Blue & Gold

Maybe it's wise not to have individual stats posted... thinking of Jimmond. He's still pressing & had another sub-par game. Once he settles into his role, alongside Utomi & Duvivier, this is going to be a good team. Love Parrish & Sayles as FRESHMEN! Sayles is a full-grown man & I keep reminding myself that Parrish is a RS-Freshman, but none-the-less, he plays with the poise of an upperclassman. Wow. I also see a lot of potential in Patton's game. He's not as athletic as the others, but he's fundamentally sound, has the proverbial high basketball IQ, and has good size and length. I really appreciate his rebounding. Once the game slows down just a bit for him & he starts hitting his outside shot his confidence is going to double-up. I don't appreciate Poke's game. Not last year; not this year. He blocks shots but does nothing else... okay... he wins the jump ball. Lol. Maybe in time we'll develop the team chemistry where, like last year, we can work to get him alley-oops once in a while? If he ever creates a shot on his own before he graduates I'll be pleasantly surprised. At least he's not fouling like he did last year. Surprised Kostelac didn't get a single minute last night. He doesn't look like a stiff, and we need help inside. Maybe we're planning on redshirting him to help alleviate the "9-sophomores problem" being discussed in the Scholarship Chart thread? I wasn't feeling well so just watched ESPN3 from the couch last night. As was mentioned earlier, Reghi kept saying UT-M was 3-0. His color analyst (I'm drawing a blank on her name right now, but I like her) even tried to correct him (twice, I think) but he kept going back to 3-0. Still can't believe we've got FIVE freshman on this team. Gotta prepare myself for a bumpy ride this year, but man, is this group gonna be good!

Crawford’s last season was the first year I started following the Zips. I think I remember the ABJ wanting UA to retain Crawford because he had a son who was a great player at Firestone. After Crawford got canned I believe I remember his son signing with Florida State. Back then I remember watching one of my all-time favorite Zips -Tron Jenkins ???

I think Keith Kennedy announced it was 28 during the 4th quarter.

It was great seeing redshirt FRESHMAN Kato Nelson thoroughly outplay Rourke. Unless Rourke wanted to get a lot of experience holding a clipboard, it looks like he made the right choice in not coming to UA! How great is it knowing we're not going to have to worry about the QB position for THREE years?!!

This is where I am. I definitely click the articles. I usually post the links here too. I guess I have to remind myself that the articles really aren't written for guys like me - guys who probably know more about the Zips than GT does. They're written for people with little-to-no knowledge of the team. Idk if that's an accurate statement, but that's what I tell myself to keep from getting too discouraged. Hey, at least there are articles. What infuriates me is when there are no articles at all.

No, he heard correctly. I also heard it announced at 28-degrees. I then checked my phone and the weather app said it was 32. But none-the-less. But because there was no wind I was fine.

Add Dustin Burkhart, Daishawn Brimmage, Marquise Bridges, and Treon Sibley. We’re gonna be young but stacked like pancakes with some great talent.

This is completely level-headed and understandable. I hate the midweek games. I went last week (and scrapped up two friends to come with me) but I really tempered my friends’ expectations before we went. 1. I was expecting to get blown out by OU. 2. It was a cold Tuesday night - I didn’t get home till 11:30. And 3. The TV timeouts have made the games less enjoyable to watch. I don’t blame anyone for just watching the games from the comfort of their own home. Somehow... someway... we’ve got to turn the games into “events.” Have them be “the place to be.” p.s. I was watching last night’s USF -v- Tulsa game. USF is located in St. Petersburgh, FL (i.e. great weather) & their record is 8-1... they may have had 1000 more people at their game than we had at ours. Maybe.

Not me... Pittsburgh's too close for comfort. I'm also happy to see the Pitt Panthers in such disarray.

If everyone would stomp on the upper-level bleachers on D it would make a TON of noise. It's what I do... and then look around sheepishly as no one joins in... :/

One kitten poster wrote: "While Miami is our traditional rival, I dislike Akron a lot more..." I feel the same way about them. While K.ent is our traditional rival, this OU thing, man...

Speaking of funerals, the general consensus around here was you were dead. Welcome back!!

That article was so exceedingly poor it had to be a deadline issue. Right?

I agree. I'm thinking we lose tonight... decisively. We then beat K.ent to become bowl eligible... making us the single weakest bowl-eligible team in the nation. We'll then proceed to lose the bowl game... but Terry & Co. keep their jobs. I'm cool with it as long as all of our current verbal commitments sign. Last year's class was strong as well. So... Keep bringing in the Jimmie's & Joe's.

Nathan Rourke at QB makes their whole team a lot better. "Single most important position in all of sports."

OU beat us out for Barberton's star player. 6'1", 215 lb., LB/RB Keye Thompson. Dude's an absolute stud. I'm really disappointed we couldn't land him.

What are we going to do next year when we have SIX players listed as sophomores? We've got to redshirt a couple guys who are playing this year to spread those scholarships out a bit, no? We can't have six seniors in another 3 years. 2018-19 sophomores: 1. Torrey Patton 2. Virshon Cotton 3. LePear Toles 4. Eric Parrish 5. Jaden Sayles 6. Mark Kostelac

Totes signs with UA (half-way into the article)

ABJ: Zips prepare for tough test against Ohio Tuesday night GT mentions OU QB Nathan Rourke. The guy's really good. Legit dual-threat QB. He's a lot of fun to watch, actually. But tonight it may just be painful. I say we simply have to sell out to stop the run and make Rourke beat us with his arm. If Rourke beats us with his arm, then we've just got to tip our helmets to him.

I love KD. I worked with him at Prudential Securities while I was an intern in college. When I started I didn't know who he was, but he was friendly to me. When he finally told me his story one day he got teary eyed. I love what he did for the program. Having said that, I was getting kinda bored with the program's stagnation. The last handful of years was like watching Groundhog Day. KD took us as far as he could. He was as steady as they come. I'm expecting more highs and more lows with Groce. And I'm looking forward to that, even if we do have to suffer through a year of growing pains. I was always fairly certain with KD's Zips we'd be a premier MAC team and compete in Cleveland every year... but never do anything special on a national level (NCAA). And let's not forget, to give Dambrot credit where credit is due: Sayles and Parrish are both Dambrot recruits. They both look like they're going to be great players. Duquesne can have Hughes & Dunn-Martin. I'm more grateful for the open scholarships their departure provided. It allowed us to sign LePear Toles who's game, honestly, reminds me a lot of Parrish.

How many official visits do players get?

Tonight's gonna feel really weird. But I'm pumped! Go Zips!!

Not that I ever saw.