Blue & Gold

KD & Dru Joyce Sr. should have been in the VIP car.

KD just tweeted he's going to be on ESPN's Outside the Lines at 1:30.

Any update on Jordan Davis? IMHO he underperformed last year (senior year in high school). To give JD the benefit of the doubt, McKinley was a completely guard-oriented team last year & the couple of times I saw them play he just didn't seem to fit in real well. To be critical of JD, he often seemed disinterested out there.

“I love the opportunity to play at Akron. I want to put on for the city.” Precisely the atmosphere we've got to cultivate.

Stud. Love seeing the Akron area players staying home to represent!!! IMHO we've got to put the proverbial fence up around this area.

So, to keep a running record of our 2017 verbal commits... Kobie Booker, DL, Barberton Jemarulin Suggs, RB, East Deandre Brimage, DL, East Dusty Burkhart, WR, Coventry Marcus Kidd, OL, Garfield Will Barto, OLB, Briarcrest Christian, TN We've also received two verbals from players in Oregon, right?

Got to see Barberton play last year and this guy is a stud. Really stood out on the field. Thanks for these updates, Zach!

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/high-school-notebook-garfield-s-marcus-kidd-coventry-s-dusty-burkhart-commit-to-play-football-at-the-university-of-akron-1.686570

http://www.ohio.com/sports/high-school/high-school-notebook-garfield-s-marcus-kidd-coventry-s-dusty-burkhart-commit-to-play-football-at-the-university-of-akron-1.686570

Holy Moses! He's now listed at 6'7, 320!! http://www.ohio.com/blogs/varsity-letters/abjvarsity-1.279974/garfield-s-marcus-kidd-pledges-to-play-football-at-the-university-of-akron-1.686542

Yep. Tressel is a natural born leader. And he really wanted the job. He loves challenges & is tireless, well-spoken and intelligent. He would have made us the #2 school in the state.

Ohio.com http://www.ohio.com/blogs/varsity-letters/abjvarsity-1.279974/coventry-s-dusty-burkhart-commits-to-play-football-at-the-university-of-akron-1.686541

Great size!: 6-6, 285.

Man, this kid is FAST. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3551579/highlights/304667429

Welcome to the family & thank you for posting! We're all excited that your son is a Zip & can't wait to see him perform on the field! Go Zips!

Just saw it posted on twitter than 6'6", 285 lb. Garfield OT/DT Marcus Kidd gave us a verbal today. http://www.hudl.com/athlete/5575764/marcus-kidd

Andre McCray.

Bre' Ford.

Too bad for us and too bad for him. I think he would have fit in nicely here.

Zips Football posted the article on their Facebook page. Unless they're using it for bulletin board material I wish they hadn't.

About that proposed new arena... LeBron's lifetime Nike deal worth $1 Billion. http://cavsnation.com/report-lebron-james-deal-nike-worth-an-insane-amount/ LeBron Nike UA City of Akron Summit County FirstEnergy Summa Akron General / Cleveland Clinic Goodyear Diebold Firestone Huntington & PNC increasing their presence in NEO w/ new regional headquarters in Akron. We've got to be able to piece together $80 million.

As a senior Javon was 1st Team D-1 All-Ohio & D-1 co-POTY along with Esa Ahmad who went to WV.

I'd love a new arena, something along the lines of the University of Miami's (FL) arena. But an updated JAR would be nicer than most of the A-10 arenas... or at least nicer than half of them. There are quite a few rather unimpressive arenas in the A-10.

Great looking athlete! Pumped!!!

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/stark-state-college-to-build-akron-campus-at-perkins-street-and-route-8-1.682501 I know for years Zach's been pushing this sight for potential development.