Blue & Gold

Can't believe this will be Jake & Reggie's final game in the JAR

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/high-pressure-hot-water-line-ruptures-at-ua-sends-steam-hundreds-of-feet-into-the-air-1.666159

I've got to make plans for next week. Our game is definitely 12:00 on Thursday?

Horrible.

Umm... I'd say that was a far better article than any which have been published by the ABJ this year.

Buffalo (likely) in the semi-finals. Both Ohio & KSUcks on the other side of the bracket.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/high-school/article62531227.html

K.e.n.t just lost at MU. Get ready for Tuesday night!!

Ditto. I was very pleasantly surprised by the crowd. I was expecting another Buffalo-size turnout. I suppose getting on tv is worth it. Idk. I don't like competing with the high school games. There's nothing we can do about the CAVS, but we should complement the high school schedule, not compete with it. We want high schoolers at our games. I preferred it when we had our weekday games on Wednesday night. It worked much better. Tuesday night - high school Wednesday night - Zips Friday night - high school Saturday - Zips

Great crowd tonight! It's really gonna be rocking next week. Can't wait! Side note: With 4300 at the game tonight, those JAR bleachers were pretty maxed out. I was sitting in the upper south-side end zone & with people climbing all over each other to find seats it's downright dangerous.

Nice crowd here tonight! Hope we're LOUD!!

IMHO, another aspect of good (& basic) offense which is needed is when Big Dog has the ball down low, instead of the other 4 hanging around on the perimeter, we need someone to cut to the basket for easy assists from Dog. All 4 of our players hang around on the perimeter & just watch Dog go to work if he's not double-teamed.

I'm on my phone, so won't try to post any links, but according to Scout.com we have a new signee: ILB/DE Tony Jones (6-2, 235) from LA Pierce.

Unless we become a Boise State type of program in the MAC, I think averaging 15,000 a game would be near topping out. I invited a few friends to the Akron -v- Ke.n.t basketball game and they didn't know K.e.n.t was even a D-1 school and thought that was "funny." I think they only realize Akron is D-1 because I talk about them all the time. People around here are just really ignorant (and I mean that literally, not derogatorily) about MAC sports.

I like having the K.e.n.t game moved up to take advantage of the increased likelihood for good weather. I also like having the OU game as the last game of the season - Rivalry Week. I think I dislike OU more than I dislike K.e.n.t and I think OU fans dislike us more than they dislike MU. We should ditto this scheduling with both K.e.n.t and OU every year. (With the exception of playing OU on a Tuesday. Lame.)

"Dawgs Done In by Dunn-Martin" http://www.dailyindependent.com/sports/dawgs-done-in-by-dunn-martin/article_ad04edde-c7d2-11e5-84fa-e7562cb87ed0.html

K.e.n.t deserved to win that game. They out hustled us all night long. And it wasn't even close. Disappointing effort. (Except for Big Dog. He was beast.)

http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20160218/SPORTS/302189972/16946/SPORTS Ohio State is "only" averaging 12,600 at games this year. Maybe averaging 1/4 that isn't too bad nowadays?

This is going to be a war. As always. The game being at K.e.n.t, I'm going to say we get behind by 10, but pull to within 1 or 2 at the half. The second half is tight with the good guys pulling away over the last 8 minutes for a 10-point win.

Game story from GT. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-men-s-basketball-zips-overcome-adversity-to-register-80-70-victory-over-buffalo-1.662616# This is a little concerning: "The Bulls never recovered despite a dominant 50-29 rebounding edge, including 15-11 on the offensive glass, and a lopsided 42-18 scoring advantage in the paint."

It is both frustrating and embarrassing.

Great game last night. MAC basketball has been extremely entertaining & competitive this year! Can't wait for Friday night! (Hope Pat's ready to go.)

Small crowd here tonight.

Kretzer's warming up and looks fine to me.

I had group outings planned for both the Pitt and Ohio games and cancelled both due to weather.