to them by 6, so we should probably be ranked between what, 2-to-4?

Interesting.

I’m on my phone so can’t repost the tweet from Mikal Dawson, but it appears he may be eligible to play on December 15th. ??????

I can’t tell if this is tongue-in-cheek, or... Lol