Blue & Gold

Those sound like some very interesting potential articles. ABJ?... Anyone?... Bueller?

Done.

I'm more of a pregame restaurant/bar type of guy, but if you wander around the lot under the scoreboard you'll meet a lot of friendly Zips fans (many who post on this board). Just walk up & introduce yourself. They'll make you feel right at home. Zip Fest is outside the stadium to the west (press box side). It's fun to walk around there. Also, the team walks from the indoor field house to the stadium before the game. I've alway's thought I'd want to be there to wish them well, but I've never made it. I'm not even sure what time the walk is.

Yep! The dude is a baller. He's just one of those guys with a knack for putting the ball in the hole (kinda like Antino). But he's got a slight build & is only 5'8. Will he be able to defend at this level? We'll see. And tbh, 5'8" might be even a tad generous. I saw TDM at a football game. Well, I'm 5'8" and he is definitely no taller than I am. Maybe a bit shorter. He's one of those gambles you've got to take at the mid-major level.

It is! And that was a huge decision by Paul Haynes - especially considering we only needed to get into field goal range to possibly send it into overtime. I remember when K.e.nt short-kicked it. I was shocked. I was thinking, "It's not like we've got JoJo Natson back there returning kick offs." But then in watching the replay, man, Van Edwards was eating them up on returns! Paul Haynes definitely knew what he was doing. Van Edwards changed the game!

Tavian Dunn-Martin.

^^The article state Edwards had 227 all-purpose yards against K.e.nt. I knew he had a nice game but I wouldn't have guess that many! Way to go VE23!!! Edit: Ah... as I read the article the 227 all-purpose yards includes kick off return yardage (of course). That's still a lot of yardage though

Story on Van Edwards from the Fort Myers News Press. http://www.news-press.com/story/sports/college/football/2016/10/03/van-edwards-picking-up-steam-zips/91465988/ Thank God for the internet. We've got to rely on out of town news sources to read about our Akron players. Good grief.

Great article! Makes me want to pull for Darius even more than I already do. The paper also had an article on Van Edwards!!! THE BEACON JOURNAL SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll start a Van Edwards thread and post it there.

Not sold on EMU. Yeah, they're 4-1, but their wins are against: Mississippi Valley State Charlotte Wyoming (nice win?) BGSU (team of the utter implosion) They got handled by Mizz 61-21. I think the Eagles fall back to their natural habitat toward the bottom of the MAC West beginning this week against Toledo. After UT they've got OU, then WMU. Bye, bye, birdies.

Agree whole-heartedly! I love our football team warm-up suits = all old-gold! I think it means we're starting to us it more!

I hope they don't get rid of the black w/ the Z. I love those things!

I agree. But I'd rather have a player who does that then one who disappears at crunch time. Antino may be team MVP this year.

I hope so! My favorite Akron uni's of all time are the vintage old-gold uni's worn for a handful of games during the Romeo Travis / Dru Joice / Jeremiah Wood era.

GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Motivational Monday Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRoe-6xF_78

"Wagon Wheel Win: Zips Fans This Is For You!" (This video's sweet.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEpitEb4VA

Players of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMJzzZo8kEE&feature=em-u

I know OOC we're lucky to see even a solid mid-major at the JAR, but this is still a ridiculously successful home record none-the-less: The Zips finished the season with an unblemished 15-0 home record in 2015-16, improving to 162-23 (.876) at Rhodes Arena under Dambrot.

It's about time for some new uni's for the basketball progrum, right? Our FB progrum has the most beautiful uni's in all of football! (Save the San Diego Chargers.)

Keener, were you at the K.e.nt game? I want to hear your thoughts!!

Zips face uncertainty at QB position heading into big Miami-O. game. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-zips-face-uncertainty-at-quarterback-heading-into-game-against-miami-1.716861 The article also discusses the emergence of UG5 as UA's next great LB. Gilbert, who has 55 tackles including seven tackles for loss, turned into a wrecking crew against KSU, delivering 16 tackles and three tackles for negative yardage.

^^ Warren Ball as well. With an "undisclosed" injury.

Those uni's are my first memories of the Zips. I remember seeing pictures of those uni's in the Beacon Journal & during an occasional Zips game with my father. I remember actually being more than a little upset when they made the awful change to yellow. (Wasn't Lee Owens responsible for that?)

Great job! Reading this helped me re-live the game all over again. In fact, I think I might watch it again right now! And this was hilarious: Joe Dunn’s “Moving A” logo jacket is from 1995. Maybe earlier? It kinda stands out because it’s from the era when we had the same colors as Kent. Open that wallet and buy some “Z” gear, Joe. It’s 2016.