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Football 101: Stop the Run, Stop the Run, Stop the Run. If Woodside beats us with his arm then tip our hats to him.

That's not saying a whole lot, 'Meister.

Plus, he's only a true freshman. Under most other circumstances I'd have to think he'd be redshirting this season.

THAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU. That was such a ill-timed, horrendous buzz kill it actually pissed me off.

Though we won the MAC East, I think everyone knows we're really not that good of a team. But coming into this year, I just wanted to survive this year, as I think we're going to be substantially better next year. The recruiting really picked up last year... I should say the recruiting REALLY picked up last year... and has continued into this year. In my lifetime I've never seen a Zips' recruiting class fill so early in the season with such quality verbals as this year's recruiting class did. We have such a strong list of verbals ready to sign that for the first time I can ever remember I couldn't have cared less about what recruits were in attendance at last night's game. Recruiting is a program's lifeblood. I think the future looks really bright.

Huh?

I enjoyed singing Sweet Caroline. So did everyone around me, so that was cool. But other than that the 4th-quarter usage of the jumbo tron was, like you said, a COMPLETE buzz kill.

Had a great time last night! Got some lower reserved seats behind the Zips bench & loved the view! Crowd was great in lower reserved. Seemed like a good crowd overall. The student section was jammed. Loved it! Go Zips!

Jerk.

I was thinking about this yesterday. Soccer, basketball & football putting up W's after W's after W's. Man, it's good to be a Zip!

K.ent's gonna be coming after our punts tonight. Gasser's a little slow in getting those punts off.

We don't have much of a rivalry with NIU because they've been dominant in football while we've been awful, and we've been dominant in basketball while they've been awful.

I thought that was actually a pretty good article

Our main rival is K.ent State. Kent is a suburb northeast of downtown Akron. It takes less than 15-minutes to get from UA to KSU. Though K.ent calls themselves the Golden Flashes, their mascot is an eagle-looking bird. The above picture is a dead flash. Lol

It'd be nice to at least be able to track how many points & fouls each player has.

East seems to be the new bully on the block... but we'll see if they sustain their success. East has won the City Series 2 years in a row now. Buchtel's still tough, though. It's a shame neither made the playoffs, as both could have made some noise. Garfield has really fallen off. They're now combined with Kenmore & presently the school's called "Kenmore-Garfield." Idk if they're going to change that name, or not. They kept the maroon & gold colors & the rams mascot, so it wasn't really a merger of two equals. Lots of tradition @ Garfield. Firestone cranks out some nice individual talent once-in-a-while, but they rarely have a team to write home about. North is abysmal. Last year Ellet was very good; this year they were awful. So, who knows.

... K.ent State still sucks! ^^This is where I am in my thinking. I just can't figure out why it took the staff 4 years to get the recruiting ball rolling. I thought with names like Bowden and Amato it'd happen immediately. Whatever. It's rolling now & that's all that matters.

The Akron Beacon Journal

He sounds great! Do you know if he's been contacted by any UA coaches? They have to be aware of him. Is he a late bloomer?

Here's a good game summary from GT! ABJ: Zips shoot their way to 76-59 win over UT Martin Lots of good stats in above article. Lots to be optimistic about... and a lot to be concerned with. I think this is going to be a fun, roller coaster of a year.

Yeah, I've got to think the job is now Kato's. Woodson blew it for himself. Only put Woodson in if Kato really struggles. We had our most dynamic offensive performance of the year with Kato at QB (and against one of the better D's in the conference). Go Kato. Winning the MAC East, playing in Detroit & then in the bowl game will give Kato an extra month of practice to hit the ground running next year.