Blue & Gold

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.

We'd expressed interest in LePear and may have offered a scholarship, even though I know we didn't have any scholarships left to give out this year. He's going to prep school. Maybe a player to keep an eye on for next year's 2017 class? http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/20160511/mckinleys-lepear-toles-to-go-prep-school-route/?Start=1

That's a beautiful ring.

+1. I don't see NBA players being willing to expend the energy on the defensive end of the floor which the full-court-press-all-game-long Havoc requires.

Unintended consequence: UA dropping baseball has really curbed my enthusiasm for area high school baseball. I'm no longer that interested in who the area's top college baseball prospects are.

My thoughts exactly. Have we ever had our place kicking and punting done by the same player?

Western PA basketball isn't nearly what WPA football is. It's a far cry from NEO.

Sorry to see you go, Balzy. I'm sure I'll see you on occasion. Keep spreading the love for the Zips in your classroom! We need young ones growing up rooting for the Zips. And even if you don't post on ZNo very often, remember that Zips football, basketball & soccer are fun entertainment, so don't stop attending! Go Zips!

Where do the UA BOT stand on President Scarborough? An ABJ editorial piece. http://www.ohio.com/editorial/editorials/where-do-the-ua-trustees-stand-1.679533

Edit: move my linked story to another thread.

http://wkbn.com/2016/04/26/miller-to-continue-career-at-iup/ Miller gives verbal to Indiana University of Pennsylvania (UIP). A D-2 program. The video says Akron offered him, but the article says Akron only expressed interest.

I said in my post that there were only 2 AAC teams that made me shrug: Tulsa & ECU. But honestly, I can't even tell you why. It's weird. They just don't grab my attention for some reason, even though I know I'd be going crazy if we ever had a football program like ECU's.

Oh, excellent! Thank you!

I get you, Balzy. So you understand where I'm coming from, I'm sick of K.e.n.t's behavior in this yearly memorial because, as you correctly and succinctly stated in one of your posts: "The purpose of a place of higher education is to challenge people's preconceived notions, to make you challenge what you already know and accept. If you aren't at least challenged to question what you already know and accept, than education has failed you, because there is no other reason for education to exist." I agree fully, which is why I find K.e.n.t so frustrating. They simply don't do this. At all. They never have lectures or memorials actually educating their students about the other side of the story. They never give counterbalance to the left-leaning narrative. You'll never see a seminar conducted from the perspective of the National Guardsmen (who, for the most part, were deer-in-the-headlights 18-19 year-olds being pelted with human feces & who actually may have been shot at first.) And now K.e.n.t is trying to tie this to the Black Lives Matter movement; an important movement to be sure, but a movement which has become bi-partisan & politicized, and, once again, K.e.n.t is banking hard to the left on this issue. Once again, K.e.n.t won't actually educate by presenting a perspective from the other side of the story; about how difficult and stressful the job of a law enforcement officer is. About how dangerous and thankless a law enforcement officer's job is. About how they have to make life-and-death decisions in the blink of an eye. About how they have to live with the consequences of those decisions for the rest of their lives. About the extensive training they have to go through on a yearly basis. About how no one, no matter what color their skin, should ever pull out a pellet gun while being interrogated (not a negative term) by an officer of the law. K.e.n.t isn't educating their students here, they're simply propagating the left-leaning narrative. Watch this every year from here on out and you'll see the same thing. Year after year after year. Their students are (intentionally?) left ignorant of the other point of view. That's not education. Edit: But you're absolutely right - I should have stated why I was so frustrated instead of just dropping a "roll eyes" comment out of nowhere with no context. That was not wise on my part.

Since this is the Idaho Potato Bowl thread, is there anywhere to watch a replay online? I'm in the mood for UA football.