Blue & Gold

I like that KD is keeping the new arena talk alive. He insists on it's importance beginning around the 24-minute mark.

Trying to watch online but it's not loading. Anyone else attempting to stream this online w/o success?

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/university-of-akron-trustees-approve-matthew-wilson-as-president-rex-ramsier-as-provost-1.720679#

^^During the last couple minutes of the press conference Coach addresses the now-infamous Oar Incident, essentially saying it's much ado about nothing and has been blown way out of proportion.

NIU 1-6. Who woulda thunk it.

There is a poll at the bottom of the article asking, "Who should the Chargers move forward with at linebacker? A. Jatavis Brown, or B. Manti Te'o" Jatavis has 97% of the vote.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/high-school-notebook-st-v-m-seniors-jayvon-graves-john-williams-pledge-to-play-college-basketball-triumphant-revere-enters-girls-soccer-tournament-1.720224 Article states UA did offer Graves. Losing him to another MAC program hurts. He's an extremely athletic player. Congrats to Buffalo.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-zips-looking-forward-after-controversy-clubbing-from-western-michigan-1.720231 Story still focussing on the Breaking an Oar Incident. I was perplexed why anyone could care less the Zips broke an oar before the game. With the way WMU uses the "Row" mantra, it seemed to me like an obvious thing to do - almost too obvious. But the article points out that, "Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck, however, started using the saying to honor his son who died as an infant." Oh, okay then. But do people know that? I didn't know that. I doubt any Zips knew that. Is this common knowledge in the football world? I don't think so. This has turned into a strange situation, all-around. This is what Fleck said about the Zips breaking the oar: “When they go low, we go high,” he said. “It was tacky. A little bit classless,” he said in his Tuesday news conference with WMU media. Okay, again, dude, you gotta make it loud and clear where the little mantra came from. I don't think anyone knew it was to honor your son.

Just tuned in. 1-0 Akron.

You came from Hawaii to witness that?

Ouch. Hey Jelani, time to play like you're from "The U."

You guys are killing me! When's the weekly presser? Tuesday? If one of you guys w/ some inside info wanna IM me I'd really appreciate it.

^^Exactly. Jerseys are staples.

Posted by ABJ/Ohio.com at 8:41am on 10/17. http://www.ohio.com/news/local/university-of-akron-looks-to-hire-matthew-wilson-as-permanent-president-1.719813

Help me out. To win the MAC East, do only our MAC East games count. Or do all MAC games count? (I know that of course all games count toward bowl eligibility, which is the big prize for our program right now. So yes, BIG game this weekend v Ball State! Get better, Tommy.)

Yep. What's the saying? Oh, yeah, "He can cry all the way to the bank."

^^Oops, right, right. Thanks!

I'm surprised they fired him in the middle of the season. Hazzell's a good coach, but Purdue is just a sucky job. The B1G is an interesting conference with some extremely powerful "haves," and some extremely weak "have nots." I hope Fleck is patient and picks a gig where he can be truly successful.

Of the three big DT transfers we've had over the last 3 seasons (what's his name from Florida State... Rodney Coe from Iowa State... & now Jelani Hamilton from Miami), Jelani's been the least productive. By far. We really needed him to be a 1st Team All-MAC type of performer this season to take some of the burden off of our inexperienced LB's & that really hasn't come close to happening. For someone who's 6-5, 305 from the University of Miami, I was expecting more. And Antonio Pittman is, IMHO, really underperforming. He's almost never in on the action. I believe I remember him getting his name called once last night? He's having what I'd consider a very underwhelming senior season. Oh, well. Our front 7 is radically different than it was last year & I guess we're just gonna have to take our lumps this season.

Haha. Exactly. I was going to ask, "Is that a good thing?" At least the players could probably envision themselves getting playing time early in their careers.

Welcome to ZipsNation! 1) Yeah, I hear you. Idk if the coaches know TC5's psyche is fragile as glass, or what. But if you watched the Zips last year, many on this board thought they stuck w/ TC5 far too long last year as well. Woody didn't get any PT last year until our 3rd game, IIRC. 2) That might be a really good way of putting it. 3) TC5 looks like he'd be a killer RB. W/ TC5 lining up @ RB would afford us plenty of opportunities for a little trickeration. But I agree. Next year. With Kato playing QB next year, we won't need TC5 backing up Woody. I'm just crossing my fingers for Woody to get healthy. TC5's a nice backup, but we're going nowhere this season if Woody can't go. I'm nervous about these next few weeks. The program's on the rise, but we could fall back into obscurity very easily if Woody doesn't lead us.

The outcome W-L wise would have most likely been the same, but the tone of the game could have possibly been quite different with those calls. They were big. On the Zips very first possession there was an obvious hold on JoJo over the middle. A ref was looking right at the play. It was a well-thrown ball by TC5 and would have at least been a first down... if JoJo catches it cleanly, perhaps much more. And the negated INT by DeAndre Scott was a definite kick in the balls. Again, the final outcome wouldn't have been different. But we couldn't afford WMU to jump on us early and that's exactly what happened. Those two calls were pretty big in helping that happen. (From where I was sitting I couldn't say anything about the spot on 4th down.)

Excellent work, Dr. Z!

Question #2... we should have had two or more.