Blue & Gold

Wow.

The University of Akron football team did not receive a national letter of intent from any of its current list of commitments to the program on the early signing day Wednesday... UA plans to announce its 2019 recruiting class on the official signing day in February.

That makes sense too! I'm starting to totally dig futbol. I've already decided I'm getting season tickets next year.

It’s been like that for a few years now. I also wish those games were shuffled a bit.

Before the institution of the Early Signing date, new coaches would have a couple of months to scrape together a class. This is a new situation.

Here's a hudl video of Joey Paulus. It's a year old. He's left-foot dominant. I don't know a lot about soccer, but that has to be a good thing for playing the left side of the pitch, right?

It was a clean, hard-played game, but he appeared to get a little banged up last night.

However... as I look a little more closely at that MAC vs. A-10 chart^^, the MAC's 1&2 teams are ranked higher than the A-10's 1&2 teams. But then the A-10's 3-11 teams are all ranked higher than the MAC's 3-11 teams, respectively. It's those three clunkers at the bottom of the A-10 which really skew that conference's average.

Good stuff. Thanks!

Very true. I was surprised to see both LCJ & Cheese in the staring lineup together last night. I think Cheese fills the role of backup PG better than anyone else. We don't have a true PG coming in next year either.

Yeah, good catch & good call.

Mounds was such a good recruiter that our roster, IMHO, was getting too top-heavy in the defensive backfield. How many DB's do we need? Lol.

George Thomas: Dimond Ivey reaches scoring milestone in Zips' win

It's still early, I suppose. I saw on twitter yesterday that one of our recruits (Tyler Connolly, IIRC?) was not going to sign until 3:30 this afternoon.

We're a much better team when LCJ is on the floor.

(I wasn't too excited about him being a Zipper anyhow. Don't tell anyone.) He seemed like a package deal with Alce. Now Alce's is the one I hope sticks with the blue & gold.

I didn't know that. Lol. Faust gives the vibe of a sweet, loyal, but slightly naive old man. (I mean that in a flattering way.) He was at the Zips basketball game on Saturday. I'll probably see him again tonight. I hope Terry sticks around for a long time. Like Faust, I think he's now an Akron icon. And what an interesting personality to have on campus.

I'm taking a group of around 10 tonight. I hope it's a good showing from the Zippers.

GoZips dot com Tennessee State game preview Jimond Ivey is only 6 points shy of 1,000 for his career.

Here is an inspiring read from Marla Ridenour. New UA football coach Tom Arth disdained Peyton Manning's advice, but still on track to fulfill his prediction

GT's written a really good article here. George Thomas: New coach Tom Arth will look north to help bolster recruiting Got me pretty excited about the future of Zips football. Also gave me a lot of respect for Kato. Not only did he suffer a high ankle sprain, but he also had to have post-season surgery on a torn meniscus which he played on during the final four games of the season. His quotes in this article display great maturity and a team-first attitude. Much impressed. Go Zips!

And here... we... go

[sigh] It's 4:04 and there is nothing on the GoZips stream yet. [double sigh]