Blue & Gold

This has degenerated to silliness.

Point.

In this article, GT says something that struck me as odd: What was Arth sharing with potential recruits? Some fans of UA football may bristle at the prospect, but based on the nearly hourlong presentation he gave to them and their families, he views the entire process as a two-way street. Arth said players should ask potential coaches a fundamental question: “How are you going to change my life?” The answer should figure prominently in their decision-making process. Why would GT think "Some fans of UA football may bristle at the prospect," of Arth telling players he views recruiting as a "two-way street?" I don't understand why he'd think that would make us "bristle." Does that idea offend anyone here?

Congrats to the Bulls. Great team.

Okay, stupid question time. What's on May 15th?

ABJ (GT): Local high school teams, players get reacquainted with Zips program

ABJ: Chris Livingston, Jonathan King lead Griffins to Division II state semifinal “This is a special time for me,” Buchtel coach Matt Futch said. “I work at the University of Akron, my alma mater, and I am over at Buchtel High School trying to guide our young people where I spent my high school career. This is a special time to be able to put our community in this situation to get behind these guys and now compete for a state title.” I wasn't aware that Big Matt worked at UA. Love keeping guys local & helping shape the community! (E.g., Marques Hayes at East.) Go Zips!

If his confidence is up I think he could run the point as well as Cheese. But like Cheese, I don't envision him as a natural PG (at this level; he played both PG & 2 Guard in HS).

Good stuff!

PG: LCJ ??? W: Cheese Toles Roscoe W: Utomi Banks Mikal Dawson P: Reece Sayles P: Williams Riak Redshirt: Ali Ali Hopefully in the next couple months we'll find a good solution for backup PG. Losing Cotton last year after already signing the '19 class hurt. Badly. I think Reece & Williams will make immediate impacts. I list them as starters, but it may take till after Christmas. Toles will have to get his D-1 legs, but if/when he does, he's an all-around, versatile player. A bit less athletic (& confident) than Ivey, but a better shooter. Crossing my fingers that over the summer Banks finds his outside shot. He was a good shooter in JUCO (All-American). I'm hoping Mikal Dawson comes in & is that special freshman everyone always wishes for. As everyone here already knows, he scored 1,000 points at Huntington Prep Post-Grad this year. Idk what the level of competition he faced was, but 1000 points in one year is impressive at any level. We're still going after 6'3 lead G Javohn Garcia of Pickerington Central. He was 1st Team All Central Ohio District Division 1 & averaged over 20 PPG. He could be the solution to backup PG (though true freshmen running the point always make me nervous. Lol). Anyway, My twitter bio makes it pretty clear I'm a Zips fan. I subtweeted (I think that's what it's called) him when he tweeted he'd received an offer to Akron. I said something like, "You'd look great in blue & gold! Go Zips!" like I tweet to a lot of the young guys who pick up basketball & football offers. He started following me on twitter. It's a small sample size, but in my limited experience, that's a pretty good sign that he's strongly considering UA. Go Zips!

Good, appropriately critical and insightful article by Marla Ridenour: ABJ/Marla Ridenour: UA's anemic offense must improve next season for Zips program to regain prominence

Just to jog everyone's memories, some of the members of the Zips' team during Dambrot's 1st season as head coach were: Romeo Travis Dru Joyce Jeremiah Wood Darryl Peterson Cedric Middleton Some of the other contributors were: Matt Futch Rob Preston Quade Milum No, that Zips team wouldn't have hung with this year"s Buffalo team. But let's not kid ourselves. It was pretty stacked. By contrast, Groce inherited: Jimmond Ivey Daniel Utomi An iPhone With which to scramble to piece together a team - not just late in the recruiting cycle, but after the 2nd signing day!

I'll just toss out that this was only year two of an almost total rebuild. Groce inherited two players. Two. TWO! (E-man doesn't count. In fact, E-man counts as a -1.) If Coach Sabo has our baseball team in the MAC quarterfinals in year two I'd call it unexpected and quite a success. Frenchy has said he thinks this year's Buffalo squad is the best team he's ever seen in the MAC. The other team he throws out there is the Elite Eight Kent State team. So they kicked our butts today. Good for them. We're in Year Two of Operation: Build From Scratch. They played to their potential & really locked down on D. Hats off to them.

Who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Yeah. I don’t know the guy and I know a lot of the young people like him. But I just hope the door doesn’t hit him in the ass.

Is this game on CBSSports Network?

ABJ: Coach Tom Arth prefers direct approach with quarterbacks Article mentions QB's Kato & Robbie Kelley, and Coach Arth even mentions T.J. Deshields (in the accompanying video), but, surprisingly, no mention of Alex Ramart.

For Miami. Lol

I spy Alvin Davis at corner as opposed to S, and DeAndre Brimage at DE as opposed to DT. I'm missing one.

I wish Riak would play like he has a pair.

It definitely wasn’t sold out.