Blue & Gold

If we sell tickets that cheaply, the season ticket holders (who pay a fair price) would be pretty upset. But, we're getting the attendance we deserve. I used to get all riled up over the lousy attendance, but no more. I've been a Zips fan my whole life, and a die-hard since 1994. Save one good year, it's been 21 years of bad, bad, bad football. It's going to take a handful of successive successful seasons (MAC East championships & bowl game wins) to start to foster any real community pride concerning the Zips.

I watched a replay of the Pitt game last night & Isaiah Williams got beat pretty badly in that game for a big shot on Pohl. It happens to everyone; it's football. But my question is, Tommy Brown, probably being our best OL, why isn't he playing on Pohl's blindside? Isaiah Williams is a converted DL & hasn't held a starting job till this season, but he's playing Left Tackle - isn't that considered the most important position on the OL?

Also from the article: When Bowden took the Akron job, there were rumors that he was going to only stay a few years, win some games -- and then leave for something better. "I heard that," he said. Then he started to laugh. "You know what happened to the last five coaches before me?" he asked. "They got fired. How about we start to win and stay? How about we just worry about starting to win some games."

Amazing camera work! So much fun to look back through. Thank you!

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-football-zips-cody-grice-doubling-his-fun-1.530221

GoZips.com has Aaron Jackson listed at 6-8. Is that legit? He's listed as a G. If so, that seems pretty elite.

Thought this interesting. Pre-Zeke we often worried about having undersized centers when comparing our roster to Power 5 conferences'. But in tonight's NBA exhibition game: Cavs starting center: 6-9 (Tristan Thompson) Tel Aviv's starting center: 6-8 (Brian Randle) http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-1.275356/pregame-cavs-vs-maccabi-tel-aviv-1.528872 Maybe Tree could be a viable "5"?

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/university-of-akron-zips-blog-1.277207/akron-zips-football-slow-start-gives-way-to-offensive-avalanche-in-31-6-win-over-eastern-michigan-1.528741 ABJ George Thomas wrap-up.

Just wanted to toss in my $0.02 that I liked the all-black uni's & chrome-gold dome. We had a group of 15 on Saturday & all the kids in the group loved the uniforms (especially the helmets), which is what's probably most important.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/college-soccer-akron-1-uab-0-zips-get-goal-from-adam-najem-remain-unbeaten-at-home-1.528824?localLinksEnabled=false Nice wrap-up in the ABJ. "Souders, one of the team’s captains, has moved to left defender this season after he was used primarily as a central defender last season. Embick said that using Souders at left defender has given the team more balance. “It’s not his best position, but he’s made a sacrifice to make our team better, which says a lot about him,” Embick said."

I think he's just on an official visit for homecoming.

Amen.

One spot behind UCF.

Thank you for the effort, Dr. Z. Excellent work, I really enjoyed those once again!

He was out yesterday with a high-ankle sprain.

High ankle sprain. Out for the game.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/marla-ridenour-university-of-akron-bid-for-browns-training-camp-could-have-implications-for-zips-soccer-program-1.522312 UA bid for Browns' training camp could have implications for UA Soccer program.

Very good Penn State game preview on Ohio.com today. Also some interesting content from an interview GT did with a Penn State blogger.

Excellent photos. Wow.

'Twas the night before kickoff and still no official word on Tommy Brown?

Bowden & Co. have done an outstanding job stocking up on DL talent. Below is everyone listed on the DL from GoZips.com. We're good to go on the DL for the next 4 years. 56 Deon'Tae Moore DE RFr. 6-2 230 Akron, Ohio / Kenmore HS 53 Travonte Junius DE/LB Fr. 6-3 205 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary HS 50 Brock Boxen DL Fr. 6-3 272 New Galilee, Pa. / Beaver Falls HS 97 Undrea Bullard DL Fr. 6-6 250 St. Petersburg, Fla. / Gibbs HS 11 Nordly Capi DL Sr. 6-3 252 Ocoee, Fla. / Colorado State / Ocoee HS 94 Anthony Clark DL Fr. 6-4 276 Akron, Ohio / Buchtel HS 91 Rodney Coe DL Jr. 6-3 305 Fulton, Mo. / Iowa State / Iowa Western CC / Edwardsville HS 95 Darius Copeland DL So. 6-1 257 Ft. Myers, Fla. / Ft. Myers HS 79 Mike Davis DL Jr. 6-0 280 Powell, Ohio / Olentangy Liberty HS 10 Richard Dorvilus DL Jr. 6-1 235 Miami, Fla. / Independence (Kan.) CC / Cypress Bay HS 63 Varnell Garrett DL Sr. 6-3 227 Cleveland, Ohio / Collinwood HS 93 Lavonne Gauthney DL RFr. 6-1 287 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Hargrave Military Academy / Reynoldsburg HS 36 Cody Grice DL Jr. 5-11 284 Akron, Ohio / Firestone HS 9 Keontae Hollis DL Sr. 6-5 295 Pontiac, Mich. / Iowa Central Community College / Pontiac HS 96 Alfonso Horner DL Jr. 6-3 217 Miami, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Prep 34 Jamal Marcus DL Jr. 6-2 240 Durham, N.C. / Ohio State / Hillside HS 92 Daryan Martin DL So. 6-0 239 Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton HS 99 Nmesoma Okafor DL Sr. 6-6 240 Queens, N.Y. / Nassau (N.Y.) Community College / Campus Magnet HS 90 Se'Von Pittman DL So. 6-3 268 Canton, Ohio / Ohio State / Canton McKinley HS 98 Christopher Spruill DL RFr. 6-2 230 Maple Heights, Ohio / John Adams HS

DT Lavonne Gauthney's listed again.

Take a look at Jerome Lane's bio on GoZips.com. We all know what a stud he is, but they put absolutely NO effort into that bio whatsoever. If you weren't familiar with Jerome, you'd think he was awful. And those junior stats they have listed can't be right.

GoZips.com updated the roster this morning & Deon'Tae Moore is now listed.

I love all whites.